Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a lovely evening! Tomorrow is day 3 (Library and French). 

Our curling trips will be happening on November 5^th and 26^th. Permission forms were sent home last week and waivers were sent home tonight. Please fill out both forms and return by Friday, November 2^nd. 

Bake sale is taking place tomorrow (being put on by Ms. Jaskolka, Ms. Fisher, and Ms. King).  Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day is taking place tomorrow. Students are encouraged to dress in black and orange, or in their Halloween costume. Please no weapons, masks, scary face paint/costumes. 

Inquiry into Math

Today we focused on reviewing how to calculate surface area and volume to ensure we are ready for our upcoming test. We have moved our Unit # 6 test to Monday, November 12th.

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!

To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, multiply each face - length x width (l x w), then add the total area. For rectangular prisms that are congruent (all sides are equal), find the area of all three sides, add them together and then multiply by 2. For example, a rectangular prism with the sides 7 cm height, 15 cm length, and 10 cm width – find the area of front face, 15 x 7 = 105, then find the area of the side face, 10 x 7 = 70, then find the area of the top face, 15 x 10 = 150. Then add up those totals – 105 + 70 + 150 = 325 x 2 = 650 cm squared. When finding the surface area we use units squared (cm squared, m squared, etc.). 

Volume = number of cubes in each layer x number of layers.The number of cubes is length x width and the number of layers is the height, so our formula to find the volume is l x w x h. When finding the volume we use units cubed (cm cubed, m cubed, etc.).

Inquiry into Language

Today in Language we went over our Guy Fawkes Day Poem. Students are asked to practice this poem at home. We also continued with Percy Jackson. We read a couple pages as a class, then students read independently. Once finished reading the chapter students had chapter 20 comprehension questions to complete. If not completed it is for homework.

Guy Fawkes Day Poem

Working on PJ Questions

Unit of Inquiry 

Today in UOI we watched an introduction video on Ancient Greece and jotted down notes. As a class we read and completed activities about who the Ancient Greeks were, the gods and about the capital of Greece. We also completed a mapping activity. 

Tomorrow is going to be a fun day! It's Halloween and we will be doing Halloween activities !!

Homework:

- Spelling lesson #8 due tomorrow

- Sign and correct spelling words x 5

- Percy Jackson ch 20 questions due tomorrow

- Surface area and volume review sheet due tomorrow

- Curling forms due Nov 2nd. 

- Bake sale tomorrow/ Dress up for halloween 

*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.

Important dates/items:

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 an amazing night!

Love,

Ms. Cass