Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 5 and our final ski day. Students are asked to be at the school between 6:45 and 6:30 ready to board the bus. We will be back to the school around dismissal. It is supposed to be much colder than our previous trips, so please ensure all students are dressed accordingly with warm layered clothing and something to protect the face.

We have another extracurricular activity taking place on Tuesday, April 23rd - rock climbing!! We will leave at 9:30 and return around 12:30 for lunch. Permission forms and waivers have been sent home. Please complete all sections of both forms and return not later than Friday, March 29th. Because of this trip, we will not be attending Ripley's Aquarium on Friday, April 26th, as we first had hoped. We will try to make it up towards the end of the year. 

March Break Optional Homework – was sent home today

-Math Package

-Research biodiversity - our next UOI unit

-Complete example DRA

Scholastic forms have been sent home and all forms are due back tomorrow. Payments can be made online. Please use the following information -

Postal Code - L5N 2M6

School - St. Jude's Academy

Teacher Name - Dawn Goulart

Spirit Week is here and will run all week long. If students chose not to participate, please send them to school in their school day uniform. House games will be played on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Monday, March 4^th – PJ Day

Tuesday, March 5^th – Superhero/Princess/Tie-Dye Day

Wednesday, March 6^th - Whacky Wednesday

Thursday, March 7^th - Sports Day

Friday, March 8^th - St. Patrick’s Day

**Please do not order lunch on Wednesday March 27^th (Legislative Assembly field trip).**

Don't miss out on your chance to reserve your spot for our March Break Camp!!

Important dates/items:

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

Thursday – Sports Day

Friday – St. Patrick’s Spirit Day

Thursday, March 7 – Ski trip & Scholastic orders due

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 finished our government summative presentations. We also voted on which country we thought was best. Congratulations to Chesley, Joshua and Annika's country, Rau Kapi!!

I will do my best to mark them and send them home before the break, but it is not a guarantee!

Our next unit will be biodiversity. We will begin this unit when we return from March Break and will aim to end it towards the end of June. We will be doing a Scientist in the School workshop perhaps a trip to with Ripley's Aquarium or The Toronto Zoo later on in year. 

HOMEWORK

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Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned how to order and compare fractions. We used number lines and the <, > and = symbols.

Points to remember:

An improper fraction is when the numerator is a bigger number then the denominator. A mixed number is when there is a whole number plus a fraction.

To convert an improper fraction to a mixed number, we divide the numerator by the denominator, subtract, and then the remainder becomes our new numerator. For example, 5/13 - 5 goes into 13 2 times, which is 10 - 13 subtract 10 is 3. Therefore, my mixed number is 2 and 3/5.

To convert a mixed number into an improper fraction we multiply the whole number by the denominator and add the product to the numerator. For example, 2 and 3/4 - 2 x 4 = 8 +3 = 11. Therefore, the improper fraction is 11/4.

Equivalent fractions name the same amount.

To find an equivalent fraction with a greater numerator and denominator, multiply the numerator and denominator by the same number. For example, 5/12 = 10/24 (2 x 5 and 2 x 12) and 25/60 (5 x 5 and 5 x 12).

To find equivalent fractions with a lesser numerator and denominator, divide the numerator and denominator by the same number. For example, 24/60 = 4/10 (24/6 and 60/6). When we find an equivalent fraction by dividing, you simplify the fraction. 24/60 = 4/10 = 2/5 (4/2 and 10/2). This is the simplest form as the only factor into both 2 and 5 is 1.

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 114-115

Today's lesson!

Inquiry into Language

Today we did some housekeeping items, such as clearing out our UOI duo-tangs, filling out the last page of our report cards and government reflection sheet, and set up our Term 3 MMS duo-tangs and UOI duo-tangs. We also played a house game.   

HOMEWORK

-Spelling test Friday

House game fun!

Have a great night! See you tomorrow morning bright and early!

Love Mrs. Hocevar