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.**
Recess fun on the gorgeous day!
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.
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
MATH:
Today we focused on multiplying decimals with tenths.
For this we used our simple long multiplication strategy. Please see below for
example. It is very important to remember to line up your numbers in the
correct place value and to include your decimal.
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.
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 118-119
LANGUAGE:
Today we completed our post-assessment for our third
term OWA (Ontario Writing Assessment). For this OWA, students had to write a
magazine article on the perfect classroom. I was very happy with the
pre-assessment we completed a few weeks ago, and the work that has been
completed over the last week. Some students also practiced spelling bee and
some students had some time to work on their final Frindle activity.
Homework:
-Read
40 minutes
-Frindle
activity #5 due Tuesday
OWA, Frindle and Spelling Bee!
UNIT OF INQUIRY:
Today we began 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 weekend!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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