As of this week, your child should from now on be bringing home a leveled French book that they have read with me at school as part of their guided reading. The book they bring home will be appropriate for the individual student's reading level. I have told them that each night they should be reading their book at least twice for practice. I would encourage parents to read with your child and have them read their book out loud to you. Make sure they bring their book back with them each day to school to be prepared for guided readed. Thank you for your cooperation!  

Hello 6M parents, I hope you are all having a relaxing weekend. 

Just a reminder to send your child in with their school hoody this week for a group picture.

In math this week we began looking at fractions, what they represent, and the different forms they can come in. The types of fractions we looked at are proper fractions/fractions propres, improper fractions/fractions impropres, and mixed numbers/nombres fractionnaires. Some key ideas we explored are that proper fractions are less than 1, where the numerator/numerateur is smaller than the denominator/denominateur. Improper fractions are more than 1, where the numerator is larger than the denominator. Mixed numbers are also more than 1, and they are made up of an integer/nombre entier and a proper fraction put together. We learned how all types of fractions can be represented using images and how improper fractions and mixed numbers can be converted back and forth from one form to another.

Homework explanations:

pg. 164 #1 - Write out either the improper fraction or mixed number that is depicted by each image. 

pg. 168 #2 - Represent each fraction with an image (opposite of question above ^).

          #3 - Convert each mixed number into an improper fraction.

                ex. 2 1/3 --> integer (2) X denominator (3) = 6 + numerator (1) = 7 (this is now the numerator for the improper fraction)

                The denominator is the same for the improper fraction (3). The improper fraction is 7/3.

          #4 - Convert each improper fraction into a mixed number. 

                ex. 7/3 --> how many groups of 3 fit into 7? 2 groups, with a remainder of 1 (in other words, 7 divided by 3).

                2 becomes the integer for the mixed number. The remainder of 1 is now the numerator. The denominator is the same (3). 

                The mixed number is 2 1/3.

The homework for tonight could be challenging. The students should at least be trying each question, but I don't want them spending over a half hour on these questions if they get stumped. We will be going over these tomorrow in class to clarify any uncertainties. 

1. Solve for the product of each multiplication.

2. Add the comma (decimal) in the appropriate spot in the answer (product) to make the answer true.  

4. Solve for the product of each multiplication. 

5. From the 3 options, select the correct answer. 

Currently in math now we are working on plotting and identifying points on a Cartesian plane in the first quadrant only. One point of emphasis is that the first coordinate is always moving to the right, and the second coordinate is always moving up in the quadrant. Here is some terminology translated:

Cartesian plane = Plan cartésien 

Origin = Origine (0,0)

Horizontal axis = L'axe horizontal

Vertical axis = L'axe vertical

Coordinate = Coordonnéé

Ordered pair = Paire ordonnéé  (ex. (3,8)

Here is the homework for tonight:

1. Match each ordered pair with the correct letter from the Cartesian plane. 

2. Draw a Cartesian plane and label the axes. Plot the ordered pairs with their letter.

3. Same as question #2

4. Write out the ordered pair for each letter that represents an attraction at the Vancouver aquarium. 

2. For each table of values, write the expression that relates the numbers in the first column to those in the second column.

ex. 3a + 2 = b

3. a) Create a table of values to show the number of squares for the first 4 figures. 

   b) Write the pattern rule that relates the figure number to its number of squares.

   c) Write this pattern rule as an expression.

   d) Draw a diagram showing the number of squares for figure 7. How many squares are there?

5. a) Write the pattern rule that relates each number to its amount. 

   b) Write this pattern rule as an expression. 

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3. Which of the following numbers are factors of 80?   2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10

8. Group these numbers into prime numbers and composite numbers:    59, 93, 97, 87, 73, 45

10. Which numbers from 70 to 80 are prime numbers? 

11. How many dates in September are prime numbers? How many are composite numbers? List them all in each group. 

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1. Using a Venn diagram, show the factors of 18 and 24, and then the common factors of 18 and 24. 

2. List the common factors of each pair of numbers:

    a) 15, 25      b) 16, 40       c) 18, 42        d) 35, 60

3. Find the factors of each number and put them into a "factor rainbow". 

    a) 48           b) 50            c) 78            d) 62

4. List the factors for each number. Group these factors into prime numbers and composite numbers.

    a) 34           b) 40            c) 72            d) 94

5. Make a "factor tree" to find the prime factors of each number.

    a) 64           b) 85            c) 90            d) 76

8. Fill in the "factor trees" with a combination of numbers that works. 

I suspect these last 2 questions will be the most challenging, but we have practiced questions like the others a lot in class so the rest should be straight forward. 

1. List the first 10 multiples of each number.

2. List the first 6 multiples of each number.

3. Which of these numbers are multiples of 6?

5. List the first 3 commun multiples of each pair of numbers.

6. List the first 3 commun multiples of each group of numbers. 

7. List all the commun multiples of 8 and 9 up to 100. 

Bonus: #4. Which number has 21, 24, 45, 30, 42, 60, and 84 as multiples? 

a) 3      b) 12       c) 7       d) 15