Good Afternoon Everyone!

I hope you had a terrific day! When we return from Christmas break, we jump right into speeches, which is a 4-5 week process. A package has been sent home today, as students will need to complete some work at home over the holidays – please only do the work assigned at home – do not write your speech. If students return to school with a completed speech, they will begin all over again with a new topic. Grade 5 students will be expected to write and memorize a 3-5 minute persuasive speech on a topic of their choice; research will be needed, along with proper citation. When we are back from the break we will begin by writing our three body paragraphs; one a day using teacher guided writing. We will then write our introduction and conclusion. Time will be given edit, re-write and memorize in class. Please see below an outline of dates that we must stick to (as found in the speech package)!

Due Date	Item
Over the Christmas Break	Read over speech package, brainstorm topic, choose topic, research, complete evidence in a persuasive speech page, read the rubric
Wednesday, January 8	Watch video samples, read a written sample, tell teacher topic, Paragraph #1 and revision
Thursday, January 9	Paragraph #2 and revision of previous paragraph
Monday, January 13	Paragraph #3 and revision of previous paragraphs
Tuesday, January 14	Begin introduction, revision of introduction
Wednesday, January 15	Conclusion and revision of previous paragraphs
Thursday, January 16 – Friday, January 24	Work on rough copies of entire speech and continue to revise
Monday, January 27 and Tuesday, January 28	Write good copy of speech and start to memorize
Wednesday, January 29 – Friday, January 31	In-class speech recital
Monday, February 3	In-class speech competition (top 3 from each Grade 5 class)
Friday, February 7	SJA Oral Competition
Thursday, February 27	SJA vs TMA Oral Competition

Please visit this page to reference back to when making citations:

Our next extra-curricular activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen Eden Ski Resort. The dates of the trip are January 22, February 19 and March 4. 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 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. 

Dear SJA Families,

We hope everyone will have a wonderful holiday break! Our Junior Kindergarten (JK) Registration season is fast approaching and we wanted to reach out to all of our families and friends to ensure that you are offered priority enrolment in our JK Program for the 2020-2021 academic year. Please let us know if you are interested in enrolling your child in our JK Program by Friday, January 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm. After this date and time, the spots will open up to new families on the waitlists.  

If you are interested in enrolling your child in either program, please contact us and we will send you a registration package.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Today we had a fun filled day! We started off our day with a Christmas house game - pin the nose on Rudolph, then students handed on their gifts they had for the class, played on devices, had a class party and watched Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief! Thank you to those who brought in food and snacks for us to enjoy during our movie!

House game

Fun on devices

Grade 5 party and movie - We enjoyed some delicious treats!

Important dates/items:

Friday, December 20- Tuesday, January 7 – No School – Christmas holidays

Wednesday, January 8 – First Day Back After Christmas Holidays

Have safe and happy Holidays! See you on January 8th!

Ms. Cass