Thursday, December 5, 2019

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is a Day 4 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 student-led Conferences are tonight. SLC will take place in the upper school cafeteria and are led by students, so please ensure they are in attendance. 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. December hot lunch payments are due on Friday.

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 pleased to hold its 2nd Christmas Skate for all students and parents/guardians to celebrate the festive season and enjoy some time together. Any proceeds will go towards ongoing fundraising efforts.  This event will take place on Thursday, December 12 from 3:30-5:30 pm at Meadowvale 4-Rinks. Ice time from 4:00-5:00 pm.  

Bring your own skates or skate rental option is also available. There will be hot chocolate and treats for students and Santa will be ready for selfies!  Forms will be distributed Thursday. Forms and payment are due by Monday, December 2nd to the homeroom teacher.  Please return forms and payment as soon as possible! We will be accepting non-perishable food donations for the Food Bank so please feel free to bring items in.  See you there!  As a reference for sizing parents can use: www.hockeymonkey.com/bauer-skate-sizing-chart.


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’. Please practice the dance and the finale song!

Santa Claus is Comin to Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB3TCiA1rgI

Good To Be Bad

Our next extra-curricular activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. We will be leaving at 7:00 AM and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are included, however students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do not order hot lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill – students are welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students must ensure they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns with comfy clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector and a ski jacket. Please note that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If students pick snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students will have to pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the big hill, no matter what their experience. Permission forms and waivers are due back no later than Thursday, December 12. Please thoroughly complete all forms before returning.

Important dates/items:

Thursday, December 5 – Student Led Conferences
Friday, December 6 – Polar Expressions Short Stories due & December hot lunch payments due
Tuesday, December 10 – JK-Grade 2 Christmas Concert


Thursday, December 12 – Ski forms and waivers due
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 took up our ‘Boney Saying’ worksheet and began the beginning stages of putting together a skeleton. We began by cutting the pieces out and arranging them in proper form.  

For the next three weeks, students will be learning about the skeletal system, the respiratory system and the digestive system. For our summative, students will be completing a mini-exhibition project. As of now the due date will be towards the end of January.

Homework







Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we to divide decimals by a 1-digit whole number. There are 3 steps to divide a decimals by a 1-digit whole numbers:

1. Record the numbers without the decimal point. Divide as you would with whole numbers. e.g. 3 / 2232 = 0.744.

2. Estimate to place the decimal point. 2.232 rounds to 2. 2/3 is a little less than 1. The answer must be 744 thousandths. 744 thousandths is equal to 0.744. So, 2.232/ 3 = 0.744
3. Check your answer by using multiplication. e.g. 0.744 x 3 = 2.232.

We have wrapped up the lesson for this unit. We will be doing the review tomorrow, taking it up on Monday, and our test will now take place on Tuesday, December 10.

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.

Tens
Ones
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Tenths
Hundredths
Thousandths






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.
When we multiply by 10, we move the decimal 1 spot to the right. When we multiply by 100, we move the decimal 2 spots to the right and when we multiply by 1000, we move the decimal 3 spots to the right.
When we divide by 10, we move the decimal 1 spot to the left, as the digits shift 1 spot to the right. When we divide by 100, we move the decimal 2 spots to the left, as the digits shift 2 spot to the right, and when we divide by 1000, we move the decimal 3 spots to the left, as the digits shift 3 spot to the right.
When we multiply by 0.1 we move the decimal 1 spot to the left, as the digits shift 1 spot to the right. When we multiply by 0.01, we move the decimal 2 spots to the left, as the digits shift 2 spot to the right, and when we multiply by 0.001, we move the decimal 3 spots to the left, as the digits shift 3 spot to the right.
Multiplying decimals by a 1-digit whole number; there are two ways to do this; using base ten blocks or estimation. For estimation, the first thing you are going to do is round the decimal. For example, 1.646 x 3 = 2 x 6 = 6. Therefore, 1.646 x 3 is about 6. The next step is to record the numbers without the decimal point and multiply; 1646 x 3 = 4938. Finally, add the decimal; the estimate was 6 so we place the decimal after the 4 – 4. 938.

Homework
MMS pg. 64-67 if not completed in class





Reviewing long and short division!

Inquiry into Language

Today we continued our Term 2 DRAs. We will be continuing tomorrow. Students conferenced with me about their previous term DRAs and areas of improvement. We also continued to work on our student-led conference packages, visited our reading buddies and wrote our Term 2 OWA pre-assessment.

Typing Club Website

Please visit this page to reference back to when making citations:

French – Mme. Sarah

Last week we did the four irregular verbs (avoir, etre, faire, aller). Students conjugated the four verbs using varying activities.' Avoir 'expressions was also done. Students were able to identify facial expressions for most avoir expressions. 

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
For the spelling test on Friday, students will be asked to use some of the list words in a sentence






I look forward to speaking with you this evening.


Mrs. Hocevar

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