Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful night! Tomorrow is day 5 (Technology and French). Please bring laptops/devices all week. Also tomorrow we have our Unit 1 Math Test. Please make sure students are prepared for tomorrows test.

Unit of Inquiry
Today we continued working on our summative - we are working towards finishing our good copies. Students will receive a tri-fold board provided by the school to display their project. Students who have not finished typing or getting their pictures together, they are asked to complete everything they need to do before tomorrows board set up.

Board set up will be taking place tomorrow. The due date for this summative will be Thursday, October 18^th with in-class presentations happening then and on Friday, October 19^th. Please note that students will be required to show their display again during our SJA Science Fair, which takes place on Friday, November 16^th. A great website to check out is sciencebuddies.org. **Your experiment must be measurable and conduct at least three different times*

Working Hard on Summatives! 

Example how to set up tri-fold display

Inquiry into Math

Today we took up last nights math review for our test tomorrow. This was a chance for students to ask questions and to seek clarification. Also, Mr. Conte held a math camp on recess for students who wanted to practice and study for their test tomorrow.

Some of our Math Helpers!

Math Review Answers 

Points to remember:

Input/Output charts: 

Input	+ 5 -2	Output
10		13
11		14
12		15
13		16
14		17

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.

Inquiry into Language

Today we decided as a class to have a double UOI to finish our good copies and have language for homework. For homework students will independently read chapter 14 of Percy Jackson. Once students finish reading the chapter students will complete chapter 14 questions.

Homework:

- Math test tomorrow

- Spelling lesson 7 due Thursday
- Chapter 14 questions due tomorrow
- All good copies and pictures must be printed for tomorrow

- Summative due Thursday

- Bring in device all week

- Permission forms for the ROM due Oct 22

Notices:

**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 16^th, 2018 and the short story deadline is November 23^rd, 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:

Wednesday, October 17 – Math test & Caribou math contest 

Thursday, October 18 - Scholastic order and Summative 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

I hope you have a lovely night!

Love,

Ms. Cass