Announcements
- Grade 3 - 8 Christmas Concert December 17th
- Casual Day Wednesday, December 18th
- Christmas Spirit Day Thursday, December 19th
- Bake sale Wednesday and Thursday next week
- Last Day before the Christmas Break Thurs. Dec. 19th
- Casual Day Wednesday, December 18th
- Christmas Spirit Day Thursday, December 19th
- Bake sale Wednesday and Thursday next week
- Last Day before the Christmas Break Thurs. Dec. 19th
Candygrams
Candygrams will be sold until Friday in the Upper School Cafeteria. If you would like to buy one for a friend don't forget to stop by before Friday to ensure you do so.
Grade 3- Grade 8 Christmas Concert
Unit of Inquiry
As a class, we discussed the characteristics of each landform region in Ontario that we learned about yesterday. Students then had to go and use the knowledge they know along with the articles we read yesterday to determine which landform region they would find the jobs they were given in and paste them in their according spot. We didn't get much time to start this activity as we were called for Christmas Concert rehearsal.
Inquiry into Math
We learned all about stem and leaf plots today! We started with a sit-up activity to gather data. For 90 minutes, all students did as many sit-ups as they could to gather our data. Once the time was up, they recorded the amount they did on a sheet of paper and handed it in to help prevent false results by trying to compete with others. We recorded all of our data points on the board, then learned how to organize this data into a stem and leaf plot.
- Your "leaves" are always the last digit from your data points. Every other value in your data point belongs to the "stem".
- You have to identify all of your "stems" and arrange them in numerical order. It's important to note that if your data skips over a stem (ex. you have numbers that begin with a 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6) you have to include the missing stem in your stem-and-leaf plot (4) to accurately represent the data in order.
- Once we identified all of our stems in numerical order, we started to identify our leaves. To do this, we looked for the data points that began with a "1" then wrote down the ones value that was left in that number. Your leaves also need to be arranged in order from least to greatest number.
- We did the same thing for the rest of our leaves, ensuring that we included all of our data points by checking them off once we marked them
- You do not put commas between your leaves because in a stem-and-leaf plot they act as their own value when combined with the stem. (ex. if your stem is 2 and your leaves are 1 3 and 5, your data points are 21, 23 and 25 when you put your stem and leaf together)
- The total number of leaves you have should be the same amount as the total number of data points. (ex. We gathered data from 16 students, therefore we should have 16 leaves, which we did).
After organizing our data into a stem-and-leaf plot, we talked about how we can identify all of the data points if only provided with a stem-and-leaf plot--you put the stems and leaves together like above. (ex. if your stem is 2 and your leaves are 1 3 and 5, your data points are 21, 23 and 25 when you put your stem and leaf together).
Then we looked at how we can further interpret the data by identifying the range, median and mode.
Range: this is how spread out your data is
You take your largest data point and subtract your smallest data point from it (largest data point - smallest data point)
Median: the middle number from a data set.
To solve this you have to arrange your numbers in order from least to greatest, or greatest to least, then see what your middle value is. To see what your middle value is, we practiced crossing off one number from each side of our line until we had reached the middle. It is sooo sooo important that students double check that they have copied down ALL of the data points provided before solving the median because the most common error when solving the median is that students leave out a value when putting the numbers in order from least to greatest.
If you have an odd number of data points, you will have one value in the middle which is your MEDIAN!
However, if you have an even number of data points, you've got some work to do! Let's hope we remember how to use long division!
1. You have to take the two values which are in the middle and add them together
2. Divide your sum from step 1 by two to solve the average between those numbers (the middle point). If there is a remainder, which will be 1, we know to add 0.5 to our answer since half of 1 is 0.5.
Mode: the number that occurs the most in a data set
If all numbers occur once, their is no mode.
If there are several numbers that both occur the most, for the same amount of times, they are all the mode.
Agenda
- Read for 25 minutes
- Spelling Lesson 14 + Paragraph due Friday
- UOI cut and paste activity
- Math: worksheets with stars (stem and lead, median, mode, range worksheets)
Candygrams will be sold until Friday in the Upper School Cafeteria. If you would like to buy one for a friend don't forget to stop by before Friday to ensure you do so.
Grade 3- Grade 8 Christmas Concert
On December 17, 2019, students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will put on two performances at the St. Jude’s Academy Dome. Our afternoon performance will begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:15 pm. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Dome.
For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Please meet in the main office.
We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the show until the end.
As a class, we discussed the characteristics of each landform region in Ontario that we learned about yesterday. Students then had to go and use the knowledge they know along with the articles we read yesterday to determine which landform region they would find the jobs they were given in and paste them in their according spot. We didn't get much time to start this activity as we were called for Christmas Concert rehearsal.
We learned all about stem and leaf plots today! We started with a sit-up activity to gather data. For 90 minutes, all students did as many sit-ups as they could to gather our data. Once the time was up, they recorded the amount they did on a sheet of paper and handed it in to help prevent false results by trying to compete with others. We recorded all of our data points on the board, then learned how to organize this data into a stem and leaf plot.
- You have to identify all of your "stems" and arrange them in numerical order. It's important to note that if your data skips over a stem (ex. you have numbers that begin with a 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6) you have to include the missing stem in your stem-and-leaf plot (4) to accurately represent the data in order.
- Once we identified all of our stems in numerical order, we started to identify our leaves. To do this, we looked for the data points that began with a "1" then wrote down the ones value that was left in that number. Your leaves also need to be arranged in order from least to greatest number.
- We did the same thing for the rest of our leaves, ensuring that we included all of our data points by checking them off once we marked them
- You do not put commas between your leaves because in a stem-and-leaf plot they act as their own value when combined with the stem. (ex. if your stem is 2 and your leaves are 1 3 and 5, your data points are 21, 23 and 25 when you put your stem and leaf together)
- The total number of leaves you have should be the same amount as the total number of data points. (ex. We gathered data from 16 students, therefore we should have 16 leaves, which we did).
After organizing our data into a stem-and-leaf plot, we talked about how we can identify all of the data points if only provided with a stem-and-leaf plot--you put the stems and leaves together like above. (ex. if your stem is 2 and your leaves are 1 3 and 5, your data points are 21, 23 and 25 when you put your stem and leaf together).
Then we looked at how we can further interpret the data by identifying the range, median and mode.
Range: this is how spread out your data is
You take your largest data point and subtract your smallest data point from it (largest data point - smallest data point)
Median: the middle number from a data set.
To solve this you have to arrange your numbers in order from least to greatest, or greatest to least, then see what your middle value is. To see what your middle value is, we practiced crossing off one number from each side of our line until we had reached the middle. It is sooo sooo important that students double check that they have copied down ALL of the data points provided before solving the median because the most common error when solving the median is that students leave out a value when putting the numbers in order from least to greatest.
If you have an odd number of data points, you will have one value in the middle which is your MEDIAN!
However, if you have an even number of data points, you've got some work to do! Let's hope we remember how to use long division!
1. You have to take the two values which are in the middle and add them together
2. Divide your sum from step 1 by two to solve the average between those numbers (the middle point). If there is a remainder, which will be 1, we know to add 0.5 to our answer since half of 1 is 0.5.
If all numbers occur once, their is no mode.
If there are several numbers that both occur the most, for the same amount of times, they are all the mode.
- Read for 25 minutes
- Spelling Lesson 14 + Paragraph due Friday
- UOI cut and paste activity
- Math: worksheets with stars (stem and lead, median, mode, range worksheets)
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