Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful night! Tomorrow we are going to have some fun - we will be completing some Halloween themed activities - crosswords, math problems, word searches, etc.  

World Kindness Day is taking place on Tuesday, November 13th. Students are asked to give a handprint for every act of kindness they perform. For $2.00, students can have an extra casual day. 

Tomorrow is a Day 3 (gym – students do not need to wear gym clothes as it is a spirit day – please have gym shoes ready to board bus at 9:00 AM). Our curling trips will be happening on November 12^th in the morning and 20^th in the afternoon.  Permission forms and waivers have been sent home. Please fill out both forms and return by Friday, November 2^nd.

Bake sale is taking place tomorrow (being put on by Ms. Jaskolka, Ms. Fisher, and Ms. King). 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 16^th, 2018 and the short story deadline is November 23^rd, 2018.

Important dates/items:

Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day

Monday, November 5 – 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 began looking into the Greeks. We focussed on Greek Gods (Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hermes – most of those were easy connections as we have read about them in Percy Jackson). We learned about Greek cities and who exactly were the Greeks. Ask me what the gods and goddesses represents.

HOMEWORK

-Finish worksheets

Watching an introductory video on Ancient Greece!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jloEzVh31TE

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned explored and compared measures of volume and capacity. Volume measures the space an object occupies (mL or L), while capacity measures the amount of liquid or gas an object holds (cubic cm or cubic m). We had many students who struggled with last nights homework. We spent sometime before our lesson going over it.

A few conversions to remember:

1L = 1000 mL

1 cubic cm = 1 mL

1 cubic m = 1000 L

1000 cubic cm = 1 L

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.).

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.**

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 92-93

Writing last nights homework on the board.

Last nights homework!

Inquiry into Language

Today we jumped right back into Percy Jackson. We did a quick review of the last few chapters since it has been a while since we discussed it. We read chapter 20 and began the comprehension questions. We also practiced our typing!

HOMEWORK

-Finish chapter 20 questions

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar