Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a great day! Tomorrow is day 2 (Technology, Picture Day, and Bake sale). Please bring your device to school. Also, tomorrow is picture day. Students must wear their full school day uniform which includes their grey pants, SJA crested shirt, vest, tie, blazer, navy blue socks, and black shoes. NO house hoodies please! On Wednesday, October 30th is our casual day and bake sale, and on Thursday, October 31st is our Halloween/ Harvest spirit day. Students are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes to school. No masks, weapons, or scary face paint please. 

Lost and Found: 
Our lost and found items are now located in the gym. If items are not claimed by November 8th at 4pm, all items in the lost and found will be donated to our local Salvation Army. 

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 21^st, 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 4^th from 1-2 PM and Monday, November 18^th from 10-11 AM. Permission forms and waivers have been sent home. There is no cost associated with this trip. We are also planning a trip to the ROM on Thursday, November 21^st. 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 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th

Inquiry into Language

Today we wrote spelling lesson #8 words in our agenda and began on our spelling lesson. This week we are learning about words with vowel pair ee spells the long e sound, vowel pair ea spells the long e sound, and vowel digraph ea spells the long e sound.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we explored and compared measures of volume and capacity. Volume measures the space an object occupies (mL or L), while capacity measures the amount of liquid or gas an object holds (cubic cm or cubic m). Students worked on textbook questions and MMS lesson # 8. If students did not complete lesson #8 it is for homework. 

A few conversions to remember:

1L = 1000 mL

1 cubic cm = 1 mL

1 cubic m = 1000 L

1000 cubic cm = 1 L

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

Estimating using friendly numbers  ( $499.50 + $228.85  e.g. 500 + 200 or 250 = 700 or 750). 

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.

Friendly numbers  (a way to round or estimate) - $423.99 would round to $400.00 and $789. 11 would round to $800.00. 

Standard amount (eight hundred twenty-two dollars = $822) 

Written form ($745.50 = seven hundred forty-five dollars and 50 cents). We also counted money. Remember what each coin and bill are worth!

To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, multiply each face - length x width (l x w), then add the total area. For rectangular prisms that are congruent (all sides are equal), find the area of all three sides, add them together and then multiply by 2. For example, a rectangular prism with the sides 7 cm height, 15 cm length, and 10 cm width – find the area of front face, 15 x 7 = 105, then find the area of the side face, 10 x 7 = 70, then find the area of the top face, 15 x 10 = 150. Then add up those totals – 105 + 70 + 150 = 325 x 2 = 650 cm squared. When finding the surface area we use units squared (cm squared, m squared, etc.). 

For example: using the picture below.

Area of the front face: 11 cm x 6 cm  = 66 cm squared

Area of the side face: 6 cm x 5 cm = 30 cm squared 

Area of the top face: 11cm x 5 cm = 55 cm squared

( 66 + 30 + 55 ) x 2 = 151 cm squared x 2  = 302 cm squared

Therefore, the surface area of the prism is 302 cm squared

Volume of a rectangular prism: Volume = number of cubes in each layer x number of layers. The number of cubes is length x width and the number of layers is the height, so our formula to find the volume is l x w x h. When finding the volume we use units cubed (cm cubed, m cubed, etc.). 

Unit of Inquiry

Today I brought in souvenirs that my brother brought home from his travels in Egypt. We also began to learn about Ancient Rome. We read about the geography of Rome, completed a mapping activity, and what life was like for boys and girls in Rome. 

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 18^th with a due date of Friday, November 29^th.

Souvenirs from Egypt (espresso cups and camel pants)

Why don't you look at that.. From Egypt made in Greece

Some pictures from Egypt

The Nile River

Activity worksheets

Homework/ Reminders:

- MMS pg. 92-93 due tomorrow
- Spelling lesson #8 due Wednesday
- Bring device tomorrow 
- Picture day tomorrow
- Bake sale tomorrow/ Wednesday

- Curling form and waiver due Thursday 
- Halloween/ Harvest Spirit day on Thursday

Important dates/items:

Tuesday, October 29 – Picture Day & Bake sale

Wednesday, October 30 – Casual Day & Bake sale

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 great night!

Ms. Cass