Week 24

SCIENCE FAIR

Parents, Science Fair is a voluntary learning experience that your child may elect to participate in. It involves a lot of outside work at home, encouragement from you, and probably some help from you, too. It’s an excellent way to extend student’s thinking and allow students to work through the scientific process.  Because it’s voluntary, I’m sending home packets of information to only the students who have requested it.  If you’d like your student to bring home more information because he/she didn’t request it, please indicate so in your child’s agenda.

Entry forms are due March 4th. Hand in to Mrs. Steele

Science Fair Date: March 27th 

MATH TEST SOON

Next week, we will have a math test that will cover adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.  Much of this test involves reading complex word problems, and we’ve been working on these types of problems in our class.  Over the weekend, it’d be very advantageous for you to sit alongside your student for 30 minutes and help him/her prepare. Below are typical word problems we’ve done. 

The videos below may be helpful to watch if your child is getting stuck:

--Mrs. Steele

1.     A baker buys a 5 lb bag of sugar.  She uses 1 2/3 lb to make some muffins and 2 3/4 lb to make a cake.  How much sugar does she have left?

2.     A boxer needs to lose 3 1/2 kg in a month to be able to compete as a flyweight.  In three weeks, he lowers his weight from 55.5 kg to 53.8 kg.  How many kilograms must the boxer lose in the final week to be able to compete as a flyweight?

3.     A construction company builds a new rail line from Town A to Town B.  They complete 1 1/4  miles in their first week of work and 1 2/3 miles in the second week.  If they still have 25 3/4  miles left to build, what is the distance from Town A to Town B?

4.     Mark breaks up a 9-hour drive into 3 segments.  He drives 2 1/2 hours before stopping for lunch.  After driving some more, he stops for gas.  If the second segment of his drive was 1 2/3 hours longer than the first segment, how long did he drive after stopping for gas?