Good afternoon everyone!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break. My family most certainly did, even though we dealt with fevers, two rounds of the croup, and bacterial infections!! We stayed in Georgetown for Christmas with my family, then made our way up north to spend some time with Mark’s family. We spent New Year’s Eve with some very close and long time friends and then took it easy the last week!

Christmas Eve!

Tobogganing on Christmas Day!

New Year's Eve fun!

Skating on Lake Nosbonsing!

Christmas Charades!

Important information and reminders:

It is hard to believe, but the time is here already – re-registration is upon us! Re-registrations forms were sent home earlier. The deadline to re-register is February 9. After that we open up spaces to the public. Do not delay – reserve your spot today for grade 5!

International Mindedness Day will be taking place on Friday, January 20 from 2:30-3:15 and parents are more than welcome to join us. This is an in class project, which we will be working on from now until January 20^th. The country we have chosen is Japan and students have been placed into groups. If you have not already brought in a book on your topic, please do so as soon as possible.

Year Ahead Day will be taking place on Wednesday, January 25. This allows grade 4 to spend a day as a grade 5 student. Students always look forward to this day! 

Language

Today we began work on our Japan International Mindedness Day project. We used the research we collected over the holidays and began the rough copies. A reminder that all work is to be done in class and all final copies will be due by Thursday, January 19.

Homework – if you have yet to bring in a book for your Japan topic please do so

Beginning our Japan rough copies!

Math

Today we began our unit on Multiplication and Division. Most of the lessons will be spent on multiplication with a few on division. We started off completing a mad minutes multiplication sheet. Students had 5 minutes to complete as many questions as they could. We will be doing something similar to this every day before we start our lesson. 

Today we began going over some key terms and strategies used to help us solve multiplication problems. Some strategies are repeated addition – 3 x 4 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12, using arrays (pictures) - ****  ****    **** = 3 x 4 = 12. There are 3 groups with 4 in each group. Skip counting is another strategy - 5 x 7 = 5, 10, 15 20, 25, 30, 35 OR 2 x 6 = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. Using a number line or multiplication chart are other useful strategies.

Homework – MMS pg 54-55

-Fill in remaining questions on Speed Multiplication sheet

UOI

Today we began discussing the Islamic religion. We did some readings, created an anchor chart of what we know, and began filling out some charts on Islamic symbols.

We got through all but 5 UOI Global Connections presentations. Some very interesting topics I must say, from a McDonald’s opening near the Vatican to how religion will look in 2050. The videos and presentations we saw today were fantastic. I loved how each student had their own way of presenting their article. Excellent work! We will finish with the remaining 5 tomorrow!

Homework – If you have yet to complete your summary of your news article, please do so by tomorrow

-UOI Summative begins next week and will be due Friday, January 27. More information will be sent home later this week. It will consist of students creating their own religion.

Pictures of todays presentations and video presentations!

Have a lovely night!

Mrs. Hocevar J