Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you’re all having a great week. We’ve certainly been busy here in grade five.
Inquiry into Language – We continued our work in narrative writing. We have been working to develop our stories with a problem, beginning, middle, and end. Today, we did a detailed map of what will take place at various points in the story. The students will have to write a draft of their story tonight, which they started today in class. It should be approximately 15 – 20 sentences.
Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations – We continued our inquiry into Ancient Rome by discussing the Ancient Roman language. The Ancient Romans used to use the language of Latin. Many languages used today have striking similarities to this language (Italy, Spain, France, Romania, Portugal). It is interesting to see how the countries that are located where the Roman Empire used to be have had this lasting effect. We researched words today in class that have Latin roots, and what the meanings of those words are.
French - In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Math – We continued our unit on measurement today with a lesson on the measurements involved in the three dimensional shape rectangular prism. We started with reviewing area, which is the total space inside a two-dimensional shape. The area of a rectangle is equal to the length multiplied by the width.
Our question of inquiry today: How do we measure three-dimensional shapes? When you have a 3D shape, the outline of this shape is called a net. We started our inquiry by taking apart our rectangular prism, and labelling the measurements on all the sides, so we have all the measurements we need. Once we did this, we were able to do our calculations.
First, we calculated the surface area, which is the total sum of the areas of ALL the sides of a 3D shape. For a rectangular prism, there are 6 sides (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6). To find the surface area, we calculate the area of each side, and then add them all up! Remember that the units must be squared (the little 2) since it is area.
Them we calculated the volume, which is the total space inside a 3D shape. To find volume, we multiply the length by the width by the height (V = l x w x h). Since this measurement is the calculate 3D space, you cube the unit (the little 3).
For homework:
All homework for the day is placed here, but time may have been given in class to complete this work.
A couple of quick reminders:
· Students need to wear their winter uniform, so ALL 7 pieces. We had a few uniform slip-ups last week; this week and ongoing, the expectation is full winter uniform every day.
o 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
· We have our monthly bake sale next Tuesday and Wednesday (October 30th& 31st).
· We have a casual day next Tuesday, October 30th.
· We have a Halloween Spirit Day next Wednesday, October 31st. Students can come dressed up and show their Halloween Spirit. Costumes should not include any masks, face paint, or anything too scary.
· Forms were sent home yesterday for our curling trip on November 19th, and December 3rd. This trip was already paid in athletic fees, so the form only needs to be signed.
Tomorrow, I will be away at a conference. The students have been given all of the information they need to be successful tomorrow, today. You will also notice in their agendas that I have completed both Thursday and Friday for their homework, so they will not be overwhelmed with homework on either day.
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
