Good afternoon everyone!
I hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far.
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 5.
· For anyone who ordered Hot Lunch, payments were due Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019.
· Aftercare invoices for the month of September have come out and are due on the Tuesday, October 15th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
· Letters were sent home last week for the Caribou math contest. Any students looking to participate must bring the letter back signed. The month of October is a free test for all grade levels as a trial – this is an optional commitment.
· Fall Fundraiser trip permission forms and pledge forms were sent home last week.
Inquiry into Energy – The morning started with students working on their summative tasks. There are two choices for this summative.
Students must research a type of generating station. Then, in a 3-minute concise presentation, they must make a recommendation to the city of Mississauga explaining if they recommend this type of energy station to be built in the city.
The second option is students will research uranium uses around the world and make recommendations to the Canadian government on who we should trade our uranium with.
Presentations will happen next Wednesday and Thursday.
Inquiry into Language – We ended the day by sitting in our literature circle groups and had a discussion about chapter eight. Every day I will be sitting down with a different group to hear these discussions. A reminder of the roles:
1. The discussion director comes up with insightful questions that will fuel discussion in the group.
2. The literary luminary chooses important passages for the group to read and discuss.
3. The connector makes connections between their own lives and the book (i.e. movies, other books they’ve read, real events, the current UOI, etc.)
4. The illustrator/mapper creates an illustration (i.e. comic, picture, mind map, etc.) based on what they felt during the chapter for the group to discuss.
5. The word wizard chooses 3 words that were interesting or new for everyone to discuss as a group.
French – Right after this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).
Gym – After recess and lunch, the students had gym with Mr. Orr, which you can read about on his blog (http://tysonorr.blogspot.com).
Science Fair – Students continued to work on their cars in preparation for the upcoming science fair.
Inquiry into Math – Today, we started talking about ratios. A ratio is mathematically used to compare two things. For example, if I have 3 blue counters, 4 green counters, and 5 red counters, I have a total of 12 counters.
I can write a ratio comparing a part of my total to the whole number. This is called a part-to-whole ratio. For example, I have a ratio of 5:12 (this is the ratio of red counters to the total number of counters).
I can write a ratio comparting a part of my total to another part. This is called a part-to-part ratio. For example, I have ratio of 3:5 (this is the ratio of blue counters to red counters).
We use ratios all the time when we do recipes for example. They are very practical in the real world!
Homework:
- Math - Pg. 47-48 #1-3, 5-7, 8a-d
- Read COE ch. 9 & complete literature circle role
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
