Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 5, Wacky Thursday, and music – lets see how wacky we can be!! Please do not forget your instrument at home. Information regarding term phone calls/emails has been sent home. Please fill them out and return to me by Friday.

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!!

Thursday, September 26^th is Wacky Thursday. A lucky student will also have a chance to style a teacher’s hair!

Friday, September 27^th 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!

What a week it has been! We had one student sit in Mr. Foster's chair, one student silly string me, and today we had 7 students decorate Mr. Oliver's face with makeup. Why so many students? Because each student brought in the same amount of money!

These ice cream sandwiches are so good!!

Tuesday, October 1^st, 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. 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 home. 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 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th. 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! The first contest is Wednesday, October 16th!

Important dates/items:

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

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 did some reading on physical and chemical changes, which related to daily life. For example, we read about Lady Liberty, who was originally the colour of copper, but over time has turned to green. We decided that a physical change has occurred, because we could get her back to her original colour. We also realized that a chemical change was an example of a ripening tomato, as once it become ripe, it can’t go back. They we had some fun and completed a matter word search.

Permission forms for our Scientists in the School workshop on Monday, October 21^st will be sent home on Friday.

Homework

Word search fun!

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we began our math review for our first unit. We will be taking it up tomorrow and go over any concepts that students are still struggling with. 

The date of our first test will be Monday, September 30^th. 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 15^th.

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

Finish math review
Begin to study for test on Monday

Inquiry into Language

Today we continued work on our Percy Jackson chapter 6 and 7 comprehension questions. Those who finished began the reading of chapter 8!

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 17^th. 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

Finish chapter 6 and 7 comprehension questions

Read chapter 8 and 9
Spelling test Friday

Working on Percy!

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar