Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you all had a wonderful day! Tomorrow
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. November hot lunch payments are due today. Well done to the
Grade 5s for their recitals of Guy Fawkes. November hot lunch payments are due
tomorrow and after care payments are due Friday, November 15th.
Please check out our lost and found items, which is NOW
located in the gym in the far right corner. On Friday, November 8th at 4 PM all
left over items will be donated to the local Salvation Army.
Our
next extra-curricular activity is curling
at the Acton Curling Club on Tuesday,
November 19th from 1-2 PM. Students are required to wear the SJA
gym clothes, indoor gym shoes, and warm clothes (coat, mitts, warm socks) as it
is cold on the ice. **A kind reminder that all students are required
to bring and wear a helmet, as per the permission form. Acceptable helmets are
ski helmets, hockey helmets, and bike helmets - no pointy edges please! Acton
Curling Club does not provide helmets.**
Caribou Math
The next Caribou Contest takes place on
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019. Participants are to arrive at 7:15
am for a 7:30 am start. Bring a charged device, preferably a laptop, iPad or
Tablet. You have one hour to write the test.
This month’s test includes an interactive
question. The interactive question will differ by grade: Tangram for Grades 2
to 4, Chomp for Grades 5 to 10, and finally a GeomeTree construction involving
triangles for Grades 11/12. You can practice these now on Caribou’s Games page. Let Caribou know if you have any
problems with the games.
Caribou strongly recommends familiarizing yourselves with these games before the contest. Because certain games pages can be used to solve the questions, these will be blocked from Tuesday morning, November 12th, (start of the contest in the far East) to Thursday evening, November 15th at 8 pm EST.
For Grades 3 to 12, there will be a history question about Emmy Noether. Students in these grades should read the relevant section of Caribou’s History page in your preferred language to prepare.
Caribou strongly recommends familiarizing yourselves with these games before the contest. Because certain games pages can be used to solve the questions, these will be blocked from Tuesday morning, November 12th, (start of the contest in the far East) to Thursday evening, November 15th at 8 pm EST.
For Grades 3 to 12, there will be a history question about Emmy Noether. Students in these grades should read the relevant section of Caribou’s History page in your preferred language to prepare.
Our next field trip will
be to the ROM on Thursday, November 21st.
It will be an all day trip so please do not order hot lunch for this day, as
reimbursements will not be given, nor will hot lunches be saved. Permission
forms were sent home today and are due back, along with payments by Friday, November 8th. The
price of this trip is $32 and includes our transportation and admission to the
tour. If you are interested in volunteering, please ensure you have a
Vulnerable Sector Screen on file with the school prior to the trip. If you have
already submitted one, please be sure to sign our annual defence declaration at
the front reception.
Important dates/items:
Wednesday,
November 6 – November Hot Lunch Payments Due
Friday, November
8-Monday, November 11 – No School – Remembrance Day & ROM forms and
payments due
Wednesday,
November 13 – Kindness Day
Friday, November
15 – SJA’s annual Science Fair
Tuesday, November
19 – Curling Trip
Wednesday,
November 20 – Picture Retakes
Thursday, November
21 – ROM Trip – please do not order hot lunch for this day
Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29 - SJA Book Fair
Wednesday,
November 27 – Casual Day – please ensure you have paid the $20 cash for casual
day
Friday, November
29 – Term 1 Report Cards Go Home and Polar Expressions Poems due
Friday, December 6
– Polar Expressions Short Stories due
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we began learning about Greece. We studied the map and answered some questions
about the geography.
The summative for this unit will have students recreating an ancient
artifact from one of the civilizations we studied. More information to come
closer to the end of the unit! As of now, we will be beginning the summative
the week of November 18th with a due date of Friday, November 29th.
Homework
Finish map
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we investigated angles. We found
out that an acute angle is less than
900, and right angle is
900, and an obtuse angle
is grater than 900 but less than 1800. We also came to
realized that some angles are greater than or equal to 1800. A straight angle is 1800 and a
reflex angles measure between 1800
and 360o. One complete turn is 3600. A protractor will
become our best friend during this unit. Drawing a reflex angle can be tricky.
Please see this video for tips!
Two ways to construct a reflex angle!
This unit only has 5 lessons and
therefore, as of now, our Geometry math test will be Tuesday, November 19th.
Points to Remember
Homework
MMS
pg 34-35
Inquiry into Language
Today
we began learning how to write a narrative. We are learning this for our OWA
(Ontario Writing Assessment) post-assessment. For this assessment, students
will be expected to write a narrative story about a day in the life of an
inanimate object (something that is not alive).
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
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
Reciting Guy Fawkes!
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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