Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful night!

The first Grade 5 extra curricular activity is upon us. We will be going to a golf range on Wednesday, October 3. Permission forms have been sent home and are due back on Monday, September 24. There is no cost, as it has been included in the tuition. Our Terry Fox event is just around the corner. This is an annual event here at SJA. As we have done every year, we are asking donations. Pledge sheets have been sent home, and will be due by Wednesday, September 16^th. Thank you in advance for your donations!

**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!**

Please find below the link to our librarian Ms. Hayward and a flyer!

 www.sjalibrary.wordpress.com 

October hot lunch can now be ordered. The site will close on September 26th at 3:00 PM, so please get your orders in before then, as the site cannot be re-opened. October hot lunch payments are due by October 10th. Please ensure you are ordering under the correct grade and teacher. 

Important dates/items:

Thursday, September 20 – Welcome Back BBQ from 4-5:30 PM

Monday, September 24 – Golf permission forms due

Tuesday, September 25 – Bake Sale

Wednesday, September 26 – Bake Sale, Casual Day, Terry Fox pledges due & October hot lunch orders due

Thursday, September 27 – Terry Fox run

Friday, September 28 – Orange Shirt Day

Unit of Inquiry

Today we read about changes of state. A change of state occurs when heat energy is added or taken away from material. There are 4 changes of state – melting (when a solid changes into a liquid – ice cube melting), evaporation (when a liquid changes to a gas – boiling water), condensation (when a gas changes to a liquid – when a water bottle becomes wet on the outside), and freezing (when a liquid changes into a solid – water into ice cube). We also did a cut and paste activity to show these changes of state.

HOMEWORK

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Changes in state!

Changes of state cut and paste!

Joshua and Aanika sharing action. Joshua showed another experiment and Aanika created a song about the three states of matter

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we worked with multiples. 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. We also looked at common multiples, which is numbers that are the same in two or more different sets of 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).

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.

HOMEWORK

- MMS page 18-19

Inquiry into Language

Today we had our first spelling test. Any words that were spelt incorrectly, please re-write them 5 times. We also had time to work on our PJ chapter 2 comprehension questions. Our first tech day was great. We began a typing program, which the kids loved! The lesson today focused on the home row. We were all so excited! Remember to not look at the keyboard and that your index fingers go on f and j!!

HOMEWORK

-   - Sign and return spelling test on Monday – wrong words to be written out 5 X

-   - French homework – complete 3 and 5 on the worksheet

-   - Complete PJ chapter 2 comprehension questions – please do not read on!

Learning about the home row!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Hocevar