Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful night!

Once again, I would like to thank my wonderful class for all of their hard work the past two weeks. It has been very busy and they have handled themselves extremely well. I am very proud to be their teacher.

Information on Student-Led Conferences was sent home last night. The site is now open for registration. Please follow the step-by-step instructions on the form to sign up for a time. Spots are filling up quickly!

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 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. Students interested in being part of the Student Crew will be meeting tomorrow (Nov.21) at lunch. 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/

The student crew is getting ready to run a few games starting Friday and into next week. One of them will stop by each of your classes to introduce the game and give each student their "free" guess ballot or to play the game. Extra guesses can be bought for $.025 each or 5 guesses for a $1, so please let your students know to bring their change if they'd like to participate.

Year Ahead Day – SJA is excited to announce that Year Ahead Day is happening again this year!  All SJA PYP students will be participating in this exciting event on Tuesday, December 5th.   Year Ahead Day is a fun and interactive day for the students at SJA to spend a day in the class of the grade level ahead of them (example: SK students spend their day as Grade 1 students, Grade 4 students, spend their day as Grade 5 students, Grade 6 students spend their day as Grade 7 students, etc.).  This is a great way for the students at SJA to get a glimpse into their future life at SJA!  Students can get to know the teachers, see their future classroom, and take part in activities they will be participating in next year. My Grade 4’s will be spending the day with Ms. Khan. Please keep in mind that although Ms. Khan will have them for Year Ahead Day, it does not mean that Ms. Khan will be teaching Grade 5 next year.

 A note from Oakwood – Candy-Cane-O-Grams will be sold for $0.25 on Tuesday, December 5 and Wednesday, December 6 from 11-12 in the cafeteria!

A note from Student Council – Personalized Christmas Ornaments will be on sale from now until Friday, December 8. Prices are as follows - $6.00 for one or $5 each, if more than one is purchased. Only cash payments will be accepted. Please see order form for more information.

Voting on the best looking car!

Baby chicks!

Upcoming Dates & Events

Tuesday, December 5 – Year Ahead Day

Thursday, December 7 – Student-Led Conferences

Thursday, December 7 – Thursday, December 14 – SJA's book fair

Friday, December 8 – December hot lunch payments due

Friday, December 9 – Unit 9 Math Test – A review will be sent out to students

Tuesday, December 12 – JK-2 Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 19 – Casual Day

Wednesday, December 20 – 3-8 Christmas Concert

Thursday, December 21 – Christmas Spirit Day and Last Day of School Before Christmas Break

Today we took a bit of a break from our everyday schedule as we have been so busy. We had our Light and Sound presentations, filled out some helpful hints for our upcoming Student-Led Conferences, added items to our IB Portfolios, saw some baby chicks in Mr. Scott’s room, and voted for the best looking car in Mrs. Haag’s Grade 6 room. We also watched a small portion of the JK-Grade 2 Christmas Concert rehearsal! Monday we will get back to our regular routine!

MATH:

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)

Perimeter – is the outside of a figure and can be found by counting the units along the outside. We can also add up, or measure and add up, each side to find the perimeter.

Area – is the inside of a figure and can be found by counting the square units inside the figure.

To find the perimeter of a rectangle, we multiply the length x 2 and multiply the width x 2 then add those numbers together (2 x length) + (2 x width).

Homework:

- Unit 9 math test is on Friday, December 9. A review will be given out next week.

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I hope you have a wonderful and restful weekend!

Mrs. Hocevar J