Good Afternoon Everyone,

I hope you had a wonderful day! Monday is day 2 (TMA vs. SJA Oral Competition). On Monday students are welcome to wear their PJS to school for spirit week!

Today was Jump Rope for Heart. We got our heart pumping as we skipped for a full 50 minutes! Thank you in advance to all students who have been fundraising for such a great cause!! Keep up the great work!

Next week is spirit week! Everyday next week there was be a new theme. If you would like to participate you are welcome to wear:
Monday: PJ Day
Tuesday: Book or Movie Character
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday (We will be skiing)
Thursday: Sports day
Friday: St. Patricks Day

The Student Council is selling Rafiki bracelets to help women in Africa and those effected by the forest fires in Australia

Jump Rope for Heart: 

Oral Competition TMA vs. SJA on Monday, March 2

Our next extra-curricular activity is skiing/snowboarding at Glen Eden Ski Resort. Our next trip is Wednesday, March 4. Please do not order lunch for this day; it will not be saved nor will a reimbursement be given. 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 (if possible) 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.

March Break Camps

Forms have been sent home regarding SJA’s awesome Adventure Camp. The wonderful camp will run from Monday to Friday both weeks of the March Break (March 9-13 & March 16-20) and is offered to student from JK to Grade 6. Field trips will take place on Thursday afternoons. Meal plans are also included if you chose to do so. Cash or QuickBooks payments only please. Don’t delay; register today!

Inquiry into Language

Today we had our last literature circle meeting for our novel Shannen and the Dream for a School. For our next novel we will be doing literature circles as well. We will be adding two more roles: discussion moderator and connector. Students also wrote spelling test #22.

Inquiry into Mathematics

Today students wrote our perimeter, area and volume math test. 

Reminders:

1. To find the perimeter of a polygon: Add all of the sides lengths together

2. To find the perimeter of a parallelogram: follow the formula (l+w) x 2

3. To find the perimeter of a square: Follow the formula l x w

Perimeter of a Polygon

P= 5 + 3 + 8 + 2 + 3 + 1 

P= 22cm

Perimeter of a Parallelogram

Formula: (l + w ) x 2

P= (5 + 4 ) x 2

P= 9 x 2

P= 18cm

Perimeter of a Square

Multiply the side length you know (5) by how many total sides there is in a square (4)

P = 5 x 4

P = 20cm

Finding the area and perimeter of a rectangle

P = (l + w) x 2

A = l x w

To find the area of a parallelogram you must follow the formula: base x height. The base is any side of the parallelogram and the height is the length of the line segment that joins parallel sides and is perpendicular to the base. 

Volume of a triangular prism: To find the volume of a triangular prism we break it up into two parts. First you need to find the area(Base area) of the triangular face: (b x h) / 2. Then to find the volume of the triangular prism you use: base area x height.

Unit of Inquiry
Today students continued to work on their summative presentations. 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 Thursday, March 5^th 
and presentations will be on Thursday, March 5^{th .} See below the groups for the government summative.

Group 1: Daksh, Adam, Vidhi, Pranati
Group 2: Alexander, Nicole, Brandon, Alex
Group 3: Jorvin, Michael, Suditi, Aarsh
Group 4: Laura, Kaitlyn, Ben, Medha

French Homework:

Homework/Agenda:
- Complete literature circle self-assessment due Monday
- Spelling test signed and corrections x 5 due Monday
- PJ Day Monday
- Ski trip March 4 
- Bring in money for rafiki bracelets 
- Jump rope for heart money due March 6

Important dates/items:

March 2 - March 6 Spirit Week
March 2 - TMA vs. SJA Oral Competition 

March 9 - March 20 March Break (No School)

March 23 - Back to School

March 23 - Term 3 Begins

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Cass