Happy Wednesday!

We had a great day today at SJA!  The students started off the day today by working on language.  As a class we brainstormed the reasons for announcements and the items that need to be included in a proper announcement (the 5 w's).  We then made a fictional class announcement together about a Christmas Open-House we are hosting for the community.  The students then worked independently in their Ontario Writing books where they created an announcement of their own.  Once this was completed the students moved on to practicing capitals and punctuation in their Language books.

In our Unit of Inquiry today the students continued working on their final project of the unit that we began discussing yesterday. The students were put into pairs and chose the community they wanted to complete their research on.  Students were given a chance to use laptops to begin online research on their community to answer their research questions.  Once the rough copy research has been collected, students will turn their research in to a good copy which the pairs of students will present to the class.  Students have been asked to continue their research tonight on their computers at home to continue finding information on their chosen community's population, location, types of jobs, recreational activities, types of buildings, transportation, tourist attractions, resources and interesting facts.   Student have been informed that they may print off or write down information they find at home this evening to be used in class tomorrow.


During math today the children were given back their math unit tests from last week.  All students have a test that has been marked and will be coming home with them tonight.  Students who received a mark of 84% or less (level 3 and below) will have the opportunity to write a re-test on Tuesday, October 15th at first recess.  I ask that all parents sign their child's math test and send it back so I can ensure the test has been shared.  In today's math period our class went back through the math test question by question so that students could have a full explanation of areas they might have gone wrong.  After we took-up the math test, the students moved on in their numeration unit to focus on subtraction.  We explored various methods to subtract numbers, and the students had a chance to practice these methods 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, community research collection, Language page 26 - 27 and math pages 32 - 33.

Important information: The math re-test for students who received an 84% or lower on their test will take place on Tuesday, October 15th at lunch recess.  The unit test the students have brought home with them will be their primary source to study from.

Fall Festival tickets are on sale this week 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.

Ms. Elliott and Ms. Genco are holding a cross country practice for those students who are on the team. They are meeting tonight from 4:00 - 4:30pm.

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