Wednesday!

Hello, friends of learning!
We're already half way through the week and we've busy learning so many things in Math, Science and Français.

In Math this morning we got our brains working with some picture algebra puzzles, like this one:


We learned that we have to pay close attention to the images, as sometimes small details will be changed which will in turn affect the answer. (Notice the amount of petals on the blue flower in the final expression as compared to the second and third lines, for example). These types of puzzles let us practice our basic mental math skills and allow as to apply concepts previously learned in class, such as PEDMAS.

In Français today, we were treated to many wonderful CFOO presentations. This week's theme was "Les opinions," so we heard critiques about many different websites, restaurants and stores. We also learned a bit more about our classmates who presented "On s'explique" - a presentation that involves sharing your favourites of things from a list of provided categories.

Finally, in Science, we predicted and discussed whether or not sand and rice are considered solids or fluids.
We saw that a group of sand or rice grains can take the shape of its container and can flow when poured, but noted that each individual grain does not adhere to these properties, therefore making them solids, not fluids. Our homework task this evening is to take a look around our homes to see if we can find more examples of small solids that together can take on certain properties of fluids. Not sure where to start? Looking in a kitchen pantry is a great place to explore!

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Agenda items:
1. Many thanks to everyone who generously contributed to our SOUPer Bowl! A final count of all donated items will be completed and submitted tomorrow at noon. (So, if you missed out and wanted to slip in a few more cans before the final count, that would be totally great!)
2. Calcul mental Section B - tomorrow
3. An example of a solid that shows some properties of fluids - tomorrow
4. Finishing up percents booklet and other Math items - tomorrow at 12:15.

Have a great afternoon! :)