Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful night. Tuesday is a Day 3 (it is our rock climbing day - 9:00-12:30 - please do not be late). A reminder there is no school tomorrow Friday, April 18^th and Monday, April 22^nd. Tuesday is Earth Day Spirit Day and bake sale – we will be rock climbing (9:00-12:30), so please send students to school in their gym uniform. Wednesday is bake sale and casual day – for students not participating, please wear full school day summer uniform. Please note that summer uniform begins next week.

Today we learned so much about microscopy during our SITS workshop. We were able to look at many different things using the microscopes, such as onions, butterflies and bacteria. Ask me about some of the gross things we saw!

Wine and Cheese Social Event - SJA will be holding a wine and cheese for all parents to attend on Friday, April 26th from 6-8 PM. This will be a great time to socialize and hear about the direction SJA will be heading. Please RSVP to Ms. Hughes-Smith at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com. Please note this is a parents only event!

Oakwood is holding their second Silent Dance on Wednesday, April 30^th. A silent dance is a dance in which students are given individual headphones where they can listen to various types of music while controlling the volume. It is an excellent way to foster inclusion. It provides a sensory friendly environment for all students. The cost to attend the silent dance is $20 and includes a slice of pizza. All money raised will go towards new resources for our friends at Oakwood to support their developmental, social and emotional growth. Forms have been sent home and are due back by Tuesday, April 23^rd. 

A note from Ms. Jaskolka’s homelessness Exhibition group - Hi!! Our names are Mona, Joana, and Shivam. 

We are doing a project called Exhibition where we choose a topic we are interested in and want to research more about in order to make a positive difference in our world. We chose the topic of homelessness because we do not want anyone to be without their basic needs. Every person has the right to have a home and food to eat and clothing to wear. We are collecting donations so that we can donate them to Angela’s Place, a homeless shelter right here in Mississauga.

You can donate:

• Non perishable food
• Clothing (for all ages such as Pants, shirts, hats ,shoes and more) 
• Toiletries (mouthwash, feminine products, toothpaste, toothbrush, and deodorant)  
• Seasonal clothing
• Baby formula 
• Diapers 
• Baby products 

Reason why we are doing this= Our plan is to help people who are homeless who need food and clothing and any other useful materials. After collecting these materials, we are going to donate all these items to a shelter called “Angela's Place” (45 Glenn Hawthorne Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5R 4J9).

Please bring in items by Tuesday April 23, 2019 to Ms. Jaskolka's class (Room 30) 

Thank you so much for making the world a better place!

 A note from Ms. Jaskolka's global warming Exhibition group - next week they are looking to award students for completing daily activities such as recycling, car pooling, using a reusable water bottle, etc. Students will be awarded points for completing those activities they are able to.

Great job by Ms. Jaskolka's bullying Exhibition group who painted a 'buddy bench.' Absolutely amazing!!

A note from Ms. Hayward - Please return your books to the library!

Important dates/items:

Friday, April 19-Monday, April 22 – No School – Easter Weekend

Tuesday, April 23 – Rock climbing, Earth Day Spirit Day, bake sale & summer uniforms begin

Wednesday, April 24 – Bake sale & casual day

Tuesday, April 30 – Silent Dance

Friday, May 3 – Grade 6 Exhibition

Tuesday, May 7 – JK-Grade 2 Arts’ Night

Thursday, May 9 – MYP Shakespeare Play

Tuesday, May 14 – Grade 3-8 Arts’ Night

Friday, May 17-Monday, May 20 – No School – Victoria Day Weekend

Thursday, May 23 – SJA Track and Field Meet

Monday, May 27 – Inner-School Spelling Bee at Sunnybrook

Wednesday, May 29 – Casual Day

Friday, May 31 –SJA vs TMA Track and Field Competition

Friday, June 14 – Last Day of School and Promotion Ceremony

Unit of Inquiry

Today we continued working on our UOI summative. For this summative students will research a species of their choice and create a podcast to inform the rest of us about the species they chose. It may be an audio or video podcast. The podcast is due on Friday, April 26^th. Students should be ready to begin recording their podcast on Tuesday. Rough copy and script ready for Tuesday as well.

Our final unit of the year will be about coding. All students will be required to have a working laptop, not device, for this unit. They will be expected to bring it to school each and every day. Students will also be expected have their own email account. A Gmail account is preferred, as we can easily share our projects. Our coding unit begin on Monday, April 29th.

HOMEWORK

-Finish rough copy and script for Tuesday - be ready to begin recording podcast on Tuesday

-UOI summative due Friday, April 26^th

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today we learned about the third transformation – rotations (turns). After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent and may face different ways. If a figure turns 360 degrees (a full turn), we will not use the prime (‘) symbol as with the full turn it is back to the original figure. Another tough lesson - not many were able to get it. Please try to homework and if it does not go smoothly we can work on it on Tuesday.

Points to remember:

Transformations

Translations – slide. After a translation, a figure and its image are congruent (same shape and same size) and they face the same way. We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image.

Reflections- flip. After reflections, a figure and its image are congruent and can face opposite ways. Remember any point and its reflection image are the same distance form the mirror line. Remember to label each new image and use prime (') on the new points.

HOMEWORK

-Math sheets from today

Inquiry into Language

Today we wrote our spelling test for lesson #27

Hatchet Literature Circle - This time we have added two other roles. There will no be a summariser, connector, literary critic, discussion moderator, and word wizard. Each week students will individually read the assigned chapters and complete their role in class. At the end of the week each group will come together and share with their group.

The groups (for sharing) – all work will be done independently:

Group 1 – Vishva, Aarnav, Div, Aanika, and Joshua

Group 2 – Ronit, Emana, Manny, Liliana, and Himmat

Group 3 – Mitansh, Jasmeet, Munira, Chesley, and Elina

Group 4 – Eva, Rajan and Willem

Due dates:

Chapters 1-3 due Friday, March 29^th

Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5^th

Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12^th

Chapters 10-12 due Wednesday, April 17^th

Chapters 13-15 due Friday, April 26^th

Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating activity with due date to be announced.

HOMEWORK

-Sign and return spelling test #27 – wrong words written out 5 x

Have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Love Mrs. Hocevar