Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is day 6 (Gym and Rock Climbing). Tomorrow our biodiversity summatives are due and we will begin presentations. Also, we have our bouldering rock climbing trip tomorrow. Please wear your gym clothes and shoes to school. 

Wine and Cheese Event: SJA will be holding a wine and cheese for all parents to attend tomorrow from 6-8 PM. This will be a great time to socialize and hear about the direction SJA will be heading. Please RSVP to Ms. Hughes-Smith at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com! Please note that this is a parents only event!

The Grade 6 Exhibition is fast approaching. Ms. Jaskoka and Mrs. Haag’s Grade 6 classes have been working very hard on their Exhibition projects for the past few weeks. On Friday, May 3^rd, each Exhibition group will have a chance to present their project and show off all of their hard work. Some of the topics covered this year are homelessness, deforestation, stress, elder abuse and climate change. We will have the opportunity to view the projects on May 3^rd from 12:00-2:00 PM. There will also be an evening viewing for all to attend. The showing will run from 6:00-8:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to see what most of the Grade 5s will be doing next year, when it is their turn to complete The Grade 6 Exhibition. Please see flyer below for more information.

Don't forget to return your library books!

Thank you to one of the exhibition groups for coming to our class and teaching us about climate change and playing a fun game with us! 

Inquiry into Language

Today in language we had our literature circle meetings. For students who were waiting for their circle meeting practiced for their spelling test tomorrow. 

Due dates for Hatchet:

Chapters 1-3 due Friday, March 29^th

Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5^th
Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12^th

Chapters 10-12 due Thursday, April 18^th

Chapters 13-15 due Thursday, April 25^th

Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating activity with due date to be announced.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math we reviewed rotations. We learned two different formulas that can help us to rotate an image clockwise and counter clockwise. Then we used these formulas to help us with our rotations worksheet. If you did not complete the "rotations" sheet in class it is for homework due tomorrow. 

Rules for rotation when the image is being rotated at the origin (0,0).

Clockwise 

Counter Clockwise

Points to remember:

Translations – slide. After a translation, a figure and its image are congruent (same shape and same size) and they face the same way. We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image.

Reflections- flip. After reflections, a figure and its image are congruent and can face opposite ways. Remember any point and its reflection image are the same distance form the mirror line. Remember to label each new image and use prime (') on the new points.

Rotations - turns. After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent and may face different ways. If a figure turns 360 degrees (a full turn), we will not use the prime (‘) symbol as with the full turn it is back to the original figure.

Remember to label the vertices of the final image A" B" C" D". Read as "A double prime".

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued to work on our biodiversity summative. For this summative students will research a species of their choice and create a podcast to inform the rest of us about the species they chose. It may be an audio or video podcast. The podcast is due tomorrow!

Our final unit of the year will be about coding. All students will be required to have a working laptop, not device, for this unit. They will be expected to bring it to school each and every day. Students will also be expected have their own email account. A Gmail account is preferred, as we can easily share our projects. Our coding unit begin on Monday, April 29th

Homework/ Reminders:

- Rotations sheet due tomorrow

- Summative due tomorrow 

- Spelling test tomorrow

- Rock climbing trip tomorrow: wear gym clothes

Important Dates/Items:

Friday, April 26 – Rock climbing & wine and cheese night
Tuesday, April 30 – Silent Dance

Friday, May 3 - Grade 6 Exhibition

Tuesday, May 7 - JK-Grade 2 Arts' Night

Thursday, May 9 - Shakespeare Play

Tuesday, May 14 - Grade 3-8 Arts' Night

Friday, May 17 - Monday, May 20 - No School - Victoria Day Weekend

Have a great night!

Love,
Ms. Cass