Good afternoon!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  There are many fun activities coming up so please pay attention to the dates!

A few important reminders/important dates

Just a reminder that students are now able to wear their summer uniform!

Please be sure to send your child with baseball hats or sun hats and sunscreen! Also please be sure to send in water bottles…with all the running around they do they get very hot and thirsty!

We are once again out of Kleenex, water, and Lysol Wipes. If you could please bring some in that would be great!

Monday April 13-Thursday April 24 – Spring Fundraiser!!!! Get out there and raise as much money as you can and help support St. Jude’s Academy!! All proceeds will go towards a new playground and science equipment!! There will be prizes for the class who raises the most money as well as for individuals who raise the most. For each student who raises $35, they will be invited to go bowling free of charge!!!

Monday April 13-Friday April 24 – Second Cup coffee bean sale

Monday April 20 to Friday April 24 – Morning coffee sale. Enjoy a cup Second Cup coffee when you drop your children off. $2.00 for a cup or $1.50 if you bring your own thermos!

Wednesday April 22 – Earth Day Spirit…wear your Earth colours (brown, blue, green). Also bring in a litter less lunch and earn 1000 house points!

Thursday April 23 – Fundraising money due. Also bring in a reusable water bottle and earn 1000 house points!

Friday April 24 – Bowling trip for those students who raise $35 or more and May lunch forms are due

Wednesday April 29 – Casual Day

Thursday May 14 – Summer camp forms due. Get them in early to get a deal!

MATH

Today we continued looking at fractions. Both the grade 3’s and 4’s looked at fractions that were between 0 and 1. They had to find fractions that were bigger than ½ but smaller that 1. They also looked at exploring fractions of a length.

LANGUAGE

Today we were back reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins. We read chapter 6 out loud as a class. We completed our vocabulary, comprehension questions, our summary, and made a new prediction. We also added a drama aspect by acting out a scene.

U.O.I.

We were able to do an activity on rocks and minerals today! We examined sedimentary more closely and learned about three types of sedimentary rocks. We did an experiment, which consisted of a mason jar, which was filled with a layer of sand, layer of soil and a layer of rocks. They had to draw a picture of what it looked like before anything was done and make a prediction of what would happen when the jar is shaken. Then they had to write if there prediction was write or wrong and draw a new picture of what the jars looked like after shaking. One lucky student from each table got to shake the jar for 20 seconds. After the jar was shaken the sand magically engulfed the soil and rocks. All we could see was sand!!

The mason jars before!

Christina was a lucky winner!

Sakshi was a lucky winner!

Eghosa was a lucky winner!

Let the shaking begin!

The final product after a 20 second shaking!

Remember to bring a litter less lunch for 1000 house points and to wear Earth colours tomorrow!

Have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J