I hope you had a fabulous weekend! Tomorrow is day 4 (Gym, Music, French). Please bring your gym uniform to school. For tomorrow and Wednesday we will be working on completing our Science Fair projects. Students will type their good copies (please bring in device all week) and display it on a tri-fold board. If they have any pictures they can also add it to the display board. If students have a video and would like to show it for their in class presentation (Thursday/ Friday), you may send it to me so I can put it on our TV. For the Science Fair presentation students must bring in their own device to show the video.
Unit of Inquiry
Today we had a busy day in UOI. We had a pleasure of attending Scientist in the School workshop with Scientist Marissa. We blew up balloons, played with iodine and tested temperatures! So much fun! We also continued working on our summative - we started to work on our good copies. Students will receive a tri-fold board provided by the school to display their project.
Good copies will be completed tomorrow, with board set up taking place on Wednesday, October 17th. The due date for this summative will be Thursday, October 18th with in-class presentations happening then and on Friday, October 19th. Please note that students will be required to show their display again during our SJA Science Fair, which takes place on Friday, November 16th. A great website to check out is sciencebuddies.org. **Your experiment must be measurable and conduct at least three different times*
Cabbage juice can detect PH levels (acid or base)
Science Fun!
Balloon Experiment - Baking soda, cabbage juice and citric acid
Sampling different powders
Working on Science Fair
Today in language students worked on completing lesson 1-6 review. This week spelling lesson will be due on Thursday. There will be no spelling test this week.
Inquiry into Math
Today students worked on our Unit 1 - Number Pattern Review. Our review is due tomorrow, and we will take it up as a class. Our Math test is on Wednesday! Students will need to know the divisibility rules and what a reclusive pattern is.
Points to remember:
Input/Output charts:
Input
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+ 5 -2
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Output
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10
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13
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11
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14
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12
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15
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13
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16
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14
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17
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You are taking each input number, adding 5, then subtracting 2 each time to get your output number (10 + 5 -2 = 13, 11 + 5- 2 = 14).
A pattern rule is a rule we follow to get a set number of terms. For example, the pattern rule is ‘Start at 7. Multiply by 2, then add 1 each time.’ So, 7 x 2 + 1 = 15, 15 x 2 + 1 = 31, 31 x 2 + 1 = 63. We are also looking at a recursive pattern.
A recursive pattern is when each term can be found by applying the pattern rule to the previous term. For example, start at 5, then multiply by 2 and add 1 (11, 23, 47, 95, etc). We are using the pattern rule on the 11, 23, 47, 95, etc.
Divisibility Rules:
2 if the number is even
3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3
4 if the number represented by the tens and ones digit is divisible by 4
5 if the ones digits is 0 or 5
6 if the number is divisible by 2 and by 3
8 if the number represented by the hundreds, tens and ones digits is divisible by 8
9 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 9
10 if the ones digit is 0
Algebra: solving problems where numbers are missing. We can use a guess and check method or inverse operation. In an addition question, you can use subtraction: A + 7 = 12, then 12 – 7 + 5, then A = 5. In a subtraction question, you can subtract: 20 – A = 12, then 20 – 12 = 8, then A = 8. In a multiplication question, you can divide: A x 6 = 36, then 36/6 = 6, then A = 6. In a division question, you can either divide or multiply: A/4 = 5, then 5 x 4 = 20, then A = 20 OR 354/A = 6, then 354/6 = 59, then A = 59.
We also solved questions that looked like this: A – 3 = 10 – 4. The first step is to solve the equation we can, 10 – 4 = 6, so we now know that we need to find a number, that when we take away 3 will = 6. We are thinkers and knowledgeable so we know that 9 – 3 = 6 so A = 9.
Integers are numbers that can be created from subtraction patterns. They can be negative or positive. A number above 0 is positive and a number below 0 is negative. For example, a temperature greater than 0 degrees is positive. We write 24 degrees Celsius and say twenty-four degrees Celsius. A temperature that is less than 0 degrees is negative. We write -18 degrees and say minus eighteen degrees Celsius.
Homework:
- Math review due tomorrow
- Spelling lesson 7 due Thursday
- Summative due Thursday
- Bring in device all week
- Permission forms for the ROM due Oct 22
Notices:
Winter uniforms have begun. A kind reminder to ensure students are wearing all pieces each and every day. Please see Ms. Alpa for any uniform requests or inquirers. She can be reached via email - alpa@multiformcanada.com or via website - multiformcanada.com **The uniform store will be closed from Tuesday, October 2nd to Wednesday, October 17th.
Soccer Practice Times
Elementary Girls and Boys – Tuesday and Thursday 4-5PM
U12 Coed and U12 Development Program – Monday and Wednesday 4-5PM
**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!**
Don't forget about Polar Expressions Publishing! The poetry deadline is November 16th, 2018 and the short story deadline is November 23rd, 2018.
Scholastic Book orders have been sent home. All orders are due no later than Thursday, October 18, 2018. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be accepted as a form of payment. For Parent Pay please log on to parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials
Province - Ontario
City - Mississauga
School - St Jude’s Academy
Teacher - Dawn Goulart
Important dates/items:
Monday, October 15 – Scientists in the School workshop
Wednesday, October 17 – Math test & Caribou math contest
Thursday, October 18 - Scholastic order and Summative due
Monday, October 22- The ROM permission forms due
Monday, October 22- The ROM permission forms due
Thursday, October 25 – Picture Day
Tuesday, October 30 – Bake sale & casual day
Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
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