Good
afternoon everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day. Tomorrow is a Day 4 (music and
library). Aftercare invoices are due by December
15th. Be sure to pay on time to avoid interest charges! Our Christmas
concert is happening next Tuesday, December 18th. There will be
an afternoon and evening performance. Our costumes will be jeans, a Christmas
shirt and a Santa hat. There will also be a dress rehearsal on Monday, where
student will be required to wear their costumes.
More great action - a human body book and information about eating sugar!
Re-registrations packages have been sent
home. All completed forms are due back no later than February 11th,
2019, in order to save your spots.
Ms. Hayward is asking that all library books are due back by Thursday,
December 20th. Please see the flyer below for more information.
The lunch site is now
open for January hot lunch orders. All orders are due by Wednesday, December 19th
at 3:00 PM. The site will close after 3:00 and will not re-open. The special
this month is French toast. Please be sure to order under the correct grade and
teacher.
Important
dates/items:
Saturday,
December 15 – Aftercare invoices are due
Monday, December 17 - Christmas concert
dress rehearsal - wear costume (jeans, Christmas shirt and Santa hat)
Tuesday, December 18 – Grade 3-8
Christmas concert - 12:30 and 7:00 performances - jeans, Christmas shirt and
Santa hat
Wednesday,
December 19 – Casual day, bake sale and January lunch orders
Thursday,
December 20 – Library books due, bake sale, Christmas Spirit day and last day
of school before the Christmas break
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we began to cut out parts of the circulatory system and put it together.
HOMEWORK
-
Putting together our hearts!
Our 'hearts' are full!
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today
we took up our review. Our math test will take place tomorrow.
Points to remember:
4.9
= 4 and 9/10 (tenths)
4.99
= 4 and 99/100 (hundredths)
4.999
= 4 and 999/1000 (thousandths)
¼
= 0.25
½
= 0.50
¾
= 0.75
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2.25 million is written in standard form as
2,
250, 000.
As
a decimal we write it as 2.25 million (2 whole million + 0.25 million) and as a
fraction it is ¼ of a million (25 is ¼ of 100).
Place value decimals:
4.623
|
Tens
|
Ones
|
.
|
Tenths
|
Hundredths
|
Thousandths
|
|
|
4
|
.
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
Expanded Form:
4.623
4
+ 0.6 + 0.02 + 0.003
Thousandths
is located 3 spots after the decimal in the place value chart (0.000).
Fractions to decimals: 6/1000 = .006,
17/1000 = .017, 123/1000 = .123, 2 321/1000 = 2.321. **Remember that when
saying the number the decimal = and. For example, 2.123 = two and one hundred
and twenty three thousandths.**
When
comparing and ordering numbers, we need to remember that as we go from tenths
to thousandths the numbers get smaller. So 0.406 is smaller than 0.457, and 6.0
is bigger than 5.976.
Rounding rules are 0-4 round down
and 5-9 round up.
When
we multiply decimals by 10, the decimal
shifts 1 spot to the right (38 x 10 = 380 or 2.8 x 10 = 28). When we multiply decimals by 100, the decimal
shifts 2 spot to the right (38 x 100 = 3800 or 5.109 x 100 = 510.9). When we multiply decimals by 1000, the decimal
shifts 3 spot to the right (38 x 1000 = 38000 or 6.372 x 1000 = 6372) and
finally when we multiply decimals by
10000, the decimal shifts 4 spot to the right (38 x 10000 = 380000 or 9.048
x 10000 = 90480).**Move one spot for 10 as there is one zero. Move two spots
for 100 as there are two zeros. Move three spots for 1000 as there are three
zeros and finally move four spots for 10000 as there are four zeros. **
When
we divide decimals by 10, the decimal shifts 1 spot to the left (38
x 10 = 3.8 or 2.8 x 10 = .28). When we divide decimals by 100, the
decimal shifts 2 spot to the left (38 x 100 = 0.38 or 5.109 x 100 = .05109).
When we divide decimals by 1000, the decimal shifts 3 spot to the
left (38 x 1000 = 0.038 or 6.372 x 1000 = 0.006372) and finally when we
divide decimals by 10000, the decimal shifts 4 spot to the left (38 x 10000
= 0.0038 or 9.048 x 10000 = 0.0009048).
When
we multiply by 0.1, the decimal
moves one spot to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.1 = 4.8). When we multiply by 0.01, the decimal moves two
spots to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.01 = 0.48). When we multiply by 0.001, the decimal moves
three spots to the left on the whole number (48 x 0.001 = 0.048).
Multiplying decimals
by whole numbers = 4.3 x 6 = 25.8. We can use estimation/rounding to help
us with multiplying decimals. For example, 4.3 x 6 would round to 4 x 6 = 24.
HOMEWORK
-Math
test Friday, December 14
Inquiry into Language
Today
we continued preparation for our OWA. We are learning how to write a persuasive
piece on how to positively act at recess. We also practiced for our Christmas
concert and watched Oakwood's Christmas concert.
HOMEWORK
-
Great job Oakwood! What a fantastic concert!
Have
a wonderful night!
Love
Mrs. Hocevar
