Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 5 (gym). Bake sale and casual day are taking place tomorrow as well. All Spring Fundraiser forms and money are due tomorrow. Rock climbing permission forms and waivers are due Friday. 

We had so much fun during our tour of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was so interesting! Please see pictures below!

Tuesday, April 2nd is Autism Awareness Day! For $2, students will be able to wear a blue shirt (only a blue shirt please) and casual pants to show their support. Students not wanting to participate are 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 4^th, 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 4^th 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 1^st to Friday, April 5^th. Order forms have been sent home today and are due by this Thursday, March 28^th. There will be a popcorn day, ice cream day, PJ, day, electronic day, and dress up day. As usual, students who bring in a minimum of $40 by Thursday, March 28^th will be able to attend the Spring Fundraiser trip to roller skate at Scooters on Friday, April 12^th. 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 Mme. Rawan??? Let’s bring in that money and see!!

Important dates/items:

Thursday, March 28 – Casual day, bake sale & Spring Fundraisers forms due

Friday, March 29 – Term 2 report cards go home & rock climbing forms and waivers are due

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 was our Ontario Legislative Assembly trip!

HOMEWORK

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All of the Grade 5s!

Picnic lunch!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today was our Ontario Legislative Assembly trip!

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.

HOMEWORK

-MMS pg 118-119

Learning about the three levels of government!

Inquiry into Language

Today was our Ontario Legislative Assembly trip!

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 29^th

Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5^th

Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12^th

Chapters 10-12 due Thursday, April 18^th

Chapters 13-15 due Friday, April 26^th

Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating activity with due date to be announced.

HOMEWORK

-Practice Spelling Bee

-Finish reading chapters 1-3 of Hatchet

The Speaker!

The Clerk!

Sargent-At-Arms!

Having a mock debate about whether or not homework should be given!

Ontario Coat of Arms!

Learning about the Mace!

Have a wonderful night.  

Love Mrs. Hocevar