I hope you had a fantastic Friday! Monday is day 2 (Music, Gym and French). Please bring your gym clothes and shoes to school. A kind reminder students must bring devices to school each and everyday as we will be using them for coding.
Aftercare notices have been sent out. To avoid interest charges, please pay your aftercare payment before Wednesday, May 15th.
Aftercare notices have been sent out. To avoid interest charges, please pay your aftercare payment before Wednesday, May 15th.
JK-2 Arts' Night: Please join us for the JK-2 Arts' Night performance on Tuesday, May 7th.
A Modern Take in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Parents and students in Grade 5-12 are welcome to join us on May 9th for popcorn and a show.
Don't forget to return your library books!
Today we visited the the Grade 6 exhibition! We watched the violent video games, bullying, and mental health presentations! I just want to congratulate all Grade 6's and Mrs. Haag and Ms. Jaskolka for another successful exhibition project!
I also want to thank my whole entire class and teachers for surprising me for my birthday! You are a wonderful class to teach! Thank you for the gifts, cake and cards! You truly made my day! Unfortunately we were unable to eat the cake as it was not peanut and tree nut free. A kind reminder we are a peanut and tree nut free school. Thus, the label must state that is it made in a peanut and tree nut free facility!
Inquiry into Language
Today in language we wrote spelling test #29. We also had time to practice writing a newspaper article. Students wrote a newspaper article about the upcoming JK- Gr.2 Arts' Night performance. On Monday we will write a basic newspaper article together as a class. Then on Tuesday we will go over our first draft of our newspaper article to edit and expand it to show what a level four newspaper article will look like.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we learned about rotational symmetry. A figure that coincides with itself more than once when rotated a full turn or less has rotational symmetry. The order of rotational symmetry is the number of times a figure coincides with itself in one full turn. Some figures that have rotational symmetry are a + sign, a rectangle, a star, and an octagon. An example of a figure that has no rotational symmetry is a heart.
Video Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2e9PGYYN0
More info - https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-rotational.html
The Grade 5 Team have decided to push back this math unit. With all that is happening at the school, we are going to slow down this unit. We will be spending the rest of the week and part of next week completing the lessons. Beginning late next week and continuing the following week, we will be completing our reviews. On Wednesday, May 15th we will take up the review and answer any questions. Students will write their math test on Thursday, May 16th.
Points to remember:
Transformations
Don’t forget to include brackets around your coordinates (3, 5), the comma between the x and y coordinates (3, 4), and the apostrophe for the prime coordinates A’. Be sure to correctly plot your coordinates and lastly, ensure the image is the correct number of spaces away from the axis as the figure is when doing certain transformations.
Axis – the horizontal axis is represented by X and is the first number in the coordinates (3, 5) and the vertical axis is represented by the Y and is the second number in the coordinates (3, 5).
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.
For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree counter clockwise turn is (-5, 3). For an 180 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree counter clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree counter clockwise turn is (5, -3).
For any transformation, we have our original coordinates (x, y). For a 90 counter clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (y, -x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 90 degree clockwise turn is (5, -3). For an 180 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-x, -y) – the same as an 180 degree counter clockwise turn. For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 180 degree clockwise turn is (-3, -5). For a 270 degree clockwise rotation, the formula/rule to follow is (-y, x). For example, if our original coordinates are (3, 5) then our new prime coordinate for our 270 degree clockwise turn is (-5, 3).
90 degrees is a ¼ turn, 180 degrees is a ½ turn and 270 degrees is a ¾ turn. Clockwise follows a clock (12, 1, 2, 3, etc.) and counter clockwise goes backwards (12, 11, 10, 9, etc.).
Congruent figures are the same shape and size. They have the same angles and the same side lengths. Similar figures have corresponding angels equal and the side lengths of one figure multiplied by the same number are equal to the corresponding side lengths of the other figure.
Line symmetry divides a figure into congruent parts. Reflections can be sued to draw figures with one or more lines of symmetry.
Unit of Inquiry
Homework/ Reminders:
- Spelling test signed and corrections x 5
- Math lesson #6 due Monday
- Continue to practice using new codes on Scratch
Important Dates/Items:
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
Wednesday, May 15- Aftercare payments are due
Friday, May 17 - Monday, May 20 - No School - Victoria Day WeekendHave a terrific weekend!
Love,
Ms. Cass
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