Another Monday At SJA - Day 4

Good Afternoon Families!

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

Welcome back to another week at SJA! I hope you all had a great first weekend of the school year.

Reminders

- The last page of the Family Handbook and September hot lunch payments are due by Friday, September 13th.

- Our Terry Fox Run will also be taking place this day. Students are encouraged to come to school in their SJA gym uniform. We have also sent home pledge forms, students are encouraged to obtain donations from friends and family. All donations are appreciated. Thank you!

- Thursday, September 19th is our SJA and Oakwood Welcome Back BBQ, which will take place from 4:00-5:30 PM out in our back recess area. Order forms have been sent home. Please return, along with cash, no later than Friday, September 13th.

Quote of the Day: 

We had an old friend return to SJA and start her first day with us:

We are so glad to have herjoin the Room 15 Crew!

One of our friends lost a tooth today!

Inquiry into Math:

Today we created and manipulated number patterns using input and output machines. Now we can see patterns in our input numbers, patterns in our output numbers, and patterns between our input and output numbers:

 Here's an example from class today:

We caught on to things pretty quickly and began working through questions in our Math Makes Sense textbooks.

Learned Concepts:

Input/Output Machine: Terms are presented in a chart, input numbers are on the right and out put numbers are on the left. To obtain an output number we must apply an operation ( addition, subtract, multiplication, or division) to our input numbers.

Growing Patterns: A pattern where each term is greater than the previous one.

Shrinking Patterns: A pattern where each term is less than the previous one.

Alternating Patterns: A pattern where the operation used or term alternates getting bigger and then smaller (or vice versa).

Pattern Rule: Describes how to make a pattern.

Operation: Something done to a number or quantity. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are operations.

Inquiry into Language:

Today we started our fist lesson in spelling:

Grade 4 Spelling	Grade 5 Spelling
Objective: To spell words with single and double consonants TIP: consonants are all the letters of the alphabet except a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y Most words you can hear all the consonants – wild Some words have double consonants which you can’t hear – banner	Objective: To spell words with the sound of k, kw, and n TIP: ·       Sometimes words are not spelled in the way your expect – earthquake – sounds like kw but is qu ·       Kn in knocked makes the n sound ·       K sound can be spelled several ways – k in shake, ch in mechanic, ck in quickly

Spelling procedures are as follows:

1.     Copy your spelling words into your agendas in cursive

2.     Define your bonus words

3.     Complete spelling lesson activities

4.     Hand in completed spelling activities on Wednesdays

5.     Study for spelling tests nightly

How do I know if I know my spelling words? Well can you use them in a sentence? Can you define the word to someone else? Do you know other words that have the same meanings (synonyms)? Do you know words that mean the opposite?

We also brushed up on our cursive skills. To start we worked through some of the letters of the alphabet. Tomorrow we will work through the rest of the alphabet and then we will begin to work on connect our letters.

Unit of Inquiry:

In the morning the kids wrote a pop quiz on the provinces, territories, and capital cities of Canada. In the afternoon we went back and learned exactly where each province, territory, and capital cities are using this video:

Some of the students even brought in artifacts that they have from Canada.

  

Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.

Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!

Homework

Language – Spelling Lesson 1 due Wednesday

- Read 30 mins

Math - Complete Creating Number Patterns worksheet - due tomorrow

Unit of Inquiry - Bring in items for our first unit

- Map Quiz Monday, Sept. 16

Extra - Sign last page of Family Handbook - due Sept 13th

- Return Welcome Back BBQ form and $$

- Terry Fox Run Pledges due September 13^th

Important dates/items:

September 13 Terry Fox Run (wear gym uniform)

September 20 - 27 Fall Fundraiser

September 25 Casual Day

Have a great evening everyone,

Ms. Samuel