I hope everyone is having a fantastic week so far. The week is almost over!
And a quick note regarding the exhibition projects in grade six…
And the upcoming Shakespeare play performance…
A couple of quick reminders:
· Tomorrow is a Day 5.
· Aftercare invoices are due Wednesday, May 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 regarding our upcoming Wizard of Ozproduction. It will cost $15 per student (not in a main role) for costumes. These forms are overdue.
· We are now wearing full summer uniforms. A reminder:
o Black dress shoes
o Navy blue socks
o Grey St. Jude’s pants
o Short sleeve button up white polo shirt (tucked in)
French – In the morning, we had French with Mme. Rawan, which you can read about on her blog (https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com).
Inquiry into Coding – Today, we started our first coding mini project. Students will have to use their knowledge of scratch to build a house! We worked on this project through the period today and will be continuing to work tomorrow. It will be due tomorrow after the coding period.
Inquiry into Math – Today, we started looking at lines of symmetry. A line of symmetry divides a figure into two congruent sides. Lines of symmetry should create an image that looks like it has been reflected.
Inquiry into Language – To recap what we did yesterday:
· Catchy titles
· Relevant pictures
· Relevant quotations
· Questions being answered:
o What?àWhat happened?
o Where?àWhere did this take place?
o When?àWhen did this take place?
o How?àHow did this come about?
o Why?àWhy did this happen?
o Who?àWho was involved?
Today, we looked at the organizational structure of newspaper articles. It goes as follows: introduction, who, when, where, what, why, how, and conclusion. We will start practicing writing an article for tomorrow.
For homework:
· MMS Pg. 104-105 (due tomorrow)
· Build house on scratch
· Study for spelling test
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
