Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful night.
Tomorrow is our Gregg LeRock concert. Please be sure to wear your full summer
uniform and arrive to school on time as we will be leaving shortly after 9. We
will be back in time for lunch. **Spelling Bee information and lists
have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**
A note from Alexis, Alex, and Wael
about their Grade 6 Exhibition project on Child Neglect -
Dear parents/ guardians,
We are Grade 6 students doing a project
called exhibition. Our topic is child neglect. For our action we chose to do a
clothing donation for the children that may have experienced neglect in our
community. We will be donating all of the gently used clothing to the
CAS and local charities. If you would like to donate any gently used
clothing please place them in the box labeled Clothing Donations for the CAS
and surrounding charities. It can be found by the SJA side door where you come
into the school in the morning. The last day to make a donation is Wednesday,
April 25.
Sincerely,
Alexis, Alex and Wael (Grade 6)
Some of our students have signed a
petition to go ‘meatless’ for Mondays in May! One of the Grade 6’s Exhibition
project is Animal Agriculture and part of their action is to encourage
‘meatless Mondays!’ They also came by to complete a survey!
Rishaan, Lucas, and Jonathan conducting their survey question on 'Animal Agriculture!'
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
A note from Ms. Dawn – Scholastic forms were sent home
today. All orders will be due Monday,
April 30. Payments can be made using Cheque or Parent Pay. Cash will not be
accepted as a form of payment.
For Parent Pay please log on to
parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay and enter the following credentials
Province - Ontario
City - Mississauga
School - St Judes Academy
Teacher - Dawn Goulart
Upcoming Dates & Events
Wednesday, April
25 – Gregg LeRock concert – full summer uniforms required
Thursday, April
26 – Spring Fundraiser trip to Kidsport – wear your gym clothes
Saturday,
April 28 – May hot lunch orders due
Monday,
April 30 – Scholastic orders due
Friday,
May 4 – May hot lunch payments due
MATH:
Today we took up last night’s homework and worked on
benchmarks for fractions and decimals. For example, 0.1 is closer to 0, .45 is
closer to .50 and .89 is closer to 1. Remember to show your work and when
answering word problems to ensure you include a sentence.
Fractions and Decimals:
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.
Fractions
to decimals - 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.
Remember to keep things out of 10 and 100! We can also put mixed numbers
into decimals as well. For example; 2 ½ = 2.5, 2 ¾ = 2.75.
Homework:
-MMS pg 113
Helping with board work during math!
LANGUAGE:
Today we began to read the last 3 chapters of Frindle.
We also began to share our magazine articles on our perfect house, in
preparation for our OWA post-assessment, which will take place later this week.
Homework:
-Finish
reading chapter 13-15
-Frindle
activity #5 due Tuesday
Enjoying Frindle!
Sharing our magazine articles on our perfect house!
UNIT OF INQUIRY:
Today we continued discussing the pros and cons of mining. We wrote out
a list of the pros and cons in our table groups. Information on the summative was
sent home today. It will begin this Friday, April 27 and it will be due on
Monday, May 7, with presentations beginning that day.
Homework:
-Sign and return summative and rubric package
-Have your research and any items you may need ready for Friday
-Summative due Monday, May 7
Pros and Cons of Mining!
I hope you have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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