Reminders

Don't forget about Autism Awareness Causal Day tomorrow! If you want to participate it is $2 and your child is encouraged to wear blue as this is the colours for Autism!


Lunch Forms are due TOMORROW!

The ordering site is http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja is now open to order April Lunches. Please use your previously created accounts to log in. If you are having an issue logging in this may mean your account has been frozen because you have an outstanding balance due. Please contact bsmith@stjudesacademy.com if you have any questions. Please keep in mind that we do not reimburse for absent days or field trips.  Orders must be placed by Fri. March 31st at 4pm and payments must be received by Monday April 3rd in order to process your lunch order.

Aftercare fees are due TOMORROW!

Make sure to bring in your parent interview form as it is a first come first serve basis! You are not guaranteed a spot with a specialist so please bring in your form ASAP!

Thursday March 30th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Language: We continued to work on our summaries of Stuart little. We are working on digging deeper into Stuart Little in order to find the Author's purpose. What is the author trying to teach us more than to entertain? Those who did not finish will have it for homework. Here is the list of important items to include and expand on.

Here is a copy of the book if needed: http://www.cashmancuneo.net/audiobooks/35/SL/SL.pdf

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work our fractured fairy tale. The goal was to finish the plan if it was not done. If it is not done it for for homework. They are not suppose to write a lot of details on their plan. It is the general ideas for each section so they can flush it out when they write the actual story.
Math: We talked about dividing by 2,5 and 10 today. First I gave them some cubes and they had to figure out how they can divide by 2,5 or 10. Some of them could not divide evenly and they had left overs. This helped us to learn the term divisible. Next we did some examples together of numbers that would be divisible by 2,5, or 10. Next we did some textbook work.

Lunch/Recess

Math: We continued to work on math.
We ended the day with gym.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Stuart little chapter Summary, if not done
*Fairy Tale plan, if not done
*Math page 90/91
*Spelling Test Friday
*Read 25 mins

*Autism awareness casual day tomorrow Friday Bring $2
*After care fees due tomorrow
*Lunch Orders due tomorrow
*Parent Teacher Interview Form

Wednesday March 29th 2017

Hello,

Yesterday our we handed out our caring awards for this month. The winner in our class was Elina! Great job!

Vanshi also won the caring award from Mme. Stella! Great work!

Here is what we did on Thursday.

Language: We read the final chapter of Stuart Little. We decided that we found it very unsatisfying! Next we talked about the most important part of the book. I told them that if something could be taken out of the book and it still made sense, it probably isn't that important. Next they wrote a summary of the book using the points on the board.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We started talking about fractured fairy tales! A fractured fairy tale is a fairy tale that has been changed. We read two books as a class. "Three Ninja Pigs" which changes the characters and "Seriously Snow White was so Forgetful" which is written from the perspective of a dwarf. Next we started planning our own fractured fairy tale! They are choosing one fairy tale and changing ONE aspect of it. They can change the characters, problem, solution, important item or from another person's perspective. They spent the period working on their planning sheet.
Math: Today we talked about using arrays to divide. We found it very easy! They did work from the textbook.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.
We ended the day with gym.

Miss. Ross

*Math page 88/89
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling Test Friday
*Read 25 mins

*Autism awareness casual day Friday Bring $2
*After care fees due
*Lunch Orders due

Tuesday March 28th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Language: We started the day off with Stuart Little chapter 13/14. As we near the end of the world we are starting to wonder how things are going to end! As a result, we made predictions as to what is going to happen. We used our knowledge of what is happening in the book to say WHY we think. We talked about how we cant assume things but merely say WHY we think things will happen based on events that already occurred. This was tricky and it is part of the DRA so it is important to practice.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

Math: Today we started talking about division! We talked about what division was and why we use it.

Next we talked about how division is a multiplication sentence all mixed up. We did some examples on the board and drew some pictures to help us understand. We also talked about the mathematical language for a division sentence. The answer is the Quotient, the total is the dividend and the number of groups is the divisor.

Next we did some work with cubes in which they had to figure out a division sentence based on their cubes and write it on a whiteboard. Finally we ended the period with math out of the textbook.

UOI: Today we started talking about fairy tales! We brainstormed what we knew about fairy tales already and what they needed to have to be a fairy tale. Next I split them into four groups. Each group had one fairy tale and they had to write determine how the features fit with their fairy tale. They did this for four fairy tales.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued with our fairy tale rotation.
We ended the day with gym.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Stuart little chapter 13/14
*Math page 86/87
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling Test Friday
*Read 25 mins

*Autism awareness casual day Friday Bring $2
*Casual day Wednesday
*After care fees due
*Lunch Orders due

Monday March 27th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did on Monday.

Spelling: Spelling is due on Thursday and the test is on Friday.
Language: Today we continued to read Stuart little chapter 11/12. Within these chapters Stuart talks about being Chairman of the world. As a result, the kids talked about what their rules would be if they were chairman of the world. The rules needed to be serious and fair to everyone! They came up with some good rules!
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: Today we talked about non-fiction features. We went through a non fiction book and found all of the features and talked about what they meant. Next we did a match up in which they had to match the non-fiction feature with the definition. Finally they were given a non-fiction book and they had to find which page each feature was on and why it was helpful.

Math: We reviewed multiplication and worked on multiplication word problems.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.
We ended the day with gym

Miss. Ross

*Stuart little chapter 11/12
*Math Sheet time yourself
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling Test Friday
*Read 25 mins

*Autism awareness casual day Friday Bring $2
*Casual day Wednesday
*After care fees due
*Lunch Orders due

Friday March 10th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did on Friday.

UOI: We started off the day with UOI presentations.
Math: We created multiplication flashcards so the children can practice over the break by themselves.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess
Language: We read chapter 7/8 of Stuart little. Next we use dictionaries to help us figure out some words that we didnt know. We completed a worksheet in which we had to write down the word they were confused by, the page it was on, the sentence it was in and the new definiton.
UOI: We completed the UOI presentations.

Lunch/Recess
UOI: We finished off a few UOI presentations. Stay tuned for the videos of the presentations.
Dance! We finished off the day with a dance with all of the grades! It was a great time!

Have an amazing holiday!

Miss. Ross

*Math booklet
*Practice multiplication with flashcards
*Reading comprehension--Two
*Read 25 mins

Thursday March 9th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Language: We read chapter 5/6 of Stuart Little. Next we completed an activity in which they had to describe the family using a family tree.
UOI: We worked on our summatives and practiced our presentations
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We worked on our summatives and practiced our presentations.
Math: We practiced using a multiplication chart. Together we found answers to a multiplication questions using the multiplication chart. It was a race! The first person to answer a question correctly USING  the multiplication chart received party points for their table. Next we completed textbook work.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.
We ended the day with gym.

Have a good night

Miss. Ross

*Read 25 mins-log

*Spelling Test Friday
*Math Page 84-85

*March Break camps forms

Monday: Pajama Day
Tuesday: Crazy hair day/bright colour day
Wednesday: Princess/superhero day
Thursday: House Colours
Friday: St. Patrick's Day

Action Star

Manny Chawla is an action star because he emailed and surveyed the teachers on where they live, why they live there and where they wish they were living. He then took this information and made a chart and a graph.

Wednesday March 8th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did on Wednesday.

Language: Today we read chapters 3 and 4 of Stuart little. Next we completed comprehension questions with a partner.
UOI: We continued to work on our summatives.

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work on our summatives as well as practicing for our summatives.

Math: We completed a mad minutes for 10's.

Lunch/Recess

Math: We talked about multiplying by 1's and 0's. When multiplying by 1's the product is always the same as one of the factors (the factor that is not a one). When multiplying by zero the answer is always zero. We also did a mad minute for 1's.
We ended the day with gym.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Read 25 mins-log
*Spelling due Thursday

*Spelling Test Friday
*Math Page 82-83

*March Break camps forms

Sprit week next week!
Monday: Pajama Day
Tuesday: Crazy hair day/bright colour day
Wednesday: Princess/superhero day
Thursday: House Colours
Friday: St. Patrick's Day

Tuesday March 7th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Language: We started by reading chapter 4 of Stuart little. We talked about the book then completed a worksheet in which they sequenced the events from the story with a partner.
UOI: We continued to work on our summatives.
French: Please see Mme.Stella's blog for more information.

Lunch/Recess

UOI: We continued to work on our summatives.
Math: First we did a second round of our 2's and 5's on our mad minutes. Everyone is showing improvement! Next we started working on our tens! We did some work together on the board and then we did some questions in the textbook. I reminded them that one of the factors stays the same and is always ten but the other factor is the same as the tens number in the product. That helped some people get the answers faster.

Lunch/Recess

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.
We finished off the day with gym!

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Read 25 mins-log
*Spelling due Thursday

*Spelling Test Friday
*Math Page 180-181

*March Break camps forms

Sprit week next week!
Monday: Pajama Day
Tuesday: Crazy hair day/bright colour day
Wednesday: Princess/superhero day
Thursday: House Colours
Friday: St. Patrick's Day

Monday March 6th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

We started off the day reading chapter 3 of Stuart little. We recognized that it had a lot of bossy verbs in it! Bossy verbs are part of instructions! We are going to use this knowledge to help us with a task tomorrow! Stay tuned:)

Maples Trip

We had an amazing time at the Maples today! When we arrived we had a snack and then Mr. Playford (the Principal of the Maples) took us for a walk with his grade 7/8 class around the forest and looked for signs of life and explored nature! They had a ton of fun learning about different forms of nature.
 


 

 

 
 

 

Next we played some games outside! The classes were competing to win the class cup! The first game was a relay in which they had to carry a balloon between two people to the end without using your hands. The next game was limbo! Finally we went back to school.

 

 

 


Lunch

We continued with our class challenge and played some more games. The first game was a game in which they had to all hold hands and move a hoola hoop down the line without letting go of their hands. The second game was giant tic tac toe. They had to work together to choose where to put their x or o and listen to each others ideas. Finally we played a rock, paper scissors tournament. Each person plays another person and if they win they continue playing with someone else. If they lose they go sit down and we continue until there is only 1 person left.  Ms. Hung's class came in first, Our class came in second and Ms. Glover's class came in third.

 

 

Overall we had a great day!

Miss. Ross

*March Break camp
*Crazy hair day/Bright colours day
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling Test Friday
*Read 25 Mins