Hello and thanks to the Parents who joined us last Thursday at Puxi for the Spring Fling. Please thank Mr. Hossack if you see him as it was he who organized this day for us. We were lucky the weather smiled on us and despite some bus issues and the long commute, the children had a wonderful day.

As I reminded the students this morning when we spent the period writing down important dates in our diary, time is short, with less than 7 actual weeks until the end of the school year. Keep your eyes on Parent Talk, my blog, and e mails from school as there is a great deal coming up before our summer vacation can begin.This week we have no school Friday and a math test on Wedndesday.All students should be bringing home Study Links and Student Reference Books to help them revise material and concepts that we have covered during the unit.

Skills covered on the unit ten test include:

*solve two-step pan-balance problems

*write algebraic expressions to represent situations

*represent rate problems as formulas, tables and graphs

*use formulas to find circumference and area of a circle

*distinguish between circumference and area of a circle

*solve one-step pan-balance problems

*interpret mystery line plots and graphs

See this sheet Ms Canar developed to aid you with your revision. The second page of the sheet on Assessment Description gives you a clear indication of what sort of questions will be on the test and how to revise for them using your SRB (Student Reference Book).

N.B. If you cannot access Ms Canar’s sheet, I have copied the information into this post below.

I gave the students two sheets to take home today. One is for a book report (due May 21st) and the other is for the Healthy Meal Project (due May 27th).  This second project is a real favorite for the 5th grade. I have set it well in advance so that they have four weekends between now and when it is due, please go over the sheet with them as soon as you can so that you can make a plan together that won’t have anyone in the family stressed out. The students have been learning about what makes up a healthy and nutritious meal in class time and they will continue to do this over the next couple of weeks, they will also start and finish the puberty unit next week so stay tuned for some possible questions or re-telling of what they have learned.

Unit 10 Assessment Practice

PRACTICE PROBLEMS:

For each situation, which measurement would you use: Circumference, area, perimeter?

1)      The floor space take up by a plant in a round pot.  ________________________

2)      The length of a necklace to fit around a person’s neck. ____________________

True or False:

3)      A diameter is a line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has endpoints on the circle. ___________________

4)      The circumference of  a circle is the space inside the circle. _____________________

5)      The radius is a line segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle. ____________

6)       The formula for finding the circumference of a circle is π x d. _________________

Write an algebraic expression to complete each of the following statements:

7)      Kirsten is 9 years older than Sydney. If Sydney is S years old, Kirsten is ____________ years old.

8)      Peter earns twice as much as Jacob. If Jacob earns J dollars, Peter earns ___________ dollars.

9)      Ryan read five more than half as many books as Lilia.  If Lilia read L books, Ryan read ____________________ books.

10)   Anthony saved $6.00 less than 3 times as much money as his younger sister Diana.  If Diana saved D dollars, Anthony saved ___________ dollars.

11)   One summer, Sarah read one fourth as many books as her cousin Eddie.  If Eddie read E books, Sarah read _______________ books.

Write a number sentence to represent each story:

12)   Renee bakes 7 trays of a dozen cookies each. She wraps the cookies from 2 trays to take to her neighbors. How many cookies are left?  __________________________________________

13)   There is a sale at the grocery store. Cherie stocks up on 6-packs of soda. She buys four 6-packs for herself and five 6-packs for her friend. How many cans of soda does she buy in all?

_____________________________________________

14)   Grant mails 24 invitations to his birthday party. He spends $1.15 on each card and $0.37 on each stamp. How much does he spend all together on the invitations?

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION:

Part A:

Problems 1-3                     Write algebraic expression to represent situations  (SRB 218-219)

Problems 4-7                     Solve one-step pan-balance problems (SRB 228-229)

Problem 8                           Interpret line plots and graphs (SRB 117 and SMJ 256)

Problem 9-11                     Distinguish between circumference and area of a circle (SRB 187 and SRB 194)

Part B:

Problems 12-15                 Use formulas to find circumference and area of a circle (SRB 187 and SRB 194)

Problem 16                         Solve two-step pan-balance problems (SRB 228-229)

Problem 17,18                   Represent rate problems as formulas (SRB 233-234 and SMJ 348, 349, 358)