Thursday, May 3, 2018

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful night.

 **Spelling Bee information and lists have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**

Grade 6 Exhibition, the culminating project for PYP students, is just around the corner. This year the Grade 6 Exhibition will be taking place on Friday, May 4. Their will be two different viewings; 9-11 AM and 6-8 PM. We invite all to join! Please see invitation below for more details.


A note from our MYP Shakespeare Performers: On Thursday, May 10th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre (3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for those children whose parents are attending the show, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets ($15) for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis. 

Please find additional details about the performance and dance in the flyer attached. 

Students in Grade 1-4 will have an opportunity to view the play on Tuesday, May 8. We are asking that all students bring in at least one canned good as their admission. All food collected will be donated to the Eden Food Bank.


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!!



Upcoming Dates & Events

Friday, May 4 – May hot lunch payments due & Grade 6 Exhibition (9-11 AM & 6-8 PM)

Monday, May 7 – Rocks and Minerals summative due

Tuesday, May 8 – Grade 1-4 Romeo and Juliet viewing – admission is canned goods

Thursday, May 10 – MYP Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet at the MiST Theater – Dance for students will be held at SJA for parents wanting to attend the evening performance.

Friday, May 11 – In-class Spelling Bee

Monday, May 14 – Math test

Tuesday, May 15 - JK-Grade 2 Spelling Bee

Wednesday, May 16 – Grade 3-8 Spelling Bee

Thursday, May 17 – JK-Grade 2 Arts’ Night

Friday, May 19 – PD Day – No School

Monday, May 21 – Victoria Day – No School

Tuesday, May 29 – Casual Day

Wednesday, May 30 – Grade 3-8 Arts’ Night

Friday, May 31 – SJA/TMA Inner School Spelling Bee Competition

MATH:

Today we focused on dividing decimals by hundredths. For this we used our simple long division strategy. Remember to follow the pattern; divide, multiply, subtract, bring down.

Fractions and Division:

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.

Division Sentences - 63/7=9, the divisor is 7, the 63 is the dividend, and the 7 is the quotient.

Estimating – For multiplication - 7.01 x 9 = 7 x 9 = 63 & 25.78 x 2 = 26 x 2 = 52. For division - 9.8/5 = 10/5 = 2 & 18.29/3 = 18/3 = 6.

Homework:

-Math test Monday, May 14


LANGUAGE:

Today we used some of our language period to work on our summative, as well as continue to practice Spelling Bee! We also had an opportunity to view the Grade 5 Election Day. We heard their speeches and viewed their platforms, in which we got to vote! Something to look forward next year!

A note on Spelling Bee – we will be practicing our spelling words beginning tomorrow during our language period. Our in-class competition will take place on Friday, May 11, where two students will move forward to our SJA Spelling Bee competition on Wednesday, May 16. Our in-class competition will run the same way the school competition will run. Students will have to say the word, spell it correctly, and say the word again to announce they are finished. If the students forget to say the word before or after, or misspell the word, they will be out. Please be sure to practice at home!!

Homework:

-Read 40 minutes
-Spelling test tomorrow
-Spelling Bee practice










The Grade 5 speeches on their government!









Discussing their platforms!


Flyers about their platforms!

UNIT OF INQUIRY:

Today we continued working on our summative. For this summative, students are required to research and write a one page biography on a famous geologist and to write a one page paper on what life would be like if a rock was eliminated form the earth. They also have to choose to create a rock sculpture or create a 3-verse song about rocks. Our summative will be due Monday, May 7, with presentations beginning that day. All work is to be completed in class only, unless otherwise stated. Students are required to have everything they will need brought to class each day.

Homework:

-Finish rough copy of geologist and rock elimination
-Ensure you have everything you need for your summative and be sure to bring it to school each day
-Summative due Monday, May 7

I hope you have a wonderful night!


Mrs. Hocevar J

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