I hope you had an excellent night!
Tomorrow is day 6 (Gym, French and Music). I will not be at school tomorrow as I am heading to a round table conference out in the Kitchener area, to learn about ways to incorporate Indigenous studies into our class, which relates to our next novel study, 'Shannen and A Dream For A School.' I will update my blog at some point tomorrow and the homework has already been assigned for the weekend. Therefore, agendas do not need to come to school tomorrow. Please do not complete any work assigned for tomorrow, as we will be beginning that work in class tomorrow. Any work not completed in class will then be finished at home.
The hot lunch site is open for November ordering. The site will close Friday, October 26th. November hot lunch payments will be due by Friday, November 9th. Please ensure that you are ordering lunch for your child under the correct grade and teacher. **Do not order lunch for Thursday, November 8, as we are on our ROM trip.**
Also, Halloween is just around the corner. A reminder about costumes, no masks, no weapons of any sort and no scary face paint/ costumes.
Curling forms were sent home today. We have our first curling session on Monday November, 5th. Forms need to be returned no later than Friday November 2nd.
Inquiry into Technology
Today in technology we continued to practice our typing skills. Today we worked on bottom row, b & n, bottom row right hand, using all ten fingers and increasing our typing speed.
Inquiry into Math
Today in Math we focused on how to calculate the surface area of a rectangular prism. To find the area we must use the formula: L x W (Length x Width). Length is how long a side is (11cm - see below picture). Width is how wide a side is (5cm - see below picture). We learned that the opposite sides of a rectangular prism are congruent. Therefore, to find the surface area of a rectangular prism you must calculate the areas of the front, side and top faces. Then, add the total areas and multiply the sum by 2.
For example: using the picture below.
Area of the front face: 11 cm x 6 cm = 66 cm squared
Area of the side face: 6 cm x 5 cm = 30 cm squared
Area of the top face: 11cm x 5 cm = 55 cm squared
( 66 + 30 + 55 ) x 2 = 151 cm squared x 2 = 302 cm squared
Therefore, the surface area of the prism is 302 cm squared
Textbook work
Points to remember:
When using a 24-hour notation, 12:00 AM (midnight) to 12:00 PM (noon) stays the same, but after 12:00 PM it goes to 13:00 for 1:00, 14:00 for 2:00, etc.
1:00 PM – 13:00
2:00 PM – 14:00
3:00 PM – 15:00
4:00 PM - 16:00
5:00 PM = 17:00
6:00 PM = 18:00
7:00 PM – 19:00
8:00 PM – 20:00
9:00 PM – 21:00
10:00 PM – 22:00
11:00 PM – 23:00
12:00 PM – 00:00
Then we start back at 1:00 AM.
12:00- 11:59 AM is from midnight to noon and 12:00 – 11:59 (12:00-24:00) PM is from noon to midnight.
Rounding rules – 0 – 4 round down
- 5 – 9 round up
Friendly numbers (a way to round or estimate) - $423.99 would round to $400.00 and $789. 11 would round to $800.00.
Standard amount (eight hundred twenty-two dollars = $822)
Written form ($745.50 = seven hundred forty-five dollars and 50 cents). We also counted money. Remember what each coin and bill are worth!
Inquiry into Language
Today in Language we are preparing for our post OWA assessment on Monday. For this OWA students will be writing a narrative about becoming an innate object. Today we focused on writing our narrative on an innate object to practice for Monday. We used an outline to help us with our narrative writing. Students that finished began to write a good copy. Some students shared their work with the class.
I was originally going to have students write their OWA post-assessment tomorrow, but in my absent I have decided to post-pone it until Monday, when I can be here. Tomorrow we will be doing our next weeks spelling lesson (#8) instead.
Unit of Inquiry
Today in UOI we used our devices to find words that we use today which we have been derived from a latin word and found the meaning. We also learned about the different structures that were important in the everyday life of the Romans.
Finding the latin roots to words we use everyday
Homework:
- Math lesson #4 due tomorrow pg.87-88
- Spelling test tomorrow
- Finish UOI pages 54-55
- Curling form due no later than Nov 2nd.
**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.
Important dates/items:
Friday, October 26 – November hot lunch payments due
Tuesday, October 30 – Bake sale & casual day
Wednesday, October 31 – Bake sale & Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
Tuesday, November 6 – Guy Fawkes Day
Thursday, November 8 – ROM trip
Friday, November 9 – No school – PD Day
Monday, November 12 – Kindness Day & curling trip – 9:00-12:00
Friday, November 16 – Science Fair
Thursday, November 22 – Picture re-takes
Tuesday, November 27 – Bake sale
Wednesday, November 28 – Bake sale and casual day
Thursday, November 29 – Curling trip – 12:00-3:00
Friday, November 30 – Term One report cards go home
I hope you have a lovely night!
Love,
Ms. Cass
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