Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

Tomorrow is a Day 1 (gym). Aftercare invoices are due by December 15^th. Be sure to pay on time to avoid interest charges! Our Christmas concert is happening next Tuesday, December 18th. There will be an afternoon and evening performance. Our costumes will be jeans, a Christmas shirt and a Santa hat. There will also be a dress rehearsal on Monday. 

Ms. Hayward is asking that all library books are due back by Thursday, December 20^th. Please see the flyer below for more information.

The lunch site is now open for January hot lunch orders. All orders are due by Wednesday, December 19^th at 3:00 PM. The site will close after 3:00 and will not re-open. The special this month is French toast. Please be sure to order under the correct grade and teacher.

Important dates/items:

Tuesday, December 11 – JK-Grade 2 Christmas concert

Saturday, December 15 – Aftercare invoices are due

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

Wednesday, December 19 – Casual day, bake sale and January lunch orders

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

Unit of Inquiry

Today we began to learn about the circulatory system. We coloured in the path of the blood as it passes through the heart, filled in a worksheet on how this system works and used some ‘heart’ – y words to fill in some blanks!

HOMEWORK

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Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we divided decimals by a 1-digit whole number. We used long division for this. For example, 3/2.232 = 0.744. We can use estimation as well. 

We will be finishing this unit tomorrow. We will work on our review on Wednesday and take it up on Thursday. Our math test will take place on Friday.

Points to remember:

4.9 = 4 and 9/10 (tenths)

4.99 = 4 and 99/100 (hundredths)

4.999 = 4 and 999/1000 (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.

When we multiply decimals by 10, the decimal shifts 1 spot to the right (38 x 10 = 380 or 2.8 x 10 = 28). When we multiply decimals by 100, the decimal shifts 2 spot to the right (38 x 100 = 3800 or 5.109 x 100 = 510.9). When we multiply decimals by 1000, the decimal shifts 3 spot to the right (38 x 1000 = 38000 or 6.372 x 1000 = 6372) and finally when we multiply decimals by 10000, the decimal shifts 4 spot to the right (38 x 10000 = 380000 or 9.048 x 10000 = 90480).**Move one spot for 10 as there is one zero. Move two spots for 100 as there are two zeros. Move three spots for 1000 as there are three zeros and finally move four spots for 10000 as there are four zeros. **

When we divide decimals by 10, the decimal shifts 1 spot to the left (38 x 10 = 3.8 or 2.8 x 10 = .28). When we divide decimals by 100, the decimal shifts 2 spot to the left (38 x 100 = 0.38 or 5.109 x 100 = .05109). When we divide decimals by 1000, the decimal shifts 3 spot to the left (38 x 1000 = 0.038 or 6.372 x 1000 = 0.006372) and finally when we divide decimals by 10000, the decimal shifts 4 spot to the left (38 x 10000 = 0.0038 or 9.048 x 10000 = 0.0009048).

When we multiply by 0.1, the decimal moves one spot to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.1 = 4.8). When we multiply by 0.01, the decimal moves two spots to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.01 = 0.48). When we multiply by 0.001, the decimal moves three spots to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.001 = 0.048).  

Multiplying decimals by whole numbers = 4.3 x 6 = 25.8. We can use estimation/rounding to help us with multiplying decimals. For example, 4.3 x 6 would round to 4 x 6 = 24.

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 64-65

-Math test Friday, December 14

Inquiry into Language

Today we began preparation for our OWA. We are learning how to write a persuasive piece on how to positively act at recess. We also practiced our dance.

HOMEWORK

-Finish spelling lesson 14

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar