Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
**Spelling Bee information and lists
have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**
Grade 6 Exhibition, the culminating
project for PYP students, is just around the corner. This year the Grade 6
Exhibition will be taking place on Friday, May 4. Their will be two different
viewings; 9-11 AM and 6-8 PM. We invite all to join! Please see invitation
below for more details.
St. Jude’s FC – A
new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the
official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking
applicants for its inaugural season. St. Jude's FC will be playing against the
best REP teams around the area. Do not miss the opportunity to sign your child
up to not only play against the best, but be coached by the best as well.
Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested
in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St.
Jude’s FC!!
A note
from our MYP Shakespeare Performers: On Thursday, May 10th, we would like to
invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre (3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON
L5L 1C6) for FREE! The
performance will begin at 6:30pm.
For your
enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit
back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.
To reserve your tickets for the dance and
the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets
are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis.
Please find additional details about the
performance and dance in the flyer below.
Upcoming Dates & Events
Friday,
May 4 – May hot lunch payments due & Grade 6
Exhibition
Monday,
May 7 – Rocks and Minerals summative due
Thursday,
May 10 – MYP Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
Friday,
May 11 – In-class Spelling Bee
Monday,
May 14 – Math test
Tuesday,
May 15 - JK-Grade 2 Spelling Bee
Wednesday,
May 16 – Grade 3-8 Spelling Bee
Thursday, May 17 – JK-Grade 2
Arts’ Night
Friday, May 19 – PD Day – No
School
Monday, May 21 – Victoria Day –
No School
Tuesday, May 29 – Casual Day
Wednesday, May 30 – Grade 3-8
Arts’ Night
Friday, May 31 – SJA/TMA Inner
School Spelling Bee Competition
MATH:
Today we focused on multiplying decimals with hundredths.
For this we used our simple long multiplication strategy. I will post an
example tomorrow! It is very important to remember to line up your numbers in
the correct place value and to include your decimal.
Fractions and Division:
Fractions and decimals:
Comparing Fractions:
Lowest Common Denominator
Key points to remember:
Numerator is
the number on the top part of the fraction.
Denominator
is the number on the bottom part of the fraction.
A proper
fraction is a fraction where the smaller number is the numerator and a
bigger number is the denominator. For example, ½, 3/5, 5/8.
An improper
fraction is when the numerator has a bigger number and the denominator has
a smaller number. For example, 12/7.
A mixed number
has both a whole number and a fraction. For example, 1 ¼.
Cross-multiplication -
we begin by multiplying the first
numerator with the second denominator. Then we multiply the first denominator with the second numerator.
For example; 3/5 and 2/4. We multiply 3 x 4 =12 and 5 x 2 = 10. Our new
fractions are now 12/5 and 10/4. Whichever fraction has the bigger numerator is
the bigger fraction, so from our example 3/5 is greater than (>) 2/4. For
fractions that have the same denominator we do not have to do anything but look
at the numerators.
Fractions
to decimals - 3/10 = 0.3, 15/100 = .15, 125/100 =
1.25. We also need to keep in mind that we can covert simple fractions as well.
For example; ¼ - .25, ¾ = .75, 4/5 = .80.
Remember to keep things out of 10 and 100! We can also put mixed numbers
into decimals as well. For example; 2 ½ = 2.5, 2 ¾ = 2.75.
Division
Sentences - 63/7=9, the divisor is 7, the 63 is the dividend,
and the 7 is the quotient.
Estimating
– For multiplication - 7.01 x 9 = 7 x 9 = 63 & 25.78
x 2 = 26 x 2 = 52. For division - 9.8/5 = 10/5 = 2 & 18.29/3 = 18/3 = 6.
Homework:
-MMS pg 120-121
-Math test Monday, May 14
LANGUAGE:
Today we began spelling lesson #31 – prefixes non,
pre, im, re, and con. A prefix is a part of word that goes before the base
word, as in nonstop, prepaid, immovable, refill, and construct.
A
note on Spelling Bee – we will be practicing our
spelling words beginning tomorrow during our language period. Our in-class
competition will take place on Friday, May 11, where two students will move
forward to our SJA Spelling Bee competition on Wednesday, May 16. Our in-class
competition will run the same way the school competition will run. Students
will have to say the word, spell it correctly, and say the word again to
announce they are finished. If the students forget to say the word before or
after, or misspell the word, they will be out. Please be sure to practice at
home!!
Homework:
-Read
40 minutes
-Frindle
activity #5 due Tuesday
-Finish
spelling lesson #31
-Spelling
Bee practice
UNIT OF INQUIRY:
Today we continued working on our summative. For this summative,
students are required to research and write a one page biography on a famous
geologist and to write a one page paper on what life would be like if a rock
was eliminated form the earth. They also have to choose to create a rock
sculpture or create a 3-verse song about rocks. Our summative will be due
Monday, May 7, with presentations beginning that day. All work is to be
completed in class only, unless otherwise stated. Students are required to have
everything they will need brought to class each day.
Homework:
-Ensure you have everything you need for your summative and be sure to
bring it to school each day
-Summative due Monday, May 7
I hope you have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Hocevar J
