I hope you had a wonderful day! Monday is day 6 (Reading buddies).
Student-led Conferences are just around the corner. They will happen on Thursday, December 5th. Pick A Time sheets have gone home with all of the required information. The system is now live. Please be sure to correctly follow the login information using the information at the top right hand side of the paper. Please note that all conferences will last 10 minutes and an alarm will be used to keep everyone on track. If you are late for your appointment, only the remaining time will be given. I thank you in advance for your cooperation.
The SJA Parent Guild is once again hosting the St. Jude’s Academy Christmas Skate. It will take place on December 12th. The price is $10 per students and includes skating, hot chocolate and treats. Santa will also be there for selfies. Skate rentals are also available for $16, as are helmets for $8. All order forms are due back by December 2nd. You can send in the payment via cash, cheque or by e-transfer. **Please ensure both sides of the form are filled in!**
Our SJA Student Council is holding a clothing drive from Monday, December 2- Friday, December 6. Please bring in gently used clothing that you no longer need. All donations will go to the Diabetes Association. Thank you in advance for your donations!!
Our SJA Student Council is holding a clothing drive from Monday, December 2- Friday, December 6. Please bring in gently used clothing that you no longer need. All donations will go to the Diabetes Association. Thank you in advance for your donations!!
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
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
We won the Golden Broom Award this week! Great job keeping our cubbies clean Grade 5's!
Inquiry into Language
Today students wrote spelling test #12. This week students chose 2 words from each lesson and wrote them in a sentence and then wrote them in a paragraph.
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we learned how to multiply using decimals by 10, 100, and 1000. Please look at our examples below.
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 who did not present yesterday presented today and we also held our Museum of Ancient Civilization. Thank you for all of you who attended!
Museum of Ancient Civilizations
Homework/ Reminders:
- MMS pg. 56-57 due Monday
- Memorize Good to Be Bad Song
- Skating forms due on Monday
- Memorize Good to Be Bad Song
- Skating forms due on Monday
Important dates/items:
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 terrific weekend!
Ms. Cass
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