Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Important information and reminders:

SJA is excited to announce the addition of healthier options to our lunch menu! Starting on the December order sheet (sent home Friday) you will be able to order the follow:

•  Veggie wrap - available daily 

•  Yogurt tubes - available daily

•  Bagel with cream cheese - available daily

•  Veggies and dip - available daily

•  Turkey wrap - available on Tuesdays

The SJA Parent Guild has partnered with classes and teachers to help raise funds for technology items. Each class has chosen a specific theme and will create a gift basket to be auctioned off at the Christmas Concert on Wednesday, December 21. Our grade 4 class has chosen to put together a ‘baby basket.’ We are encouraging each student to donate $10 or buy an item(s) valued at $10. Please return the ‘Classroom Basket Auction’ form with item or money donation was due today, Tuesday, November 15. These forms have been sent home. We thank in you advance for your donation.

Skating forms are due tomorrow, November 16.

School pictures were sent home last week. All orders are due by November 17.

The MYP students are putting together a used winter clothing drive for Syrian Refugee families living in Mississauga. We are asking for gently used winter gear such as hats, mitts, snow pants, boots, coats, scarves, etc. The clothing drive will run from October 27 until November 18.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! That’s right grade 4 parents. Our annual Holiday Fundraiser is back and running until November 18. Order forms have been sent home. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin shopping for the holiday season, which is fast approaching. Money raised will be going towards technology items, which we desperately need!! Ask your family, neighbours, and co-workers to support this fantastic fundraiser... we have cookies, treats, and gift cards! We did extremely well last year so lets see if we can do even better! Thank you so much in advance for your support!

Aftercare invoices have been sent home. All payments are due by November 18.

Scholastic orders are due by November 25.

December lunch orders are due November 25 by 3:30 – no exceptions.

LANGUAGE:

Today we began our lesson #10 in our spelling books. The grade 4’s focused on words with the sound f (ph as in graph, gh as in laugh, and ff as in stiff). The grade 5’s focused on vowel digraphs ie (brief) and ei (deceived) and the vowel pair ei. This was proving to be somewhat difficult! We also visited our reading buddies and made a trip to the library.

Homework - Remember to read for 30 minutes each night!

-Finish lesson #10 in spelling workout book

-Science Fair – bring in list of materials and the procedure to begin writing in Science Fair Journal

-Do more research on your SF topic- watch a video, find a write up

-We will be working everyday on our Science Fair journal. The Science Fair experiment is to be completed the weekend of November 19^th and 20^th. Good copy and display board set up begins Monday, November 21 and continues on Tuesday, November 22. In class presentations will happen on Wednesday, November 23 and we will be officially judged on Thursday, November 24. We will be working through our Science Fair journal every day – no work should be completed at home! Some helpful websites are sciencebuddies.org or http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/Resources/Sciencefair/

Parents are welcome to join us at 2:30 PM!

MATH:

Today we focused on measuring in millimetres (mm). Millimetres are used to measure small items such as the width of an eraser. We found out that 10 mm = 1 cm so 20 mm = 2 cm and 3 cm = 30 mm. We also discovered that 1 mm = 0.1 cm so 2 mm = 0.2 cm and 3 mm = 0.3 cm

Homework – MMS pg 142-143

Unit of Inquiry:

Today we finished our Kaleidoscopes. Although they did not turn out the way we wanted we had fun creating them. We worked through a worksheet and discussed why we used certain materials. Then we shared how a Kaleidoscope actually works. Ask them how!! The answers truly impressed me. Great work grade 4’s!

Homework –

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J