I am happy that families made it through this wintry weekend we just had to begin our last week of school before the Christmas holidays!
The students started off the day today with spelling. All students copied down their new weekly spelling words and then practised reinforcing them in their Spelling Workbooks. This week the students focused on consonant digraphs with their spelling words. Students also had a chance to work on their journal writing today, where they wrote a reflection about their weekend. Just as I suspected, students shared many stories about weekends spent out in the snow! Students also practised the use of prepositions and prepositional phrases today during language.
During our Unit of Inquiry today the students explored the concept of 'balanced' Students had a lot of fun sorting various objects from lightest to heaviest using a scale to help them check their estimations. Students also worked on determining weight ratios of one object to another which is an important concept to understand in this unit. Students worked on reinforcing the concept using a reinforcement activity. Ask your child tonight what they learned!
During mathematics today the students worked on using calculators to help them find multiplication patterns with numbers. Students saw how by using the functions on your calculator you can see patterns in numbers such as, 4, +, = ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= ,= will give you an answer of 40. So what you are really doing is adding 4 ten times, which is part of our 4 times tables! The students had a lot of fun using their calculators to find patterns with this activity! The students also worked on their Abeka Arithmetic where they focused on counting money, multiplication, addition, subtraction, division and telling time.
Our next math unit test for our unit on multiplication and division will be taking place on Wednesday, December 18th. A review package for this unit has gone home with all students last week to help them prepare for the test at home. The questions I have circled throughout the review package are a direct reflection of the questions that will be asked on the unit test. Please help me by encouraging your child to review this important study guide. As always, we will be working on a unit review during our math period all this week to help students prepare for this unit test during class time.
Students also went to PE and French classes.
Homework: Read for 2o minutes and record in the reading log, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling Workbook pages 65 - 68, complete the "Balanced/Unbalanced' worksheet if necessary and Abeka pages 43 - 44.
Important information: A field trip form has gone home with all students last week regarding our next class trip to Streetsville Bowl. This trip will take place on December 19th, as part of our UOI which is exploring forces and movements. The signed trip form and a payment of $9 is due back by tomorrow morning if your child is attending.
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.
The grade 7 - 9 students will be hosting a bake sale during the Christmas Concert to help fund-raise for their upcoming trip to Ecuador this summer. Your support would be highly appreciated!
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
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