Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful night.
We have added an item to our Arts’ Night pictures. Recent and childhood
pictures are due tomorrow. If you have not already sent in both pictures,
please do so tomorrow. Please send in the last page of report cards with your
comments. Tomorrow is Earth Day Spirit Day…be sure to wear you blue, green, and
brown colours!
Great
job today by Jasper in Ms. Smith’s class and Surkhab in Ms. Samuel’s class for bringing in the most money for Spring Fundraiser. Because of that, they got to
pie not only Mr. Foster in the face, but also Ms. Samuel!! I will have an
updated total tomorrow!!
Poor Mr. Foster!
Poor Ms. Samuel!
Ice cream sundaes...YUM!
SPRING FUNDRAISER!!!!! Our annual Spring Fundraiser is HERE. This year our Spring
Fundraiser will run from Monday, April 16 to Friday, April 20. We
are hoping to raise $12,000. All of the funds raised this year will go
towards improving technology for our classrooms, such as tables, TVs, 3-D
printers, and reading stations. Each day that week, we will host a different
activity. Our Popcorn Day will take place next Monday, April 23. To wrap
up the week we will be hosting a dance party for $5. Do not
forget to bring in some change to buy goodies at the dance. For students who collect
a minimum of $35, they will get to enjoy a morning or afternoon at Kidsport.
Please use the pledge sheet provided and be sure to turn in on a daily basis! All
pledges will be due tomorrow. Daily prizes for the most amount of
money brought in are; bonus casual days, getting to sit at your teacher’s desk
for a day, or shooting Mr. Foster with a Nerf gun. And let me tell you there
are many Nurf gun options to choose from! School wide fundraising
targets will allow students the opportunity to give Mr. Rozario a makeup lesson
or water balloon their teachers. So, get out there SJA, and raise some
money!!!!!
St. Jude’s FC – A
new and exciting soccer program has arrived at SJA. St. Jude’s FC is the
official soccer academy affiliated with SJA, which is currently taking
applicants for its inaugural season. St. Jude's FC will be playing against the
best REP teams around the area. Do not miss the opportunity to sign your child
up to not only play against the best, but be coached by the best as well.
Please see flyer sent home for further information. If you are interested
in joining, please fill out the flyer and send into Ms. Dawn. Let’s go St.
Jude’s FC!!
A note from Ms. Bancud: You are now able to order for May Lunches. The deadline for May lunches is Saturday,
April 28th, 2018. After this date, our system closes and is
unable to open for April ordering. Please
make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja
All payments are due on Friday, May 4th, 2018.
All payments are due on Friday, May 4th, 2018.
A
group of Grade 6’s are promoting Meatless Mondays for their Exhibition project. They have
come up with this month's special, which is Crispy Cauliflower Bites for
$4.50 with a side of tzatziki dip that will be available every
Monday! You will find more information about Meatless Mondays around the
school.
Payment Instructions
- There are two
options to pay for lunches. Cash
and Freshbooks.
- 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.
- We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.
If you have any
questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel
free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com
After school activity forms are due by Tuesday, April 24.
Upcoming Dates & Events
Monday, April
16-Friday, April 20 – Spring Fundraiser
Friday, April 20 – Earth Spirit
Day – wear your Earth colours
Tuesday, April 24 – After school
activity forms and money due
Wednesday, April
25 – Gregg Le Rock concert & Casual Day
Thursday, April
26 – Spring Fundraiser trip to Kidsport for those students who raise a
minimum of $35
Saturday,
April 28 – May hot lunch orders due
Friday,
May 4 – May hot lunch payments due
MATH:
Today we related fractions to decimals. This lesson
relates back to our previous unit of decimals. Here are some examples; 3/10 =
0.3, 15/100 = .15, 125/100 = 1.25. We also need to keep in mind that we can
covert simple fractions as well. For example; ¼ - .25, ¾ = .75, 4/5 = .80. We
can also put mixed numbers into decimals as well. For example; 2 ½ = 2.5, 2 ¾ =
2.75. Please see more examples below!
Fractions and decimals:
Comparing Fractions:
Lowest Common Denominator
Key points to remember:
Numerator is
the number on the top part of the fraction.
Denominator
is the number on the bottom part of the fraction.
A proper
fraction is a fraction where the smaller number is the numerator and a
bigger number is the denominator. For example, ½, 3/5, 5/8.
An improper
fraction is when the numerator has a bigger number and the denominator has
a smaller number. For example, 12/7.
A mixed number
has both a whole number and a fraction. For example, 1 ¼.
Cross-multiplication -
we begin by multiplying the first
numerator with the second denominator. Then we multiply the first denominator with the second numerator.
For example; 3/5 and 2/4. We multiply 3 x 4 =12 and 5 x 2 = 10. Our new
fractions are now 12/5 and 10/4. Whichever fraction has the bigger numerator is
the bigger fraction, so from our example 3/5 is greater than (>) 2/4. For
fractions that have the same denominator we do not have to do anything but look
at the numerators.
Homework:
-MMS pg 110-111
Fractions to decimals. Remember to think out of 100 and to multiply!
LANGUAGE:
Today we read chapters 10-12 of Frindle. We also began
discussing how to write a magazine article for our Term 3 OWA.
Homework:
-Finish
reading Frindle chapters 10-12
UNIT OF INQUIRY:
Today we examined how rocks and minerals are used in our everyday life.
We did some read alouds and then a cut and paste activity.
Homework:
Ways we use rocks and minerals in our daily lives@
I hope you have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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