I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far. Our break before the new year is getting closer and closer.
A reminder that we have our student-led conferences tonight.
We have our JK – Grade 2 Christmas Concert coming up! Please see the flyer below for details.
A message from the parent guild: The SJA Parent Guild is pleased to hold its 2nd Christmas Skate for all students and parents/guardians to celebrate the festive season and enjoy some time together. Any proceeds will go towards ongoing fundraising efforts. This event will take place on Thursday, December 12 from 3:30-5:30 pm at Meadowvale 4-Rinks. Ice time from 4:00-5:00 pm.
Bring your own skates or skate rental option is also available. There will be hot chocolate and treats for students and Santa will be ready for selfies! Forms will be distributed Thursday. Forms and payment are due by Monday, December 2nd to the homeroom teacher. Please return forms and payment as soon as possible! We will be accepting non-perishable food donations for the Food Bank so please feel free to bring items in. See you there! As a reference for sizing parents can use: www.hockeymonkey.com/bauer-skate-sizing-chart.
A few quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 4 (students should bring their gym clothes).
· Aftercare invoices for the month of November have come out and are due Sunday, December 15th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com
Inquiry into Math – We started our day by reviewing yesterday’s homework on order of operations. A reminder that we have our test next Monday, and tomorrow, students should to come and speak with me about concepts they’d like help with before the test.
A quick reminder of our lessons on decimals:
Lesson 1 – Multiplying Decimals
First round and estimate. 4.8 x 7.9
4.8 à 5 & 7.9 à 8
5 x 8 = 40
So, 4.8 x 7.9 is about 40.
We remove the decimals and multiply regularly.
5
48
x79
432
+3360 ß Ensure students remember to add the 0 when moving down a line.
3792
Now, we have to add the decimal back. We have 5 choices of answers:
0.3792
3.792
37.92
379.2
3792
Since 37.92 is closest to our estimate of 40, this is the correct answer.
The amount of decimal places in the factors is equal to the amount of decimal places in the factor. Since 4.8 & 7.9 each have one decimal place, the final answer (37.92) will have a total of two decimal places (1+1=2).
Lesson 2 – Dividing Decimals
Let’s take 26.68 ÷ 2.9. First, we need to round and estimate.
26.68 à 27 & 2.9 à 3
27 ÷ 3 = 9, so we know the answer will be around 9.
We do long/short division to find the answer, but first remove the decimals.
92
29 | 2668
-261 à 29 x 9 = 261
58 à Carry down the 8
-58 à 29 x 2 = 58
0 R
Now we need to add the decimal back. There are a couple of possible answers: 0.92, 9.2, or 92. Since 9.2 is closest to 9, we can assume (based on our estimate) that 9.2 is the correct answer.
Lesson 3 – Order of Operations
B à Brackets (complete any operations inside brackets first)
E à Exponents (complete any exponential calculations)
D à Division (complete any division/multiplication in order from left to right)
M à Multiplication (complete any division/multiplication in order from left to right)
A à Addition (complete any addition/subtraction in order from left to right)
S à Subtraction (complete any addition/subtraction in order from left to right)
5 X (3 + 6) ÷ (4 – 1)2 à Complete items inside brackets first.
= 5 X 9 ÷ 32 à Complete all exponential calculations.
= 5 X 9 ÷ 9 à Complete multiplication and division in order from left to right
= 45 ÷ 9 à Complete multiplication and division in order from left to right
= 5
12.4 – (4.7 + 1) + 2.4 x 3 – 4.8 ÷ 2
= 12.4 – 5.7 + 2.4 x 3 – 4.8 ÷ 2
= 12.4 – 5.7 + 7.2 – 2.4
= 6.7 + 7.2 – 2.4
= 13.9 – 2.4
= 11.5
Students must remember to show ALL of their work when multiplying and dividing decimals.
Inquiry into Explorers – We started off by discussing different perspectives on the creation of the earth and on the origin of people. I am pleased that everyone was so respectful listening to the perspectives of others.
After this, we started talking about Beringia Theory. This theory suggests that many years ago, the northeast portion of Asia and the northwest portion of North America were connected by a strip of land (this occurred during the last Ice Age). When the ice melted, the water rose covering the land. But before then, nomads, people who travelled and did not settle in one spot, would follow herds of animals they could hunt for food. When they followed them, they discovered this land which allowed them to migrate to America. This theory suggests that these were the First Peoples.
We watched a short video:
Here is another one explaining it:
We had some opinion changes on who the first peoples were to come to America.
In the afternoon, after lunch, we did our DRAs for term two!
Inquiry into Language – After lunch, we went through our answers for novel study. We again went through what makes a good answer, which is: the answer is correct, uses the question in the answer, and provides detail.
An answer that is an ‘R’ means that the work is incomplete, or the answer shows no understanding. A level one answer has the correct answer but has no detail and does not use the question to provide the answer. A level two is correct and uses part of the question to answer the question (saying ‘They’ instead of ‘Mae Tuck, her husband, Miles, and Jesse’), but has no detail. A level three is correct and uses the question in the answer but does not provide detail. A level four has the correct answer, uses the question in the answer, and provides additional detail.
At the very end of the day, we worked on student-led conferences and cleaning up all our work from term one.
Students should be listening to our songs and rehearsing for Christmas Concert nightly. Here are the links for the song for our Christmas Concert song:
And the finale song:
Homework:
We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework. For math, students are given math homework, extra practice (optional), and a challenge question (optional).
As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.
Mr. Conte
