Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. We spent a lot of time outside. Kase learned how to ride a two-wheeler, we had our first ice cream from the ice cream truck, played with friends, and visited the new skate park in Georgetown - that was a bit to much for me!!! Way to many kids zipping here and there and so many without helmets!! 

Tomorrow is a Day 1 – please note we will not be having gym, as we will be supporting the Grade 5 students who are in the SJA Spelling Bee Competition. Summer uniforms begin when we return from Easter weekend. Please send in the $15 cash  for the Wizard of Oz by Friday. Scholastic orders are due Friday as well. 

Thanks to these kids for helping count house points!

The Grade 4-8 SJA Spelling Bee Competition is taking place tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9^th beginning at 9:00 AM for Grade 4 and Grade 5. Grade 6-8 Spelling Bee will take place beginning at 12:00 PM.

Wine and Cheese Social Event - SJA will be holding a wine and cheese for all parents to attend on Friday, April 26th from 6-8 PM. This will be a great time to socialize and hear about the direction SJA will be heading.

Important dates/items:

Tuesday, April 9 – Grade 4-8 Spelling Bee (Grade 4-5 9:00 AM and Grades 6-8 12:00 PM)

Friday, April 12 – Spring Fundraiser trip to Scooters (11:30-2:00), Scholastic orders and Wizard of Oz $15 cash due

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 completed a pop quiz, where we used a work bank to answer some fill-in-the-blank questions. We also completed an art activity for Autism Awareness Month.

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.

Our final unit of the year will be about coding. All students will be required to have a working laptop, not device, for this unit. They will be expected to bring it to school each and every day. 

HOMEWORK

-Finish petals for Autism Awareness

-Sign and return UOI quiz

Designing our petals!

Our classifying projects from last week!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we did some questions in Show What You Know. Tomorrow we will do our review and Wednesday we will take it up.

Our math test will take place on Thursday, April 11^th. Our next unit will be transformation geometry, which will begin with a pre-assessment on Monday, April 15^th.

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.

Estimating a percent - remember when we think of percent, we need to think ‘out of 100.’ Here is an example

–> Sylvie has a collection of 197 sports bobbleheads. About 25 percent of them are hockey players. Estimate the number of hockey players.

Step 1) Round 197 to 200.

Step 2) Find 25 percent of 200.

Step 3) Find an equivalent fraction with the denominator 200…25/100 = 50/200 (25 x 2 and 100 x 2). Therefore, 25 percent of 200 is 50.

->Of the 30 students in Larry’s class, 14 of them take the bus. Estimate the percent of the students who take the school bus.

Step 1) Round 14 to 15, which is ½ of 30. Therefore 14 is almost ½ of 30.

Step 2) ½ = 50/100 (percent is out of 100 – 2 x 50 and 1 x 50)

So, almost 50 percent of the students take the bus.

A ratio is a comparison of 2 quantities with the same unit.  A ratio can be used to compare a part of a set to another part of the set or to compare a part of a set to the whole set. For example, there are 9 rabbits; 4 brown and 5 white. The ratio of brown rabbits to white rabbits is 4 to 5. The ratio of 4 to 5 is written as 4:5. This is a part-to-part ratio. An example of a part-to-whole ratio is 4 brown rabbits to 9 whole rabbits, or 4:9, or 4/9.

Equivalent ratios - you can find equivalent ratios by multiplying or dividing the terms of a ratio by the same non-zero number. For example, Kim is planting a border in her garden. She plants 5 marigolds for every 3 geraniums. The ratio of marigolds to geraniums is 5:3. How many geraniums would she need to plant for each number of marigolds 10, 15, and 20? One way to find out is to use a table.

Marigolds	Geraniums	Ratio of Marigolds to Geraniums
5	3	5:3
10	6	10:6
15	9	15:9
20	12	20:12

We went up by 5s for marigolds and by 3s for geraniums. We multiplied 5 x 2, 5 x 3, and 5 x 4 for the marigolds and for the geraniums we multiplied 3 x 2, 3 x 3, 3 x 4.

Therefore, 5:3, 10:6, 15:9, and 20:12 are all equivalent fractions.

A rate is a ratio that compares two items measured in different units. For example, Ramona drew 52 stars in 1 minute. We say that her rate of drawing stars is 52 stars per minute and we write it like 52 stars/minute. Per means ‘for every’ or ‘in every.’

HOMEWORK

-Math test Thursday

Inquiry into Language

Today we began spelling lesson #26. We wrote the words in our agenda and began the corresponding activities. We also visited our reading buddies.

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

-Finish spelling lesson #26

Have a wonderful night.  

Love Mrs. Hocevar