I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week.
Inquiry into Language – We started by writing our lesson 8 spelling test this morning.
After this, we read the final chapter, chapter 22, of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. We did a competition with a crossword puzzle that features events from the entire book. Team theta came in first, with zeta & kappa tying for 2ndplace.
Inquiry into Math – Today, we related units of capacity and volume. Volumeis how much of something is inside a space, while capacityis how much of something fits in that space. For example, you can have a 2 litre bottle with only 1 litre of water in it. There are a few items that need to be known:
· 1 cm3= 1 mL
· 1000 cm3= 1000 mL = 1 L
· 1 m3= 1000 L
· 1 m3= 1000000 cm3
To get from mL to L, you divide by 1000, and to go from L to mL, you multiply by 1000. To go from m3to cm3, you multiply by 1000000, and to go from cm3to m3, you divide by 1000000.
We did a few examples as a class.
Then, we worked on our textbook work and took it up afterward (page 234, questions 2 & 3).
Inquiry into Ancient Civilizations – Today, we continued looking into Ancient Greece by exploring Ancient Greek clothing, and reviewing the Ancient Greek timeline. We will continue more into our inquiry next week.
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
· Forms were sent home last Wednesday 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.
o On Tuesday, I sent home a waiver form for curling which must also be signed.
· March Break camp forms were sent home on Wednesday.
· Our trip to the ROM is next Thursday!
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
