Hello everyone!
I hope
you had a great day. Tomorrow is a Day 1 and our Jump Rope for Heart – please
ensure students come to school dressed in their SJA gym inform for the day. 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. They will be playing at 9 AM and 1 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! Our SJA VS TMA Oral Competition has been postponed until Monday! Please take some time to
check our lost and found, which is over flowing. Anything that is not collected
will be donated over March Break.
Get out there a support Heart and Stroke/Jump Rope for Heart!
Happening this Saturday!
SJA vs TMA Oral Competition now taking place on Monday, March 2!
Celebrating our February birthdays with our Birthday Box!
We had a visit from our reading buddies today - they came to find 3-D shapes!
A note from Ms. Hayward
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 28 Jump Rope for Heart
March 2 - March 6 Spirit Week
Monday – PJ Day
Tuesday – Favourite movie/book character
Wednesday – Ski day – Wacky Wednesday
Thursday – Sports Day
Friday – St. Patrick’s Spirit
March 4 – Ski trip
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 yesterday, Wednesday, February 26.
Homework
Summative due Thursday, March 5
Kwazowala!
Mount Greenland!
Novarupta!
Inquiry into
Mathematics
Today we took some time
to begin organizing our Student-Led Conferences! We completed our reflection
pages for both of our units, picked out items for our portfolios and began
filling in our Student-Led Conference Packages.
Math test is tomorrow!
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
Math
test tomorrow, Friday, February 28
Inquiry into Language
Today we began working on
our final literary role. This will be due tomorrow. Please use the weekend to
complete any missing parts of your literary circle.
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
Lesson
#22 spelling test tomorrow– 10 words
Finish
Shannen role #4 for tomorrow
Competed Shannen literary circles due Monday
Have a
wonderful night!
Mrs.
Hocevar
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