The Midweek Update, and a little Ice Cream Sandwich too - Day 16

Good Afternoon Families!  

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

Reminders

- Our Fall Fundraiser is here! What used to be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade 2 will attend a trip to Kidsport.

Daily Fall Fundraiser Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Monday, September 23rd is PJ Day.
Tuesday, September 24th is Popcorn Day. 
Wednesday, September 25th is Ice Cream Sandwich Day.
Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday.
Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6).

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.

Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day! 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Inquiry into Math:

Today we worked on coming up with strategies to add 3 and 4-digit numbers:

Using Base 10 Blocks:

Using Expanded Form:

Using Place Value:

We also worked on adding 3 numbers. Here are the strategies that we used:

After you've found your sum, you can check to see if your answer was reasonable by using estimation:

Here's some helpful information when remembering how to use a place value chart:

Millions Period

Thousands Period

Units Period

H M	T M	M	H T	T T	T	H	T	O

Good to know but we won't be working with numbers this high :) 
H M – hundred million

T M – ten million

M – million

H T – hundred thousand

T T – ten thousand

T – thousand

H – hundreds

T – tens

O – ones

Sign up for Caribou Math:

A copy of this letter has been sent home with your child last week. Please return it to me and I will pass it along to Mrs. Haag. 

Inquiry into Language:

Today we read chapter 13 of our Anne of Green Gables novel. We found out that Anne is quite the little doctor. While the majority of the town was away visiting the prime minister, Diana's little sister became very sick, but Anne came to the rescue and knew just what to do. Anne's act of bravery did not go unnoticed; it turns out that Dianna's mother really does like Anne and wants to get to know her better. Seems like Anne is really starting to turn things around in the little town of Avonlea.

The task today after reading chapter 13 - 15 is to be a Question Director. Each student must come up with 6 questions that they had while reading to help direct a discussion for tomorrow's class.


Our next spelling test will be on Friday, September 27th. 

Grade 4 Spelling	Grade 5 Spelling
Objective: to spell one-, two- and three-syllable words with long-vowel sounds TIP: long vowels sound like their names  Scale These Arrive Stove Cubes Rules	Objective: to spell the words in which f, ff, gh, and pg spell the f sound TIP: The f sound can be spelled 4 different ways ·       F – frightened ·       Ff – suffer ·       Ph – paragraph ·       Gh – enough

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?

Doesn't Mr. Oliver look pretty?:

Unit of Inquiry:

Things are starting to come together on our 3D maps of Canada - the boarders are complete! How many provinces & territories can you identify? 

We will be writing our great lakes and important bodies of water quiz on Friday. 

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 3  test Friday
- Anne of Green Gables read ch. 14 & 15 + complete Question Director page - 2 questions for each chapter

Math – Workbook pg.  14 #1 a, c, f, h  pg 15 #1 , 4, 5 pg 16 # 1a, b 
- Unit 1 test signed and returned
- Sign up for Caribou Math (optional)

Unit of Inquiry – Great Lakes and Bodies of water Quiz Friday - study 10-15 mins

Extra - 
- Fall Fundraiser - Thursday: Wacky Thursday 
- Fall Fundraiser Pledges due Friday, September 27th 

Important dates/items:

September 20 - 27 Fall Fundraiser

September 25 Casual Day
September 30 Orange Shirt Day
October 1 & 2 Bake Sale
October 4 Nea Archi Event (for new families) 7 - 9 pm

Have a great evening, Ms. Samuel