Welcome back to a FULL week of school!




Math:  Monday, you will receive your child's unit test to review, sign and return.  We now begin a unit in Measurement:  Calendar / Time / Temperature.

• solve problems involving the relationships between minutes and hours, hours and days, days and weeks, and weeks and years, using a variety of tools 
• read time using analogue clocks, to the nearest five minutes, and using digital clocks (e.g., 1:23 means twenty-three minutes after one o’clock), and represent time in 12-hour notation
• estimate, read (i.e., using a thermometer), and record positive temperatures to the nearest degree Celsius (i.e., using a number line; using appropriate notation) (Sample problem: Record the temperature outside each day using a thermometer, and compare your measurements with those reported in the daily news.)
• identify benchmarks for freezing, cold, cool, warm, hot, and boiling temperatures as they relate to water and for cold, cool, warm, and hot temperatures as they relate to air (e.g., water freezes at 0°C; the air temperature on a warm day is about 20°C, but water at 20°C feels cool)

Social Studies:  We have begun a new unit on Living and Working in Ontario.  We will be learning to ...

• describe some major connections between features of the natural environment of a region and the type of land use and/or the type of community that is established in that region 
• describe some major connections between features of the natural environment and the type of employment that is available in a region, with reference to two or more municipal regions in Ontario 
• 3 identify and describe some of the main patterns in population distribution and land use in two or more municipal regions in Ontario, using mapping and globe skills
•  gather and organize a variety of data and information on the environmental effects of different land and/or resource use and measures taken to reduce the negative impact of that use
• formulate questions to guide investigations into some of the short- and/or long-term effects on the environment of different types of land and/or resource use in two or more municipal regions of Ontario 
• compare some aspects of land use in two or more municipalities 
• construct print and/or digital maps that show some different land uses, landform regions, and/or municipalities in Ontario, using appropriate elements of a map, including standard units of measurement

THRoW:

I gave some constructive feedback to each THRoW so that bump up strategies can be applied.  Please go over these suggestions with your child BEFORE beginning this week's THRoW.

Counsellor Wilson

SECRET QUESTION:  What kind of line does a pattern that increases by ten form in the hundreds chart?