Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful night! Monday is a Day 1 (gym). Do not forget to choose a time for Student-Led Conferences via the Pick-A-Time website. The site opened Thursday morning. Ski forms and waivers were sent home last night. Please read and fill in all sections of all forms and return to me by Friday, December 7^th.  Report cards were sent home today. Please review and return the last page with your comments on it.

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

A personalized Christmas Elf doll makes the perfect gift. Order forms have been sent home and are due back no later than Monday, December 10^th. Each elf costs $6 and can be paid for by cash only. Don’t miss out!

Parent Guild is hosting a Christmas Skate at Meadowvale 4-Rinks on Thursday, December 20^th, from 3:30-5:30 PM. The cost is $10/student, but free for parents. Hot chocolate will be served and the big guy will be in attendance for pictures. What a fun way to start the holidays. Order forms have been sent home and the deadline to return them is Monday, December 10^th.

Important dates/items:

Monday, December 3 – Term Three begins

Thursday, December 6 – Student-Led Conferences

Monday, December 10 – Elf order, skating forms and payments due

Tuesday, December 11 – JK-Grade 2 Christmas concert

Tuesday, December 18 – Grade 3-8 Christmas concert & bake sale

Wednesday, December 19 – Casual day & bake sale

Thursday, December 20 – Christmas Spirit day and last day of school before the Christmas break

Unit of Inquiry

Today we had our UOI summative presentations. Thank you to all of the parents and guardians who came to join us at our museum. I am once again impressed with the work the Grade 5’s did. Great work!

HOMEWORK

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Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we held our Grade 5 ancient Civilization Museum of Artefacts. We will pick up math again on Monday.  

Points to remember:

4.9 = 4 and 9/10 (tenths)

4.99 = 4 and 99/100 (hundredths)

4.999 = 4 and 99/1000 (thousandths)

¼ = 0.25

½ = 0.50

¾ = 0.75

- 2.25 million is written in standard form as

2, 250, 000.

As a decimal we write it as 2.25 million (2 whole million + 0.25 million) and as a fraction it is ¼ of a million (25 is ¼ of 100).

Place value decimals:

4.623

Tens	Ones	.	Tenths	Hundredths	Thousandths
	4	.	6	2	3

Expanded Form:

4.623

4 + 0.6 + 0.02 + 0.003

Thousandths is located 3 spots after the decimal in the place value chart (0.000).

Fractions to decimals: 6/1000 = .006, 17/1000 = .017, 123/1000 = .123, 2 321/1000 = 2.321. **Remember that when saying the number the decimal = and. For example, 2.123 = two and one hundred and twenty three thousandths.**

When comparing and ordering numbers, we need to remember that as we go from tenths to thousandths the numbers get smaller. So 0.406 is smaller than 0.457, and 6.0 is bigger than 5.976.

Rounding rules are 0-4 round down and 5-9 round up.

HOMEWORK

-Math sheet

Inquiry into Language

Today we had our UOI presentations.  Our third unit begin on Monday – the human body. We will be exploring some of the different systems in our body.

HOMEWORK

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Love Mrs. Hocevar