Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you all had a night!

Our RBG trip is this Thursday. It will take place rain or shine. Gym uniform is required, as well as proper outdoor gear as we will be spending our time outside. We will leave after lunch at 11 and return around 3.

Important information and reminders:

We have finally added up the money from last week and now have the grand total for the SPRING FUNDRAISER!! SJA raised $11, 537. 74….I can’t believe it! What an amazing job! Mr. Foster’s Grade 1 class took top place by raising over $800 and Ms. Bancud’s SK class took second place by raising just over $750. Well-done, SJA! You have won your chance to water balloon your teachers…date and time to be announced!

A note from your Grade 6 class : Dear SJA Families,

The Grade 6 class invites you to attend the Exhibition on Friday, May 5, 2017, from 9 am to 11 am, or from 6 pm to 8 pm in the auditorium.

The Exhibition is the culminating task of the IB Primary Years Programme. It is where students work collaboratively to explore a local issue that interests them.  This year’s Grade 6s have chosen the following topics to explore:

Terrorism

Elder Abuse/Neglect

Physician-Assisted Dying

Developmental Disabilities

Animal Abuse/Neglect

Immigration

Garbage Pollution

Climate Change

Crime

Some great reasons why you should attend if your child is NOT in Grade 6 include:

·         Supporting and celebrating with the Grade 6s

·         Learning about these issues

·         Being aware of what will be expected of your child when they are in Grade 6

We hope to see you then.

Sincerely,

The Grade 6 Class

We will be viewing the presentations next Friday. This is a 6 week long project that the Grade 6’s work very hard on. So please feel free to come and support the Grade 6’s!

A note from Mrs. Smith: The lunch ordering system is now open for June. Please ensure you place your order no later than Friday, May 19 at 4:00 PM. Lunch payment is due by May 23rd 4:00 PM or unfortunately your lunch order will be cancelled for the month of June. Please keep in mind that there are no reimbursements for field trips or absences. You can go online at http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja/

A note from Mrs. Kerr and the MYP students: MYP students have been working very hard over the past little while working on their annual Shakespeare play ‘The Taming of the Shrew.’ It is time for them to show off their hard work. ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ will take place on Wednesday, May 10 at 7:30 PM. Doors will open at 7:00 PM.

Language

Today we practiced for Spelling Bee. We will continue to spend time in class practicing for the Spelling Bee and then the top 3 Grade 4 spellers will be chosen on Thursday, May 11 in the morning to compete in our SJA Spelling Bee competition. **Please note that those students in Grade 5 spelling will join Ms. Ramnarine and the Grade 5’s on Monday, May 8 from 9-11!**

Homework – Read for at least 30 minutes

-Frindle activity #3 due Monday, May 8

-Practice Spelling Bee

Math

Today we learned about equivalent fractions! We came to realize that 1/3 also equals 2/6, 3/9, 4/12, etc!

Homework – MMS pg 122-123 & finish work sheets

Fun with fractions!

UOI

Today we reviewed what an Acrostic poem was. We took some time to share some of our Acrostic poems from yesterday. Today we learned about Haiku poems. A Haiku poem is a Japanese poem about nature. It has 3 lines. Line 1 has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables, and line 3 has 5 syllables. We created one together as a class and then we created our own.

Homework – 

Working on Haiku Poems!

Our 'Summer' Haiku poem!

Have a great night!

Mrs. Hocevar J