Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful night! Please note we have a schedule change this week. Tomorrow will be a Day 5 (gym) and Friday we will be back to our regular schedule of a Day 1 (gym). That means we will have back-to-back gym days on Thursday and Friday. Picture re-take day is on tomorrow. Pictures orders are also due tomorrow. Thank you to Vishva for sharing her rectangular prism, Manny for bringing in a book Ancient Rome, and Divyansh who told us how the pyramids were made. Great action Grade 5s!

Curling pictures!

Don't forget about Polar Expressions Publishing! 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.

Hot lunch program: The website is up and running for December hot lunch. The site will close on Friday, November 30 at 3:00 and will not be able to re-open. **Please remember to correctly order under the right grade and teacher. **

Ms. Hayward is holding her ‘Pinkalicious’ Ornament Contest again this year. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Important dates/items:

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

Friday, November 23 – Geometry math test

Wednesday, November 28 – casual day

Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued working on our summative. For our ancient civilization summative, students will be required to re-create an ancient artefact from one of the three civilization we learned about. An information package and rubric was sent home. 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

-Bring in materials to begin construction of ancient artefact

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we began our second review. We will take it up tomorrow.

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.

A scalene triangle is a triangle that 2 equal sides.

An equilateral triangle is a triangle that has all sides equal.

An isosceles triangle has no equal sides.

A quadrilateral is a four-sided figure.

A convex polygon is a polygon that has angles less than 180 degrees and a concave polygon has at least on reflex angle (180-360 degrees).

HOMEWORK

-Finish math review

-Math test Friday, November 23^rd

Inquiry into Language

Today we had some reading time with our reading buddies, some independent reading time, and did some activities related to our ancient civilizations.

HOMEWORK

-Spelling test on Friday

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar