Kappa is getting a casual day on Thursday for bringing in the most clothes for the clothing drive.
Dear SJA Community,
We look forward to seeing you at the SJA Town Hall/Social on January 24 from 7 to 9 pm. All parent/guardians of JK to Grade 12 students are invited to hear about our exciting school year, survey result and future direction. To help us plan for this event, RSVP by January 17 to reception@stjudesacademy.com . We look forward to seeing you there!
Dear SJA Families,
Just a reminder that the SJA re-registration process is underway. To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment to Reception by Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
After this date and time, any available grade-level spaces will be open to new families on waitlists.
In addition, the deadline for our priority enrolment into our JK Program is Friday, January 17, 2020, a letter is attached with more information.
If you have any questions regarding the forms or next steps, please contact our Admissions Team.
The SJA Admissions Team
Ann Harvey and Melissa Filion
T: (905) 814-0277
February Lunches
The lunch site is now open
It will close Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:00pm sharp
Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday.
All payments are to be made through quickbooks by February 6th.
Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries
As part of their summative assessment the grade one classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23rd and Friday, January 24th. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.
French:https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com/
Language:
Today we talked about what it means to be a Risk Taker. We read the definition we have in the classroom.
Then we read,
Next we talked about what being a Risk Taker means to us and we completed the profile sheet for our IB binders.
Gym: https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/
Math:
Today we went over our review for our test tomorrow.
Math Review
Related facts - 2 addition and two subtraction needed
Ex.
6,4,10 = 6+4=10, 4+6=10, 10-6=4, 10-4=6
Standard Algorithm - standard procedure for adding and subtracting using carrying over and borrowing.
Adding using base ten
› Step 1 – make your first number
› Step 2 – make your second number
› Step 3 – add!
› *start at the ones
› **do you have more than ten? Yes – trade in 10 ones for a 10 rod
› *** do you have more than ten tens? Yes – trade in 10 ten rods for a 100 flat
› Step 4 – write your answer
Subtracting using base ten
› Step 1 – make your first number
› Step 2 – take away your second number
› *start at the ones
› **do you have enough ones? No – trade in a 10 for 10 ones
› ***do you have enough tens? No – trade in a 100 for 10 tens
› Step 3 – write your answer
Estimating the sum using round- have them write it out next to the problem like below and add/subtract
516---------500
+194---------200
_____ ______
600 or 700 700
Music:
Mrs. McMillan was away today. We used this time to complete our dragons, lanterns, and our Chinese New Year comprehension packages.
UOI:
Today we watched this video to learn about different shading techniques.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGx4sypoPjY
Students then started to sketch their artifacts.
