Good afternoon everyone!
I can’t believe it’s already
Thursday. This week has been flying by!
Inquiry into Math – We continued
our unit on number patterns by looking into the rules for division in patterns.
Here they are:
- · A number is divisible by 2 if it is even.
- · A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of all the numbers in that number are divisible by 3.
- · A number is divisible by 4 if the last two digits in the number are divisible by 4.
- · A number is divisible by 5 if it ends in 5 or 0.
- · A number is divisible by 6 if it is divisible by 2 AND 3.
- · A number is divisible by 8 if the last three digits are divisible by 8.
- · A number is divisible by 9 if the sum of all the numbers in that number are divisible by 9.
- · A number is divisible by 10 if it ends in 0.
We first completed the chart as a
class altogether.
Then, we worked on questions 1
& 4 on page 15 of our text.
We then took up our work as a
class.
We then had a discussion on what
our expectations for our matter summative are. We discussed our title,
question, independent and dependent variables, hypothesis, materials, and
procedure. An independent variable is a variable that is controlled by the
person conducting the experiment. A dependent variable is what is being
observed through the experiment. It is dependent
on the independent variable.
In the afternoon, we had French
with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (link on the left).
For the remainder of the day, we
worked on the research for our matter summative. We will be continuing this
tomorrow, and discuss what expectations there are for the weekend regarding the
conducting of the experiment, and the observations.
For homework:
A couple of quick reminders:
- · Starting this week, students need to wear their winter uniform, so ALL 7 pieces.
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Black
leather dress shoes
o
Navy
blue socks
o
St.
Jude’s grey pants or skirts
o
St.
Jude’s button up white shirt (long sleeve)
o
St.
Jude’s sweater vest
o
Academic
tie (Monday-Thursday) & House Colour Tie (Friday)
o
St.
Jude’s Blazer
- · Scholastic order forms were sent home yesterday, and if any orders are being put in, they have to be submitted by next Thursday, October 18th.
- · Picture Day is next Thursday, October 25th – forms were sent home today.
As always, please feel free to
reach out to me with any questions or concerns by email, and I will respond as
quickly as possible.
Mr. Conte
