Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the night! Everyone looked fabulous in their costumes. Good job to Kappa for creating the best ‘mummy’ – ME!!! Thank you to everyone for bringing in the Pioneer Village forms and money!

On a side note, after sending out the email about missing items, I received more from parents about missing items. I decided to do a thorough look around our cubbies and in the lost and found. I was able to find some of the missing items. They have been returned to their rightful owners. Again it may be wise to keep valuable items at home!

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

PD DAY – Friday, November 6

NO SCHOOL – Wednesday, November 11 for Remembrance Day.

Please continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog for up coming events at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca. Movie night pictures are now up!

Today was spent doing a variety of Halloween activities. We began with a house game of searching through brains to find eyeballs, creating pumpkins, and wrapping teachers up as ‘mummies!’ Once back in class we had our spelling test, finished our mystery stories, and worked on Halloween booklets.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! Happy Halloween!!

Mrs. Hocevar J

The fellas (Shane had 3 costumes so we had to take 3 pictures!!!)

The ladies!

The grade 4's!!!

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the night!

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Pioneer Village permission form and money due tomorrow,  Friday, October 31. The trip will be taking place Friday, December 4!

Halloween casual day is Friday October 30. Students may come dressed in Halloween colours or in their costume – no scary/gory costumes, masks, or weapons will be allowed! Candy will be allowed but will not be eaten at school and must be peanut free. Students will be taking the candy home. No cupcakes or similar items please (see email from school re: birthdays). Pencils and erasers also make a nice treat and is something that is always needed!!

We had a great turn out for the bake sale. Thank you to those who came out to support it.

Please continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog for up coming events at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca. Movie night pictures are now up!

Math

Today we explored quadrilaterals. A quadrilateral is a figure with four sides. Some examples of quadrilaterals are squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, and trapezoids.  

Language

Today we began our good copy of our mystery stories. We also had time to finish our math from this morning.

U.O.I. (Unit of Inquiry)

Today we completed a reading activity on ‘early pioneer homes.’ We read it aloud in class and they answered the questions. Then we continued to work on our mystery story.

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Peer editing at its finest!

Math board work! They were showing which sides were equal on quadrilaterals!!

Information on quadrilaterals.

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the night! I unfortunately have to put them in a certain order when we walk down halls. For some reason we can't seem to walk single-file and quietly down the hall. There always seems to be people budding. Hopefully we will not have to stay like this for too long!

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Pioneer Village permission form and money due Friday, October 31. The trip will be taking place Friday, December 4!

Halloween casual day is Friday October 30. Students may come dressed in Halloween colours or in their costume – no scary/gory costumes, masks, or weapons will be allowed!

Bake sale continues tomorrow and is being put on by the MYP students. Items will be sold during first recess in the cafeteria. Items will range in price from $1.00 to $2.00!

Please continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog for up coming events at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca. Movie night pictures are now up!

Math

Today we began working on measuring angles. This is a very tough concept for some so extra help at home would be greatly appreciated. They will need to use a protractor, which can be bought at most dollar stores. I understand that this is short notice so if they need a protractor that can come to school and finish it tomorrow morning before classes begin! I have included a picture of how to measure angles to assist them and they also have one on their math notebooks.

Language

Today was our reading buddies day. We also peer edited our rough copy mystery stories. They did a wonderful job peer editing the partners writing. It was so nice to see them working so well together and taking each others advice!

U.O.I. (Unit of Inquiry)

Today we completed a reading activity on ‘clearing the land.’ We read it aloud in class and they answered the questions. We also worked on our title page!

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!! Stay dry!

Mrs. Hocevar J

How to use a protractor

Definitions of a right angle, obtuse angle, and acute angle.

Examples of the three types of angles.

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the night! Just a reminder in anticipation for tomorrow’s rain that all students and parents must take off their wet boots as they enter the school. This will help keep the carpets dry and clean!

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Pioneer Village permission form and money due Friday, October 31. The trip will be taking place Friday, December 4!

Causal day is tomorrow, Wednesday October 28 and Halloween casual day is Friday October 30. Students may come dressed in Halloween colours or in their costume – no scary/gory costumes or weapons will be allowed!

Bake sale is this Wednesday and Thursday and is being put on by the MYP students. Items will be sold during first recess in the cafeteria. Items will range in price from $1.00 to $2.00!

Please continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog for up coming events at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca. Movie night pictures are now up!

Math

Today we began our first lesson in geometry. We looked at congruent figures. Congruent means that a figure is the same shape and size. Sometimes the shape may need to be turned or flipped.

Language

Today we continued work on our mystery stories. We also were able to do a period of Daily 5!

U.O.I. (Unit of Inquiry)

Today we completed a reading activity on ‘who are the early pioneers’ and answered some questions on the reading. The brochures were very well done. I am very happy with the results. Great job grade 4's!! I have sent them home for you to sign!

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Daily 5 work!

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend! It was a tough loss for our Blue Jays! But what an amazing run! Now onto the Leafs!! I hope Kian had a wonderful party and I hope Nikhil has a great birthday night!

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

Causal day is this Wednesday and Halloween casual day is Friday. Students may come dressed in Halloween colours or in their costume – no scary costumes or weapons will be allowed!

Bake sale is this Wednesday and Thursday and is being put on by the MYP students.

Picture Day is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27. Please have the completed picture day form in no later than Tuesday, October 27. 

I have heard great things about the movie night. Please  continue to check out the Parent Guilds blog at sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca 

Math

Today we went over our pre-assessments and looked at some key terminology and some examples. This can be a challenging unit, so extra support at home would be great. They will also need a protractor for some of the homework.   

Language

Today we resumed our spelling lesson. We worked on lesson 7. We also continued work on our mystery stories.   

U.O.I. (Unit of Inquiry)

Today we started our 2^nd unit of inquiry…The Early Settlers! We will be taking a look back at the life the Early Settlers lived. We will also be taking a trip to Pioneer Village towards the end of the unit, so stay tuned! Today we focused on what a community is and they students created community maps.

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Halloween Crafts!

                                                    Just a few of the fantastic brochures!