Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a very jam packed weekend. Saturday was Mark’s birthday, his kids work Christmas party and our Elf Charlie made his return. There was a lot of excitement on Saturday morning!! Sunday we went to cut down our Christmas tree at Wintersinger’s Tree Farm and then had a breakfast dinner and gift exchange with our fantastic neighbours.

Welcome back, Charlie!

Hersey kids Christmas party!

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree....

We are so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful neighbours. 

Tomorrow is a Day 2 (music and tech). 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 week. Please read and fill in all sections of all forms and return to me by Friday, December 7^th.  Report cards were sent last week. Please review and return the last page with your comments on it. Aftercare invoices are due by December 15^th. Be sure to pay on time to avoid interest charges!

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:

Thursday, December 6 – Student-Led Conferences

Monday, December 10 – Elf orders and skating forms due

Tuesday, December 11 – JK-Grade 2 Christmas concert

Saturday, December 15 - Aftercare payments are due

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 began our third Unit of Inquiry – the human body. We watched an introductory video on the human body systems and began our title page. In this unit we will be learning about the skeletal, circulatory, digestive, and nervous system. We will be watching videos, completing work sheets and building each system.

HOMEWORK

-Finish title page

Our artefacts from Friday!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we discussed adding and subtracting decimals. It is simply adding and subtracting, but you add a decimal. Don’t forget to add your units: $, Kg, cm, etc.

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

-MMS pg 54-55

Inquiry into Language

Today we began spelling lesson #13 – words with prefixes un, in, dis, and trans and words with the sound of long o. We also began our Term 2 DRAs (Diagnostic Reading Assessment).

HOMEWORK

-Finish spelling lesson #13

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar