Thursday, April 26, 2018

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful night.

 **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 Ms. Bancud: You are now able to order for May Lunches. The deadline for May lunches is Saturday, April 28th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, May 4th, 2018.

A group of Grade 6’s are promoting Meatless Mondays for their Exhibition project. They have come up with this month's special, which is Crispy Cauliflower Bites for $4.50 with a side of tzatziki dip that will be available every Monday! You will find more information about Meatless Mondays around the school.

Payment Instructions
  • There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 
    • Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
    • It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  
  • We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.

If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

A note from Ms. Dawn – Scholastic forms were sent home today. All orders will be due Monday, April 30. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be accepted as a form of payment.

For Parent Pay please log on to parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials

Province - Ontario
City - Mississauga
School - St Judes Academy
Teacher - Dawn Goulart

Upcoming Dates & Events

Saturday, April 28 – May hot lunch orders due

Monday, April 30 – Scholastic orders due

Friday, May 4 – May hot lunch payments due

Today we had tons of fun running around Kidsport! They will be tired tonight! Thank you again to all of those families who support our Spring Fundraiser. I will have a grand total for you tomorrow!

MATH:

Today we looked at estimating products and quotients. When we have a division sentence such as 63/7=9, the divisor is 7, the 63 is the dividend, and the 7 is the quotient. When we are estimating it is important to remember that we are making a reasonable guess. That means that your answer may not be correct! We also need to remember our rounding rules to help us use easier multiplication or division; 0-4 round down and 5-9 round up. Here are some examples; 7.01 x 9 = 7 x 9 = 63 & 25.78 x 2 = 26 x 2 = 52. For division examples are; 9.8/5 = 10/5 = 2 & 18.29/3 = 18/3 = 6. We can also use our benchmarks to help us; 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75.

Fractions and Decimals:

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.

Homework:

-MMS pg 116-117




Estimating!

LANGUAGE:

Today was our Kidsport Trip.

Homework:

-Read 40 minutes
-Frindle activity #5 due Tuesday



















So much fun!




Enjoying lunch upon our return!

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today was our Kidsport trip. Our summative begins on tomorrow and will be due Monday, May 7. Please have your research (for both the geologist and what would it be like if we did not have a certain type of rock) ready to go on Friday. I emailed a website that could be useful for the geologist biography.

Homework:

-Have your research and any items you may need ready for Friday
-Summative due Monday, May 7

I hope you have a wonderful night!


Mrs. Hocevar J

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