I hope you all had a wonderful day! Monday is
a Day 6, the first day of Term Two and gym. Please ensure students are dressed in their gym uniform
ready to board the bus with proper gym shoes at 9:00 AM. Students will change into their school day
uniform after gym.
Our SJA Senior Basketball Team is having their first game of the season
and is looking for your support. Please join them at St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Secondary School on Tuesday, December 3 at 3:30 PM (after school) and help
cheer them on!
Student-led Conferences are just around the corner. They will happen on Thursday,
December 5th. Pick A Time sheets have gone home with all of the
required information. Please be sure to correctly follow the login information
using the information at the top right hand side of the paper. Please note that
all conferences will last 10 minutes and an alarm will be used to keep everyone
on track. If you are late for your appointment, only the remaining time will be
given. I thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Our SJA Student Council is holding a clothing drive from Monday,
December 2-Friday, December 6. Please bring in gently used clothing that you no
longer need. All donations will go to the Diabetes Association. Thank you in
advance for your donations!!
The SJA Parent Guild is
once again hosting the St. Jude’s
Academy Christmas Skate. It will take place on December 12th.
The price is $10 per students (adults are free) and includes skating, hot chocolate and treats.
Santa will also be there for selfies. Bring your own skates or rent them for
$16. Helmets are also available for rent for $8. All order forms are due back
by Monday, December 2. You can send in the payment via cash, cheque or by
e-transfer. **Please ensure both sides of the form are filled in!**
Our Christmas Concert
rehearsals are well underway. We are dancing to Justin Bieber's 'Santa Claus is
Comin to Town’. Please see the link below for our song and the finale song, ‘So
Good to Be Bad’
Santa Claus is Comin to Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB3TCiA1rgI
Good To Be Bad
Important dates/items:
Friday, December 6
– Polar Expressions Short Stories due & December hot lunch payments due
Monday, December 2
– Term 2 Begins
Thursday, December
5 – Student Led Conferences
Tuesday, December
10 – JK-Grade 2 Christmas Concert
Tuesday, December
17 – Grade 3-8 Christmas Concert
Wednesday,
December 18 – Casual Day for those students who have paid the $20 casual day
fee
Thursday December
19 – Christmas Spirit Day
Friday, December
20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays
Wednesday, January
8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we hosted our Museum of Ancient Civilizations. Thank you to everyone who came
out to support the Grade 5s today! It is very much appreciated!
Homework
Sign
and return Greek vase rubric
Presentation ready!
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we multiplied decimals by 10, 100
and 1000. When we multiply by 10, the digits shift 1 spot to the left and we
move the decimal 1 spot to the right. When we multiply by 100, the digits shift 2 spots to the left and we move the decimal 2 spots to the
right. Lastly, when we multiply by 1000, the digits shift 3 spots to the left and we move the decimal 3 spots to the right.
As of now our test will be Friday,
December 13th.
Points to Remember
Most
large numbers are written in short form instead of having to write
the large number in standard form. For example, 5 ½ million is
written in standard form as 5, 500, 000. 42, 400, 000 can be written as the
decimal 42.4 million. Keep in mind the rounding rules; 0-4 round to the floor,
5-9 round to the sky.
Exploring
thousands
and writing them as fractions and decimals. We used a place value chart to help
us.
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We also used base ten blocks to help.
Please see picture below. A fraction is written as 314/1000. We say it as three-hundred
and fourteen thousandths. The decimal would be 0.314.
There are three ways we can order and compare decimals; using base
ten blocks, using a place value chart and using a number line.
When rounding decimals you must remember the rounding rules – 0-4 you
round down and the number doesn’t change and 5-9 you round up and the number
will change. If rounding to the nearest whole
number there will be no decimals. If rounding to the nearest tenth there will be only one number
after the decimal. If you are rounding to the nearest hundredth there will be two numbers after the decimal.
Homework
MMS.
56-57
Inquiry into Language
Today
we practiced for our Christmas concert.
Typing Club Website
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
French – Mme. Sarah
The
Grade 5s will be attending a French theatrical presentation ‘Les Insectes Sur Scene’ on Tuesday, March
31st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.
Spelling Words for
French
Homework
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
