The Lice Are Back

While we may not have a confirmed case in our class, other classes that your child may have been in have,  so just a heads up to be vigilant in checking your child's head.

Lenten Week

St. Anne Lenten Spirit Week - Pls donate a toonie or two for Spirit Week to support our local Lenten focus of improving our Ottawa River through Ottawa River Keepers.

April 1 Dress in Purple for Lent Day
April 2 Autism Awareness Day - Wear BLUE
April 3 Crazy hair or hat day
April 4 Jersey Day
April 5 PJ day - consider bringing in a new pair of pajamas to donate to the Pajama Patrol

Kleenex Please

Hello Parents....

We've been lucky this portable season to not be attacked by lots of germs, however we are running out of Kleenex boxes. If you could be so helpful in both classes to send us some please and thank you.

Fraction Time

Both classes will be diving into fractions this week.

We have been examining decimal numbers (tenths and hundredths) and will now use what we've learned to help us understand and expand our knowledge of fractions.

Gr 4 will - represent fractions using materials, words, and standard fractional notation
                - understand and correctly use the terms numerator and denominator

   A fraction represents a part of a whole. The numerator represents how many parts of that whole are being considered, while the denominator represents the total number of parts created from the whole. In the fraction above, the whole value (say, an apple pie) has been divided into 5 equal parts. If someone has 3/5 of the pie, they have three of those five equal parts.

 – compare and order fractions (i.e., halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, tenths)
-  demonstrate and explain the relationship between equivalent fractions ( 3/6 and 1/2 are equal).


Grade 5 will be expanding on what they learned last year and learning the following new concepts:

-  mixed fractions (combination of whole numbers and fractional amounts)



Grade 5 will need to understand that a mixed fraction and improper fraction can be equivalents (they are equal).


They will use their multiplication and division skills to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers and mixed numbers into improper fractions.

To convert from improper to mixed,  1) divide the numerator by the denominator  2) write down the whole number and 3) write down the remainder above the denominator.



To convert a mixed number into an improper fraction,  1) multiply the whole number by the denominator ,  2) add it to the numerator,  and 3) write the result on top of the denominator.





You can always find the curriculum online (where it has been for years) at this link .