Spelling-bee Wednesday

Dear parents and students,

Today, we started the day with the Spelling Bee. In the end, Hannah was able to place third-place in the grade 5 division and Chelsea placed second in the grade 6 division! Great job to Tristan as well! Chelsea will be moving onto the inter school competition on May 31st, held at St.Judes Academy (starts at around 10:00 am).

In math, we learned the equation of finding the area of a rectangle: A=L x w. In order to get full marks the students have to remember to restate the equation each time, and show all their work.

In UOI, the students were introduced to Prezi. This is the program we will be using for presentations of Project 101. Here is a video that the students can watch for introduction. A big part of learning a new software is to program solve, the students can do this by watching youtube tutorial or using Google to find user answers. The Prezi's will be due Tuesday. 

At the end of the day, we also practiced our song for Arts' night. By Tuesday next week, all students should have the entire song memorized. 

Homework/Reminders

• Math: Area of a rectangle worksheets 
• Language: Spelling work book due Thursday, Cree art project due Tuesday
• UOI: Log on to Prezi and get started, Project 101 with Prezi is due on Tuesday 
• Arts' Night (grade 3-6): May 30 at 6:15pm 

Have a great evening, 

Ms.Khan

Tally-ho Tuesday

Hello parents and students,

I hope you are having a great Tuesday. Today, we tally-ho'd forward with the all the busy work that is happening at school right now. We began our day with math. We first took up the answers with our round-tables and then we learned about perimeter equations with rectangles. The two equations we would like the students to use are...

L x w + L x w = P

(L + w) x 2 = P

In an assessment, the students would be marked for labelling their polygon (L and w), writing the equation ((L+w)x2=P), putting the numbers in the proper places in the equation, and then finally for solving the equation. 

In language, the students continued to work on the art projects. They will be due on Tuesday.  I also forgot to mention, yesterday two of our students, Chelsea and Tristan, where selected for the spelling bee. They will be competing tomorrow along with Hannah at 9:00am. Parents are welcome to attend! We have also started our DRA's this week. 

In UOI, the students worked on Project 101, the research page is due tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will get a chance to introduce Prezi to the students! 

We also had the chance to watch the JK-grade 2 classes in their Arts' night performance, which was very cute! The final performance will be at City Church on Thursday evening. Here is a picture of our choir at the rehearsal and the flyer for the performance. 

Reminders/Homework 

• Math: finish perimeter sheets x 2 
• Language: spelling test Thursday (lesson # 29)
• UOI: Finish research page tonight for project 101
• Spelling bee tomorrow at 9:00

Have a great evening, 

Ms.Khan

Monday in May

Hello parents and students,

I hope everyone is having a great evening so far. Today, in class we began with math. The students completed a round-table discussion about circumference of a circle. We then watched a video about perimeter. Here is the link. The students completed questions on perimeter by using grids and by measuring. For question number 1, on the measuring to find perimeter sheet, the perimeter for the objects are....

• Door - 2.4 m x1.2 m 
• Magazine - 32 cm x 14 cm
• Window (square) - 1.5 m 
• Table top (square) - 4.5 m
• Envelope - 10 cm x 7 cm
• Floor tile- 30 cm 

In language, we first completed the grade 5 spelling test while the grade 6 spellers went to Ms.Haag's room. After the spelling test, the students' worked on their art project for Shannen. Here are some pictures from the Cree artists. 

In UOI, we discussed programming and how developers program various technologies using coding "language" such as Java, PHP, HTML. As a class, we came up with a list of computerized technology. The students were then introduced to Google Classroom, where they got a chance to sign up for different technologies. Over the next few days, the students will research and then present their findings (Prezi). The presentations will being Tuesday, May 22. 

Reminders/Homework 

• Math: Using grids to find perimeter/ area, Measure to find perimeter worksheets
• Language: MUST bring in materials for art project, Spelling lesson # 29 on Thursday 
• UOI: Bring in your devices everyday
• Choir needs to bring in forms 
• Soccer needs to bring in forms 
• Tomorrow we will be watching the rehearsal for kindergarten to grade 2. 

Have a great evening, 

Ms.Khan

Fast Track Friday

Dear parents and students, 

I hope it is a great Friday for everyone so far. Today, the students were in with Ms.Walls while I worked with the grade 1's because of Track and Field. Here is the post from yesterday. 

Today, we started the day with out in spelling bee. I would like to congratulate Hannah, Surkhab, and Neel on making it to the school spelling bee. Everyone did super well and tried their best. 

In math today, we took up answers from the conversion sheets as a round table. For the quiz, the students will not be provided with the chart so they have to remember the mnemonic device (King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk). For today's lesson, The students learned about measuring the circumference of  circular objects, by using string and rulers. 

In UOI today, we learned about pixels and binary code pictures which we made into a special surprise. 

In art/language today, the students' took their Cree art research sheets and nominated the top 3 artwork they would like to make. Artwork from Adam, Christiaan, and Cassidy were selected as the final ones. The students then got into groups with their art leaders to make success criteria and material list for the art pieces. Finally, as a class we created a rubric that we would like our art projects to be marked with. On Monday, students will bring in their materials so that they can start creating their art pieces. 

Homework/Reminders

• Math: complete Math sheet (measuring  the circumference of  circular objects)
• Language: Spelling test Monday lesson # 28, Grade 6 spelling bee competition Monday
• Art: Bring in art materials for Cree art
• UOI: Finish Pixels worksheet (all three puzzles must be complete) 

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis.  

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. 

Summer Camp Information - Please see Ms. Smith to reserve your spot for summer camp!

Have a great evening,

Ms.Khan

Theatre Wednesday

Dear parents and students,

I hope you are having a great evening so far. Today, we began our day with math and our new unit. The students have new math duotangs, that they have to use for the rest of the year. We learned about conversions and going from Kilo- to milli- in grams, metres, and litres. Here is a video that we watched in class. We then practiced questions in class and for homework, the students have to complete two practice worksheets. Here is a video if the students get stuck on the conversions. The key is to use the chart and move the decimals to the right and left. Also, to clarify Hectameter is 'hm' and Dekameter is 'Dm' or 'Dam'.

In language, we started our 'surprise' week 6. Our project is to create Cree art based on Shannen. Today, the students started their research and have to find 2 pieces of art that reflect the Cree culture. Tomorrow, we will be selecting which pieces the class will create.

This afternoon, we watched the MYP Shakespeare inspired play, held at MIST theatre. It was a great experience for the students and I highly recommend you watch it tomorrow while the student's attend the dance!! Here are some pictures.


Homework/Reminders

• Math: complete two math worksheets. See videos above for extra help
• Language: Read Chapter 23 for Shannen, Complete spelling lesson # 28
• UOI: Complete Cree art research sheets 
• Spelling Bee for the grade 5's tomorrow at 9:00 am 

• Thursday- spelling bee and dance at night (parents attending play or $15) 
• Friday - Track and Field Meet

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis.  

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. 

Summer Camp Information - Please see Ms. Smith to reserve your spot for summer camp!

Have a great evening,

Ms.Khan

Mayhem Monday

Hello parents and students, 

 I hope everyone is having a great afternoon so far. We had a busy day in class today! We started off with our math quiz and then we completed our pre-assessment for the next math unit: perimeter and area. 

After French, we completed our literature circles and then did our spelling test. 

For UOI today, we started coding! We began by discussing the central idea, lines of inquiry, the learner profiles, attitudes, and concepts for the UOI. We then completed KWL charts to assess how much the students already know. Next, we watched a video that introduced us to coding. Here is the link.  We then started discussing the importance of coding and watched this video.  The students then got a chance to try coding themselves by going on www.code.org and play some coding games. It was a great introduction into coding. In this unit. there will be two summative projects,  a research based project with a presentation and a creative game component. 

Tomorrow, we will be going to YMCA Cedar Glen as part of physical eduction. The students must be at school by 7:45am latest. They have to wear St.Jude's gym uniform and bring a jacket, hat, sunscreen, and water bottle. We are scheduled to be back at 4:00pm. The students will be provided a lunch but may bring extra snacks. Also, devices are NOT allowed at the site, so please do not bring any to school tomorrow. 

Homework/Reminders

• Language
• Read Chapter 21 of Shannen 
• Complete spelling lesson # 28
• PRACTICE for spelling bee (in-class)
• Thursday - grade 5 
• Monday - grade 6
• Tuesday- Cedar Glen Trip
• Wednesday- Theatre trip - last day to bring in canned items and permission forms 
• Thursday- spelling bee and dance at night (parents attending play or $15) 
• Friday - Track and Field Meet

DANCE/ MYP Shakespeare Play:
On Thursday, May 10^th, we would like to invite to our SJA parents and guardians to attend our upper school theatre performance of Romeo and Juliet being hosted at the University of Toronto Mississauga MiST Theatre ( 3359 Mississauga Rd, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6) for FREE! The performance will begin at 6:30pm. For your enjoyment, SJA PYP teachers will be hosting a FREE SJA dance in the SJA auditorium for your children, so you can sit back and relax. The dance drop off will begin at 6:00pm.

To reserve your tickets for the dance and the theatre performance, please e-mail Kaitlin at reception@stjudesacademy.com. Limited tickets are available and are available on a first-come first-served basis.  

 

 The Grade 5 students have the amazing opportunity to watch this play on Wednesday May 9th. 

Summer Camp Information - Please see Ms. Smith to reserve your spot for summer camp!

Have a great evening,

Ms.Khan

Tanning Tuesday

Hello parents and students,

I hope you are having a great evening so far. We had a warm and brilliant day today that included enjoying the great weather outside.

We started the day with UOI, where we discussed campaigning and the importance of promoting your party. Next, the students spent time with their groups working on speeches, slides, flags and finishing up anything else that needed work. Remember, Thursday is Election Day.

In math, we completed the final lesson in this unit, it was all about relating patterns to distance, time and speed. As a class, we worked on the quick review together and then the students completed question 1 independently; we had mentors walk around the classroom to help anybody that might need it.  For the homework tonight, question 1 and 2 are great unit related questions. However, questions 3-5 are based on other math concepts: conversion, multistep-division, and equation solving. I expect the students to try ALL the questions however they are difficult and we will go through them tomorrow. Also, we will be starting review of the unit tomorrow and the quiz will be Monday.

In language, Ms.Downey went through character building from Shannen and the Dream for a better school. The students will continue that tomorrow.

Homework/Reminders

• Math: 10.4 Relating Distance, Average Speed, and Time (must have input/output tables) - question 3-5 are from older units (must be attempted) 
• Language: Spelling lesson # 27 due Friday, Read Chapter 18 tonight
• UOI: Work on anything as discussed by your group
• Laptops need by next Monday
• Bring in any work missing for Ms.Downey 
• Parent interview time sheets have been sent home 

Announcements 

Thursday May 3rd: UOI Summative Presentations & Joint Parent - Teacher Interviews

For our UOI summative presentations, parents are welcome to attend at 2pm on Thursday May 3rd. Actual presentations will begin at 2:20pm however parents are welcome to arrive at 2:00pm and take a look/ask questions at the display tables. After the presentations and voting, students are allowed to leave with their parents. 

For Parent - Teacher Interviews please see your email for more information and the required sign up sheet. Times are from 4-8pm in 10 minute slots and are on a first come, first served basis.

Friday May 4th: Grade 6 Exhibition

Dear Parents and Teachers of St. Jude's Academy,

We (Rishaan, Jonathan, and Lucas) have an exhibition project on animal agriculture. Have you ever thought about how much water it takes to make one hamburger? Well, the answer is 660 gallons of water. That is equal to showering for about two months straight! As part of our action we have decided to encourage people to go meatless on Mondays during the month of May. We are asking our St. Jude’s Family to join us and pledge to go meatless on Mondays, and make a positive impact on things it affects such as climate change! If you decide to help us by going meatless on Mondays, then you could save 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of forested land, ten pounds of carbon dioxide, and one animal’s life. We hope you decide to help us stop animal agriculture, and go meatless on Mondays. If you decide to go meatless on Mondays, please contact your teacher to receive a pledge form to be returned on or before April 30, 2018!

Thank you

Lucas, Jonathan, and Rishaan

Grade 6

Dear parents/ guardians,

We are Grade 6 students doing a project called exhibition. Our topic is child neglect. For our action we chose to do a clothing donation for the children that may have experienced neglect in our community. We will be donating all of the gently used clothing to the CAS and local charities. If you would like to donate any gently used clothing please place them in the box labeled Clothing Donations for the CAS and Surrounding charities. It can be found by the SJA back door where you come into the school in the morning. The last day to make a donation is Wednesday, April 26.

Sincerely,

Alexis, Alex and Wael (Grade 6)

Monday May 7th: Laptops Required

Students are expected to have laptops for our final UOI and that time is almost upon us! We ask that students have laptops ready for May 7th. If this is a concern please email me at mdowney@stjudesacademy.com.

UOI quizzes need to be signed and returned as soon as possible please.

Arts Night:

Here is a link to the Karoke version of Celebration:
https://youtu.be/CfnBdUAzrjs

Choir Students Here is a link to your song provided by Ms. Ross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRg2XoDuvoo

A note about Spelling Bee:
The Spelling Bee is right around the corner! Students were sent home with an information sheet and their spelling list that will be used for the in class competition.

A note about Aftercare:
Aftercare invoices are due, please ensure you pay your fees.
Thank you. 
If you have any questions please email Ms. Ross. 

A note from Ms. Bancud.

Hello all,
You are now able to order for May Lunches. The deadline for May lunches is Saturday, April 28th, 2018.  After this date, our system closes and is unable to open for April ordering.  Please make sure your child is under the correct grade. http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja  
All payments are due on Friday, May 4th, 2018.

Payment Instructions
There are two options to pay for lunches. Cash and Freshbooks. 

• Shortly after completing your order, a Freshbooks invoice will be sent to your email.
• It may take one or two days to process your order to Freshbooks, so please be check your email diligently for the invoice.  
• We no longer accept cheque as a method of payment.

If you have any questions concerning the Lunch Ordering site or Freshbooks, feel free to email me at dbancud@stjudesacademy.com

As a reminder: St.Jude's Academy is now affiliated with an official soccer club called St. Jude's FC. Students of St.Jude are given a 33% discount that will allow them to join the club and play competitively with other soccer clubs this spring and summer (starting most likely April to September). The students will be working with excellent coaches and going to competitions on the weekend. Practices will be held (most likely) right after school twice a week. In April, besides the soccer field, the students will have a chance to play in our official soccer dome! I think this is a great opportunity!! The students have been given forms (I can e-mail extras), they should try to submit the form as soon as possible.

Have a great evening, 

Ms.Khan