I hope you had a great day! Tomorrow is day 4 (Library and House Tie Day). A kind reminder aftercare payments are due January 15th. Scholastic orders are due January 17
The next Caribou contest will be taking place Wednesday, January 15th.Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring your own charged device. The interactive question will be FRUIT SALAD which you can practice now on Caribou’s games page. This is a new game. Students, please test it and let Caribou know of any problems. There is no history question in the January contest.
Dear SJA Families,
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.
The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey, Neil Persaud and Melissa Filion
admissions@stjudesacademy.com
T: (905) 814-0277
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.
Inquiry into Language
Today we continued with our persuasive paragraphs. We read an example of paragraph #1 and paragraph #2. The topic was School Uniforms. See below for the paragraphs. Students began to write paragraph #2. If you did not complete writing paragraph #2 it is for homework due tomorrow. Remember to bring a device all week to use as a resource! We will type up the whole speech once we have finished our rough work.
Paragraph #1 example
Paragraph #2 example
A note on speeches
Speeches are a 4-5 week process. A package was sent home, as students needed to complete some work at home over the holidays. 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:
Inquiry into Mathematics
Today we learned how to interpret data. We interpret data by inferring. Inferring is a conclusion we reach by reasoning. We learned that data can be displayed using a line graph, bar graph and a circle graph. We also learned what a "break" in a graph looks like and what it does. It is the numbers between 0-8. Please see example below.
Data Management is a short unit. Our test for this unit will consist of students creating a survey question, surveying a certain number of students, creating three separate graphs and inferring information from their graphs. This will roughly take 3 days to complete. As of now, it will begin Friday, January 17 and continue till Tuesday, January 21. Please note no review will be completed for this unit. Our next math unit is also a short one, Patterns in Numbers and Geometry, and will take us until the first week of February.
a "break"in a graph
Unit of Inquiry
Today students read about how we catch our breathe and completed a fill in the blank activity. Student also worked on an activity about the "voyage to the lungs" and studied two chart about inhaling and exhaling and answers the short answer questions. If it is not completed it is for homework due tomorrow.
Next week we will begin our summative, which will take us until Thursday, January 30, when presentations will take place. This summative will consist of groups, which I will put together, researching and preparing a presentation about a human body system that we did not cover in class. Students will be using their summative package, which we hope to have by Monday, to assist them in completing the summative. Students will be responsible for including a diagram of the system, what organs are part of that system, how the system works, what that system is responsible for, how that system is connected to others in the body, and how to keep that system healthy.
Homework:
- Write and complete Paragraph #2 due tomorrow
- MMS pg. 68-69 due tomorrow
- Complete activity 4-6 (NOT THE POSTER) due tomorrow
- Bring in device tomorrow
Important dates/items:
January 15 - Personal Project Showcase and After care payments due
January 17 - Scholastic orders due
January 22 - Ski trip to Glen Eden
January 24 - Town Hall, 7pm - 9 pm (State of the School Discussion)
January 30 - Casual Day
February 6 - Oral Competition: JK - Grade 3
February 7 - Oral Competition: Grade 4 - Grade 8
February 8 - Open House, 10 am – 2 pm
February 10 - Year Ahead Day
February 13 - 100th Day of School
February 13 - Spirit Day: Valentine's Day Dress Up
February 14 - PD Day, IB Training (No School for Students)
February 19 - Second ski to Glen Eden
Have a great night!
Ms. Cass
No comments:
Post a Comment