Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! I know my family sure did.. I even made my first ever mini egg cheesecake.. YUM!

Tomorrow is day 4 (Music, French and Gym). Please bring your gym clothes and shoes to school. Also, please bring your devices and anything else you may need for your summative for this week. Tomorrow is bake sale and casual day. If you are not participating in casual day, please come to school dressed in your summer uniform. 

Didn't you hear... we got a new water fountain!!! With the money we raised from Spring Fundraiser we were able to purchase a beautiful water fountain. Congratulations SJA on all your hard work!!

A kind reminder that tomorrow is the last day to RSVP to our Wine and Cheese Event: SJA will be holding a wine and cheese for all parents to attend on Friday, April 26th from 6-8 PM. This will be a great time to socialize and hear about the direction SJA will be heading. Please RSVP to Ms. Hughes-Smith at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com! Please note that this ia a parents only event!

Grade 6 Exhibition Projects: Join us on Friday, May 3rd to learn about this years exhibition projects. 

A message from some of the Grade 6 Exhibition groups:

One of our exhibition groups is exploring the issue of Elder Abuse. Please visit the link below to take the survey. Thank you in advance!

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDUatkjRTXOl6CPXYew4knarcKSRtPxhPLr-E3Kd0ELksNdw/viewform

Thank you to the Deforestation exhibition group for our Earth day house game and presentation!

Inquiry into Language

Today in language students independently read chapters 13 through 15. Students who finished reading the chapters started on their last role for our literature circles. Literature circle roles are due on Thursday, April 25 as we are rock climbing on Friday!

Due dates for Hatchet:

Chapters 1-3 due Friday, March 29^th

Chapters 4-6 due Friday, April 5^th
Chapters 7-9 due Friday, April 12^th

Chapters 10-12 due Thursday, April 18^th

Chapters 13-15 due Thursday, April 25^th

Chapters 16-19 will be a culminating activity with due date to be announced.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today in math we learned about combined transformations. Remember to label the vertices of the final image A" B" C" D". Read as "A double prime". Also, please remember to carefully read the questions to ensure you are answering the questions properly. For example, if a questions asks you to rotate the image 180 degrees. Label vertices A' B' C' D', and then reflect in a vertical line through 6 on the horizontal axis; you must rotate it first and then reflect it. 

Points to Remember:

 A translation is when a figure slides from one place to another. For example, if you have the point A (5,3) and you translate it four squares right and one square down, the new point will be A' (9,2). We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image. Remember when a figure is translated, all of the points are translated by the same value

A reflection is when a figure is reflected in the mirror line (a line in which a figure is reflect) to create a congruent image. After a reflection, a figure and its image are congruent (same size and shape but no always the same orientation, usually faces opposite ways, and are the exact same distance from the mirror line.

A rotation is when a figure turned about (around) a fixed point, called the turn centre. For example, if you have the point A (2,7) and you rotate it a 3/4 clockwise turn about (6,7), your new point will be A' (6,3). After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent (same size and shape but not always same orientation), may face different ways, and are the exact same distance from the turn point. 

Unit of Inquiry 

Today we continued to work on our biodiversity summative. For this summative students will research a species of their choice and create a podcast to inform the rest of us about the species they chose. It may be an audio or video podcast. The podcast is due on Friday, April 26^th.

Our final unit of the year will be about coding. All students will be required to have a working laptop, not device, for this unit. They will be expected to bring it to school each and every day. Students will also be expected have their own email account. A Gmail account is preferred, as we can easily share our projects. Our coding unit begin on Monday, April 29th.

Homework/ Reminders:

- Math lesson #2 due tomorrow

- Literature circles due Thursday

- French: Write 2 sentences to compare 2 members of your family due Thursday

- Spelling due tomorrow for people who did not hand it in

Important Dates/Items:

Wednesday, April 24 – Bake sale & casual day
Thursday, April 25 - Summer uniforms begin
Friday, April 26 – Rock climbing & wine and cheese night
Tuesday, April 30 – Silent Dance

Friday, May 3 - Grade 6 Exhibition

Tuesday, May 7 - JK-Grade 2 Arts' Night

Thursday, May 9 - Shakespeare Play

Tuesday, May 14 - Grade 3-8 Arts' Night

Friday, May 17 - Monday, May 20 - No School - Victoria Day Weekend

Have a great night!

Love,
Ms. Cass