Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful night!
Monday is a Day 1 (gym). Scientists in the School Matter workshop permission
forms and money due no later than Tuesday, October 9th. Thank you to
Eva and Himmat for their Terry Fox donations. It was so nice to see everyone dressed in orange for Orange Shirt Day.
My boys participating in Orange Shirt Day at their school!
Our chain link!
Congrats to Ms. Samuel's class for winning the Golden Broom!
The first Grade 5 extra curricular
activity is upon us. The Grade 5s will be attending the golf range on Tuesday, October 2nd. Please
send students to school in their gym uniform.
Winter uniforms
begin Tuesday, October 9th. Please ensure that all students have all of
the pieces and that all pieces are worn on a daily basis (grey skirt/pants,
navy blue socks, black dress shoes, long sleeve button up white dress shirt,
navy blue sweater/sweater vest, tie [academic Monday-Thursday and house colour
tie on Friday], and a blazer). Students will be required to wear all the pieces
during morning announcements, field trips, and during transitions if going from
one classroom to another. Please see Ms. Alpa for any uniform requests or
inquirers. **The uniform store will be
closed from Tuesday, October 2nd to Wednesday, October 17th
– please place all uniform orders by Sunday, September 30th to Alpa
via email alpa@multiformcanada.com or website
multiformcanada.com.**
Soccer Practice Times
Elementary Girls and Boys – Tuesday and
Thursday 4-5PM
U12 Coed and U12 Development Program –
Monday and Wednesday 4-5PM
**Please note that students doing
any after school activity, soccer, karate, yoga, etc. will be
charged until 4:00 PM in aftercare, when they will be dismissed to
their program with their coach!**
Caribou Math Contest is an online mathematics
contest that is held 6 times per year. Last year we did a trial run with a few
students from Grade 6 and above. This year we are going to offer it to students
in Grades 3 and up. This is something that will be done on a student’s own
time. This will not be a focus of our math program. That being said, Dr. Kaur
and Mr. Lee-Guide have offered to run a math club on Wednesday morning
beginning at 8:00 AM for those who are interested – the math club has begun.
There is a $15 annual fee that must be paid online at registration and the test
times begin at 7:15 AM. Committed students will write the tests on:
Wednesday,
October 17th, 2018
Wednesday,
November 14th, 2018
Wednesday,
January 16th, 2019
Wednesday,
February 13th, 2019
Wednesday,
April 3rd, 2019
Wednesday,
May 1st, 2019
Permission
forms were sent home. Please follow the instructions at the bottom of the page
to register your child and pay the fee and return the permission form to me.
Don't
forget about Polar Expressions Publishing! The poetry deadline is November 16th, 2018 and the short
story deadline is November 23rd, 2018.
Important dates/items:
Monday,
October 1 – Unit 2 math test
Tuesday,
October 2 – Golf range 10-11:30 AM
Thursday,
October 4 – International Day
Friday,
October 5 – No school – PD Day
Monday,
October 8 – No school – Thanksgiving Monday
Monday,
October 15 – Scientists in the School – more info to come
Thursday,
October 25 – Picture Day
Tuesday,
October 30 – Bake sale & casual day
Wednesday,
October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we spent some extra time on our France project for International Day.
Our
What’s the Matter summative is fast approaching. This summative will be their
science fair project and it must relate to matter. An outline with due dates and a rubric will be
sent home sometime over the next few weeks – the Grade 5 team are still
finalizing the details. The due date for this summative will be Thursday,
October 18th with in-class presentations happening then and on
Friday, October 19th. Please note that students will be required to
show their display again during our SJA Science Fair, which takes place on
Friday, November 16th.
HOMEWORK
-Sign
and return matter quiz
-UOI
summative due Thursday, October 18th
-Presentations
taking place on Thursday, October 18th and Friday, October 19th
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today
we took up the math review. Please use this review to study for the test on
Monday.
Points to remember:
Standard form - simply put it is
the number – 3, 258, 111.
Number written form is writing the number
using both numbers and words (3 million, 2 hundred 58 thousand, 111).
Expanded form is when we take the
number and break it down (3, 258, 111 = 3,000,000 + 200,000 + 50,000 + 8,000 +
100 + 10 + 1) – we take each digit and then add zeros!
When
using < and > signs, the alligator mouth eats the bigger number.
Multiples of 2 are: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20.
Multiples of 3 are: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21.
Common multiples are numbers that are
the same in two or more different multiples. For example, the common multiples
from the list above are 6, 12, 18. Those 3 numbers appear in both lists of
multiples (2 and 3).
In
a multiplication question, the numbers that form the product (answer) are known
as factors. In the example, 2 x 3 =
6, 2 and 3 are the factors.
A
prime number has exactly two
factors, 1 and itself. For example, 3 and 7 are prime numbers (1 x 3 = 3 and 1
x 7 = 7). There are no other numbers that you can multiply to get 3 or 7.
A
composite number has more than two
factors. For example, 4 and 8 (1x4 and 2x2 = 4 and 1x8 and 2x4 = 8).
Compatible numbers are numbers that are
easy to compute. For example, 60 + 35 + 40. If you switch around the 35 and 40
to make the question read 60 + 40 + 35, it makes it easy to mentally add - 60 +
40 = 100 + 35 = 135. We can also use compatible
numbers when multiplying. For example, 4 x 19 x 25. If you switch around
the 19 and 25 it makes it easier to multiply – 4 x 25 x 19 = 100 x 19 = 1900
(remember to use another strategy to multiply 19 x 100 – 19 x 1 = 19 then add
the 2 zeros to get 1900).
When
doing a subtraction question, if
there is no need to regroup we can subtract from the left. For example 687 –
464 = 223 (6-4=2, 8-6=2 and 7-4=3).
PEMDAS - Please Excuse
My Dear Aunt Sally.
P – first solve anything
that is in a parenthesis (*).
E – next solve anything
that has an exponent – we will not be working with exponents!
M and D – do all
multiplication and division in order form left to right
A and S- do all addition and subtraction in order from left to right
Please
see examples: 16 – 14/2 = 16 – 7 = 9
(I solved the division part 14/2 first, then the subtracted that number, 7,
from 16.
7 x (4 + 8) = 7 x 12 = 84 (I
solved the parenthesis first (4 x 8), then multiplied that number by 7.
9 +3 x 6 – 4 = 9 + 18 – 4= 27 – 4
= 23 (I solved the multiplication first (3 x 6 = 18), then added 9 to 18 = 27,
and finally subtracted 4.
When
adding remember to begin with the
numbers in the ones column of the place value chart and to regroup in the tens
column if necessary. Then we move to the tens column and hundreds column. If
adding all 4 numbers together is too much, add the first two numbers, then the
last two numbers, and then add the total from each together. When subtracting, remember to begin at the
ones column in the place value and to regroup/take from the next place value
column when necessary. To double-check your answer, add the answer you got to
the second set of numbers (inverse operation). It should equal the first set of
numbers in your subtraction sentence.
HOMEWORK
-Unit 2
math test will be on Monday, October 1
Helping with the math review!
Inquiry into Language
Today
we continued working on our France International Day project. We also started
reading Percy Jackson chapter 7 and visited our reading buddies.
Please
see below the groups and topics. Parents and families are welcome to join us on
Thursday, October 4th from 2:30-3:15. Any French food donations
would be greatly appreciated!! **This is an in-class project, where work is to
be done in class only.**
Music and Dress – Joshua, Vishva and
Mitansh
Artwork and Dance – Aanika and Emana
Cuisine – Eva and Liliana
Toys, Games and Sport – Willem, Chesley,
Manny, and Ronit
Products and
Imports/Exports – Munira and Elina
Laws and Policies – Jasmeet and Himmat
Rules and Customs – Aarnav, Rajan and
Divyansh
HOMEWORK
-Sign and return
spelling test #3 – write out wrong words 5x
International Day!
Reading buddies!
Have
a wonderful weekend!
Love
Mrs. Hocevar
