Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day. Thank you to the Grade 5s for all of their hard work during the Student-Led Conferences. They worked so hard on them and I am proud of all of them for doing such a fantastic job.

Some more action taking place! Amazing!!

Another French presentation!

Monday is a Day 6 (music and reading buddies). 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. The last day to hand in your ornament is Monday. All library books are due back by Thursday, December 20^th. 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.

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:

Monday, December 10 – Pinkalicious ornaments, Elf orders and skating forms due

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 put together our skeletons! They turned out so good! Monday we will begin to learn about the circulatory system.

HOMEWORK

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Please meet our new friends, Bones, Skully the Skeleton and Wally the Wobbly Skeleton!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we multiplied decimals by a 1-digit whole number. For example, 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.

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).  

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 62-63 if not completed in class

Inquiry into Language

Today we wrote our spelling test and began our spelling lesson #14. 

HOMEWORK

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Have a wonderful weekend!

Love Mrs. Hocevar