Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a terrific day! Monday is a day 1 (Reading buddies and podcast presentations). I apologize that I was not at school today. I will be back to school on Monday!

Dear St. Jude's families 

We are two grade six students doing an assignment in which we have to take action to make the world a happier and better place to live in. We ask you to please sign the online petition to support us in banning violent video games for children under the age of 18-years-old. Thank you for your time.

Ban Violent Video Games Petition

From: Ethan & Amron 

The Grade 6 Exhibition is fast approaching. Ms. Jaskoka and Mrs. Haag’s Grade 6 classes have been working very hard on their Exhibition projects for the past few weeks. On Friday, May 3^rd, each Exhibition group will have a chance to present their project and show off all of their hard work. Some of the topics covered this year are homelessness, deforestation, stress, elder abuse and climate change. We will have the opportunity to view the projects on May 3^rd from 12:00-2:00 PM. There will also be an evening viewing for all to attend. The showing will run from 6:00-8:00 PM. This is a great opportunity to see what most of the Grade 5s will be doing next year, when it is their turn to complete The Grade 6 Exhibition. Please see flyer below for more information.

Don't forget to return your library books!

Today was our bouldering rock climbing trip. I was told by Ms. Hayward that the students really enjoyed themselves! Here are a few pictures!

Inquiry into Language

Today in language students wrote spelling test #28. For homework students are to get their spelling test signed and write spelling corrections for any misspelt words x5. 

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 students continued to explore rotations around the origin.

Points to remember:

Translations – slide. After a translation, a figure and its image are congruent (same shape and same size) and they face the same way. We say 'A prime' and write A’ when referring to the points on the new image.

Reflections- flip. After reflections, a figure and its image are congruent and can face opposite ways. Remember any point and its reflection image are the same distance form the mirror line. Remember to label each new image and use prime (') on the new points.

Rotations - turns. After a rotation, a figure and its image are congruent and may face different ways. If a figure turns 360 degrees (a full turn), we will not use the prime (‘) symbol as with the full turn it is back to the original figure.

Remember to label the vertices of the final image A" B" C" D". Read as "A double prime".

Unit of Inquiry 

Since I was away today students were not able present their podcasts. Instead students had time to fill out their self-evaluations and had an opportunity to practice their presentation or make any last minute changes. Presentations will now take place on Monday. We will begin our coding unit once presentations are done. 

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 Tuesday, April 30th.

Homework/ Reminders:

- Rotations sheet due Monday

Important Dates/Items:

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 an excellent weekend!

Love,
Ms. Cass