Good afternoon everyone,

I hope everyone had a fun night of trick or treating! We lasted just shy of 1 hour and 45 minutes of trick or treating and got buckets full of goodies…I am not sure who was more tired…the kids or us!! Please wear house ties tomorrow!

A few risk-takers reciting Guy Fawkes!

Indoor recess fun - making house points and playing Hangman!

World Kindness Day is taking place on Tuesday, November 13^th. 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 5 (gym). 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.

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:

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

Wednesday, November 28 – Bake sale and casual day

Tuesday, November 20 – Curling trip – 12:00-3:00

Thursday, November 22 – Picture re-takes

Tuesday, November 27 – Bake sale

Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued learning about Ancient Greece. We focused on Greek clothing and began a timeline of important events in Greek’s history.

HOMEWORK

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Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we focused on relating units of mass. Mass is the amount of matter of an object. The basic unit of mass is grams. When we add milli to gram (milligram), the milli means thousandths. So, one milligram is one-thousandth of a gram (1 mg = 0.001 g & 1000 mg = 1 g). When we add kilo to gram (kilogram), the kilo means thousands. So, one kilogram is one thousand grams (1 kg = 1000 g & 1 g = 0.001 kg). One tonne is one thousand kilograms (1 t = 1000 kg & 1 kg = 0.001 t). Please see the chart below to help.

	/1000		/1000		/1000	Move the decimal 3 spots to the left
mg	-à	g	-à	kg	-à	t
	X 1000		X 1000		X 1000	Move the decimal 3 spots to right
t	--->	kg	--->	g	--->	mg

 This is our last lesson for this unit. Our math test will take place on Monday, November 12.

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.**

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).

A few conversions to remember:

1L = 1000 mL

1 cubic cm = 1 mL

1 cubic m = 1000 L

1000 cubic cm = 1 L

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 94-95

-Math test Monday, November 12^th

Inquiry into Language

Today we read chapter 21 and 22 of PJ and answered the comprehension questions. We have officially ended our first novel study. Out Term 2 novel study will be ‘Shannen and the Dream for a School,’ which ties into our government unit.

HOMEWORK

-Finish chapter 22 of PJ

-Spelling test tomorrow

Enjoying the last chapter of PJ!

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar