Happy Easter

Enjoy the Holy Week celebration and have a Happy Easter!

Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization

5th grade is learning to identify primes and composites and perform prime factorization.  The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a fun way we'll identify them to 100.  It's an ancient algorithm developed by a Greek Mathematician.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/webquests/number_theory/PDF/unit3_wks2.pdf

Lenten Season

Today we celebrate Mardi Gras as we enter the Lenten Season.  

http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/index.cfm

Awesome Science Videos on www.sciencealert.com

http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-this-is-probably-the-most-enjoyable-way-to-memorise-the-periodic-table

Ever wonder about the periodic table?  Dmitri Mendeleev, born on Feb. 8, 1834, has much to thank for our knowledge of the world around us.  He was a Russian chemist and inventor who created the periodic table of elements.

Academic Bowl Area Champs

Congratulations Mid-level Team 1 for your Area Championship on Jan. 28th!  On to State. Saturday, February 27th @ Redlands Community College in El Reno.  Aidan R., Greg S., Jacob S., Cori L., Kent B. and Sabina B. (Captain)

5th grade Students Practicing their Fractions

5th grade students are very adept at working through word problems and are progressing so well with fraction addition and subtraction operations. (top photo Mia T. and Seth T.) (middle photo Nick L.) (bottom photo Bella A., Elle S. and Justin W.)

We Love our Catholic School

We look forward to sharing with you our love for our Catholic school.


US Council of Catholic Bishops--Catholic Schools Week News

5th Grade Fun with Fractions

5-1 Math starts working with Fractions in Chapter 6 this week, first adding and subtracting.  Then we'll move into Chapters 7 and 8, multiplying and dividing.  We'll incorporate skills of reducing fractions, working with improper fractions and mixed numbers and solving word problems.

Customary that We Learn the Customary System

Welcome back from Christmas break.  5th grade Math has completed their lessons on the Metric system, Elapsed Time and Temperature.  We will complete the lessons on the Customary system beginning this week.  What a help Dimensional Analysis can be for unit conversions!

Example:

What time is it?

5th grade students learned to use military time (the 24 hour clock) to calculate elapsed time.  Students practiced calculating beginning, ending and elapsed time.  In the second semester, we'll finish the Measurement chapter with the Customary system.  Having learned Dimensional Analysis the students will find it easier to navigate conversions within that system.  Then it's fun with Fractions and Geometry.  Keep your Math Facts fresh and enjoy the wonder of the Christmas season!