Monday, October 29, 2018

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was pretty low key…the usual weekend household items and sports! Carter was lucky enough to get to experience his first Leaf game with Mark on Saturday night. Mark won a pair of tickets through work, and Carter has suddenly taken an interest in hockey, so they thought what better time! I’m not sure who was more excited…Mark (taking his son to his first game) or Carter (going to his first game)!!







He enjoyed every minute of it!







Some more action - discussing how Romans got their water and Gladiators!

Tomorrow is a Day 2 (music and tech). Our curling trips will be happening on November 12th and 20th. Permission forms and waivers were sent home tonight. Please fill out both forms and return by Friday, November 2nd.

Bake sale is taking place tomorrow and Wednesday (being put on by Ms. Jaskolka, Ms. Fisher, and Ms. King). Casual day is taking place tomorrow. Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day is taking place on Wednesday. Students are encouraged to dress in black and orange, or in their Halloween costume. Please no weapons, masks, scary face paint/costumes.

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:

Tuesday, October 30 – Bake sale & casual day
Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
Tuesday, November 6 – Guy Fawkes Day
Thursday, November 8 – ROM trip
Friday, November 9 – No school – PD Day
Monday, November 12 – Kindness Day & curling trip – 9:00-12:00
Friday, November 16 – Science Fair
Thursday, November 22 – Picture re-takes
Tuesday, November 27 – Bake sale
Wednesday, November 28 – Bake sale and casual day
Thursday, November 29 – Curling trip – 12:00-3:00
Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we wrote out names and birthday using the Roman alphabet.

HOMEWORK

-Finish name using the Roman alphabet - make it pretty







We are off to a good start!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned about the cubic metre. We used our MMS practice and homework sheet for this lesson. A line segment and distance have only one dimension. They can be measured in linear units such as cm, m and km. A flat surface has two dimensions and can be measured using square units, such as square cm or square m. An object has three dimensions and can be measured using cubic units, such as cubic cm and cubic m. For example, a track and field race would be measured in linear units (m or km), a pool cover would measure in square units (m) and a cargo space would measure in cubic units (cubic m). **1 cubic m = 1,000,000 cubic cm.**

Points to remember:

When using a 24-hour notation, 12:00 AM (midnight) to 12:00 PM (noon) stays the same, but after 12:00 PM it goes to 13:00 for 1:00, 14:00 for 2:00, etc.

1:00 PM – 13:00
2:00 PM – 14:00
3:00 PM – 15:00
4:00 PM  - 16:00
5:00 PM = 17:00
6:00 PM = 18:00
7:00 PM – 19:00
8:00 PM – 20:00
9:00 PM – 21:00
10:00 PM – 22:00
11:00 PM – 23:00
12:00 PM – 00:00

Then we start back at 1:00 AM.

12:00- 11:59 AM is from midnight to noon and 12:00 – 11:59 (12:00-24:00) PM is from noon to midnight.

Rounding rules – 0 – 4 round down
-       5 – 9 round up
Friendly numbers  (a way to round or estimate) - $423.99 would round to $400.00 and $789. 11 would round to $800.00.

Standard amount (eight hundred twenty-two dollars = $822)

Written form ($745.50 = seven hundred forty-five dollars and 50 cents). We also counted money. Remember what each coin and bill are worth!

To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, multiply each face - length x width (l x w), then add the total area. For rectangular prisms that are congruent (all sides are equal), find the area of all three sides, add them together and then multiply by 2. For example, a rectangular prism with the sides 7 cm height, 15 cm length, and 10 cm width – find the area of front face, 15 x 7 = 105, then find the area of the side face, 10 x 7 = 70, then find the area of the top face, 15 x 10 = 150. Then add up those totals – 105 + 70 + 150 = 325 x 2 = 650 cm squared. When finding the surface area we use units squared (cm squared, m squared, etc.).

Volume = number of cubes in each layer x number of layers. The number of cubes is length x width and the number of layers is the height, so our formula to find the volume is l x w x h. When finding the volume we use units cubed (cm cubed, m cubed, etc.).

HOMEWORK

-Surface area and volume review sheet




Helping with fill-in-the-blanks!


Inquiry into Language

Today we wrote our OWA (Ontario Writing Assessment) post-assessment – waking up as an inanimate object! The results of the post-assessment will be sent home with report cards at the end of November. Last Fridays spelling tests have been marked and sent home.

HOMEWORK

-Sign and return spelling test #7 – wrong words are to be written out 5 x




Focusing so hard on writing our inanimate object narrative stories!


Using classroom resources to assist with spelling!

Have a wonderful night!


Love Mrs. Hocevar

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