I hope you had a fantastic night! Tomorrow is day 6 (Reading buddies).
For those of you who are attending the BBQ tomorrow I have put the BBQ tickets in the front pouch of students agendas.Please ensure you bring these tomorrow to the BBQ in order to receive your dinner!
Tomorrow is our SJA and Oakwood Welcome Back BBQ, which will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM out in our back recess area.
Our Fall Fundraiser is quickly approaching! What used to be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade 2 will attend a trip to Kidsport.
Daily Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Monday, September 23rd is PJ Day.
Tuesday, September 24th is Popcorn Day.
Wednesday, September 25th is Ice Cream Sandwich Day.
Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday.
Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6).
Tuesday, October 1st, is our first extracurricular activity of the year. We will be heading to The Old Pro Driving Range. We will be leaving at 9:30 AM and we will return by 12:00 PM to have lunch. Students will be required to wear their SJA gym uniform, outdoor shoes, and must dress according to the weather, as this will be an outdoor activity. Permission forms were sent home today and are due back no later than Wednesday, September 25th. There is no cost to this activity.
October Lunches
Site is now open.
Site closes Wednesday, September 25th at 3:00pm
Special of the month: 3 pancakes with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays.
All payments are to be made through quickbooks.
** A kind reminder to please order under the correct teacher and grade! For example: Cass, Grade 5
Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29th and the deadline for short stories is December 6th.
Today in language we read part of chapter 4 together as a class and then students continued to read the rest of the chapter independently. Then students completed the comprehension questions for chapter 4. If questions were not completed in class they are for homework, due tomorrow.
A kind reminder about the expectations. When completing Percy Jackson comprehension question. I am looking for full sentences that begin with a capital letter and end with either a period, exclamation point, or question mark. To use part of the question in the answer, for example: Q: What kind of school is Yancy Academy? Yancy Academy is a School for troubled kids in upstate New York. I reminded them to use the book to help with spelling and to be sure to answer each question completely, with support from the book.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today in math we learned how to use the correct order of operations. We follow the BEDMAS or PEDMAS rules when figuring out equations that have two or more different signs.
For example: 3 x 4 - 2 --> PEDMAS tells us that we have to multiply first and then subtract.
3 x4 - 2
= 12 - 2
= 2
P (B): Parentheses/ brackets
E: Exponents
D: Division
M: Multiplication
A: Addition
S: Subtraction
Math Antics video:
https://www.mathantics.com/lesson/order-of-operations
** Remember when you are doing exponents 5 to the power of 2 it is not 5x2. It is 5x5
Points to Remember
Multiplication and division strategies - For example, for multiplication 100 x 10 = 1,000 (we multiply 1 x 1 to get 1 and then add 3 zeros – 2 in 100 and 1 in 10 = 1,000) and for division 1,000,000/100,000 = 10 (1/1 = 1 and then we took away 5 zeros from 100,000 and 5 zeros from 1,000,000 which left us with 10).
Standard form is 3,961. Expanded form would be 3,000 + 900 + 60 + 1 and number-word form would be 3 thousand, 961. We also realized that when using a place value chart, each group of three place values is called a period. With in each period the digits of a number are read as hundred, tens, and ones.
Place value chart:
Millions Period
|
Thousands Period
|
Units Period
|
H M
|
T M
|
M
|
H T
|
T T
|
T
|
H
|
T
|
O
|
H M – hundred million
T M – ten million
M – million
H T – hundred thousand
T T – ten thousand
T – thousand
H – hundreds
T – tens
O – ones
Multiples can be found by starting at the number and counting on by that number. For example, multiples of 4 are 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, etc. Multiples of 6 are 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, etc.
A common multiple is a number that is a multiple of each of two or more given numbers. For example, common multiples of 4 and 6 are 12, 24, and 36 as those numbers appear in the multiples list (4 and 6). Each common multiple of 4 and 6 is divisible by 4 and 6.
A prime number has only two factors, 1 and itself. For example, 5 ( 1 x 5)
A composite numberhas more than 2 factors. For example, 12. What is a factor you ask? Factors are the number in a multiplication sentence that you multiply together to get the product (the answer). For example the factors in 2 x 3 = 6 are 2 and 3.
We can use mental math to add by rearranging and using compatible numbers. For example: 60 + 35 + 40
60 + 35 + 40 = (60+40)+35
= 100+35
=135
Remember changing the order of the numbers being added or multiples does not change the sum of the product!
We can use mental math to multiply by rearranging and using compatible numbers. For example: 4 x 19 x 25.
4 x 19 x 25= 19 x (4 x 25)
= 19 x 100
= 1900
We can also break one fo the numbers apart to make numbers that are simple to work with. For example: 6 x 27.
6 x 27 = 6 (20 x 7)
= (6x20) + (6 x7)
= 120 + 42
= 162
60 + 35 + 40 = (60+40)+35
= 100+35
=135
Remember changing the order of the numbers being added or multiples does not change the sum of the product!
We can use mental math to multiply by rearranging and using compatible numbers. For example: 4 x 19 x 25.
4 x 19 x 25= 19 x (4 x 25)
= 19 x 100
= 1900
We can also break one fo the numbers apart to make numbers that are simple to work with. For example: 6 x 27.
6 x 27 = 6 (20 x 7)
= (6x20) + (6 x7)
= 120 + 42
= 162
Unit of Inquiry
Today in UOI we explored density further. We wanted to find out if an object/ substance is more or less dense will it float. So, we did the sink of float experiment with an eraser, a wood chip, a paper clip, and the top of a plastic spoon. First we measured the mass and the volume. What do we do if the object is in irregular shape you ask? We do the water displacement test! Then to find density you divide mass by volume (D= M/V). Based on our observations, we learned that objects that have less density tend to float and objects that have more density tend to sink.
Mass of an eraser
It sank!
Mass of a piece of wood
Float!
Mass of a paperclip
Sink!
Mass of the top of a plastic spoon
Surprisingly sank!
Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS Math pg. 24-25 due tomorrow
- MMS Math pg. 24-25 due tomorrow
- Chapter 4 questions due tomorrow
- Spelling test tomorrow
- Golf permission form due Sept 25
- BBQ tomorrow at 4pm
- Design a badge for orange shirt day including the words EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Important dates/items:
Thursday, September 19 - Welcome BBQ from 4-5:30pm
September 20-27 - Fall FundraiserSeptember 24 and 25 - Bake Sale
Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day and golf permission forms due
Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day
Friday, October 4th – Nea Archi Event (for new families), 7 pm – 9 pm
Have a great night!
Ms. Cass
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