I hope you had a wonderful day! Tomorrow is day 5 (Gym, Music, Christmas Concert Rehearsal, and Museum of Ancient Civilizations). Tomorrow in rooms 16 and 23 we welcome you to visit our Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15pm.
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
Join us on Friday, November 29th for our Museum of Ancient Civilizations:
Our Christmas Concert rehearsals are well underway. We are dancing to Deck the Halls Rap. Please see the link below for our song and the opening song, ‘So Good to Be Bad’
Deck the Halls Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsxGxgwWEwc
Good To Be Bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4i5YiGhSc
We are asking our amazing SJA Community to
come show school spirit and support
for our St. Jude’s Academy Senior Basketball Team
on
on
Tuesday, December 3 at 3:30 pm
This will be our first basketball game of the season!
Place: St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School
Place: St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School
2800 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5M 6R5
Inquiry into Language
Today students worked on pg.10 of the report card.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today students explored adding and subtracting decimals. Remember when you are adding and subtracting you need to make sure your decimals are lined up.
As of right now our test well be Friday, December 13th.
Points to Remember
Most large numbers are written in short form instead of having to write the large number in standard form. For example, 5 ½ million is written in standard form as 5, 500, 000. 42, 400, 000 can be written as the decimal 42.4 million. Keep in mind the rounding rules; 0-4 round to the floor, 5-9 round to the sky.
Exploring thousands and writing them as fractions and decimals. We used a place value chart to help us.
Tens
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Ones
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Tenths
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Hundredths
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Thousandths
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We also used base ten blocks to help. Please see picture below. A fraction is written as 314/1000. We say it as three-hundred and fourteen thousandths. The decimal would be 0.314.
Comparing and Ordering Decimals: There is 3 different ways that we can order decimals. The first way we can order decimals is by using base ten blocks, the second way is using a place-value chart, and lastly we can use a timeline.
Rounding Decimals: we can round decimals to the nearest whole number, nearest tenth and the nearest hundredths. To help us round we can use a number line or use our rounding rules. If its 0-4 we round down and if its 5-9 we round up.
When finding the sum we can use 3 different strategies to help us. We can round the decimal to the nearest whole number, round only 1 decimal to the nearest whole, and round the decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth. When finding the difference we can use 2 different strategies. We can round the decimal being subtracted to the nearest whole, and rounding both decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
Rounding Decimals: we can round decimals to the nearest whole number, nearest tenth and the nearest hundredths. To help us round we can use a number line or use our rounding rules. If its 0-4 we round down and if its 5-9 we round up.
When finding the sum we can use 3 different strategies to help us. We can round the decimal to the nearest whole number, round only 1 decimal to the nearest whole, and round the decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth. When finding the difference we can use 2 different strategies. We can round the decimal being subtracted to the nearest whole, and rounding both decimals to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
Unit of Inquiry
Today students presented their ancient artifacts. Tomorrow we will continue presentations for those students who absent today. Please join us tomorrow as we open the Grade 5 Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15 PM. This will allow Grade 5 parents the opportunity to view the students hard work. Please see flyer posted below and the one that was sent home. 
Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS pg. 54-55 due tomorrow
- Museum of Ancient Civilizations tomorrow
- Spelling test tomorrow
- Museum of Ancient Civilizations tomorrow
- Spelling test tomorrow
Important dates/items:
Friday, November 29 Report Cards Sent Home and Museum of Ancient Civilizations from 2:30-3:15pm
Monday, December 2 Term 2 Begins
Thursday, December 5 Student-Led Conferences
Tuesday, December 10 Christmas Concert (JK – Grade 2)
Tuesday, December 17 Christmas Concert (Grade 3 – Grade 8)
Wednesday, December 18 Casual Day
Thursday, December 19 Spirit Day: Red, Green, & White Dress Up
Friday, December 20 Christmas Holiday (No School)
Friday, December 20 - January 7 Christmas Holidays (No School)
Have a great night!
Ms. Cass
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