Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! We most certainly did. My parents and sister came up and we went to Chudleigh’s Farm, played outside, and went on our annual Thanksgiving trail walk! It was also Carter’s 6^th birthday on the 7^th. We celebrated with a pasta dinner and a Reese Treatzza Pizza from Dairy Queen!

The Birthday Boy!

Thanksgiving Fun!

Here are some pictures from Thursday’s International Day!

Winter uniform is in affect. Please make sure that students have all the pieces – grey pants/skirt, navy blue socks/tights, black dress shoes, button-up white shirt, navy blue sweater/sweater vest, academic tie, and blazer. Please note that on Friday’s the house colour tie should be warn!

I sent home the Polar Expressions Publishing letter and information last week. I strongly encourage students to enter on their own time. One of my students placed third last year in the short poem category. Please keep in mind the due dates – poetry deadline is November 15 and the short story deadline is November 30. Good luck!

Upcoming Dates & Events

Tuesday, October 10 – Winter uniform begins & UOI summative begins

Wednesday, October 18 – UOI Summative due

Thursday, October 19 & Friday, October 20 – UOI Summative presentations

Monday, October 23 – Unit 2 Math test – review will be sent home

MATH:

Today we began multiplication. Today we focused on multiples of 10. Keep in mind that every multiple of 10 has 10 as a factor (10, 30, 200, 3000). Here are some strategies we used today.

1)  Basic facts – for 3 x 600 – we know that 3 x 6 = 18…all we have to do is add two 0’s to the answer because there are two 0’s in the question – 3 x 600 = 1800 or 3 x 6000 = 18,000 (three 0’s in the question therefore three 0’s in the answer)

2)  Place value – use a place value chart to help and remember when you multiply a whole number by 10, the digits move 1 place to the left (25 x 10 = 250). When you multiply a whole number by 100, the digits move 2 places to the left (25 x 100 = 2500). When you multiply a whole number by 1000, the digits move 3 places to the left (25 x 1000 = 25,000)

Multiplication/Division strategies:

1)  Known facts – Find 12 x 8 – you know 10 x 8 = 80 and 2 x 8 = 16, then 80 + 16 = 96, therefore 12 x 8 = 96

2)  Use patterns with for multiplication facts with 11 – 1 x 11 = 11, 2 x 11 = 22, 3 x 11 = 33 – each number increases by 11 (the ones and tens place value column goes up by 1) – when you get to 10 x 11 = 110, 11 x 11 = 121, 12 x 11 = 132 (the tens and ones columns again increase by 1 each time)

3)  Any number multiplied by 0 = 0

4)  Any number multiplied by 1 = that number (1 x 345 = 345)

5)  Any number divided by 1 = that number (269/1 = 269)

6)  Related facts –

5x6=30

6x5=30

30/6=5

30/5=6

**All 4 numbers are included in each equation**

Here is another example

8x8=64

64/8=8

Points to remember from unit 2 – Whole Numbers:

Standard Form is simply writing the number out in numbers (9361).

Written Form is writing it out in words (9361 = nine thousand, three hundred and sixty one).

Expanded Form is breaking up the number by using place value and + signs (9361 = 9000 + 300 + 60 + 1).

Place value chart.

Million	Hundred Thousand	Ten Thousand	Thousand	Hundred	Tens	One

We also looked at ordering numbers and figuring out if some numbers were greater than, less than, or equal to. Remember the alligator mouth eats the bigger number (54 > 11, 2599 < 3001).

When subtracting with regrouping, please remember to take away one from the next place value!

Remember your rounding rules – 1-4 round down & 5-9 round up. For example when rounding to the nearest hundred 12 would round to 10 and 18 would round to 20. For the nearest 100, 233 would round to 200 and 571 would round to 600. Please remember to look to the number next door to help you decide if you should round down. Look for the words ‘estimate’ or ‘about how many.’

When adding/subtracting make sure you line up your numbers correctly (in their place value position)!

Homework:

- MMS pg 24-25 (some students may have finished)

LANGUAGE:

Today we did our weekly spelling activities for lesson #5. We wrote the words out in our agenda and then completed the corresponding activities. We also had a visit with our reading buddies.

A note on Raz Kids: St. Jude's has implemented the use of RAZ Kids in our classrooms. Your child has access to award-winning digital resources through Kids A-Z, Learning A-Z's website created for students. 

Students are required to log-in to this website once a week to complete online activities related to reading assignments that is aligned with students' current DRA levels. This once-a-week activity can substitute the 20 minute reading for that day. Your child can work on assignments or select other resources for reading and writing practice. 

Kids A-Z Login Instructions 

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com 

Step 2: Enter the teacher's username, hhocevar

Step 3: Enter your child's first name 

Step 4: Your child enters their password

**Username and password has been stapled to the front of your child's agenda**

Capitalization Hints:

M – months of the year

I – I

N – Name of people, places, things, etc.

T – Titles of books, movies, TV shows

S – Start each sentence with a capital letter

Homework:

-Raz-Kids for 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson #5

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we began our final summative: ‘The Beaver Den.’ It is similar to Shark Tank/Dragon Den. Students have to pick a province and try to convince me to lend them money to improve their province. Please note that all work is to be done in class, any supplies needed, will need to be brought in by the students, and the due date is Wednesday, October 18. We will present on Thursday and Friday.

Homework:

-UOI summative began today

-UOI summative due October 18

-UOI summative presentations are October 19 & 20

-Bring in research for you project/bring in your device

Beginning the Beaver Den!

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J