Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great night! I heard all about the great day they had yesterday with Ms. Ramnarine! So glad they enjoyed the day.

January 27 – February lunch order & after school activity forms due

February 3 – December after care payment due

Important information and reminders:

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!

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:

1.     Visit http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja/login.php

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 labeled 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 27^Th 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 continued work on our speeches. We read over my first body paragraph and then they finished their introductions and began the first body paragraph. We also started our second term novel study – ‘The Whipping Boy.’ This novel ties into our next UOI unit – Medieval Times! We read as a class chapter 1 & 2. We made predictions and filled out some vocabulary activities. 

A reminder that all work for speeches is to be done in class, unless other wise stated. Thank you for your cooperation!

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes per day

-Spelling lesson #19 on Friday

-French spelling test on Friday

Math

We have finished the lessons in this unit. Today they worked in their table groups to complete show what you know, which is a review of the entire unit.

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 – Math test on Monday, January 30 – review will be sent home tomorrow

UOI

Today we took our good copies and created our display boards. Tomorrow we begin presentations.

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. GOOD COPIES ARE 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

Working on their display boards!

Have a lovely night!

Mrs. Hocevar :)