Tuesday, February 19th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun long weekend! 13 more school days until March break!

A very special congratulations to Surkhab who placed 1st in the inter-school speech competition! Great job Surkhab - we're so proud of you!

A couple of quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow we are skiing! 

·      Aftercare invoices are due on February 15^th; if you are unsure if you have any owing amount, please email Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Re-registration is now open to the public; if you have not submitted your package – please do so as soon as possible and reach out with any questions.

·      Permission forms were sent home for our trip to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. They are due no later than Wednesday, March 6^th, 2019.

·      The website for hot lunches in March is now open. Please remember we are skiing on March 7^thand on a trip on March 27^th, so hot lunches should not be ordered for those days.

Gym – The students started the day doing gym with Mr. Orr, which you can read about on his blog (http://tysonorr.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Government – We had a discussion today about activists, lobby groups, petitions, and what it means to be a responsible citizen.

Music – Then, we had music with Mr. Oliver, which you can read about on his blog (https://mrolivermusicclass.blogspot.com).

French – In the afternoon, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Math – Today, we reviewed what we have learned so far in our unit: perimeter of polygons, area of rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles.

·      Perimeter of a Rectangle – P = (l + w) x 2

·      Area of a Rectangle – A = l x w

·      Area of a Parallelogram – A = b x h

·      Area of a Triangle – A = (b x h) / 2

We also did a quick review on how to multiply two decimals. These concepts will help us with our next set of concepts when we learn how to calculate the volume and surface area of triangular prisms on Thursday and Friday.

Inquiry into Language – We discussed our literature circle expectations for this week. Students will read chapters 18 & 19 of Shannen and the Dream for a Schooland complete their second role. 

Students spent the remainder of the day working on their spelling lesson for the week. 

For homework:

·      Spelling Lesson 21 (due Thursday)

·      Literature circles week 2 (due Friday)

All homework for the day is placed here, but time may have been given in class to complete this work.

As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or concerns by email, and I will respond as quickly as possible.

Mr. Conte