I hope you all had a wonderful day! We had
such a great day today. We began our day with our morning assembly, which saw
some students get new karate belts. Congratulations to those students!! Mr.
Foster’s class took home the golden broom, our December birthdays got to choose
a toy from the birthday box, and we handed out December communicator awards. We
ended off the assembly with a game of Pin The Nose On The Reindeer (myself, Mr.
Conte and Ms. Di Mascio), where students were blind folded and had to put a red
nose (ball) on us! We very much enjoyed our class party and Percy Jackson.
Thank you to everyone who brought in food and drinks. They were thoroughly
enjoyed!!
Wednesday, January 8 is a Day 2 and gym. Please
ensure students are dressed in their gym uniform ready to board the bus with
proper gym shoes at 9:00 AM. Students
will change into their school day uniform after gym.
Our next extra-curricular
activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen
Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. Please do not order lunch for
these days; it will not be saved nor will a reimbursement be given. We will be
leaving at 7:00 AM and returning by 4:00 PM at the latest. All rentals are
included, however students are more than welcome to bring their own. Please do
not order hot lunch for these days as we will be eating lunch at the ski hill –
students are welcome to bring money to purchase food and drink items. Students
must ensure they are dressed in appropriate ski gear; warm socks, long johns
with comfy clothes, snow pants, warm mitts, a face protector and a ski jacket.
Please note that if students chose skiing, they will ski all three times. If
students pick snowboarding, they will snowboard all three times. All students
will have to pass each level before they are granted permission to ski on the
big hill, no matter what their experience.
A note regarding re-registration
Dear SJA Families,
We hope everyone will have a
wonderful holiday break! Our Junior Kindergarten (JK) Registration season is
fast approaching and we wanted to reach out to all of our families and friends
to ensure that you are offered priority enrolment in our JK Program for the
2020-2021 academic year. Please let us know if you are interested in
enrolling your child in our JK Program by Friday, January
10, 2020 at 4:00 pm. After this date and time, the spots will open up
to new families on the waitlists.
If you are interested in
enrolling your child in either program, please contact us and we will send you
a registration package.
The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey, Neil Persaud and Melissa Filion
T: (905) 814-0277
Important dates/items:
Friday, December
20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays
Wednesday, January
8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays
Unit of Inquiry
Homework
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Our next unit, Data
Management, will begin when we return from Christmas break.
Points to Remember
Homework
Inquiry into Language
A note on speeches
When
we return from Christmas break, we jump right into speeches, which is a 4-5
week process. A package has been sent home today, as students will need to
complete some work at home over the holidays – please only do the work assigned
at home – do not write you speech. If students return to school with a
completed speech, they will begin all over again with a new topic. Grade 5
students will be expected to write and memorize a 3-5 minute persuasive speech
on a topic of their choice; research will be needed, along with proper
citation. When we are back from the break we will begin by writing our three
body paragraphs; one a day using teacher guided writing. We will then write our
introduction and conclusion. Time will be given edit, re-write and memorize in
class. Please see below an outline of dates that we must stick to (as found in
the speech package)!
| Due Date |
Item |
| Over the Christmas Break |
Read over speech package, brainstorm topic, choose topic,
research, complete evidence in a persuasive speech page, read the rubric |
| Wednesday, January 8 |
Watch video samples, read a written sample, tell teacher topic,
Paragraph #1 and revision |
| Thursday, January 9 |
Paragraph #2 and revision of previous paragraph |
| Monday, January 13 |
Paragraph #3 and revision of previous paragraphs |
| Tuesday, January 14 |
Begin introduction, revision of introduction
|
| Wednesday, January 15 |
Conclusion and revision of previous paragraphs |
| Thursday, January 16 – Friday, January 24 |
Work on rough copies of entire speech and continue to revise |
| Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28 |
Write good copy of speech and start to memorize |
| Wednesday, January 29 – Friday, January 31 |
In-class speech recital |
| Monday, February 3 |
In-class speech competition (top 3 from each Grade 5 class) |
| Friday, February 7 |
SJA Oral Competition |
| Thursday, February 27 |
SJA vs TMA Oral Competition |
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
Typing Club Website
French – Mme. Sarah
The
Grade 5s will be attending a French theatrical presentation ‘Les Insectes Sur Scene’ on Tuesday, March
31st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM.
Spelling Words for
French
Homework
Speech
package – read over entire package and rubric, brainstorm topics, choose topic,
complete research to back your ideas using proper citation, evidence in a
persuasive package page (numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the package – stop at 4)
Merry
Christmas!! I hope you all enjoy a wonderful holiday season. May it be filled
with love and laughter.
Mrs.
Hocevar
