Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great night !

Important information and reminders:

SJA is excited to announce the addition of healthier options to our lunch menu! Starting on the December order sheet (sent home Friday) you will be able to order the follow:

•  Veggie wrap - available daily 

•  Yogurt tubes - available daily

•  Bagel with cream cheese - available daily

•  Veggies and dip - available daily

•  Turkey wrap - available on Tuesdays

School pictures were sent home last week. All orders are due by November 17. Picture re-take day is also happening tomorrow. Please ensure students are in full uniform if having re-takes done.

The MYP students are putting together a used winter clothing drive for Syrian Refugee families living in Mississauga. We are asking for gently used winter gear such as hats, mitts, snow pants, boots, coats, scarves, etc. The clothing drive will run from October 27 until November 18.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! That’s right grade 4 parents. Our annual Holiday Fundraiser is back and running until November 18. Order forms have been sent home. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin shopping for the holiday season, which is fast approaching. Money raised will be going towards technology items, which we desperately need!! Ask your family, neighbours, and co-workers to support this fantastic fundraiser... we have cookies, treats, and gift cards! We did extremely well last year so lets see if we can do even better! Thank you so much in advance for your support!

An update…we have had two students bring in orders so far. That is a great start so lets keep going! House points are awarded and the overall class who brings in the most will be given a pizza party!!

Aftercare invoices have been sent home. All payments are due by November 18.

Scholastic orders are due by November 25.

December lunch orders are due November 25 by 3:30 – no exceptions.

LANGUAGE:

Today worked on Science Fair. We began by writing our materials in our SF journal. We also discussed what some students found for research.  Tomorrow we will move on to procedure.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Science Fair – bring in list of materials and the procedure to begin writing in Science Fair Journal

-We will be working everyday on our Science Fair journal. The Science Fair experiment is to be completed the weekend of November 19^th and 20^th. Good copy and display board set up begins Monday, November 21 and continues on Tuesday, November 22. Boards will be provided. In class presentations will happen on Wednesday, November 23 and we will be officially judged on Thursday, November 24. We will be working through our Science Fair journal every day – no work should be completed at home except for the actual experiment! Some helpful websites are sciencebuddies.org or http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Resources/Sciencefair/

*Parents are welcome to join us at 2:30 PM!*

MATH:

Today we focused on measuring in decimetres (dm). We found that 1 dm = 10 cm and 100 mm, so 2 dm = 20 cm and 200 mm.

We generally use decimetres to measure items that are bigger 10 cm but smaller than 1 metre.

Homework – MMS pg 144-145

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we once again got together with the grade 4’s. We discussed as a class and came up with definitions for translucent light, transparent light, and opaque light. We used a flashlight and different items such as paper and plastic wrap to see what items fell under these types of light.

We will be beginning our summative on Monday, November 21 and it will be due Friday, Dec. 2. All work is to be completed in class. I understand that this falls during our Science Fair but we will make time for both. I hope to have information ready to go Friday!

Homework –

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Helping with math!

Our homemade Kaleidoscopes!

What we used each item for.

How they work!