The next Caribou contest will be taking place Wednesday, January 15th. Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring your own charged device. The interactive question will be FRUIT SALAD which you can practice now on Caribou’s games page. This is a new game. Students, please test it and let Caribou know of any problems. There is no history question in the January contest.
Kappa is getting a casual day on Thursday for bringing in the most clothes for the clothing drive.
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!
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.
Fine Art – Cultural Artifacts
In our current unit, we are learning about a range of cultures from around the world. For an in-class artwork assignment we want to use an artifact (from our own cultural background) and use our fine art skills to ‘draw what you can see’.
We kindly ask that your child brings in an artifact from their culture to sketch. This artifact should be able to comfortably fit on your child’s desk.
Artifacts can include but are not limited to the following:
- Mask
- Pottery
- Dolls/Figurines
- Coin
- Religious artifact (eg. icon)
- Jewelry
Please bring your artifact by Tuesday, January 14th.
Artifacts will be returned at the end of this unit in January.
Many thanks,
Ms. Hughes & Ms. Coldwells
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.
Language:
Today students wrote their spelling words in their agendas and completed their spelling work books.
Gym: https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/
Math:
Students practiced the subtraction strategy that we learned on Friday. You break apart the second number into tens and ones.
Ex.
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: https:/mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.comUOI:
Today students learned about the Zodiac signs. We read some information about them as a class.
