Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is a Day 1 (gym). Aftercare invoices have been sent out and are due tomorrow, Thursday, November 15^th, 2018. **Beginning November 30^th, interest will be applied to outstanding amounts.** Thank you to these two action starts for sharing five interesting facts about the pyramids and a Geronimo Stilton book which discussed Ancient Egypt.

The Grand Opening of the new soccer dome is taking place tonight from 4:00-5:30 PM. Please see flyer below for more information.

Our second curling trip will be happening on Tuesday, November 20^th in the afternoon (12-3). Students are reminded to wear their gym uniform (they will be wearing it all day), as well as to bring warm clothes (hats, mitts and coats) as we will be on the ice and it will be cold. We will eat lunch before we leave on the 20^th. Our Science Fair projects will be judged first thing on Friday, beginning promptly at 9:00 AM. Students must be in full uniform and have all necessary items ready. Each student will have between 2-3 minutes to present with 1-2 minutes to answer any questions the judge may have.

A note from Ms. Dawn – Scholastic forms were sent home yesterday. All orders will be due Friday, November 16^th. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be accepted as a form of payment. For Parent Pay please log on to parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials

Province - Ontario

City - Mississauga

School - St Judes Academy

Teacher - Dawn Goulart

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.

Oakwood Academy is holding a Poinsettia fundraiser for the holiday season, to raise money for some new sensory items. The Poinsettias are red, pink or white and make a wonderful holiday gift, and are a nice way to spread holiday cheer. Order forms were sent home today. The class that sells the most Poinsettias will win a $50 gift card!! Order between November 1^st and November 30^th by cash only.

Science Fair is taking place Friday, November 16^th. We are being judged first thing in the morning from 9:00-10:00 AM. Please see flyer below for more information. We welcome all family members to view the projects from 2:30-3:15 PM.

Important dates/items:

Thursday, November 15 – Aftercare payments are due

Friday, November 16 – Science Fair & Scholasti orders are due

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

Thursday, November 22 – Picture re-takes & picture orders are due

Friday, Novebmer 23 – Geometry math test

Tuesday, November 27 – Bake sale

Wednesday, November 28 – Bake sale and casual day

Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued to learn about Ancient Egypt. We focused on embalming and researched what some Egyptian words meant. We also learned what government was like in Egypt.

It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of our second Unit of Inquiry. For our summative, students will be required to re-create an ancient artifact from one of the three civilization we learned about. An information package and rubric will be sent home sometime this week. We will begin our in-class summative on Monday, November 19^th and the due date will be Thursday, November 29^th. A kind reminder that all work is to be completed during class time only, unless other wise stated.

HOMEWORK

-Read Famous Pharaohs and complete activity

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we focused on classifying figures. Figures can be identified, described, compared, and classified in different ways. We can sort triangles by the number of equal sides and by angle measure (a scalene triangle is a triangle that 2 equal sides, an equilateral triangle is a triangle that has all sides equal, and an isosceles triangle has no equal side). We can sort quadrilaterals in a Venn diagram (a quadrilateral is a four sided figure). We learned that a convex polygon is a polygon that has angles less than 180 degrees and a concave polygon has at least on reflex angle.

Points to remember:

An acute angle is less than 90 degrees. A right angle is 90 degrees and takes the shape of an L. An obtuse angle is greater than 90 degrees. A straight line is 180 degrees and makes a straight line. A reflex angle is an angle that falls between 180 and 360 degrees.

In order to measure a reflex angle, you measure the angle below the 180 degree straight line. Then you add up the numbers. For example, if the angle measures 13 degrees, then 13 + 180 = 193 degrees.

When constructing a reflex angle you need to do the opposite. You take the angle measurement and subtract it from the 180 degree straight line. That angle will tell you how to draw it. For example, 205 – 180 = 25 degrees. Using the 180 degree line, measure the 25 degree angle and draw it.

HOMEWORK

-Math test Friday, November 23^rd

-MMS pg 36-37

Inquiry into Language

Today we continued working on UOI and practiced for our Christmas concert.

HOMEWORK

-French spelling test tomorrow

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar