Friday, December 12, 2014

Week 16


Our long division unit continues...most students are really rising to this challenging part of 5th grade math! We are now dividing decimal dividends.  Challenge your student by having him/her practice just one problem at home each day, such as

       45.15/21         14.95/65           75.9/22          97.58/3

Checking their answers is part of the process, so students know and should be able to demonstrate to you that they check answers by multiplying the divisor by the quotient and getting the same number as the dividend in the division problem. 

Continue to “quiz” the math facts, especially multiplication. Subtraction is also very useful to review.

Thank you for sending in more glue sticks and Expo markers! We could still use some more. Thank you for all the food samples for our “fat test” in science!  It was a great success! Our next experiment requires cereal samples. If your child brings home a plastic baggie, would you please send it back, labeled, with ½ cup of cereal?  Thank you!

As always, feel free to contact me with questions or concerns.

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