Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great night!
January 25 – Bake Sale
January 25 – Year Ahead Day
& Casual Day
January 26 - Scholastic orders due
January 26 - Scholastic orders due
January 27 – February lunch
order & after school activity forms due
February 3 – December after
care payment due
Important information and reminders:
It is hard to believe, but the
time is here already – re-registration is upon us! Re-registrations
forms have been sent home. The deadline to re-register is February 10.
After that we open up spaces to the public. Do not delay – reserve your spot for grade 5 today!
Year Ahead Day - SJA is excited to announce
that Year Ahead Day is happening again
this year! All SJA PYP students will be participating in
this exciting event on Wednesday, January 25th. Year Ahead Day is
a fun and interactive day for the students at SJA to spend
a day in the class of the grade level ahead of them
(example: SK students spend their day as Grade 1 students, Grade 6
students spend their day as Grade 7 students, etc.). This is a
great way for the students at SJA to get a glimpse into their future life
at SJA! Students can get to know the teachers, see their future classroom,
and take part in activities they will be participating in next year. Please
know that the teacher that is assigned for your child does not mean this will
be your child's classroom teacher next year.
***Grade 4’s will keep their items at their own hooks. All homework
assigned tonight will be due Thursday***
News about our lunch
program - SJA is excited to announce that our lunch ordering system has now been
upgraded!
Beginning today you will place all lunch orders on-line. The ordering system
is more simplified and easy to navigate.
Below are the instructions on how to order and how to pay:
2. Click on the link. Don't have an
account? Register and
register your child based on your email address, their grade, and classroom
teacher name. (You can register more than one child)
3. Verify your email account through the
email sent
4. Log-in and look for the tab manage lunch
on the top left of the page
5. Select add new lunch form
6. Select student name and payment method
7. Check off the boxes for your selections
for each day
8. Press save
9. The program will then take you to a
screen that will give you the total you owe for the month
10. Please place amount owing (in agenda) in a zip lock bag
clearly labelled with student first and last name as well as teacher name.
We recognize the process is new and may be confusing so we appreciate
your understanding in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns
regarding the ordering process, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Smith
at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com to set up
an appointment time to assist you in the ordering process.
******Please place all orders by January 27Th 2017. Please
keep in mind that after this date no orders can be accepted as the site will
close until the new month. We will send reminders and blog posts to ensure you
do not miss the deadline. ******
Language
Today we began to work on our introduction for our speeches. We began
with a guided-writing session, where the students helped me create an introduction
for my speech. Then they began to write their own. Remember an introduction
should include a greeting (Dear/Good afternoon…), a hook (a sentence to grab
the audiences attention), your topic, as well as a sentence to outline the 3
body paragraphs in your speech.
Homework – Read for at
least 30 minutes per day
-Spelling lesson #19 on Friday
-French spelling test on Friday
-Research for speech due Thursday
Math
Today we continued worked on division with remainders. We used arrays to
help us as well as our multiplication and skip counting strategies. We also
learned how to do long division! A tricky concept, so assistance may be needed
with homework! Remember that when you answer a division question with a
remainder it should read 2 R3 (11/4 = 2 R3 (2 x 4 = 8 + 3 = 11)).
We found out that any number divided by 1 will be that number (9/1 = 9)
and any number divided by itself will be 1 (9/9 = 1). We used arrays to help
us. For example 12/3 = *** = 12 total * with 3 in each row = 4 total groups
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We also used our multiplication chart to help us. For example, 50/5 =
10. We find 50 on the chart, find the 5, and then find the other number that
will be our answer (10)! We quickly realized that with just 3 numbers we could
create 4 equations, 2 multiplication equations, and 2 division equations. For
example 30/5 = 6, 30/6=5, 5x6=30, and 6x5=30. There are the same 3 numbers in
each equation, just switched around.
Some multiplication strategies are repeated
addition – 3 x 4 = 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12, using
arrays (pictures) - **** **** **** = 3 x 4 = 12. There are 3 groups with
4 in each group. Skip counting is
another strategy - 5 x 7 = 5, 10, 15 20, 25, 30, 35 OR 2 x 6 = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
12. Using a number line or multiplication chart are other useful
strategies. Remember that 5 x 8 = 40 and so does 8 x 5 = 40, any number x 1
will be that number (10 x 1 = 10) and any number x 0 will always be 0 (9 x 0 =
0).
Homework – MMS pg 74-75
due Thursday
-Math test on Monday, January 30 – review will be sent home later this
week
How to figure out long division
UOI
Today we continued work on our UOI summative. We continued conferences
and continued working on our good copies. GOOD COPIES ARE DUE THURSDAY AND NEED
TO BE READY TO BE PLACED ON DISPLAY BOARDS.
Homework – Our UOI summative
will be due Friday, January 27. ALL
WORK IS TO BE COMPLETED IN CLASS. Students will have to create their own
religion from scratch. They will be given a template to brainstorm ideas and
then form a display board with all the information. The first week will mostly
be spent on rough copies with final copies and display board set up the
following week. Students will need to bring in their own display board. IF GOOD COPIES ARE NOT COMPLETE BY
TOMORROW, THEY WILL BE DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 AS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 IS
YEAR AHEAD DAY. EVERYTHING MUST BE READY TO BE PUT ON THE BOARD THURSDAY.
-UOI presentations begin Friday
Have a lovely night! Have fun tomorrow in grade 5. I look forward to hearing all about it!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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