Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful night. Tuesday is a Day 6 (music and reading buddies). There is no school tomorrow and Monday.

Thanks to these kids for sharing their action with us. D told us who Queen Elizabeth came to be queen, M told us some very interesting facts about our Prime Minister and V found a rectangle and found the perimeter.

Action stars!

Yummy cookies!

Please be reminded that our second ski trip is taking place next Wednesday, February 20^th. Students are expected to arrive at the school between 6:30 and 6:45 AM at the latest. We will be leaving at 7:00 AM sharp and will return to the school for dismissal. Please have students dress appropriately with warm, waterproof ski gear and a change of clothes if needed. Students have the option of bringing a disposable lunch or they may purchase items at the ski hill.

Pancake Tuesday has been moved to Tuesday, March 5^th.  **Aftercare invoices have been sent out. Please pay your invoice by Friday, February 15^th to avoid interest charges**

**Please do not order lunch on the following days – February 20^th (second ski trip), March 7^th (third ski day) and March 27^th (Legislative Assembly field trip).**

It seems as though the cold and snowy weather is here to stay. Please ensure that students are sent to school with proper outdoor gear - winter coats, hats, mitts, winter boots, scarves, etc. Students will not be allowed to stay in at recess if they are not dressed accordingly. I thank you for your support. 

Jump Rope for Heart – We had a great time today during Jump Rope for Heart. Thank you to all of the students who brought in money to support his great cause!

Such a fun time at Jump Rope for Heart!

Don't miss out on your chance to reserve your spot for our March Break Camp!! March Break is only three short weeks away!!

Important dates/items:

Friday, February 15 – No School – PD Day

Monday, February 18 – No School – Family Day

Tuesday, February 19 – SJA vs. TMA Oral Competition

Tuesday, February 26 – Bake sale

Wednesday, February 27 – Casual day and bake sale

Thursday, February 28 – Anti-Bullying Day

Monday, March 4 – Friday, March 8 – Spirit Week

Tuesday, March 5 – Pancake Tuesday

Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 22 – No School – March Break

Monday, March 25 – First day back after March Break and Term 3 begins

Wednesday, March 27 – Casual Day

Friday, March 29 – Term 2 report cards go home

Unit of Inquiry

Today we made our Valentine’s Day bags, handed out our Valentine’s and had a small party with cookies and cupcakes.

HOMEWORK

-Finish all uncompleted UOI work and make corrections if any

Valentine's Day fun!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we played individual math games and Kahoot – find the area and perimeter of figures.

Points to remember:

The perimeter is the outside of a figure. For any polygon, you can find the perimeter by adding the side lengths. When finding the perimeter of an parallelogram, we can use a formula of P = (l + w) x 2! **To change mm to cm you will need to divide by 10 – move the decimal one spot to the left. For example, 108 mm would become 10.8 cm.**

To find the perimeter of a rectangle, we use the following formula – P = (l + w) x 2. To find the area of a rectangle, we use the formula – A = l x w. Don’t forget that when you convert a measure of area from square metres to square centimetres, each dimension is multiplied by 100, so the area is multiplied by 100 x 100, or 10, 000.

Parallelograms: Any side of a parallelogram is a base. The height of the parallelogram is the length of a line segment that joins parallel sides and is perpendicular to the base. In order to find the area of a parallelogram, we use the following formula: A = b x h. For example, 13 cm x 15 cm = 195 cm squared. When we are given an area and asked to find the height or base, we do the opposite. We take the area and divide by either the height or base. For example, A = 60 m squared and base is 12 m, then 60/12 = 5 m, therefore the height is 5 m.

To find the area of a triangle we use the following formula – A = (b x h) / 2. The area of a triangle is one-half the area of a rectangle with the same base and height. For example, A = (2 x 6)/2 = 12/2 = 6 units squared. Please note that any side of a triangle can be its base. **The area of a triangle if one-half the area of a rectangle or parallelogram with the same base and height.**

**Remember when calculating area to use units squared.**

HOMEWORK

-Math review

Inquiry into Language

We also continued our literary circles for Shannen. We finished up our first week, shared our parts with our group and I meet with group #1. Next week I will meet with group #2.

All students have been placed into literary groups. Each week, students will be assigned a different role in the literary circle; summariser, literary critic and word wizard. 

If you are a summariser, you will be writing a summary of the assigned chapters. If you are a literary critic, you will choose a passage that is of importance in that chapter, read it to your group and write an explanation of why the passage is important or relevant to the story. If you are a word wizard, you will find words that are new, different, funny, etc. and find the definition to each. 

The literary groups are as follows:

Group 1 - Emana, Joshua, Munira, Chesley, Himmat, Jasmeet

Group 2 - Ronit, Aanika, Elina, Vishva, Aarnav, Willem

Group 3 - Manny, Divyansh, Liliana, Eva, Rajan, Mitansh

Here is the outline of how the next few weeks will go with regards to Shannen:

Week 1 - Chapters 13 and 14 - due Thursday, February 14th

HW - Read chapters 15-17 - due Tuesday, February 19th

Week 2 - Chapters 18 and 19 - due Friday, February 22nd

HW - Read chapter 20 - due Monday, February 25th

Week 3 - Chapters 21-23 - due Thursday, February 28th

HOMEWORK

-Read chapters 15-17 - due Tuesday, February 19th

Literary circle sharing!

French fun!

Enjoy a restful and relaxing Family Day Weekend. I will see you on Tuesday.

Love Mrs. Hocevar