Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a great night!

Important information and reminders:

Easter Spirit on Thursday, April 13 – be sure to dress in your Easter colours.

No school on Friday, April 14 and Monday, April 17 for Easter weekend.

Summer uniforms will begin when we return from Easter on Tuesday, April 18. Summer uniform consists of grey pants/shorts/skirt, the white polo t-shirt, and navy blue socks/stockings.

The book ‘Frindle’ is required no later than Tuesday, April 18, as we will be starting our final novel study. You may sign out the book from your library or please feel free to buy it.

We continue to have action taking place around the school! The Grade 6’s have begun preparation for their Exhibition projects. Jacob and Husmeen’s topic is Animals. As part of their action, they are asking for donations to help animals in need, such as food bowls, dog and cat food, toys, and old blankets. This will run from now until Thursday, April 13. Bring in any items and we will pass them along. Many thanks for your continued support.

A note from Mrs. Kerr – Google Doodle is hosting a Canada-wide competition and the chosen winner will have their design displayed on the Google site for a 24-hour period in celebration of Canada 150. The theme for this year’s competition is:

What I see
for Canada's future is...

The winning student will also receive:

- $10,000 university scholarship

- Google Chrome book

- $10,000 technology award for their current school along with a trip to the final event on June 13, 2017.

Please see the flyer below. If anyone is interested please let me know and I will send home a hard copy submission form.

Clothing iron-on name labels are now available through Alpa. Please use the order form that was sent out!

It is that time again SJA. Our annual SJA Spring Fundraiser is fast approaching. It will run the week of Monday, April 24-Friday, April 28. Forms and information were sent home today. This year, we are raising money for technology and our goal is $9000. If we raise $3000 as a school we get to wrap a teacher in toilet paper! If we raise $6000 as a school we get to silly string a teacher! If we reach our goal of $9000, students will get to water balloon the teachers! There will be a number of events happening throughout the week and amazing prizes for students who participate, as well as a grand prize, which includes a movie and pizza party!! Some of the daily prizes include a gum day, silly string a teacher, an extra casual day, sit on your teachers chair for the day, and being able to pie Mr. Sawatsky in the face! 

Monday, April 24 – Costume Day – bring in $3 and the form and be able to wear a costume instead of the uniform!

Tuesday, April 25 – Popcorn Day - bring in $2.50 and the form and enjoy a bag of popcorn!

Wednesday, April 26 – Pancake Day - bring in $2 to $6 and the form and enjoy some yummy pancakes in your classroom!

Thursday, April 27 – Ice Cream Day - bring in $5 and the form and some ice cream! You may also purchase an apple or a banana for $1 a piece!

Friday, April 28 – Casual Day and Dance Party - bring in $5 and the form and be able to wear casual clothing and boogie-woogie away!

For a pledge of $35 or more, your child will be able to attend a class trip to Kidsports Indoor Playground on Thursday, May 11. Thank you so much in advance for your participation. We greatly appreciate it!

All daily activity forms and money are due by Wednesday, April 19 and the pledge form and money is due by Friday, April 28.

Language

Today we began practicing for our OWA (Ontario Writing Assessment). We began by discussing what a magazine article should include, such as including the 5Ws (who, what, where, when, and why), a title, headings, pictures, as well as any research or interviews that are needed, and when we should quotation marks!

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes

-Sign out/purchase the book ‘Frindle’ by Tuesday, April 18

Math

Today we begin looking grids and coordinates! This is when we use points on a map or graph to help us figure out where something is. We realized that we could also create objects when using a specific grid coordinate! Today we began to create Easter eggs by plotting dots on a piece of grid paper. This caused some difficulty, so I hope that after tonight’s homework we can continue tomorrow with fewer problems!

Homework – MMS pg 104-105

Helping place coordinates on the board to create a Rhombus!

UOI

Today we discussed mining. We read together as a class, used the information from the reading to answer questions, and then we began to focus on the pros and cons of mining.

Homework – Complete the 4 questions on mining and fill in the pro and con sheets…you must have at lease 4 pros and 4 cons!

Cut and paste activity on how minerals and rocks are used in our everyday lives!

Watching a video!

Have a fantastic night! Please remember to wear your full uniform tomorrow, including your blazer!

Mrs. Hocevar J