Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a great Saturday celebrating Carter’s 6^th birthday, with a party at Chuck E Cheese! Here are a few pictures!

Tonight is the night! SJA and Oakwood Academy are hosting a Welcome Back BBQ on Monday, October 2, from 4:00-5:30 PM. Order forms were sent home today and are due back by Wednesday, September 27^th. Items to order will be combos priced from $6 to $8. Each combo will include a bag of chips, drink and either a hot dog (beef or chicken), a hamburger, or a veggie burger. I look forward to seeing you tonight!

Winter uniform begins Tuesday, October 10. 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, 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

Monday, October 2 – Welcome Back BBQ from 4:00-5:30

Wednesday, October 4 – UCMAS after school form due

Thursday, October 5 – International Day 2:30-3:15

Friday, October 6 – October Hot Lunch payments due via Freshbooks – PD Day therefore no school

Monday, October 9 – Thanksgiving Monday therefore no school

Tuesday, October 10 – Winter uniform begins & Light and Sound workshops forms and money due

Wednesday, October 18 – UOI Summative due – information package sent home today

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

MATH:

Today we began to work on multiplication and division. We began by completing a multiplication chart that was missing some numbers. Then we discussed some strategies to help us solve these problems.

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 22

Strategies to help us in math!

LANGUAGE:

Today we focused on spelling lesson #4. We also continued work on our International Day project. Families are welcome to join us on Thursday in the auditorium from 2:30-3:15.

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 – login for 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson #4

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of our first unit! We will begin our final summative on Tuesday when we return from Thanksgiving weekend! I have sent home a package ‘The Beaver Den’ for you to review. It is similar to Shark Tank. 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, and the due date is Wednesday, October 18. We will present on Thursday and Friday.

Today we began to play Scoot! In this game students have to fill out a sheet with the correct answers. The questions are spread out around the room!

Homework:

-Send in a real maple leaf

-Sign and return UOI summative package ‘The Beaver Den.’

-UOI summative due October 18

Our Natural Resource/Man-Made Resource Activity from Friday!

Scoot!

I hope you have a wonderful night! I look forward to seeing you this evening!

Mrs. Hocevar J