Hello Parents!
Today the students started off
their morning with Novel Study. As a class, we read the last chapter in our
book, along with the sad Epilogue, and the informative Historical Note. We had
a discussion about what each student in our class would do if they were in
Shannen’s position, and what they would do if they worked for the Canadian
Government. We spoke about what their final action task will be, but I will
give them more details soon. As a start, I encourage students to check out www.shannensdream.ca, and try to find
ideas that would be helpful for a campaign/ informing people about Shannen’s
story.
After novel study, we took up the math homework, and then worked on task for Art’s Night. After lunch, the students had Music, and then Gym. Following that, they had second break, and then French. When they got back to the classroom, they filled out their agendas, and then we worked on our song for Art’s Night. Shortly after, the students got ready to go home.
Just a few
important notes before I go:
1. UOI: Title Page for Coding.
2. Math: no homework. The Unit 11 test
will be on Monday, May 29th.
4. Spelling: Lesson #27 test on Thursday,
May 25th.
5. We
have one more P.E. trip that the
grade 5’s will be participating in- Tree
Top Trekking- Friday, June 2nd. I will post more details as soon
as I get some.
6. We had Hatch Canada come to our classroom
to teach the students about coding! Coding is our last UOI topic! Hatch
will be with us every Wednesday for the month of May. It is important that your
child is present for these lessons, as they will be teaching important
concepts. The fee is covered by the school, as this is a new Unit of Inquiry.
We are looking forward to learning all about coding!
7. The
SJA Spelling Bee is fast approaching!
We already had our Grade 5 in-class spelling bee, and narrowed it down to the
top 6 students- congratulations to Jarniko and Emilia for achieving a spot! The
grade 6 spellers had their in-class spelling bee with Mrs. Haag’s class. Congratulations
to Lucas, Mehar, Nikhil and Nicole for making it in the top 6! The
winning candidates will go on to participate in front of the school on TOMORROW (Tuesday, May 16th), at 9am. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD
COMES TO SCHOOL WEARING A FULL UNIFORM (INCLUDING A BLAZER) IF THEY ARE
COMPETING IN THE COMPETITION TOMORROW. Winners from that will go on to face
the winners from The Maples, as well as the winners from Sunnybrook School (a
school in Toronto) on Thursday, June 1st.
Any questions regarding the spelling bee can be directed to Ms. Chang, at vchang@stjudesacademy.com
8. Due
to the amount of lost items, the school is promoting iron-on name labels! They cost $5.00
for 15 labels- I can provide the order form, if you are interested!
9. The lunch ordering system is now open for June. Please ensure you place
your order no later than Friday, May
19th at 4:00pm. Lunch payment is due by May 23rd 4:00 or unfortunately your
lunch order will be cancelled for the month of June. Please keep in mind that
there are no reimbursements for field trips or absences. You can go online
at http://mydigitalmailroom.com/sja/
10. I have completed my term 3 phone calls last week. Thank you
to those who filled out and returned the forms so promptly. If you did not
mention a preferred form of contact, I will be sending out an email with a
quick update on your child’s progress early
this week.
11. There
is no school on Friday, May 19th and Monday, May 22nd.
12. The Grade 5 class will be
contributing to the bake sale, which
has been pushed back to Arts Night! This means any NUT FREE baked goods brought
in for the bake sale, will be sold during our Arts Night exhibition.
That’s pretty much it for today. I hope everyone has a
wonderful night!
Ms.
Ramnarine
Grade 5
St. Jude’s
Academy
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