I hope you had a wonderful night! Tomorrow is day 1 (Reading buddies). Please bring your device for your summative. Anti-bullying day is tomorrow – please wear pink only! If students are not participating in wearing a pink shirt, we ask that they wear their school uniform.
Scholastic forms have been sent home. All forms are due back by Thursday, March 7th. Payments can be made online. Please use the following information -
Postal Code - L5N 2M6
School - St. Jude's Academy
Teacher Name - Dawn Goulart
Spirit Week is taking place next week, Monday, March 4th to Friday, March 8th.
Monday, March 4th – PJ Day
Tuesday, March 5th – Superhero/Princess/Tie-Dye Day
Wednesday, March 6th - Whacky Wednesday
Thursday, March 7th - Sports Day - we will be skiing this day
Friday, March 8th - St. Patrick’s Day
Lately, we have been seeing a lot of hoodies that are not in presentable condition. If hoodies have the letters of the house peeling off (or have already come off) and are overall not in presentable condition, they will not be allowed to be worn. New ones must be purchased if they are going to continue wearing them.
Pancake Tuesday has been moved to Tuesday, March 5th.
**Please do not order lunch on the following days – March 7th (third ski day), March 27th (Legislative Assembly field trip) and April 26th.**
It seems as though the cold and snowy weather is here to stay. Please ensure that students are sent to school with proper outdoor gear - winter coats, hats, mitts, winter boots, scarves, etc. Students will not be allowed to stay in at recess if they are not dressed accordingly. I thank you for your support.
Don't miss out on your chance to reserve your spot for our March Break Camp!!
Today we continued on our government 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 Tuesday, March 5th. Presentations will begin Tuesday, March 5thand continue on Wednesday, March 6th. See below the groups for the government summative.
Summative groups:
Group 1: Aamna, Marcus, Sethumi, Charlie
Group 2: Sofia, Neel, Ali, Vanshi
Group 3: Daniel, Yashmeen, Jaiden, Pooshne
Group 4: Shane, Emaan, Sophia, Peeya
Today in math students worked on a review to prepare for Friday's test. We will take up the review tomorrow.
Points to remember:
The perimeter is the outside of a figure. For any polygon, you can find the perimeter by adding the side lengths. When finding the perimeter of a parallelogram, we can use a formula of P = (l + w) x 2! **To change mm to cm you will need to divide by 10 – move the decimal one spot to the left. For example, 108 mm would become 10.8 cm.**
To find the perimeter of a rectangle, we use the following formula – P = (l + w) x 2. To find the area of a rectangle, we use the formula – A = l x w. Don’t forget that when you convert a measure of area from square metres to square centimetres, each dimension is multiplied by 100, so the area is multiplied by 100 x 100, or 10, 000.
Parallelograms: Any side of a parallelogram is a base. The height of the parallelogram is the length of a line segment that joins parallel sides and is perpendicular to the base. In order to find the area of a parallelogram, we use the following formula: A = b x h. For example, 13 cm x 15 cm = 195 cm squared. When we are given an area and asked to find the height or base, we do the opposite. We take the area and divide by either the height or base. For example, A = 60 m squared and base is 12 m, then 60/12 = 5 m, therefore the height is 5 m.
To find the area of a triangle we use the following formula – A = (b x h) / 2. The area of a triangle is one-half the area of a rectangle with the same base and height. For example, A = (2 x 6)/2 = 12/2 = 6 units squared. Please note that any side of a triangle can be its base. **The area of a triangle if one-half the area of a rectangle or parallelogram with the same base and height.**
**Remember when calculating area to use units squared.**
To find the volume of a triangular prism, we must first find the area of a triangular face, which is A = (b x h)/2. Once we have the area, we can find the volume of the triangular prism, which is A = base area x height. For example, if a triangular prism has a base of 6 cm and a height of 4 cm, with a base height of 10 cm then step one is A = (b x h)/2 = (6 x 4)/2 = 24/2 = 12 cm squared. Therefore the base area is 12 cm squared. Now we can find the volume = base area x height = 12 x 10 = 120 cm cubed.
**Remember that when talking volume we use units cubes.**
Surface area of a triangular prism - before we begin, you have to lay flat the triangular prism. Step 1 is to find the area of each of the 2 triangular faces- (b x h)/2 . Step 2 is to find the area of the 3 rectangles – l x w. Step 3 is to add both step 1 and step 2 together.
Today in language we worked on our last literature circle for Shannen. Literature circles are due this Friday.
Homework/ Reminders:
- Spelling test Friday
- Math test Friday
- Literature circles due Friday
- Scientist in the school due March 7th
- Book orders due March 7th
- Math test Friday
- Literature circles due Friday
- Scientist in the school due March 7th
- Book orders due March 7th
Important dates/items:
Thursday, February 28 – Anti-Bullying Day
Monday, March 4 – Friday, March 8 – Spirit Week
Tuesday, March 5 – Pancake Tuesday
Monday, March 11 – Friday, March 22 – No School – March Break
Monday, March 25 – First day back after March Break and Term 3 begins
Wednesday, March 27 – Casual Day
Friday, March 29 – Term 2 report cards go home
Have a great night!
Love,
Ms. Cass
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