Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful night! Earth Spirit Day is tomorrow. Please come dressed in your Earth colours – blue, green, and brown!

Important information and reminders:

Summer uniforms are now in effect. Summer uniform consists of grey pants/shorts/skirt, the white polo t-shirt, and navy blue socks/stockings.

Aftercare payments are due Friday, April 28.

The ordering system for May lunch is up and be open until Friday, April 28 at 4:00 PM. All lunch payments are due Monday, May 1.

Clothing iron-on name labels are now available through Alpa. Please see flyer below!

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 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 yesterday and the pledge form and money is due by Friday, April 28.

Language

Today we continued to work in our Writing 4 books in preparation for our OWA assessment – writing a magazine article. Students began by completing their 5Ws and then took that information and created a magazine article by adding details!

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes

-Frindle activity #1 due Monday, April 24

Math

Today we focused on rotations. A rotation is when a figure is turned ¼, ½, or 3/4. We began with a review of what was covered this week, played 'Mrs. Hocevar Says,' and worked in our groups to show rotations using different shapes.

Hints – TranSlation = Slide

-       ReFlection = Flip

-       RoTation = Turn

Homework – MMS pg 112-113

-Math test will take place on Monday - it will be art related so no review will be sent home. Students will use their first initial and demonstrate a rotation, translation, and reflection.

Rotations = Turns!

Showing 1/4 turns, 1/2 turns, and 3/4 turns!

UOI

Today we continued to work on our summative assessment for Rocks and Minerals. Today we continued classifying our rocks using our Rock Classification Sheet form the summative package. We will be working on this for the next couple of weeks. All work will be done in class.

Homework – UOI summative due date is Friday, April 28.

Classifying rocks!

Looking at David's rock collection!

Have a great night! Here are some pictures from my round table event yesterday! It was held at UCC's Norval Outdoor Education Centre in Georgetown. What an amazing place! 

Look at all the rocks!

We created paint from rocks and painted a picture!

Catching crayfish!

Knee deep in water!

Mrs. Hocevar J