Monday, September 30, 2019

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend! Tomorrow is day 2. Tomorrow we will be heading out on our golf trip. 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. Tomorrow and Wednesday is also our first bake sale of the year. Bring in your money to enjoy some delicious treats!

 Today was orange shirt day. Today we remember the students who were forced to attend residential schools where they were not allowed to speak their mother tongue. 



Update about our SITS Workshop:
As some of you may have noticed, there is a soccer tournament that is taking place on the day of our SITS matter workshop. I have contacted SITS in hope of moving our date, so that our students can attend the soccer tournament. I will let you know of the new date as soon as I hear back from SITS. 

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

Congratulations to Kaitlyn who is our start students of the week!

Inquiry into Language
Today students wrote their spelling works in their agendas and began on spelling. This week in spelling we are learning about words with kn, gn, wr and n. We also began their research on New Zealand. This week we will begin with research and start to prepare for our presentation by writing paragraphs on our chosen topic. 

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 students wrote Unit 2 math test today. I will mark the test at some point this week and get them back to students to bring home as soon as possible!






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

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. 

Multiplying whole numbers 

Dividing 2-digits by a 4-digit number 


 Unit of Inquiry 
Today we watched a Bill Nye video on atoms and molecules. Students also completed a fill in the blank sheet during the video. 



Homework/ Reminders:
- Golf trip tomorrow - Wear your SJA gym uniform
- Find books on New Zealand for the topic you will be researching
- Bring device tomorrow
- Scientist in the school (SITS) due Friday, October 11
- Bring in money for bake sale tomorrow and Wednesday

Important dates/items:
 October 2 /3 - Bake sale
October 4th – Nea Archi Event (for new families), 7 pm – 9 pm
October 11 -PD Day 
October 14 Thanksgiving Day (No School)
October 17 International Day
October 29 Picture Day
October 30 Casual Day

October 31 Spirit Day: Halloween/Harvest Dress-Up


Have a great night!


Ms. Cass
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