I hope you had a great night! Tomorrow is day 5 (Gym and Music). Please come to school in your gym uniform and bring your gym shoes. Also, please remember to bring your instruments back to school for music. Tomorrow is also wacky Thursday! Come to school in your wackiest outfit if you paid! I apologize in advance that there is not many pictures on the blog as we had a very busy day!
Our Fall Fundraiser is HERE! 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. Lets go Grade 5's!! 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. Permission forms for Glow Zone were sent home today. For those families who have already paid the $40, all I will need is your signature! It is not too late to be able to attend Glow Zone. Just bring in your $40 and permission form and you are all set!
Daily Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday. A lucky student will also have a chance to style a teacher’s hair!
Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6). A lucky student will also have a chance to pie a teacher in the face with a pie!
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.
Fall Fundraiser Assembly
Today 5 students brought in $ 50 each!! These fabulous students decorated Mr. Oliver face!! Keep bringing in your money each day for a chance to style Ms. Gandy's hair or pie Ms. Samuel!!
Inquiry into Language
Today students continued to work on chapter 6 and 7 comprehension questions. If it was not completed in class it is for homework due tomorrow. As well read chapter 8/9 for 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.
Our annual International Day is quickly approaching and will take place on Thursday, October 17th. This year the country we will be learning about is New Zealand. Beginning next week, and for the following few weeks, we will be busy researching and putting together a fabulous presentation on our country. Partners or small groups will research one of the following topics; clothing, food, imports/exports, laws/regulations, holidays, sports/toys, etc. Groups will be arranged sometime this week. Students will need devices and books from a local library to complete their research.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today students began on our review package. If it was not completed in class it is for homework tonight, due tomorrow. We will take up the review tomorrow in class.
The date of our first test will be Monday, September 30th. Our next unit will be Number Patterns and will deal with Input/Output machines and pattern rules. This is a short unit, with only 5 lessons. As of know, our test for Number Patterns will be on Tuesday, October 15th.
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.
PEDMAS (Order of Operations).
Parenthesis
Exponents
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
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
Remember when you are adding and subtracting that your ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands column should always line up!
1234
+ 1234
----------
2345
- 1234
---------
Remember when checking your work (using the inverse operation) for subtraction you take your larger number and subtract it from your answer. Or you can add your answer and the bottom number together to get your top number.
Remember when checking your work (using the inverse operation) for subtraction you take your larger number and subtract it from your answer. Or you can add your answer and the bottom number together to get your top number.
Multiplying whole numbers
Dividing 2-digits by a 4-digit number
Unit of Inquiry
Today we had a class discussion on chemical and physical changes. We discussed how things in our everyday lives are chemical and physical changes like baking a cake, the statue of Liberty, and ripening fruits/ vegetables. Then students completed a word search.
Homework/ Reminders:
- Finish math review due tomorrow
- Finish math review due tomorrow
- Chapter 6/7 questions due tomorrow
- Read chapters 8/9 for tomorrow
- Spelling test Friday
- Fall fundraiser pledges due Sept 27th
- Return phone call form by Friday
- Wacky Thursday tomorrow
Important dates/items:
September 20-27 - Fall Fundraiser
Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day
Wednesday, September 25 - Casual Day
Friday, September 27 - Fall fundraiser pledges and forms due
Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day
Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day
Monday, October 1 and 2 - Math test and Bake sale
Friday, October 4th – Nea Archi Event (for new families), 7 pm – 9 pm
Friday, October 4th – Nea Archi Event (for new families), 7 pm – 9 pm
Have a wonderful night!
Ms. Cass
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