Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day. Monday is a Day 5 and a continuation of our daily rehearsals for our Wizard of Oz performance. Please ensure that students arrive to school on time! Aftercare invoices have been sent out. All payments are due by April 15^th. Please pay by this date to avoid interest being charged to your account!!

Thanks to V for sharing with us her action. She found two Scratch videos to share - one on Internet safety and one on the life of a water droplet. 

Congrats to the track and field team, who spent the day at a track meet. The U-10 meet will take place later this month!

A note regarding Wizard of Oz - We are excited about our Grade 3 - 8 Arts Night performance of Wizard of Oz, which is taking place next week Tuesday, May 14th, at noon and 6:30 pm at the dome. Students in these grades will be turning their focus to rehearsing over the next days. Parents, family, and friends are all welcome to this event. Remember to wear turf-friendly shoes and dress for the weather on the day of the concert. If it is on the cooler side, bundle up to enjoy the show.

The dome will open at 11:30 am for the noon performance. Shuttles will not be available for this performance.

For the evening performance, students are to be dropped off at their classes by 5 pm. The reason for this early drop-off time is due to allow students to change into their costumes and for makeup application. Costumes will be kept at school. A shuttle will begin taking parents from the school to the dome at 5 pm. Parents requiring a shuttle should meet in the antechamber (Room 51).  The doors at the dome open at 5:15 pm.

Once at the dome, we kindly ask that parents not move around during performances. Ushers will be available to guide guests to washrooms if required between performances. Seating is on a first-come basis. We also ask that parents remain seated until the end of the entire performance and until all students have exited the dome. For student safety, students may not leave or be picked up from the dome. All students will be bused back to the school. Shuttles for guests will commence once all students have boarded buses. Please pick up your child from their classroom at the school. We are hoping to finish on time to allow those fasting for Ramadan to get home on time to break their fast. Water and dates will be served after the performance.

On Tuesday, May 14th, Oakwood is bringing awareness about Apraxia. Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor planning disorder, which causes a communication breakdown. On Wednesday, May 15th, they will be hosting an activity. For $2, students may participate in the activity.

Important dates/items:

Tuesday, May 14 – Grade 3-8 Arts’ Night (12:00 and 6:30 – students must be at school for 5:00 for hair and makeup)

Friday, May 17-Monday, May 20 – No School – Victoria Day Weekend

Thursday, May 23 – SJA Track and Field Meet

Monday, May 27 – Inner-School Spelling Bee

Wednesday, May 29 – Casual Day

Friday, May 31 –SJA vs TMA Track and Field Competition

Friday, June 14 – Last Day of School and Promotion Ceremony

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued our third Scratch activity – a self-inquiry project.

HOMEWORK

-Sign and return biodiversity summative rubric and Scratch rubric #1 and #2

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we did some group activities. We will begin our review on Monday!

The Grade 5 Team has decided to push back this math unit. With all that is happening at the school, we are going to slow down this unit. We will be spending the rest of the week and part of next week completing the lessons. Beginning late next week and continuing the following week, we will be completing our reviews. On Wednesday, May 15^th we will take up the review and answer any questions. Students will write their math test on Thursday, May 16^th.

Points to remember:

Transformations

Don’t forget to include brackets around your coordinates (3, 5), the comma between the x and y coordinates (3, 4), and the apostrophe for the prime coordinates A’. Be sure to correctly plot your coordinates and lastly, ensure the image is the correct number of spaces away from the axis as the figure is when doing certain transformations.

Axis – the horizontal axis is represented by X and is the first number in the coordinates (3, 5) and the vertical axis is represented by the Y and is the second number in the coordinates (3, 5).

Translations – slide. After a translation, a figure and its image are congruent (same shape and same size) and they face the same way. We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image.

Reflections- flip. After reflections, a figure and its image are congruent and can face opposite ways. Remember any point and its reflection image are the same distance form the mirror line. Remember to label each new image and use prime (') on the new points.

Rotations - turns. After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent and may face different ways. If a figure turns 360 degrees (a full turn), we will not use the prime (‘) symbol as with the full turn it is back to the original figure.

For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree counter clockwise turn is (-5, 3). For an 180 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree counter clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree counter clockwise turn is (5, -3).

For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree clockwise turn is (5, -3). For an 180 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y) – the same as an 180 degree counter clockwise turn. For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree clockwise turn is (-5, 3).

90 degrees is a ¼ turn, 180 degrees is a ½ turn and 270 degrees is a ¾ turn. Clockwise follows a clock (12, 1, 2, 3, etc.) and counter clockwise goes backwards (12, 11, 10, 9, etc.).

Congruent figures are the same shape and size. They have the same angles and the same side lengths. Similar figures have corresponding angels equal and the side lengths of one figure multiplied by the same number are equal to the corresponding side lengths of the other figure.

Line symmetry divides a figure into congruent parts. Reflections can be sued to draw figures with one or more lines of symmetry.

Rotational symmetry  - a figure that coincides with itself more than once when rotated to a full turn or less has rotational symmetry. Some figures that have rotational symmetry are a + sign, a rectangle, a star, and an octagon. An example of a figure that has no rotational symmetry is a heart.

HOMEWORK

-Math test on Thursday, May 16th

Inquiry into Language

Today we rehearsed for the Wizard of Oz. We also continued working on our Hatchet summative project – an article about Brian’s rescue!

HOMEWORK

-Sign and return Hatchet Literature Circle rubric

Have a wonderful night!

Love Mrs. Hocevar