Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 6 and unfortunately, our gym is cancelled. Please send students to school in their full school day uniform.  

The following items are due by Friday, September 13^th. Thank you to those who have already returned the forms.

-       Sign up for Bloomz – please use instructions that were sent home

-       Sign the last page of the Family Handbook – it was emailed out yesterday

-       September hot lunch payments are due – please pay on time to avoid interest

-       Welcome Back BBQ forms and money

-       Scholastic order forms

Our Terry Fox Run will also be taking place Friday, September 13^th. Students are encouraged to come to school in their SJA gym uniform. Don’t forget about those pledges!! I will be accepting pledges all week long!! We are also encouraging all students to bring a ‘Toonie for Terry’ and are asking that students come to school dressed in their SJA gym pants/shorts along with their house coloured gym shirt. If students do not own a house t-shirt, they may wear their regular gym shirt.

Thursday, September 19^th is our SJA and Oakwood Welcome Back BBQ, which will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM out in our back recess area. Order forms have been sent home. Please return, along with cash, no later than Friday, September 13^th.

Homework:

-       Sign and return the last page of the Family Handbook by Friday, September 13^th

-       Register for Bloomz

-       Welcome Back BBQ forms and cash

-       Terry Fox pledges

-       Scholastic orders

Important dates/items:

Friday, September 13 - Terry Fox Run

Thursday, September 19 - Welcome BBQ

Friday, September 20-Friday, September 27 - Fall Fundraiser

Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day

Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day

Unit of Inquiry

Today we defined matter and discussed the three that we will focus on - solid, liquid, and gas. We learned what an atom and molecule are and how the molecules differ in each state. We read information on each state and we watched a couple of videos - one for gas (Gas Bubble Demonstration) and one for solid (Ball and Ring). We also did a quick experiment using hot water, cold water, and food colouring. Ask me what happened in the experiment and in the videos!!

Everyone did a great job researching how many states of matter there were. Most came up with 4 - solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. However there were a few that come up with 7 or 8 and included dark matter!! Great job gang!!

Waiting for the experiment to happen!

In the cold water the particles............

In the hot water the particles...........

Hot vs. cold water!

Hot water blows the bubble in the outside of the bottle!

Cold water creates a bubble on the inside of the bottle!

Our definitions!

Homework

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned about 1,000,000. We used multiplication and division strategies to help us. For example, for multiplication 100 x 10 = 1,000 (we multiply 1 x 1 to get 1 and then add 3 zeros – 2 in 100 and 1 in 10 = 1,000) and for division 1,000,000/100,000 = 10 (1/1 = 1 and then we took away 5 zeros from 100,000 and 5 zeros from 1,000,000 which left us with 10).

Points to Remember

Homework

- MMS pg 12 and 13

Inquiry into Language

Today we read out loud chapter 1 of Percy Jackson and began completing our chapter 1 comprehension questions. Students also finished up their DRAs.  

Homework

- Complete 3 questions/predictions and questions 1-5 of chapter 1

Working on P.J. and DRAs!

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar