Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their night!!! Jersey Day at Carter's School today!

Tomorrow is our Spring Fundraiser trip to the indoor playground. Students are asked to come to school in their gym uniform and to make sure they are wearing socks, as socks are required for the indoor playground! We will leave after lunch and return between 2:30 and 3:00! Students not attending the playground will stay back at the school and are expected to wear their full school uniform. 

Important information and reminders:

Tonight is the night! ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ will begin at 7:30 PM. Doors will open at 7:00 PM. It is a wonderful performance!

Friday, May 12 is our annual Track and Field day. All students are expected to participate in all of the events. Please send students to school in their gym uniform along with sunscreen, a hat, water, and running shoes. Big Freezies will be sold during 2:00 and 3:00 for a price of $2.00/Freezie!

A note from Mrs. Smith: The lunch ordering system is now open for June. Please ensure you place your order no later than Friday, May 19 at 4:00 PM. Lunch payment is due by May 23rd 4:00 PM or unfortunately your lunch order will be cancelled for the month of June. Please keep in mind that there are no reimbursements for field trips or absences. You can go online at http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja/

Language

Today for our language period, we watched the MYP Shakespeare play – The Taming of the Shrew! They MYP students have been working very hard on this and it paid off. What a wonderful performance. If you have a chance, I highly recommend coming this evening to watch it! Great job MYP!

The top 3 Grade 4 spellers will be chosen on tomorrow, Thursday, May 11 to compete in our SJA Spelling Bee competition. We will start sharply at 9 AM!

I have sent home spelling lists from the grade above. If we run out of words, we go the next level. Therefore, Grade 4 spellers will go to Grade 5 words and Grade 5 spellers will go to Grade 6!

Congratulations to Chelsea, Saanvi, and Tristan who made it to the SJA finals along with Jarniko, Emilia, and Klara! I am so proud of you! Well done! They will be competing in the SJA Spelling Bee on Tuesday, May 16

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes

-Frindle activity #4 due Monday, May 8

-Practice Spelling Bee

Pictures from the Shakespeare play!

Math

Yesterday we learned about ‘Tenths,’ which is the first place after the decimal. Today we learned about ‘Hundredths,’ which is the second spot after the decimal. Points to remember – when using ‘tenths’ there should only be ONE number after the decimal. When using ‘hundredths’ there should be TWO numbers after the decimal.

Examples of changing fractions and mixed numbers into decimals using HUNDREDTHS:

45/100 = 0.45

2 & 87/100 = 2. 87

1 &9/100 = 1.09

Examples of changing decimals into fractions and mixed numbers using HUNDREDTHS:

2.61 = 2 & 61/100

1.02 = 1 & 2/100

5.99 = 5 & 99/100

Examples of changing fractions and mixed numbers into decimals using TENTHS:

1 & 1/10 = 1.1

3 & 6/10 = 3.6

2 & 4/10 = 1.4

5/10 = 0.5

Examples of changing decimals into fractions and mixed numbers using TENTHS:

1.8 = 1 & 8/10

0.2 = 2/10

7.5 = 7 & 5/10

HINTS:

An improper fraction is more that 1 whole and when the numerator (top number) is bigger than the denominator (bottom number). For example, 7/3.

A mixed number is has a whole number and a fraction. It is another way to write an improper fraction. For example, 2 & 2/3.

We can change an improper fraction into a mixed number and vice versa!

CHANGING AN IMPROPER FRACTION INTO A MIXED NUMBER:

9/4 =

Step 1: Ask yourself how many times does 4 go into 9? The answer is 2.

Step 2: Ask yourself what is 4 (the denominator) x 2 (the answer from step 1) = 8.

Step 3: Take the 9 (the numerator) and – 8 (the answer from step 2)= 1

Answer = 2 & ¼ (the 2 come from step 1, the 1 comes from step 3, and the 4 stays the same as in the original fraction)

**The denominator will not change – it will stay the same**

CHANGING A MIXED NUMBER INTO AN IMPROPER FRACTION:

3 & ¼

Step 1: Multiply the whole number by the denominator (3 x 4 = 12)

Step 2: Add the answer from step one (12) to the numerator

(12 + 1 = 13)

Answer = 13/4

**The denominator will not change – it will stay the same**

Homework – MMS pg 130-131

UOI

Today we began our creation of Monet’s Water Lily! We used crayons and pastels and tomorrow we will finish by adding water colours! So fun!

Homework –

The beginning of our 'Water Lily' pictures!

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J