Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a great day! Tomorrow is day 4 (Library). Casual Day forms have been sent home. If you would like your child to participate, please complete the form and send in the $20 cash to me no later than October 25th. 
A note from Ms. Hayward - October 17 marked the first day of Secret Path Week.
Commemorating the legacies of Gord Downie (died Oct. 17, 2017)and Chanie Wenjack (died Oct. 23, 1966 - died after running away from residential school and attempting to walk home). Calling on Canadians to answer Downie’s call to action to “DO SOMETHING” to learn about Residential Schools, their impact on Canadian Indigenous people and communities and Canada as a whole, and to learn about and celebrate Indigenous Culture as an  important part of Canadian culture.


As you may notice, the Library Bulletin Board this week is all about ReconciliACTION.  It features challenges, mostly from the Indian Horse Next150 Challenges site.  Each challenge aims to promote learning about indigenous culture and indigenous rights.  I hope we can try different challenges on our own or as classes (photos, lists, etc. can be added to the bulletin board).

I'd like to challenge you to do a challenge with your class at some point in the year (and share with me so we can add it to the library boards/blogs).  Or share something else you've done to learn about indigenous culture.

This week I've completed the "Whose Land Challenge".  I want to challenge you/your class to do the same and have students present a proper acknowledgement at morning announcements.


November Lunches
The lunch site is now open
It will close Wednesday, October 30th at 3:00pm 
Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry, which is available every Friday. All payments are to be made through Quickbooks by November 6th. **Please do not order lunch for Thursday, November 21st, as we will be on a trip – more info to come later.**

Our next extra-curricular activity is curling at the Acton Curling Club. The dates and times of our trips are Monday, November 4th from 1-2 PM and Monday, November 18th from 10-11 AM. Permission forms and waivers will be coming home soon. There is no cost associated with this trip. We are also planning a trip to the ROM on Thursday, November 21st. It will be an all day trip so please do not order hot lunch for this day, as reimbursements will not be given, nor will hot lunches be saved. Permission forms will be going home early November.

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

Inquiry into Language
Today we did not have language as we had our Scientist in the School come to visit. 


Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we learned how to estimate and calculate money to $10,000. We went over how to estimate using friendly numbers  ( $499.50 + $228.85  e.g. 500 + 200 or 250 = 700 or 750). We also went over our rounding rules. If a number is 4 and below - let it go (round down) 23 = 20.  3. If the number is 5 and above give it a shove (round up) 26=30. 




Points to Remember

The small hand tells the hour, the large hand tells the minutes, and the skinny hand tells the seconds.

Every small mark on a clock represents the minutes. The total number of minutes between each number on a clock is 5.

A quarter after is 15 minutes after, half-past is 30 minutes after, and a quarter to is 15 minutes to the next hour. 

 Before 10:00am, you write a 0 in front of the hour. After noon, you ad 12 to the hour. For example: 2 o'clock in the afternoon would be 12:00 + 2:00 = 14:00 24- hour notation 

AM – 12:00 midnight to 11:59 AM
PM – 12:00 noon to 11:59 PM

12:00 = 00:00
1:00 = 13:00
2:00 = 14:00
3:00 = 15:00
4:00 = 16:00
5:00 = 17:00
6:00 = 18:00
7:00 = 19:00
8:00 = 20:00
9:00 = 21:00
10:00 = 22:00
11:00 = 23:00
12:00 = 24:00

Unit of Inquiry
Today we learned began to learn about Ancient Egypt. We read about the Nile River and completed an activity sheet. We also learned about the geography of Egypt. If it was not completed for class it is for homework. We also attended our matter SITS workshop and showed Scientist Marsha all that we leaned during our What's the Matter Unit. We completed some hands-on experiments and had a ton of fun! Thank you Scientist Marsha!

The summative for this unit will have students recreating an ancient artifact from one of the civilizations we studied. More information to come closer to the end of the unit! As of now, we will be beginning the summative the week of November 18th with a due date of Friday, November 29th.














































Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS pg. 84-85 due tomorrow
- Read only chapter 15/16 due tomorrow
- Spelling lesson #7 due tomorrow
- Complete UOI - spotlight on geography due tomorrow
- Casual day form and money due October 25

Important dates/items:
Tuesday, October 29 – Picture Day
Wednesday, October 30 – Casual Day 
Thursday, October 31 – Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
Tuesday, November 5 – Guy Fawkes Day
Friday, November 8-Monday, November 11 – No School – Remembrance Day
Wednesday, November 13 – Kindness Day
Friday, November 15 – SJA’s annual Science Fair
Wednesday, November 20 – Picture Retakes
Thursday, November 21- Trip to the ROM please do not order hot lunch for this day
Wednesday, November 27 – Casual Day – please ensure you have paid the $20 cash for casual day
Friday, November 29 – Term 1 Report Cards Go Home

Have a wonderful night!

Ms. Cass
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