Good afternoon everyone,

I you had a wonderful night! Guy Fawkes recitals on Monday! For those of you have all ready memorized it, well-done!

A note from Oakwood Academy: On November 13, Oakwood Academy is hosting world kindness day, which is a day to recognize global kindness, generous acts and sense of community. For every act of kindness you do, please come and place a handprint on the Oakwood Academy globe and dress down for $2. Let's make this day a day of leadership and unity. 

Monday is a Day 6 (music and reading buddies). Our curling trips will be happening on November 12^th in the morning and 20^th in the afternoon.

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. The only form of payment will be cash. Thank you in advance!

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 learned about food, Greek words, Greek sayings and famous Greeks.

HOMEWORK

- Finish UOI sheets

Answering UOI questions!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we began ‘Show What You Know’ as our first review for this unit. This was a very heavy unit so we will be spending the next week reviewing. 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

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

HOMEWORK

-Math test Monday, November 12^th

Working on Show What You Know!

Inquiry into Language

Today we wrote our spelling test for lesson #8. We also completed a crossword related to Percy Jackson.

HOMEWORK

-Sign and return spelling test – write out wrong words 5 x

-Finish PJ crossword 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love Mrs. Hocevar