Good afternoon,

I hope everyone had a lovely night!

Just a reminder to send your child with proper outdoor gear…coats, boots, hats, mitts, and snow pants.

IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION:

On Wednesday, February 3 Scientists in the School will be visiting us to do a workshop on Forces. It is bound to be a great time with some hands on experiments!

A note regarding music class: Beginning on Feb. 1st, grades

3 - 6 students at SJA will be practicing recorders during art classes. Students who have previously ordered and stored recorders at the school will have theirs made available to them on Feb. 1st for the first session. Those who have their own can bring them in from home for Feb. 1!

Re-registration packages were sent home before the break. Please send them back as soon as possible as they are due no later than February 11.

Reading logs due every Friday.

Pancake breakfast forms are due Friday, January 29.

Music test will be taking place on Friday, January 29.

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PARENT GUILD

Check out our latest blog for pictures:

http://sjaparentguild.blogspot.ca/  

Please remember to check out our website at: http://mainsite.stjudesacademy.onmessagestaging.com/

MATH

This morning we began our first lesson on Fractions. It was a simple introductory lesson, which most seemed to grasp. For example, a quilt contains 9 squares, 4 of which are yellow and 5 of which are green what are the fractions? 4/9 and 5/9.

LANUGAGE

Today was continued on our speeches. They are coming along great. Please remember that we are working on the speeches in class. Please do not complete your speech at home.

Students are expected to read for at least 20 minutes everyday. They can record it in their reading log. Reading logs will be checked every Friday.

UOI

Today we continued building our cars. I cannot wait to see how they turn out!! They are off to a great start. We did not have French today so we used that period to work on our cars as we had awards and a house game this afternoon!!

For this summative, students will be asked to design create and a vehicle that can be moved by pushing or pulling force. Please do not build the car at home! We will be using all of the week to construct the car. The construction of the car must be completed by Friday, January 29.The tests will be completed the weekend of the January 30 at home. We will begin presentations on Monday, February 1 and Tuesday, February 2. A booklet has been sent home with all the information that will be needed. Please send this booklet back on a daily basis.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J