Mr. Conte's Grade 6 Class: Tuesday, February 11th

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

It’s countdown season:

A reminder about re-registration…

Dear SJA Families,

Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway. To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm.

After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on waitlists.

In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.

If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps, please contact our Admissions Team.

And a note about March Break camp…

A few quick reminders:

· Tomorrow is Day 3.

· Aftercare invoices for the month of January have come out and are due Saturday, February 15^th, 2020. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

· Lunch invoices for the month of February were due Thursday, February 6^th. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Gandy at sgandy@stjudesacademy.com

· Re-registration packages are due back by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18^th. After this, registration will open to the public.

Inquiry into Math – We started the day by reviewing our homework on reflections and translations.

After this, we began looking at the final transformation – rotations.

A rotation is when a figure turned about (around) a fixed point, called the turn centre. For example, if you have the point A(2, 7) and you rotate it a ¾ clockwise turn about (6, 7), your new point will be A’ (6, 3).

After a rotation, a figure and its image:

· are congruent (same size and shape but not always same orientation)

· may face many different ways

· are the exact same distance from the turn point

When a figure is rotated, all of the points are rotated by the same turn point. For example, if you have a triangle with points A, B, and C, and you rotate point A a ¼ turn counter-clockwise about (5, 5), points B & C must be rotated about the same turn point.

You use the ’ symbol (prime) to show that a point has been altered from its original place. When completing rotations, it is possible to complete your rotation about one of the points already given. In that case, the point will not be labelled with the prime symbol because it is the same point.

It is also very important to pay attention to the direction you are completing your rotation in (clockwise or counter-clockwise). Clockwise means turning to the right, and counter-clockwise means turning to the left.

You will also see different instructions on how to complete the rotations (fractions and degrees). Just like a full circular protractor, you can turn of 360^o – a full turn is 360^o. You may also see fractions such as ¼, ½, and ¾. The degrees and fractions may have the same values. See the chart below.

Turn by degrees (out of 360^o)	Equivalent fraction	Simplify	Equivalent Fraction
90^o	90/360	÷ 90 à	¼
180^o	180/360	÷ 90 à	½
270^o	270/360	÷ 90 à	¾

We did a few examples together…

a. 180^o clockwise turn about C

b. ½ counter-clockwise turn about C

c. 90^o counter-clockwise turn about (4, 4)

d. ¼ clockwise turn about (4, 4)

French – After this, the students 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).

Inquiry into Math – We continued the lesson from the morning to ensure understanding of rotations.

Inquiry into Language – We looked at an example of persuasive letter writing to get an understanding of writing in the proper form of a letter, which includes being courteous and professional, an introduction, a fully body, and a closing statement. We also revisited writing opinion works, which includes clarifying the issue, an opinion clearly stated, logical reasons that support your opinion, and a summary of that opinion.

We will continue to look at these until our post-assessment.

Inquiry into Canada in the World – Today, students used their research regarding the PEPS of their province/territory to create their storyboard, which says what photos they will use and what they will talk about. Tomorrow, we will work on creating the videos tomorrow and Thursday.