Good
afternoon everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day.
Monday is a Day 1 (gym - if you are not participating in Neon/80s Day you will need to bring your gym uniform). All Spring Fundraiser roller skating money ($40)
and permission forms are due by Tuesday, April 2nd. Monday is Neon/80s Day if you have paid the $2 to participate. If you are not participating, please wear your school uniform!
Tuesday, April 2nd
is our Autism Awareness Day. For $2, students will be able to wear a
blue t-shirt (only a blue shirt please) and casual pants to show their support.
Students who do not want to participate will be required to wear their full
school uniform.
Spelling Bee packages and lists were sent home. Please use the list to study for the
in-class competition. The Grade 5 Spelling Bee in-class competition will take
place on Thursday, April 4th, first thing in the morning. The top 6
from all Grade 5 classes will move onto the SJA Spelling Bee Competition. The
Grade 6 spellers will make their way to the Grade 6 class on Thursday, April 4th
as well, were the top 6 Grade 6 students will move on to the SJA Spelling Bee
Competition.
Spring Fundraiser is just around the corner! Spring Fundraiser will take place the week of
Monday, April 1st to Friday, April 5th. Order forms have
been sent home today and are due by this Thursday, March 28th. There
will be a popcorn day, ice cream day, PJ, day, electronic day, and dress up
day. Please note we have extended the deadline until Tuesday, April 2nd
to bring in the $40 to attend the Spring Fundraiser trip to roller skate at
Scooters on Friday, April 12th. Students will also receive a
ballot to fill out for a chance to pie a teacher of their choice in the face!!
How many of you want to pie Mr. Oliver??? Let’s bring in that money and see!!
**Students who choose not to participate in the Spring Fundraiser field trip
are expected to be at school that day, as Mr. Conte will be sticking back to
teach. ** To date we have Chesley, Elina, Himmat, Ronit, Munira, Liliana,
Joshua, and Aarnav who could have a chance to pie a teacher of their choice. Mr. Foster and Mrs. Jaskolka are two very popular teachers amongst the SJA students!!!
We are almost there!!
Important dates/items:
Monday, April 1 –
Friday, April 5 – Spring Fundraiser
Monday is
Neon/80’s Day
Tuesday is Popcorn
Day
Wednesday is Ice
Cream Day
Thursday is PJ Day
Friday is Casual
Day & Dance Party (JK-Grade 2)/Electronics Day (Grades 3-6)
Thursday, April 4
– Grade 5 and 6 in-class Spelling Bee
Monday, April 8 –
JK-Grade 3 Spelling Bee
Tuesday, April 9 –
Grade 4-8 Spelling Bee
Friday, April 12 –
Spring Fundraiser trip to Scooters (11:30-2:00)
Thursday, April 18
– SITS workshop & Easter Spirit
Friday, April
19-Monday, April 22 – No School – Easter Weekend
Tuesday, April 23
– Rock climbing, bake sale & summer uniforms begin
Wednesday, April
24 – Bake sale & casual day
Tuesday, April 30
– Silent Dance
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we learned about the five animal kingdoms; the monera, protist, plant, animal,
and fungi kingdoms. We watched a video, did some reading and used the pictures from
Tuesdays lesson to classify things into the plant, animal and fungi kingdoms.
Biodiversity
is another short unit. We will have roughly 3-3.5 weeks of learning and 1/5-2
weeks for our summative, which will be due sometime during the last full week
of April. More information to come in the upcoming weeks.
HOMEWORK
-Finish
first classifying activity (plant, animal and fungi)
-Complete
‘My Tree’ activity on page 9 (Build On What You Know)
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today
we related fractions to decimals to percents, a continuation from yesterdays
lesson.
It
is looking as though our math test will take place somewhere around Wednesday,
April 10th. I will confirm the date once we get closer.
Points to remember:
Remember what we do to the denominator we must do to
the numerator. If we multiply the denominator by 3, then we must
multiply the numerator by 3 as well.
Remember to simplify
your fractions and convert improper fractions to mixed numbers.
How to add/subtract
fractions
- if the fractions have the same denominator, we simply add/subtract the
numerators. For example, 1/6 + 4/6 = 5/6 & ¾ - ¼ = 2/4 = 1/2. However, if
the denominators are different our first step is to find the lowest common
denominator. For example, 1/3 + ½ = 2/6 + 3/6 = 5/6 & 5/6 – ½ = 5/6 – 3/6 =
2/6 = 1/3.
Percents
- we want to keep the number 100 in our mind. When
changing a fraction to a percent, we
use the numerator to help us. For example, 23/100 = 23 percent. If we have a
fraction that is over 10, 20 or 25, we need to make it over 100. We will need
to multiply 10 by 10, 20 by 5 and 25 by 4. Remember to do the same to the
numerator. For example, 6/10 = 60/100 (10 x 10 and 6 x 10) = 60 percent.
We also looked at decimals. Remember
if it is out of 100, then there will need to be two spots filled in after the
decimal point. For example 23/100 = 0.23 and 7/100 = 0.07.
HOMEWORK
-MMS
pg 122-123
Inquiry into Language
Today
we visited our reading buddies and shared with our groups our first Hatchet
role. We also practiced for Spelling Bee.
Hatchet Literature Circle - This time we have added two other roles. There will
no be a summariser, connector, literary critic, discussion moderator, and word
wizard. Each week students will individually read the assigned chapters and
complete their role in class. At the end of the week each group will come
together and share with their group.
The groups
(for sharing) – all work will be done independently:
Group 1 – Vishva, Aarnav, Div, Aanika,
and Joshua
Group 2 – Ronit, Emana, Manny, Liliana,
and Himmat
Group 3 – Mitansh, Jasmeet, Munira,
Chesley, and Elina
Group 4 – Eva, Rajan and Willem
Due dates:
Chapters 1-3 due Friday, March 29th
Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5th
Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12th
Chapters 10-12 due Thursday, April 18th
Chapters 13-15 due Friday, April 26th
Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating
activity with due date to be announced.
HOMEWORK
-Practice
Spelling Bee
Reading with our reading buddies!
I am finding it hard to stump these kids on Spelling Bee!
Literature Circle sharing!
Have
a wonderful weekend.
Love
Mrs. Hocevar
