We had a great day at SJA today in our grade 3 class! The students started off the day by copying down their weekly spelling words and working in their spelling books as part of the language period. Please note, this week is a review week in the spelling books where the students have a chance to go back and work with words they have already worked with once this school year. The children moved on in the language period to working on sentence construction and a review of the rules of capitalization. We reviewed these important rules once again as a class and then the students moved on to review them in their Language books. We also read further into Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The students had a great deal of fun listening to the tour of the factory, especially after our own tour last week!
In our Unit of Inquiry today the students worked on a mapping activity. As a class we discussed when, why and how we use maps and the various types of maps. We also made a map together that included all the important elements- a compass, a legend and a scale. The students were then asked to create their own maps of a playground they know or their neighbourhood. They had a lot of fun with this activity.
During math today the children started their new unit on addition and subtraction. In today's class we explored addition charts as a class and inquired into the ways we can use these charts to help us find sums. The students practiced going up and down the columns and across the rows to find the sums of various numbers. The students then worked on reinforcing these concepts in their Homework and Practice books.
The students also went to PE and French classes today.
Homework: Read for 2o minutes and record in the reading log, practice weekly spelling words, Language pages 24- 25 and Math Makes Sense pages 28 - 29.
Important information: The policies for uniforms will switch over to the fall/winter regulations when we return to school after the Thanksgiving long weekend. Students will no longer be allowed to wear their short sleeved polo shirts to school and will be required to come to school wearing either their mock turtleneck or their long sleeved button up with their SJA vest. Please let Alpa know if you have any uniform questions or needs by contacting her at uniforms@stjudesacademy.com.
Fall Festival tickets will go on sale tomorrow at first recess! Tickets are $3 each and will be sold for the event which takes place on Wednesday, October 30th at 7pm here at SJA. This will be a night of fun for the students, where they come in costume and play games with their peers. Please contact Ms. Elliott at melliott@stjudesacademy.com if you have any other questions about the event.
Friday October 11th is a PD day at SJA. This means there will be no school for students.
Monday, October 14th is Thanksgiving Day. There will be no school on this day to recognize the holiday.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Have a look at the large SJA Tree of Thanks that is displayed in the hallway of the school! All the students have added something they are thankful for.
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