Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful night!

We had so much fun doing our Terry Fox run today. Although the weather did not cooperate and forced us indoors it was great seeing all of the participants. Great job SJA! We are still collecting Terry Fox money!

Please remember to sign your child’s agenda every night.

Just a friendly reminder that fall/winter uniforms begin on Tuesday, October 11th. This means that grade 4’s must wear their blazers and ties everyday, along with their long sleeved button-up shirt. House ties are also mandatory on Fridays.

Parent Guild is holding their meet and greet/general meeting tomorrow, Friday, September 30 from 4:00-5:30 PM. The meeting will be held in the SJA Auditorium. This is a great time to meet your Parent Guild and hear about all the exciting events coming to SJA. Please RSVP by via Whoozin or sjaparentguild@stjudesacademy.com.

* Free childcare will be offered to those parents who attend!*

Important information and reminders:

October lunch forms have been sent home. Please remember to completely fill out both sides of the form, including the totals. We have some new items so be sure to check it out! All forms and money are due back tomorrow, Friday, September 30 with no exceptions!

LANGUAGE:

Today we had Daily 5. Students read to themselves, read to the teacher, worked on spelling works, and writing. We also had time at the end of the day to do a ‘quick write.’ This is when a topic is given to the students and they have to write non-stop for 10 minutes on that topic!

UOI:

Today we did a mini project on natural resources. I picked up some books at my local library and students used the book to research a certain provinces natural resources.

MATH:

Today we looked at estimating sums. An estimate is a reasonable guess of what the answer is. One strategy we used rounding. Remember the rule: 1, 2, 3, 4 round down and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 round up. Another thing to keep in mind is that if we have a four-digit number and we are asked to round to the nearest hundred we still need to have a four-digit answer. For example if we were asked to round 3671 to the nearest hundred the answer would be 3700. If we were asked to round to the nearest 10 it would be 3670.

1) Round to the nearest 1000

2499 = 2000 & 2765 = 3000

2) Round to the nearest 100

99 = 100 & 521 = 500

3) Round to the nearest 10

33 = 30 & 39 = 40

Again, assistance at home during homework is greatly appreciated.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J

Reading buddies!

Terry Fox Run!

Hard at work during UOI!