Friday, April 27, 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.**






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.

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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