Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you all had a
wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 4, Ice Cream Sandwich Day (my apologies for the misprint in last night's blog), and Casual Day.
Students will not need gym clothes tomorrow, but they will still need their
indoor gym shoes. Information regarding term phone calls/emails has been sent
home. Please fill them out and return to me by Friday.
Go Kappa Iota Pi Go!
A little impromptu house game today!! Mr. Foster caught 21 pieces of popcorn, Ms. Cass caught 12 pieces of popcorn, and Ms. Gandy caught 10 pieces of popcorn!
A note from Ms. Gandy regarding October
lunches. Please be sure to order for your child under the correct grade and
teacher.
October Lunches
Site is now open and will close Wednesday,
September 25th at 3:00 PM
Special of the month: 3 pancakes with
vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream
with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays.
All payments are to be made through Quickbooks.
Our Fall Fundraiser is HERE! What used to
be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This
year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity
equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and
amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include
sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with
makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie
party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the
daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade
2 will attend a trip to Kidsport. Permission forms for Glow Zone were sent
home today. For those families who have already paid the $40, all I will need
is your signature! It is not too late to be able to attend Glow Zone. Just bring
in your $40 and permission form and you are all set! Remember that all the
funds raised, go towards making SJA even better!!
Daily Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Wednesday, September 25th
is Ice Cream Sandwich Day. A lucky student will also have a chance to decorate
Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!
Thursday, September 26th
is Wacky Thursday. A lucky student will also have a chance to style a teacher’s
hair!
Friday, September 27th
is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day
(Grade 3-6). A lucky student will also have a chance to pie a teacher in the
face with a pie!
Congratulations to this
fella, who brought in $100 yesterday and got to spend the day
sitting in Mr. Foster’s chair!
This young man brought in $305 today and because of that he got to choose a lucky teacher to silly string and that lucky teacher was me!
Enjoying our popcorn during recess!
Tuesday, October 1st, is our first
extracurricular activity of the year. We will be heading to The Old Pro Driving Range. We will be
leaving at 9:30 AM and we will return by 12:00 PM to have lunch. Students will
be required to wear their SJA gym uniform, outdoor shoes, and must dress
according to the weather, as this will be an outdoor activity. Permission forms
were sent home and are due back no later than Wednesday, September 25th.
There is no cost to this activity. **Please be reminded that parent volunteers
must have a vulnerable sector screen on file with the school. If you already
have one, please ensure that you sign the annual offence declaration.**
Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to
have a chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book.
Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this
competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The
deadline for poems is November 29th and the
deadline for short stories is December 6th. Good luck
everyone!
Caribou Math Contest is back at SJA. SJA students have a choice to participate in the
Caribou Cup, which consists of 6 mathematical contests that are held throughout
the year. Each contest is offered to students in Grades ½, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10,
and 11/12. For students in Grade 1 and 2 the cost if free. For students in
Grade 3 and 4 the cost is $9 and students in Grade 5 and up are $15. Students must
commit to be at school by 7:15 AM with a personal laptop that is charged for
each contest date. The contests will run one hour each time, from 7:30 AM to
8:30 PM. There will be a math club taking place on Wednesday mornings beginning
at 8:00 AM in Room 39 for those wishing to practice. More information has been
sent home. Please use the instructions at the bottom of the sheet to register
your child. Good luck to those who participate!
Important dates/items:
Friday, September 20-Friday, September 27
- Fall Fundraiser
Wednesday is Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Thursday is Wacky Thursday
Friday is Dance Party/Electronics Day and
Casual Day
Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day, Golf
permission form due & October hot lunch site closes at 3:00 PM
Monday, September 30 & Tuesday,
October 1 – Bake Sale
Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day
Tuesday, October 1 – Old Pro Driving Range
Golf Trip (9:30 AM to 12:00 PM)
Friday, October 4
– Nea Archi (New Parent Info Session) 7-9 PM
Friday, October 11
and Monday, October 14 – No School – Thanksgiving Weekend
Thursday, October
17 – International Day
Tuesday, October
29 – Picture Day
Wednesday, October
30 – Casual Day
Thursday, October
31 – Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we conducted 3 experiments to show physical and chemicals changes. Some
of our materials were rubbing alcohol, pennies, water, and candles. Ask me what
happened.
A
chemical change is a change in a substance's chemical properties. Chemical
changes cause a substance to change into a new substance. Chemical changes
cannot be "undone". A physical change is a change in a substance's
physical properties. Physical changes do not cause a substance (or matter) to
become another substance. Physical changes can typically be
"undone".
Permission forms for our Scientists in the School workshop on
Monday, October 21st will be sent home on Friday.
Adding Baking Soda to vinegar...watch it create a gas!
Cleaning a penny with vinegar and salt!
Homework
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today
we continued dividing by whole numbers, as many students struggled yesterday. Please see below for instructions and examples.
The
date of our first test will be Monday, September 30th. Our next unit
will be Number Patterns and will deal with Input/Output machines and pattern
rules. This is a short unit, with only 5 lessons. As of know, our test for
Number Patterns will be on Tuesday, October 15th.
Points to Remember
Multiplication
and division strategies - 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).
Standard form is 3,961. Expanded form would be 3,000 + 900 +
60 + 1 and number-word form would be
3 thousand, 961. We also realized that when using a place value chart, each
group of three place values is called a period.
With in each period the digits of a number are read as hundred, tens, and ones.
Place
value chart:
Millions Period
|
Thousands Period
|
Units Period
|
H M
|
T M
|
M
|
H T
|
T T
|
T
|
H
|
T
|
O
|
H
M – hundred million
T
M – ten million
M
– million
H
T – hundred thousand
T
T – ten thousand
T
– thousand
H
– hundreds
T
– tens
O
– ones
Multiples can be found by
starting at the number and counting on by that number. For example, multiples
of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, etc. Multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18,
24, 30, 36, etc.
A
common multiple is a number that is
a multiple of each of two or more given numbers. For example, common multiples
of 4 and 6 are 12, 24, and 36 as those numbers appear in the multiples list (4
and 6). Each common multiple of 4 and 6 is divisible by 4 and 6.
A
prime number has only two factors, 1
and itself. For example, 5.
A
composite number has more than 2
factors. For example, 12. What is a factor you ask? Factors are the number in a
multiplication sentence that you multiply together to get the product (the
answer). For example the factors in 2 x 3 = 6 are 2 and 3.
PEDMAS (Order of
Operations).
Parenthesis
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
When
doing division and multiplication, and addition and subtraction, we always work
form left to right so it does not matter what we do first!
Added and subtracted
large numbers - remember is to ensure you are lining the numbers up
correctly in the place value chart and that you are reading the questions
correctly (add when is says + and subtract when it says -). Don’t forget to
carry (addition) or re-group (subtraction)! Remember to double check your work
– estimation for addition and addition for subtraction.
Homework
MMS
pg 30-31
Inquiry into Language
Today
we began Percy Jackson chapter 6 and 7 comprehension questions. We will continue this tomorrow.
Percy
Jackson - Please remember that comprehension questions are to be in full
sentences that begin with a capital letter and ending with either a period,
exclamation point, or question mark. Please use the book to help with spelling
and to be sure to answer each question completely, with support from the book.
I have conferenced with each student as to my expectations moving forward.
Our
annual International Day is quickly approaching and will take place on
Thursday, October 17th. This year the country we will be learning
about is Portugal. Beginning next week, and for the following few weeks, we
will be busy researching and putting together a fabulous presentation on our
country. Partners or small groups will research one of the following topics;
clothing, food, imports/exports, laws/regulations, holidays, sports/toys, etc.
Groups will be arranged sometime this week. Students will need devices and
books from a local library to complete their research.
French Spelling Words –
Homework
Enjoying some quiet reading time before French!
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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