Happy Pancake Tuesday
everyone!
I hope you had a great day. We started our day with our annual pancake eating competition, which saw Zeta take first, Kappa take second and Theta take third! Each house managed to eat 65 pancakes! Great job, SJA!
Tomorrow is a Day 5, music, bake sale, Caribou math contest for those participating, last day to order March hot lunch,
last day to hand in Legislative field trip forms 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. We will be collecting donations for this event
from now until Friday, March 6. You can collect money or make a donation online. On Saturday, the senior boys basketball team will be competing in the Hart Classic Basketball Tournament at Meadowvale Secondary School from 9 AM - 6 PM. There will be a draw for court side Raptors 905 tickets for every game an SJA student attends. Get out there and support you SJA senior boys basketball team!
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 tomorrow, 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.
A note from Ms. Hayward
Important dates/items:
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 continued our summative. 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 5th and
presentations will be on Thursday, March 5th. See below the groups for the
government summative.
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 tomorrow, Wednesday, February 26.
Homework
Legislative Assembly permission form and
payment due tomorrow Wednesday, February 26
Summative due Thursday, March 5
Our classes totem poles and dream catchers!
Ms. Cass's totem poles and dream catchers!
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we began our math
review for our test. We will take it up tomorrow.
Our Area, Perimeter and Volume test will be
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
Finish
math review
Math
test Friday, February 28
Inquiry into Language
Today we began reading
the final chapters of Shannen, 5 in total. We read 3 in our literary groups and began to read the last 2 on our own. We will begin our final literary role tomorrow.
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
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Week
4: Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 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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Please visit this page to reference back
to when making citations:
Typing Club Website
French – Mme. Sarah
The Grade 5s continued to talk about government. They examined the types
of government. They researched examples of countries with a prime minister, a
president and a king or queen as head of state. We 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 this
week). Students 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
reading Shannen chapter 19, 20 and 21
10 word spelling test on Friday for lesson #22
Reading Shannen!
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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