Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you had a great weekend and were able to enjoy the lovely weather!
Tomorrow is a Day 4, bake sale, causal
day (for those who have paid their casual day fee), Pancake Tuesday and gym; no
gym clothes needed as it is casual day. We will be having our pancake eating
competition tomorrow, so gym will unfortunately be cut short again. Wednesday is the continuation of bake
sale, Caribou math contest for those participating, last day to order March hot
lunch, field trip forms are due and Pink Shirt Day (no red shirts, purple
shirts or blue shirts – only pink). If students chose not to participate in
Pink Shirt Day, they are expected to be in full uniform. Students who show up
in anything but a pink shirt will be calling home to have their school day
uniform brought in. Thursday is the
SJA vs. TMA Oral Competition and Friday
is our Jump Rope for Heart. Jump Rope
for Heart donation packages have been sent home. Our fundraising goal is $4000 will be collecting donations for this event
from now until Friday, March 6. You can collect money or make a donation online.
Please have a small chat
with your child regarding proper hygiene with regards to coughing/sneezing and
hand washing! Please know we are taking all precautions necessary at the school
and in the classroom.
A note from Ms. Hayward
A note from Ms. Gandy regarding
March hot lunch orders
The lunch site is now open and will close Wednesday,
February 26th at 3:00 PM sharp.
Special of the month: French Toast with
Whipped Cream and Syrup
All payments are to be made through Quickbooks
by Friday, March 6th.
**Please
do NOT order hot lunch for the following days: March 4th as that is the day we
are going skiing and March 25th as we are planning a field trip. You will not
be reimbursed nor will the lunch be saved.**
Caribou
Math Contest
The next Caribou contest will
be taking place Wednesday, February 26.
Students are to arrive at 7:15 AM
for a 7:30 start. They should bring their own charged
devices. The interactive question for Grades 2-10 will be Bomb Defuser and for
Grade 11/12 it will be GeomeTree requiring a construction involving lines and
circles. Because Caribou’s GeomeTree site can be used to solve the interactive
question, this site will be blocked at noon on Tuesday, February 25th.
Both interactive questions are accessible from Caribou’s Games/History page.
Contact Caribou directly if you have any problems with the games.
There will be no history question in the February contest.
Contact Caribou directly if you have any problems with the games.
There will be no history question in the February contest.
Our next extra-curricular
activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen
Eden Ski Resort. Our next trip is Wednesday,
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 (if possible) 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.
March Break Camps
Forms have been sent home
regarding SJA’s awesome Adventure Camp. The wonderful camp will run from Monday
to Friday both weeks of the March Break (March 9-13 & March 16-20) and is
offered to student from JK to Grade 6. Field trips will take place on Thursday
afternoons. Meal plans are also included if you chose to do so. Cash or
QuickBooks payments only please. Don’t delay; register today! Contact Ms.
Hughes at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com for any questions.
Important dates/items:
February 25 Casual Day, Bake Sale (Ms.
Cass and Ms. Bannon) and Pancake Tuesday
February 26 Pink Shirt Day, Bake Sale (Ms.
Cass and Ms. Bannon), Caribou Math Contest, last day to hand in Legislative
trip forms and money & Last Day to order March hot lunch
February 27 Oral Competition: SJA vs
Maples Academy
February 28 Jump Rope for Heart
March 2 - March 6 Spirit Week
March 6 – March hot lunch payments are due
via Quickbooks
March 9 - March 20 March Break (No School)
March 23 Back to School
March 23 Term 3 Begins (Lower School)
March 25 Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Trip – All Day
March 31 French Trip – AM
Unit of Inquiry
Today
we went over the expectations for our summative task. In groups, students are
responsible for creating a new country, in which groups will create a flag,
motto, and of course develop a system of government . The summative is due on
Thursday, March 5 and presentations will be on Thursday, March 5.
Summative Groups
Group 1
Eric, Amber, Hayden, Zak, Aidan, Anthony and Sachi
Group 2
Zain, Jacob, Sanjana, Bosco, Kareena and Andreas
Group 3
Alyssa, Josh, Maya, Jordan, Jai and Max
We will be heading to the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario on Wednesday, March 25. Permission forms have been sent home and are
due back along with payment by Wednesday, February 26.
Homework
Legislative Assembly permission form and
payment due Wednesday, February 26
Sign and return summative packages
Summative due Thursday, March 5
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we sketched
polygons! We also spent some time going over the homework from the weekend as
it still caused many to struggle. Thank you to my two helpers, Sachi and Jordan, who helped me
teach it!
It is looking like our Area, Perimeter and Volume test will be
next Friday, February 28.
Points to Remember
DO
NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR UNITS
WHEN
MEASURING AREA, WE USE SQUARE UNITS
Perimeter – To find the
perimeter of a polygon: Add all of the sides lengths together
- To find the perimeter
of a parallelogram: follow the formula (l+w) x 2
- To find the perimeter of a square: Follow
the formula l x w
Area
- A = l x w and is measured in units squared (cm2, mm2,
etc)
Area
of a Parallelogram
When we estimate, we simple count the number of
squares in the parallelogram, even the part squares that are one-half or
greater.
Any side of a parallelogram is a base and the
height is the length of the line segment.
The formula for finding
the area of a parallelogram is A = b x h
where b represents the base and h represents the height.
Triangles
Any side of a triangle
is a base and the height is the perpendicular line segment that joins the base
to the opposite vertex. We estimate the same way we did yesterday when
measuring parallelograms; by counting full and part squares that are ½ or more.
Area = (base x height)
/ 2
A = (b x h)/2
**We divide by 2
because the area of a triangle is ½ the area of a rectangle with the same base
and height. See picture below.**
Area
of triangles using parallelograms - A = (b x h)/2.
Volume
of a triangular prism = base area x height
**You may need to find
the area of the triangle by using the formula (b x h)/2**
Surface
area of a triangular prism – finding the area of the triangular faces [(b
x h)/2], finding the area of all 3 rectangles (b x h) and then adding the area
of the triangle with the total area of the rectangles. This is a multi-step
problem.
Homework
MMS
pg 145, 146, 147
Math
test Friday, February 28
1a from page 144!
1b from page 144!
1c from page 144!
Inquiry into Language
Today we met with our
reading buddies and began spelling lesson #22 – syllables and prefixes em, en,
fore post and over, and a continuation on syllables.
Shannen
Literature Circle Schedule and Groups
Group 1
Zak, Aidan, Zain, Bosco and Jacob
Group 2
Amber, Kareena, Jai, Anthony and Joshua
Group 3
Maya, Sachi, Andreas and Hayden
Group 4
Sanjana, Max, Alyssa and Jordan
Week
4: Chapters 19, 20 & 21 due Friday, February 28th
|
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Group
Member 1 & 4
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Summariser
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Group
Member 2 & 5
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Literary
Critic
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Group
Member 3 & 6
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Word
Wizard
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Homework: Read chapters 22 & 23 by
Monday, March 2nd
Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
Typing Club Website
French – Mme. Sarah
This past week, students continued discussing government. They examined the different types of government. Students researched examples of
countries with a prime minister, a president and a king or queen as head of
state. They discussed the Canadian government. The conditional tense or mood was
introduced when the question: What would I do if I was the Prime Minister of
Canada was brought up (to be continued next week). The Grade 5s were able to
conjugate regular er verbs using the future tense.
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
Finish
spelling lesson #22
French sentences
French sentences
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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