Bonjour!

We started off the day today by working on a writing exercise.  The students read over sample journal entries and then were asked to write their own journal entry about a topic of their choice.  We had a focus on comas and quotation marks for this exercise and the students showed great results!  Ask them tonight to practice sentence writing using these important pieces of punctuation.  During our unit of inquiry today we had preparation period for our library trip tomorrow.  The students all were asked to come up with questions, predicitons and behaviour plans for the trip.  It is hoped that by having a plan in place, the experiences at the library tomorrow will be much greater.  In language today the children worked on adding suffixes to root words, picture words, a comprehension activity and cursive. During math today we had a mental math competition with a focus on odd and even numbers.  Ask your child tonight to tell you the chant they use to remember their even numbers.  The students also went to french and P.E classes.

Homework:  Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, and cursive pages 172 - 173.

Important information: Our Streetsville Library field trip is taking place tomorrow.  If your child already has a library card and has your permission to sign out books, please do not forget to send the card with them on Wednesday.  Children are not allowed to bring snacks with them on the trip.  We will be back in time for the regular lunch period.  Children may come to school in their gym clothes for the trip, as it is a gym day.

Adam's family is sending in a pizza lunch for our class this Friday to celebrate his birthday!  This means a lunch will not be required on Friday, April 20th.  Thank you to the Rangwalas!

The upper year students are having a production of The 12th Night on Thursday, April 26th 2012.  All students from SJA are welcomed and encouraged to attend this free production with their friends and families.  The production begins at 7pm in the SJA auditorium.  Any students that attend the concert will receive 1,000 house points for coming!

Information for SJA Summer Camps are now available.  SJA offers a range of camps over the summer months with a variety of themes ranging from karate camps, to writing camps to traditional summer camps programs.  Please contact the school for more information about these exciting programs.

I am still waiting for report cards to be completed and returned to me from many students.  Please complete the 'Parent's Comments' section of the report card and return to school as soon as possible.  I am looking to get returned copies from the following students: Ninara, Sofia, Seanna, Dumeir, and Alex.

The French Cafe is taking place on May 4th at St. Jude's Academy.  All classes are participating for this exciting event.  Invitations with specific details will be sent out shortly.  Our class is doing a Renaissance piece for the event.  Girls are asked to come to school is fancy Renaissance themed gowns or robes, and boys are asked to come in fancy Renaissance themed attire with a tie.  For more information and pictures please see Mme. Stella's blog.  Invitations have gone home with each student.

If your child is part of the SJA choir, please make sure they are practicing the choir song at home.  You can find the song lyrics at http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/theparenttrap/doyoubelieveinmagic.htm and play the song for them at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyGyH9mWHk.


Beat regards,

Mrs. Nelson