Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is day 2. We will be spending quite a bit of time over the next few weeks perfecting our Wizard of Oz Arts’ Night performance, so our alignment with the other Grade 5 classes may be off. We are trying our hardest to ensure our students are not missing important lessons! As of tomorrow we will be heading to the dome everyday to practice for our Axrts' Night which will be happening Tuesday, May 14th. Please ensure you are at school before 9AM as we will load the bus at 9AM sharp! 

Aftercare notices have been sent out. To avoid interest charges, please pay your aftercare payment before Wednesday, May 15th. 

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.

If you would like to participate in Apraxia Awareness bring in $2 for a toonie toss on Wednesday, May 15th:

Don't forget to return your library books!

Today we supported our JK- Gr. 2 students as we attended their performance! What an amazing job they did! A huge thank you to Mr. Oliver, Mrs. McMillan, all the teachers and students! Best of luck on your evening performance!

Inquiry into Language

Today in language students shared what they wrote for the good copy of their lead paragraph. Then as a class we discussed what the rough copy did not include or what it included that should be removed or changed. There will be no spelling test this week as it is review week. Reminder spelling lesson #30 is due on Thursday. 

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math students continued on their art piece using rotational symmetry.

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 to work on mini-project #3. This project will be due Friday.

Homework/ Reminders:

- Spelling lesson #30 due Thursday

- Mini project #3 due Friday

- 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 great night!

Love,
Ms. Cass