I hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far.
First and foremost – messages for parents.
A couple of quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 3.
· Aftercare invoices are due on 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 last week for the Silent Dance taking place on April 30th– the cost is $20.
· Forms were sent home last week regarding our upcoming Wizard of Ozproduction. It will cost $15 per student (not in a main role) for costumes. These forms are due back Friday.
· Scholastic order forms were sent home last week.
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 Language – Today, we continued to work on our third week of literature circles.
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 – We took up our review from yesterday for our test tomorrow.
At the end of the day, we practiced our dance for the upcoming production of The Wizard of Oz.
For homework:
· Study for Math test
· Study for French spelling test
· Literature circles week 3 (due Friday)
· Practice Wizard of Oz
· Silent Dance form
· 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
