Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful Family Day weekend. We very much enjoyed our weekend. Mark and I went out for dinner, all four of us went to Uxbridge to visit some long time friends and yesterday we spent the afternoon on the outdoor rink - Kase was out there for 4 hours!! Needless to say he was asleep before 7 last night!!

My family!

These boys love the outdoor rink, especially the younger one!

Tomorrow is a Day 1 and is our second ski trip. 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. Thursday is a Day 2 (music and tech). Friday is sibling picture day.

**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. 

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Important dates/items:

Wednesday, February 20 – Second ski trip – arrive at school between 6:30 and 6:45 as we leave at 7:00 sharp

Monday, February 25 – UOI summative begins

Tuesday, February 26 – Bake sale

Wednesday, February 27 – Casual day and bake sale

Thursday, February 28 – Anti-Bullying Day & math test

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

Tuesday, March 5 – Pancake Tuesday & UOI summative due

Tuesday, March 5-Wednesday, March 6 – UOI summative presentations

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 read about what we can do as responsible citizens. Some of the ideas we read about were lobbying the government, being an activist and starting a petition. Please see our list on how we can be responsible citizens.

This is a five-week unit in which we will be finishing the learning aspect this Friday. We will begin our summative on Monday, February 25^th with a due date of Tuesday, March 5^th – more information to come. Presentations will begin Tuesday, March 5^th and continue on Wednesday, March 6^th.

HOMEWORK

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Here is our list on things we can do to be responsible Canadian citizens!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned about the volume of a triangular prism. In order to find the volume, we must first find the area of a triangular face, which is A = (b x h)/2. Once we have the area, we can find the volume of the triangular prism, which is A = base area x height. For example, if a triangular prism has a base of 6 cm and a height of 4 cm, with a base height of 10 cm then step one is A = (b x h)/2 = (6 x 4)/2 = 24/2 = 12 cm squared. Therefore the base area is 12 cm squared. Now we can find the volume = base area x height = 12 x 10 = 120 cm cubed. **Remember that when talking volume we use units cubes.**

We are nearing the end of the lessons for this unit. We will finish the lessons this week and begin our review next week. Our math test will take place on Thursday, February 28^th.

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

-MMS pg 142-143

Math helpers!

Inquiry into Language

We also continued our literary circles for Shannen. I met with the remaining two groups and we began spelling lesson #21 – syllables and words with prefixes de, pre, pro, con, com, and mis. We also visited our reading buddies!

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

-Finish spelling lesson #21

-Shannen chapters 18 and 19 due Friday

Enjoying a visit with our reading buddies!

Week 2 of Shannen and literary circles!

Have a great night! I will see you bright and early tomorrow morning!

Love Mrs. Hocevar