Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful long weekend. We made our way up north and had a wonderful time. The weather was so-so – beautiful on Friday and Sunday afternoon, but rainy and overcast on Saturday. Today the Grade 4s very much enjoyed their Crock-A-Doodle workshop. We look forward to seeing the finished product!

Lake Nipissing Sunsets!

We love to ride the train and carousel!

Crock-A-Doodle fun!

After care payments are due today. Casual day is now taking place this Friday. Arts’ Night busing permission forms were sent home today. Please sign and return by this Thursday. All library books that have been signed out are due this Friday.

A note from Ms. Bancud - You are now able to order for June Lunches. The deadline for June lunches is Thursday, May 31st.  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, June 8th, 2018.

This month's special is French Toast with Vanilla Cream and Syrup for $3.50, which will be available every Friday!

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

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!!

Summer Camp – Ms. Smith is now accepting registrations for summer camp. Registration forms have been sent home. Please see flyer below for more information or contact Ms. Smith at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com.

Upcoming Dates & Events

Tuesday, May 22 – After care payments due

Thursday, May 24  - Arts’ Night busing permission forms due

Friday, May 25 – Casual Day & all library books are due

Wednesday, May 30 – Grade 3-8 Arts’ Night - afternoon and evening performance at The City Church

Friday, May 31 – SJA/TMA Inner School Spelling Bee Competition & June hot lunch orders due – payments due Friday, June 8.

MATH:

Today we focused on graphing patterns, where we were given a set of data and had to input in a graph or answer questions regarding information about a graph.

Example question – Juanita is paid $6 an hour to mow lawns. For 2 hours she is paid $12, for 4 hours she is paid $24, for 6 hours she is paid $36, and for 8 hours she is paid $48. The pattern rule for this question is, multiply the hours work by 2 (2 x 6 =12, 6 x 8 =48). Remember when creating your graphs to include a title, two labels, an appropriate scale, and to use the information in the charts/tables. We will continue this tomorrow!

Key points to remember:

For three digit multiplication -  2 x 200 x 6. I can multiply 2 x 200 = 400 and then 400 x 6 = 2400 – remember to make it easy for yourself – multiply 4 x 6 = 24 then add the 2 zeros.

Algebra is a way to solve an equation where you are missing a part of the question. For example A x 5 = 45. All we do to solve this question is bring the 5 to the other side of the = sign. So, A = 45/5 = 9, so A = 9. We need to make sure we change the operation from x to / when we move the 5.

Homework:

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LANGUAGE:

Today we focused on our spelling lesson #34 – synonyms and antonyms. A synonym is a word that means the same and an antonym is the opposite.

We also continued to practice our Arts’ Night performance. The song that we are singing is ‘Parents Just Don’t Understand’ by Will Smith, which is a rap song. For our costumes/outfits, I am asking for jean (baggy if possible), t-shirts, skater shoes/jogging shoes, baseball hats (we will wear them sideways), and big gold chains. Our Arts’ Night performance will take place on Wednesday, May 30. There will be two performances, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. We are asking that all students arrive at The City Church no later that 6:30.

Homework:

-Read 40 minutes

-Finish spelling lesson #34

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we learned about mandala art – a type of line art. It is generally done with circles and uses intricate symmetrical imagery. We will be continuing this tomorrow.

Homework:

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Lillian showing us her Mandala art book!

The beginning of our mandala art!

I hope you have a wonderful night!

Mrs. Hocevar J