Good afternoon!

The students started off the day today working on language. In today's class the students had a chance to use their Creative Writing folders to write a fictional story about a time they were principal for a day.  Many interesting stories came out of this idea!  Ask your child tonight what they wrote about.  Students also had a chance to work on their Language books where they focused on synonyms and homonyms.  They also had fun practicing their cursive.

During our Unit of Inquiry today the students continued inquiring in to the many ways we use forces to manipulate objects. In today's class the students read a story based on forces together and discussed information about different types of forces viewed in the story.  The students then used that information to help them label various forces such as "gravity", "buoyancy", "friction" and "muscular force."  Students had a lot of fun answering questions and chatting all about forces! 

During mathematics today the students began their new unit on multiplication!  In today's class the students explored how they can use multiplication sentences to quickly help them find the answer to addition sentences (eg. 5+5+5=15 is the same as 5 x 3=15).  Students had a lot of fun solving and creating their own addition and multiplication sentences.  Students will be bringing home their Homework and Practice book with them tonight to practice this new concept.

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 70 - 71, Math pages 74 - 75 and Cursive pages 50 - 51.

Important information:  I am looking forward to seeing SJA families at Parent/Teacher Interview Night tomorrow night!

 

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