Math
Today in both grades we practiced writing numbers using words. Grade fives tried very hard to find a number fact for a three-digit number and two four-digit numbers (one greater than 5000, one less). Some of you found it very challenging. Perhaps a fact from the list below might trigger an idea:

• Length of the border between Canada and USA
• Weight of a blue whale
• Distance from London to Ottawa
• Number of seats at Budweiser Gardens
• Cost of a new IPhone
• Cost of a flight to Australia
• Population of pandas in the wild
• Cost of a 55 inch LED television
• The age of the Great Wall of China
• The age of the Great Pyramids in Egypt

Make sure you write each fact in a complete sentence using number words.

Grade fours, you learned how to write a cheque. Keep finding different items to purchase that are between $100 and $1000. PRACTICE WRITING YOUR NAME IN CURSIVE WRITING. You will need to know how to sign your name, even if you never write a cheque in the digital world. A cheque uses both standard and word forms of a number. If you don't know your complete address, find out. This is also very important to know.

Here is the link to the video explaining the parts of a cheque:

https://mathup.ca/share?code=eyJHcmFkZUlkIjoiNSIsIlRvcGljSWQiOiIzNyIsIkxlc3NvbklkIjoiMzM4IiwiUGF0aElkIjoiMCIsIlBhcnQiOiJBY3Rpb24iLCJTZWN0aW9uIjoxLCJTZWN0aW9uVGl0bGUiOiJBY3Rpb24gVGFzayIsIlVzZXIiOiI0NDkzOkpvLUFubmUgSG9sbGlzIiwiRGF0ZSI6IjkvMTMvMjAxOCIsIkFsbG93TmF2IjpmYWxzZX0

Complete five cheques for tomorrow. Happy shopping!

Physical Education
We played a few cooperative games today. Great teamwork. Please make sure your gym clothes are at school. You cannot participate without the proper clothing and footwear.

Social Studies
Today we talked about MUNICIPALITIES. A municipality is an area with its own government. Some areas have regional municipalities to help share the cost of services. For example, the region of York has nine municipalities. 
We also talked about jurisdiction. It is the power to make decisions and laws for an area. A local government cannot pass laws that go against higher level of governments.

What decisions were made in the school area over the summer? These traffic bylaws will help keep students safe.

While we were reading, we noted several characteristics of non-fiction texts. One of our Literacy goals is to identify the characteristics of non-fiction texts and tell how they help us understand a text. Some features are very important when summarizing or finding the main idea of non-fiction texts.

Examples of non-fiction text characteristics or features:

• glossary
• heading
• photograph
• caption
• words in bold
• maps
• diagrams

Religion

Learning goal for this chapter:

We are learning how to answer God's call to be one. 

We are one community of God in the Church. We have the same beliefs, read the same scripture and share our gifts with each other. We will continue to work on our puzzle pieces next week.

Reminders:

• Dot Day tomorrow. Wear your dots with pride! Bring sidewalk chalk if you have some at home. We have some activities planned with our Kindergarten buddies. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.
• Order form for pizza for Back to School Meet and Greet next Thursday were sent home with the youngest / only.
• Picture Day Thursday, September 20th
• School Mass on Tuesday, September 18 @ St. George Parish