I hope you had a wonderful night! Tomorrow is day 6 (Reading buddies). Tomorrow is electronics day and casual day. Please make sure you come to school with a working and charged laptop! We will also be having a snack/candy bar tomorrow, so bring is some money to enjoy a delicious treat! If you want a chance at pieing Mr. Orr in the face tomorrow be sure to bring in all your fall fundraising money!
Tomorrow is the last day to bring in any pledges for Fall Fundraiser! 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! So far our class has raised $210!!! Lets keep it up Grade 5's!
Daily Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
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!
A note from Mrs. Hayward regarding Orange Shirt day:
A kind reminder tomorrow is the last day to RSVP to our New Archi night:
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
Congratulations to Aarna who brought in $70 and she got to style a lucky teachers hair and of course that teacher was.... ME! Look at my beautiful transformation!
We also played a musical chairs house game to warm up our dance skills for tomorrows JK-Gr 2 dance! Of course one round was a student round, and then a teachers round! Great dancing moves everyone!
Inquiry into Language
Today as a class we took up our comprehension questions for chapters 6/7 and then students began to work on their chapter 8/9 comprehension questions. If they 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.
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.
Groups for international day:
Food: Alexander. M, Brandon
Holidays/ Traditions: Adam, Nicole
Sports/ Music: Daksh, Alex.K
Toys/ Games: Ben, Aarsh
Imports/ Exports: Michael, Jorvin
Laws/ Policies: Medha, Suditi
Culture/ Language: Kaitlyn, Vidhi
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we took up some of our math review as we had our fall fundraiser assembly. We will continue to take up the rest of the review tomorrow.
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 students designed 'All About Matter' posters. We are looking for students to draw pictures, use definitions, and anything that we learned during our Matter unit. The colours and principles of design that we are focusing on are: Colour, contrast, shape, and scale/proportion.
Homework/ Reminders:
- Chapter 8/9 questions due tomorrow
- Spelling test tomorrow
- Find books on New Zealand for the topic you will be researching
- Fall fundraiser pledges due tomorrow
- Return phone call form due tomorrow
- Bring device in tomorrow
- Casual day tomorrow
- French spelling test tomorrow
- Math test on Monday
Important dates/items:
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 terrific night!
Ms. Cass
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