Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a great night!

Important information and reminders:

Thank you to all the returning families who have brought in their re-registration packages.

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 February 24 at 4:00 PM to order. After that time the site will shut down until next month!

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!

A note regarding pick up: As we work to ensure the safest and most efficient system for student drop off, we would like to send out a few reminders to SJA parents.

•  Kiss and Ride runs every day from 3:30 - 3:40pm. Parents choosing to not participate in the Kiss and Ride program are asked to wait until 3:40 to enter into the school building.

•  Parents wishing to sign their child(ren) out early may do so up until 3:20pm.  Parents may enter through the front door to sign out their child(ren). Any parents entering through the front door before will be asked to wait at the front until their child can be called down via the PA system. This will help to keep the hallways cleared for dismissal and for Kiss and Ride.

•  Parents entering through the front after 3:20 will have to wait until 3:40pm to enter the building.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping to keep our afternoon dismissal as safe and efficient as possible.

February 16 – SJA Parent Guild Movie Night forms and money due

February 24 at 4:00 PM – March lunch orders are due. All payments are due by February 27 in order for lunches to be processed.

Language

Today we got caught up on our novel study ‘The Whipping Boy’ and we also continued working on our speeches. We continued working on good copies, conferencing, and began practicing our speeches for next week in-class recitals.

A reminder that all work for speeches is to be done in class, unless other wise stated. All speeches should be between 2-3 minutes. Thank you for your cooperation!

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes per day

-Good copy of speech due tomorrow

-Spelling test tomorrow lesson #21

Math

After reviewing the homework from the last couple of days it is clear that we are struggling with measuring angles. We spent the day recapping how to correctly measure and angle. We went over last night work and some of us began a page in our MMS book.

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 – Finish yesterday’s homework – please bring back protractors

Pointers to help with homework!

UOI

Today we began creating our own Coat of Arms. We began by reviewing what a Coat of Arms is, what it contains, and some of the meaning behind certain colours, symbols, and animals.

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

-Wanted Poster due tomorrow, Friday, February 10

What is a Coat of Arms and the rubric - just a simple in class project!

Coat of Arms!

A few of the finished wanted posters...they turned out so good!!

Have a lovely night!

Mrs. Hocevar J