Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend
and avoided any damage in the windstorm on Friday. We were lucky, although some
houses in our neighbourhood lost some shingles and some new houses that were
being built were demolished.
**Spelling Bee information and lists
have been sent home. Please have students practice with the provided lists.**
Thank
you to all of the families that came out to support the Grade 6 Exhibition.
What a wonderful job all of the groups did. I can only imagine how they feel
now that it is all over!!
Grade 6 Exhibition projects!
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. Students, who parents are not attending Romeo and Juliet, may attend the dance for a cost of $15!!
To reserve your tickets 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!!
Summer Camp Information - Please see Ms. Smith to reserve your spot for summer camp!
Upcoming Dates & Events
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 took up our homework. There were quite a few
students who did not have their math complete. Students can always check their
agenda and the blog if they forget what pages they need to complete. Please
keep in mind our math test will take place on Monday, May 14.
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
Working on a math problem!
LANGUAGE:
Today we began spelling lesson #32, once again on
prefixes – ex, de, un, dis, and ad.
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
Bee practice
-Finish
spelling lesson #32
-Sign
and return spelling test #31
UNIT OF INQUIRY:
Today we had our summative presentations. We heard some fantastic songs
about rocks and saw some pretty neat rock sculptures/designs. Our next unit
will begin Wednesday and is called ‘The Artist’s Society.’
Homework:
Our song writers!
Our rock sculptures!
I hope you have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Hocevar J
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