Good afternoon everyone!
I hope everyone is having a great week so far.
Reading Buddies – We started our day by going to Ms. Brew’s class and reading with the grade ones.
Inquiry into Math – We did a quick review of time zones today. The sun rises in the east, and sets in the west. That means that the Newfoundland time zone (which is furthest east) will always be the latest, and that the Pacific time zone (furthest west) will always be the earliest. To solve questions for time zones, here is what you do:
- 1. Identify what time zone you are starting in.
- 2. Identify what time zone you are trying to get to.
- 3. Figure out if your new time zone is earlier or later than your current time zone.
- 4. Find the difference between the two time zones in hours.
- 5. Apply that difference to the question you are trying to solve.
After this, we started our new lesson on the 24-hour clock. We reviewed how to read a clock. The hour hand is the short hand, and tells us what the hour is. The minute hand is the slower moving long hand, and it tells you how many minutes have passed (each number represents 5 minutes). The second hand is the faster moving long hand, and it tells you how many seconds have passed (each number represents 5 seconds).
After this, we discussed how to read military time, which is written in 24 hour time, using the numbers 00 – 23 to represent hours. It is important that when we are going into military time, you do not change the minutes or seconds, and you do not write a.m. or p.m. as they are implied. You add 12 to the hour to get your time in p.m., and subtract 12 hours to get your time in a.m. For example, 4:04:36 a.m. is written as 4:04:36 in military time, and if it were in the evening, it would be 16:04:36. A note to remember: 00 – 11 is the a.m., 12 – 23 is the p.m.
- 1. Topic – a title
- 2. Background information – characters, plot, setting
- 3. Start the story – beginning of the story
- 4. Middle – Introduce the conflict
- 5. Middle – Resolution to the conflict
- 6. Conclusion – End the story
French - In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations – Today, we started our inquiry into ancient civilizations by learning about Ancient Rome. We started with an individual inquiry into ancient places, and finding their common names using the chromebooks!
After this, we discussed the Roman governments, and worked on mapping out the Ancient Roman Empire, and creating our title pages.
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
- · Picture Day is this Thursday, October 25th– forms were sent home yesterday.
o Students must come dressed in their full school uniform.
- · 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.
o Students can come dressed up and show their Halloween Spirit. Costumes should not include any masks, face paint, or anything too scary.
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
