I hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing weekend. We seem to be heading into another deep-freeze (despite that groundhog saying we were supposed to see an early spring…).
First and foremost – messages for parents.
A couple of quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 6.
· Aftercare invoices are due on this TODAY Monday, April 15th; 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.
· Forms were sent home for the Silent Dance taking place on April 30th– the cost is $20.
· Forms were sent home regarding our upcoming Wizard of Ozproduction. It will cost $15 per student (not in a main role) for costumes. These forms were due back today!
· Scholastic order forms were sent home last week.
· This is the last week of full winter uniforms!
Inquiry into Language - Today, students were given time to work on week 4 of their literature circles. We will be having our group discussions on Wednesday.
1. Summariser – Summarise the three chapters for the week.
2. Connector – Connect what is happening in the text to your own life, current world events, and other books, movies, or television shows.
3. Literary Critic – Choose a short passage from the book and analyse why it is important to the story.
4. Discussion Moderator – Come up with questions to fuel a group discussion.
5. Word Wizard – Define and explain new or interesting words.
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 started our transformational geometry unit with a pre-assessment. Tomorrow, we will continue by beginning the unit.
Inquiry into Biodiversity – Students began working on their summative tasks for biodiversity. The final due date is Friday, April 26th.
For homework:
· Literature circles week 4 (due Wednesday)
· Study for spelling test (Thursday)
· Practice Wizard of Oz
· Silent Dance & Wizard of Oz forms
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
