Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful night!

A kind reminder to not park, or stop, in the handicap parking spots. We have families who do need these spots and often come to find them taken up by cars without permits. Please pass this note along to anyone who may pick up or drop off your child/children. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 

With the colder weather upon us now, please send appropriate outdoor clothing to school with your child. Coats, hats, mitts, and boots will help keep your child warm during recess.  Students will not be allowed to stay inside because they are not dressed properly. My rule is if mom and dad send it to school you wear it outside!

I sent home the Polar Expressions Publishing letter and information a few weeks back. I strongly encourage students to enter on their own time. One of my students placed third last year in the short poem category. Please keep in mind the due date for the short story is November 30. Good luck!

Science Fair has begun! Again, all work is to be completed in class, except the actual experiment, which is to be completed 3 times during the weekend of November 25. Students can videotape/take pictures of themselves conducting the experiment to have with them during presentations. We will be working this every day, taking it one element at a time. Students should be prepared to begin good copies on Monday, November 27 and set up their display board on Tuesday, November 28. We will be holding in class presentations on Wednesday, November 29 after our Sound workshop. Students will be judged on Thursday, November 30 and parents are welcome to view the projects from 2:30-3:15.

March Break Camp registrations have been sent home. If you are interested in registering you chid for our amazing March Break camp, please send in the completed March Break camp registration form, along with the $20 one-time non-refundable deposit. Please note that lunch is also included each day!

A note from Ms. Bancud - Ordering Website is now active for the month of December. You may start ordering your child's lunches! Please make sure your child is under the correct grade when ordering http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja. The last day to order for November will be Monday,

November 27th. After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for November ordering. All payments are due on Friday, December 8th. 

Payment Instructions

• There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and online via Freshbooks. 
• If you choose to pay through Freshbooks, please choose the cheque option on the ordering site. 
• Cheque payments will not be accepted. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email. 
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com . 

A note from our Librarian, Ms. Hayward - Our Very First Book Fair is Coming Soon – Yee-Haw!

“Saddle Up & Read” with the first Scholastic Book Fair at St. Jude’s Academy – December 7 to December 14. There will be lots of exciting books, posters, bookmarks, pens and pencils, etc. to choose from! Proceeds will go to buying great new books for our library. More Parent Volunteers are also needed.  If you’d like to help out please contact Ms. Hayward at hhayward@stjudesacademy.com. Keep an eye out for more information here on your teacher’s blog, on Facebook, and on the Library blog: https://libraryatsja.blogspot.ca/

Upcoming Dates & Events

Friday, November 24 – Good copy of Light and Sound summative due

Saturday, November 25 & Sunday, November 26 - Complete Science Fair experiment 3 different times at home and video tape it or take pictures

Monday, November 27 - Come to school with experiment complete and results - Good copies begin & December hot lunch due

Tuesday, November 28 - Science Fair Board set up & Bake Sale (we are not hosting)

Wednesday, November 29 - Sound Scientist in the School workshop (AM)), Casual Day, and Bake Sale & In-class Science Fair presentations

Thursday, November 30 – Science Fair – Parents are welcome to join after the judging

Friday, December 1 – Light and Sound Summative presentations

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA first book fair

Friday, December 8 – December hot lunch payments due

MATH:

Today we focused on finding the perimeter of a rectangle. We know that a rectangle is a four-sided shape with two sides of equal length (length and width). For example, if one side length is 8 cm, we know that the opposite side length is also 8 cm, and if one width side is 4 cm, then the opposite width side is also 4 cm. The formula we use to find the perimeter is (2 x length) + (2 x width). For example, (2 x 3) + (2 x 6) = 6 + 12 = 18. Therefore the perimeter of the rectangle is 18 cm.

Key points to remember:

-       1 mm = 0.1 cm & 1 mm = 0.01 dm

-       1 cm = 10 mm (x by 10), 1 cm = 0.1 dm & 1 cm = 0.01 m

-       1 dm = 100 mm (x by 100), 1 dm = 10 cm (x by 10) & 1 dm = 0.1 m

-       1 m = 1000 mm (x by 1000), 1 m = 100 cm (x by 100) & 1 m = 10 dm (x by 10)

-       1 km = 1000 m (x by 1000)

Homework:

-MMS pg 138-139

LANGUAGE:

Today we completed our procedures and now we wait for the experiment to take place! This weekend is the big weekend when we will be conducting our experiments. Please remember it must be completed 3 different times.

Homework:

-Read for 40 minutes
-Spelling test #11 tomorrow

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we continued working on our Light and Sound summative. Due to timing we are asking that students draw and label a sound and light device and write a detailed paragraph explaining how it works. Good copies are due Friday, November 24. Presentations are on Friday, December 1. All work is to be completed in class!

Homework:

-Good copy of summative due this Friday

-Summative presentations Friday, December 1

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J