I hope everyone had a relaxing weekend. Please remember that tomorrow is picture day so students must come in full winter uniform with their blazers.
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 2 (students will need their gym uniforms for gym).
· The hot lunch site is now open for November! The special this month is chicken stir fry, which is available every Friday. Please DO NOT order lunch for Thursday, November 21st as we are going on a field trip that day! The lunch site will close October 30th at 3:00 p.m. and payments will be due by November 6th.
· Aftercare invoices for the month of September have come out and were due Tuesday, October 15th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
· Field Trip permission forms were sent home for our trip to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum on November 21st. These forms were due today (Monday, October 21st) and the cost is $27.
· Curling permission forms and waiver forms were sent home today and are due back Thursday, November 7th. This trip has no cost as it was already paid for in the athletic fees during registration.
Inquiry into Language – We started the day talking about the book report that we will be completing for City of Ember. We reviewed what a good summary should include. A good summary…
· Occurs in chronological order (beginning, middle, end)
· Includes all the important characters, specific details, and events
· Is well organized
· Is completely objective (no personal opinions)
· Is written in your own words
After this, we worked on our Before Midnight poems. Students received feedback and began working on a rough draft. A reminder that Before Midnight poems should…
· Have a spooky theme
· Use all of the senses (touch, smell, taste, sound, sight)
· Does not rhyme
· Lines can be long or short but can’t go to the next line
· Lines 1-5 count down to midnight (At ‘x’ minutes before midnight)
· Line 6 starts with ‘At midnight’
· Use a time formula pattern
Music – Then, we had music, which you can read about on Mr. Oliver’s blog (https://mrolivermusicclass.blogspot.com).
French – After this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Math – During math, we worked on sketching 3D shapes. First, we reviewed pictoral diagrams which are 2D representations of 3D shapes.
Then, we started drawing our 3D shapes. First, you draw your vertical edges. Then, you draw all edges going diagonally to the right (upward). Then, you draw all your edges going diagonally to the left upward.
There will also be times where you will be given 2D views and have to draw the 3D shape. The best thing to do here is build the shape, and then draw it.
We will continue to practice and refine this skill as the unit continues.
Inquiry into Air – We started off reviewing particle theory.
1. All matter is made up of tiny particles.
2. All particles of one substance are the same.
3. Different substances are made of different particles.
4. Particles are always moving. (The more energy, the faster they move)
5. There are attractive forces between particles. (Forces are stronger when particles are closer together)
Let’s review the properties of air…
· Air has mass
· Air takes up space
· Air exerts pressure
· Air can be compressed
· Air resists things moving through it
· Air expands when heated
· Air has insulating qualities
A quick review of the scientific method:
· P – Purpose (or question)
· H – Hypothesis (educated guess)
· E – Experiment (procedures used)
· O – Observation (what you noticed)
· C – Conclusion (is your hypothesis correct)
· A – Application (where do you or could you see examples of what you learned)
Experiments are used to search for cause and effect. Variables are things that can change during an experiment; this can vary during an experiment. An independent variable is one that is
changed by the scientist. A dependent variable are the variables the scientist observes to see how they respond to the change made to the independent variable. Controlled variables are quantities that a scientist keeps constant.
A fair test has been conducted when one factor (variable) is being changed at a time while all others are kept the same. A fair comparison can only be made once variables are being controlled and only one is changing at a time.
After this, we discussed why air is a fluid and began to look at density.
Tomorrow, we will write our mid-unit test for this UOI.
Homework:
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
