Good afternoon!

The students started off the day today working on language. In today's class the students created fictional stories about a time they were surprised with something!  The students had a lot of fun with this activity.  We got a chance to hear stories based on a variety of topics such as Martians, birthday surprises, and visits from family from out of town.  Ask your child tonight what they wrote about!  In language the students also worked on their Language books where they focused on reviewing synonyms, antonyms, and contractions.  They also worked on their cursive writing.

During our Unit of Inquiry today the students wrote their mini-quiz all about types of forces.  We had great results with this quiz, which shows the concepts have really been absorbed by the class as a whole.  Each child is bringing home their quiz to share with you tonight!

During mathematics today the students began working on division.  As a class we reviewed that division is simply taking a group of objects and making equal groups.  We practised taking numbers and turning them into groups and then counting up the total of groups to find the answer to division questions.  The students practised the act of making groups and counting the total groups in their Homework and Practice books.  The students also worked on their Abeka Arithmetic where they focused on multiplication, addition, subtraction and Roman numerals.

The students also had a lot of fun today writing letters to Santa as a method of practising letter writing.  Students were asked to write to Santa to talk to him about anything they wanted to write about.  Some students chose to write a Christmas gift list, some wrote about their holiday traditions, and some wrote about their classroom and school life.  These letters will be mailed off to Santa in the North Pole today.  We are hoping to get a response back from him before the end of school on the 19th!

Students also went to PE  and French classes.

Homework: Read for 2o minutes and record in the reading log, practice weekly spelling words, Language pages 76 - 77, Abeka pages 39 - 40, and Cursive pages 54 - 55.

Important information:   The math re-test for our geometry unit will be taking place on Thursday of this week for all students who scored an 84% or lower on the original test.

Ms. Chin's grade 6 class is running a toy drive and bake sale this week. Items start at 25 cents and go up to $5.  The proceeds from the sale will be donated to World Vision to sponsor a child for the Christmas season.

The SJA Holiday Food Drive is on now and running until the night of the Christmas concert on December 18th. Please feel free to donate non-perishable food items for the food drive. All goods collected by the school will be donated to the Eden Food Back for families in need in our community.

The next casual day is on December 18th.

The Christmas concert is taking place on December 18th at 7pm. All SJA families and friends are invited to attend! It is going to be a wonderful evening.

Lunch forms for the month of January have gone home with all students. Forms and money are due back no later than December 13th if you are interested in ordering a hot lunch for your child.

December 19th is a red, green and white Spirit Day at SJA! Students are encouraged to come dressed in red, green and white!

The last day of school before the holidays is on December 19th, which is a full day of school. There is no school at all on December 20th. Families have the option of registering their children for a karate camp on the 20th if they so choose. Please contact Mr. Monaghan for more information. pmonaghan@stjudesacademy.com.

School does not resume until Tuesday, January 7th after the Christmas holidays.

Best regards,

Mrs. Nelson

The SJA Holiday Food Drive is going great!
Families have until the night of the Christmas concert
to help donate!