Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We have a fun-filled weekend. It was Mark’s birthday on Friday, so we had a small get together with our neighbours for some Skor Treatzza Pizza! On Saturday, we went downtown Toronto to skate at Nathan Phillips Square and had dinner with my parents who were in town for a few days. Sunday we cut down our Christmas tree and did a Secret Santa and pancake dinner with our neighbours.

Our tree!!

Information on Student-Led Conferences (students will take the lead) 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.

Check Out The Library Blog at https://libraryatsja.blogspot.ca/ to keep up to date with Library news and check out pictures by our Book Fair Student Crew Photojournalists of all the great work they've been doing to make our first Book Fair an exciting event.  Thanks for your support.

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.

The St. Jude's community places a lot of emphasis on giving and conducting acts of charity. In light of the Christmas season which is fast approaching, we are happy to announce that we collaborating with Peel Regional Police for their 'Toys for Tots' charity. We will be conducting a toy drive from December 7th to December 21st. Members of the St. Jude's community may donate new, unwrapped toys, cash or Canadian Tire money to make an underprivileged child's Christmas one to remember. All proceeds will be handed over directly to Peel Regional Police on December 21st. We are also pleased to announce the Toys for Tots charity is the first major project our Student Council will be conducting this academic year. 

Toys can be donated at the front desk by placing them under the Christmas tree. There will be a tracking sheet provided to record the student who donated. Upon collecting the toys, a police officer will allow one lucky student to pie him/her in the face. As such, it is important to record the names of each student to give everyone a chance. Alternatively, toys may be handed to class teachers. To educate our PYP students about the importance of giving, house points will be awarded for each toy donated.

We look forward to your donations, all of which will be greatly appreciated.
Tis the season for joy, happiness, love, and sharing. Have a Merry Christmas!

Thank you.

Upcoming Dates & Events

Tuesday, December 5 – Year Ahead Day

Wednesday, December 6  - Pinkalicious tree decoration due to Ms. Hayward

Thursday, December 7 – Student-Led Conferences

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

Thursday, December 7-Thursday, December 21 - Toy Drive

Friday, December 8 – December hot lunch payments due & math test & Western Dress Up Day (a cost of $2)

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 & Last Day of School Before Christmas Break 

MATH:

Today students completed Show What You Know as one review of the unit. Math test will take place on Friday. A review will be worked on in class on Wednesday and will be taken up on Friday.

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

-Finish math worksheet from today (due Wednesday)

LANGUAGE:

Today we worked on our spelling lesson #13 activities. Our focus today was adding ed, er, and ing to words.

Homework:

-Reading for 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson #13 (due Wednesday)

-Lesson #13 spelling test Friday

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we began our third Unit of Inquiry, Religion Rules! Throughout this unit we will be discussing some different religions, who the founder was, what the beliefs of that religion is, festivals/holidays, and symbols. This unit will take us until the end of January.

Homework:

-Complete Religion Rules title page (due Wednesday)

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J