Hello Parents!

Today the students started off their morning with Gym. Following that, we had our Unit 8 math Pretest. Once they finished that, they got out their Speeches, and worked on quietly re-reading it, to memorize it. Once all of the students were done writing their math test, we were able to have students present their Speeches in front of the class, while I timed it. We were able to get through all of the students who had Speeches under 3 minutes the first time they presented, and most of them bypassed their initial time. For those students who were under 3 minutes still, they must spend the weekend adding more information, timing themselves, and then must try to memorize it. With effort and dedication, it can be done! Students will be presenting these memorized Speeches on Tuesday, February 21^st, and from there the top 3 speeches will be chosen.

After lunch, we finished up our Speeches, and then the students had Music. After second break, the students had French, and then filled out their agendas upon returning to class. We quickly discussed Chapter 9 in the Hatchet, and then I handed out a “100 Days of School,” worksheet, in which they worked on in class. The students then got ready to go home.

Just a few important notes before I go:

1.       There is no school tomorrow (February 17th) and Monday (February 20th).

2.       SJA’s Annual Poems and Speeches Competition:  Students must memorize their speeches! They only have a few more days until we begin the classroom competition (Tuesday, February 21^st), where we will be picking the top 3 speeches in the Grade 5 class (and they will go on to the school competition on Friday, February 24th). The winners from that will go on to face the winners from The Maples on March 1st. Please go over your child’s speech with them at home, and try to come up with strategies for memorization. 

3.       Novel Study: read Chapter 10, and answer the corresponding questions.

4.       Spelling test for Lesson #21 will be next Friday.

5.       The MYP will be hosting a “Mock Trial” on Friday, February 24^th. To support them, the whole school is welcomed to participate in a casual day, where $2 will be collected, and students can dress up as judges, criminals, lawyers, etc. This is an optional event, but it will be fun to support the older grades during this exciting experience!

6.       The Grade 5’s and up will be going on a Ski trip on Thursday, March 2^nd, and Thursday, March 9^th.

That’s pretty much it for today. I hope everyone has a wonderful 4- day weekend!

Ms. Ramnarine

Grade 5

St. Jude’s Academy