Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great night!

Today we had a wonderful Valentine’s Day celebration! We started the morning off with a house game before we headed back to the class to decorate our Valentine’s Day bags. We also created a LOVE picture using finger paint and did some Valentine’s Day activities. I will add pictures tomorrow!! My computer is not loading them properly.

Important information and reminders:

The cold snowy weather is back for a visit! Please ensure you are sending proper outdoor gear including snow pants, hats/earmuffs, mitts/gloves, and winter boots. Students spend at least 50 minutes outside everyday and we want them to be warm. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!

The lunch order system for March is now open. You will have until Friday, February 24 at 4:00 PM to order. After that time the site will shut down until next month! All payments are required by Monday, February 27 so that we can process the orders.

SJA Parent Guild is hosting another fantastic movie night and dance. It will take place on Friday, February 24 from 6:30-9:00 PM (free childcare from 6-6:30) in the SJA auditorium. The movie is Pixar Short Films (PG). Tickets are $10 each and included popcorn, bottle water, and a treat. Pizza will also be available for $2 a slice. All forms and money are due by Thursday, February 16!

The MYP students are hosting a school wide casual day to raise money for a mock trial competition they are attending on February 24. For $2 students will be able to come to school dressed as a lawyer, judge, criminal or police officer. Students who do not want to participate will be required to wear their school uniform. Those who are participating in Oral Competition Day will be allowed to change into their uniform before their speeches.

February 15 – Candy sale put on by the Girl’s Club

February 16 – SJA Parent Guild Movie Night forms and money due, as well as Scholastic orders

February 24 at 4:00 PM – After care payments and

March lunch orders are due. All payments are due by February 27 in order for lunches to be processed.

Language

Students are encouraged to keep memorizing their speeches all week in anticipation for Tuesdays top 3. Top 3 will compete on Friday, February 24. Time to be announced.  

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes per day

-Practice memorizing your speech

-Top 3 will be chosen on Tuesday, February 21. We will be joining Ms. Schwarz’s class so I can judge her students and she can judge mine. Please remember that all speeches must fall between 2-3 minutes and must be 100 percent memorized.

Math

Today we began to create our castles. This will be used as our final math assessment of this unit. See rubric and outline sent home.

A face is (flat surface on a shape) as well as an edge (a straight line) and a vertex/vertices (the point at which the 2 edges meet together to make a point). We filled out a chart with examples to help us.

A quadrilateral is a shape that has 4 sides and has angles. There are 5 types of quadrilateral– a square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, and a parallelogram. We realized that a square and rectangle has 4 - 90 degree angles. We recognized that a rhombus and parallelogram will have 2 pairs of equal angles that are opposites and a kite will have 1 pair of equal opposite angles and 2 angles that are different.

Protractor Hint – Use the t in the little circle and line that up with the vertex. Make sure the 180-degree line is lined up straight with the bottom line of the angle. There are 4 types of angles. A straight angle is 180 degrees and is a straight line. A right angle is 90 degrees and looks like an L. An acute angle is less than 90 degrees and an obtuse angle is more that 90 degrees.

Homework – Sign and return UOI/Math rubric for castle project

-MMS pg 52-53

UOI

Today we continued discussing castles. We also began to construct our castles. See rubric and outline sent home.

Homework – Bring in boxes and toilet paper/paper towel rolls

- Sign and return UOI/Math rubric for castle project

Have a lovely night! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Mrs. Hocevar J