Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a terrific weekend and got to enjoy some of the beautiful weather we had yesterday! Tomorrow is day 1. Tomorrow we have our JK- Gr. 2 Arts' Night performance. They have worked really hard for the past couple of weeks preparing for this day. Please join us at 12:00pm and 6:30pm at the SJA Athletic Centre Soccer Dome!

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!

Inquiry into Language

Today in language in partners students read a lead paragraph about the upcoming JK - Gr. 2 Arts' Night tomorrow. The paragraph was not written using all the requirements for a newspaper article. In partners students worked on editing the lead paragraph to find what the paragraph was missing, or what they should add to make the lead paragraph better. If the good copy of the lead paragraph was not completed in class it is for homework due tomorrow. Students also had time to work on spelling lesson #30, which is a review week. Spelling lesson #30 is due Thursday. 

Rough copy of lead paragraph

Partner work

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math students created an art piece using rotational symmetry. We will be working on this for the next couple of days and then we will start on our math review. 

Rotational Symmetry Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrOJtPK4zGE

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.

Rotational symmetry is 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.

Unit of Inquiry 

Today in UOI students started mini-project #2. For this project students will learn to use animation. Students will animate their own names using Scratch. 

Homework/ Reminders:

- Spelling lesson #30 due Thursday

- Coding animation due tomorrow

- Good copy of lead paragraph due tomorrow 

- JK- Gr. 2 Arts' Night tomorrow

- Aftercare payment due May 15th

Important Dates/Items:

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 Weekend

Thursday, May 23 - SJA Track and Field

Monday, May 27 - Inner School Spelling Bee

Wednesday, May 29 - Casual Day

Thursday, May 30 - SJA vs TMA Track and Field

Friday, June 14 - Promotion Ceremony and Last Day of School

Have a wonderful night!

Love,
Ms. Cass