Good evening everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful night.

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.

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

Wednesday, December 6 – Thursday, December 21 – SJA Toy Drive

Thursday, December 7 – Student-Led Conferences

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

Friday, December 8 – December hot lunch payments due, spelling test, $2 Western Spirit Day & math test

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

MATH:

Today we worked on our math review. We will take it up tomorrow. Math test will take place 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).

To find the area of a rectangle, we multiple the length x the width (4 x 5 = 20)

Homework:

-Unit 9 math test is on Friday, December 9

-Finish review

LANGUAGE:

Today we spent some extra time discussing Christianity and began getting organized for Student-Led Conferences.

Homework:

-Reading for 40 minutes

-Lesson #13 spelling test Friday

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we discussed Christianity. We watched a video on the birth of Jesus, read some important information about Christianity and made an anchor chart on some important facts. Religion Rules will take us until the end of January.

Homework:

-Bring in your device, as we will be researching symbols and festivals celebrated by Christians

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J