I hope everyone had a nice and relaxing day off! Tomorrow is day 1 (Reading buddies). We will be listening to speeches from 9:00-10:30am.
A note regarding speeches – Tomorrow Grade 4-8 will recite their speeches. Tomorrow Grade 4-5 will recite their speeches from 9:00-10:30 and Grades 6-8 will recite their speeches from 11:00-1:00. Division winners (Grades 1-3, 4-6, and 7-8) from this round will compete against students from the Maples Academy on Wednesday, February 13th. This year the inter-school competition will take place at the Maples Academy campus in Orangeville. Finalists will be bussed to the competition at the Maples Academy.
**Aftercare invoices have been sent out. Please pay your invoice by Friday, February 15th to avoid interest charges**
A message from Mrs. Hayward:
Book fair continues:
Friday: 1:00- 5:30
Monday 8:30am - 12:00pm
Bring your money to school so you don't miss out on the opportunity to purchase some awesome books! ENCHANTED FOREST DRESS UP ON MONDAY- Just bring in $2 and you can dress up in any enchanted outfit of your choosing (creatures, characters, fairytale, etc), forest (animals, forest colours, etc).
Reminder please do not order lunch on the following days – February 20th (second ski trip), March 7th (third ski day) and March 27th (Legislative Assembly field trip)
A note regarding Caribou Math Contest - The next Caribou contest will take place on Wednesday February 13th, 2019. Please arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. You will have one hour to complete the test. Bring your own device. Ensure your device is full charged. The next interactive question will be Sudoku which you students can practice now on the Caribou games page. This time grade 3/4 participants will have to solve a 6x6 Sudoku problem, although with an increased number of digits already inserted. There is no history question in the coming contest.
A kind reminder that all students must wear proper winter items for recess; this includes coat, hat, mittens, scarf, snow pants and boats. If students do not come to school with these items they will still be asked to go outside, so please come prepared!
The Grade 5 team sent home a notice regarding our field trip to The Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Toronto on Wednesday, March 27th. The cost of the trip is $7 per student. Please return permission form by March 6th. ** Please do not order hot lunches for this day. Unfortunately, you will not be reimbursed and lunches will not be saved on this date**
Today we had our Jump Rope for Heart assembly. Nicole from Heart and Stroke taught us the importance of keeping our heart and brain healthy. She told us that the best activity to keep our heart healthy is to skip, thus is why SJA will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart on Thursday, February 14th. As a class, we have set our personal goal at $200. That is just $12.50 per person. Our school goal is $2500. Students should not be going door to door rather should be asking friends and family. A form was sent home on how to set up an online account to fundraise and what prizes you can earn through raising money! Remember if you fundraise online you win bonus prizes!! Thank you in advance for your donations!
Our class has raised $215!!! Keep up the great work Grade 5's
March Break Camp!
Action Star
Congratulations to Shane for being the star student of the day!
Inquiry into Language
Today in language before we began reading we did a quick recap about what we have learned so far, as we had a long break due to speeches. Then we read chapter 10 of Shannen and the dream for a School as a class and made predictions about what we will think in the next couple of chapters. Tomorrow we will introduce our literature circles and how it will work. We will begin our circles on Monday.
Reading Shannen and the dream for a School
Visiting the Book Fair!
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today in mathematics we focused on finding the perimeter of various polygons. We learned that there are two different ways to find perimeter. Students completed some textbook questions, and if they finished early I allowed students to start on their homework.
1. For any polygon we can add all the side lengths.
- Perimeter = 38 + 31 + 62 + 9 + 27 + 15 = 182mm
OR
2. A shortcut for a parallelogram we add the measures of the longer side and shorter side. Then multiply by 2. E.g. P = (l + w ) x 2.
- Perimeter = (11+6) x 2
= 17 x 2
= 34 cm
** Please see the below picture for the two different shapes that correspond with the examples above.
Unit of Inquiry
Today in UOI we learned about the different types of government. We learned about democracy, republic, monarchy, oligarchy, and dictatorship. Students completed an activity sheet where they had to choose two different types of government and name the pros and cons. We also learned about the different levels of government (federal, provincial and municipal). Students inquired about who our prime minster, premier and mayor of Mississauga are.
Homework:
- Math lesson #1 due tomorrow
- Spelling test tomorrow
- Jump rope for heart fundraising due February 14th
- Re-registration package due February 11th
Important dates/ items:
Friday, February 8 – Grade 4-8 Oral Competition
Monday, February 11 – Re-registration packages due – be sure to reserve your spot
Wednesday, February 13 – SJA vs. TMA Oral Competition and 100th Day of School
Thursday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day Spirit
Friday, February 15 – No School – PD Day
Monday, February 18 – No School – Family Day
Tuesday, February 26 – Bake sale
Wednesday, February 27 – Casual day and bake sale
Thursday, February 28 – Anti-Bullying Day
Monday, March 4 – Friday, March 8 – Spirit Week
Tuesday, March 5- Pancake Tuesday
Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 22 – No School – March Break
Monday, March 25 – First day back after March Break and Term 3 begins
Wednesday, March 27 – Casual Day
Friday, March 29 – Term 2 report cards go home
Have a terrific night!
Love,
Ms. Cass
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