Happy Friday Everyone! The weekend is here!

Today we started our day off with Unit of Inquiry: students did independent activities in their UOI book. Students worked on filling out everything they know about solids, liquids and gases. Next they did a fill in the blank activity and a word search.

We love UOI! 

Next, we had French with Mms Rawan. Please check her blog for updates.

Following French, we continued with Unit of Inquiry: students had more time to finish their independent activities.

After recess and lunch, we had Inquiry into Math: today we continued with Math Lesson 8, order of operations. 
* Reminder:
BEDMAS = Brackets then Exponents then Division/Multiplication then Addition/Subtraction. An expression is a mathematical statement with numbers and operations. When we calculate the answer, we solve the expression. 
For example: 9+3 x 6 - 4 = 3 x 6 +9 - 4
                                        = 12 + 9 - 4
                                        = 21 - 4 
                                        = 17 
Another example: 7 x (4+ 8)
                            = 7 x (4 + 8)
                            = 7 x 12
                            = 84

Students worked in their Textbook on pages 56, question 4,5,6

Challenge questions 8, 9 

Homework Sheet

Working on textbook questions

Next we had Inquiry into Language: today we had our second spelling test, and began to read Chapters 6 and 7 and questions.

Working on Chapter 6/7 Questions 

It’s hard to believe that International Day is just around the corner. We will be beginning our research and rough copies next week. The country we are doing this year is ITALY. Please bring in research (Internet or books from the library) for Monday. Please see below the groups and topics.

Music and Dress – Sophia. P, Shane
Artwork and Dance – Sofia, Emaan, Aamna
Cuisine – Vanshi, Yashmeen
Toys, Games and Sport – Charlie, Ali
Products and Imports/Exports – Sethumi, Pooshne, Peeya
Laws and Policies – Daniel, Jaiden
Rules and Customs – Neel, Marcus

Finally, after recess and lunch, we had Reading Buddies with Ms. Fisher's class. What a great way to end the week!

Homework:
- Math worksheet due Monday
- Research for Italy (Internet or books from the library) for Monday
- Chapter 6/7 questions due Monday
- Spelling Corrections x 5 and signed- Unit 2 math test will be on Monday, October 1 
- Phone calls home form due Monday

Important dates/items:

The Terry Fox Run is around the corner. So far our class has raised $75 to go towards cancer research! Let's keep up the hard work fund-raising for the event next week!
 Our Terry Fox event is just around the corner. This is an annual event here at SJA. As we have done every year, we are asking donations. Pledge sheets have been sent home, and will be due by Wednesday, September 26^th. The class with the highest amount of money collected will win an ice cream party! Thank you in advance for your donations!

**Please note that students doing any after school activity, soccer, karate, yoga, etc. will be charged until 4:00 PM in aftercare, when they will be dismissed to their program with their coach!**

October hot lunch can now be ordered. The site will close on September 26th at 3:00 PM, so please get your orders in before then, as the site cannot be re-opened. October hot lunch payments are due by October 10th. Please ensure you are ordering under the correct grade and teacher. 

Caribou Math Contest is an online mathematics contest that is held 6 times per year. Last year we did a trial run with a few students from Grade 6 and above. This year we are going to offer it to students in Grades 3 and up. This is something that will be done on a student’s own time. This will not be a focus of our math program. That being said, Dr. Kaur and Mr. Lee-Guide have offered to run a math club on Wednesday morning beginning at 8:00 AM for those who are interested. There is a $15 annual fee that must be paid and the test times begin at 7:15 AM. Committed students will write the tests on:

Wednesday, October 17^th, 2018
Wednesday, November 14^th, 2018
Wednesday, January 16^th, 2019
Wednesday, February 13^th, 2019
Wednesday, April 3^rd, 2019
Wednesday, May 1^st, 2019

Permission forms were sent home. Please follow the instructions at the bottom of the page to register your child and pay the fee and return the permission form to me. 

Don't forget about Polar Expressions Publishing!


Monday, September 24 – Golf permission forms due
Monday, September 24-27 - International Day
Tuesday, September 25 – Bake Sale
Wednesday, September 26 – Bake Sale, Casual Day, Terry Fox pledges due & October hot lunch orders due
Thursday, September 27 – Terry Fox run
Friday, September 28 – Orange Shirt Day
Monday, Oct 1- Unit 2 Math Test


Have an eventful weekend! See you on Monday!



Ms. Cass