Good Afternoon!

We had a lot of fun at SJA this morning in our monthly house game!  Students from various houses competed in hula-hoop competitions for house points. The students had a lot  of fun participating and even more fun watching the teachers compete!  Way to go Kappa for coming in first place in the House competition after the first month of school.
When we returned to class the students began working on language .   The students were given their weekly spelling test.  Marked spelling tests will be coming home with each student tonight.  The class then moved on to working on sentence construction and the rules of capitalization.  In today's class we got together and read 2 more chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  After reading the students got together in their literature groups to reflect on the chapters.  The students finished up the language period by working on their cursive writing.
The students then moved on to our Unit of Inquiry. In today's class we completed a review of the important concepts we have been working on to date.  Ideas such as urban, rural, goods, services, land and communities were all revisited.  Next week we are beginning to work on the construction of our urban and rural cities using the boxes that students have been bringing in.  This is a great way for the students to 'show what they know'.  Please help by giving one last push on finding boxes around your house this weekend!
 During math today the children worked on rounding numbers.  As a class we had a review of the method needed to round numbers to the nearest ten.  We then moved on to practicing rounding numbers to the nearest hundred.  Students practiced this skill with a partner by using dice and playing a 'rounding numbers board game'. Please check out a few pictures below of the students having fun playing their games!
The students also went to PE and French classes today.

Homework: Read for 2o minutes and record in the reading log, re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each, and Language pages 20 - 21.

Important information: The grade 3s will be having their first math unit test on Tuesday, October 1st on their place value unit we have been working on for the last few weeks. 

A boy in our class came home with the wrong SJA uniform pants last week after changing in PE class. His name is marked in his pants. Please check your son's pants at home to make sure they are wearing the correct pants and did not take home the wrong pair. This boy has a pair of pants he needs to trade back once his pants are located.

A girl in Mrs. Haag's Grade 4 class is missing her SJA cardigan. It is labeled with her name. Please check for this missing cardigan at home.

Please make sure that all articles of the uniform are clearly marked with your child's name.It is almost impossible to tell these pieces apart once there is a mix-up. The only way for your child's uniform to stay sorted is to ensure it is clearly marked.

We are looking to have small boxes collected for an upcoming project in our Unit of Inquiry. The students are going to be asked to build small scale rural and urban communities. Please help us with this project by collecting and sending in small boxes that we can use. Please see the form sent home yesterday for more information.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson