Tuesday, June 9th, Day 5

Good morning everyone!

We will begin our day with a Lower School assembly on Zoom at 8:45:

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A few messages from SJA:

Daily Challenge – Since you all seemed to like the fun of choosing your events, we’re going to give you 7 more challenges, and you need to do 4 of them. 

This week we’re offering 3 prizes: A video game of your choice for 1st place (max $50, must be able to order on Amazon), a $25 Indigo gift card for 2^nd place and a $10 Indigo gift card for 3^rd place.

Here are your 7 choices, remember to do 4 of them and email them to Mr. Neal (sneal@stjudesacademy.com or send via wetransfer.com if they’re too big to email):

1.     Time for a bug hunt! Borrow your parent’s cell phone (with their permission of course!) and get out into nature, find at least 5 different bugs. Bonus points if you can name them all!

2.     No one did this one last week, so we’re posting it again: Wednesday is supposed to be a rainy day, so put on your rain gear and go jump in some puddles!  Extra points to the student who makes the biggest splash!

3.     Take a book outside and spend 15 minutes reading under a tree. Make sure Mom or Dad takes a picture of you!

4.     Pay it forward: Take a video of you singing “You Are My Sunshine” to an elderly neighbour (from a safe distance of course!)

5.     With your parent’s help, bake some cookies!  Take a few pictures of you baking, and at least one of you enjoying the results.

6.     Draw a picture of the #1 thing you’re hoping to do this summer.

7.     Take a box, set it at least 2 meters away from you, and throw a ball into it – let’s see you get 3 in a row.

That’s it for this week – enjoy the challenges and good luck to everyone!

Dance: Join Zoom meeting, 4:00 – 4:45

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Beginner Karate: Join Zoom meeting, 4:00 – 4:30

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Ms. Hayward is running a Guess Who! Competition using bitmojis of teachers? How many can you name?

Here is an opportunity to get lots of house points. Match the Bitmoji to the correct teacher. The FIRST three to send the most correct answers to Ms. Hayward (hhayward@stjudesacademy.com) win BIG house points.

50,000 for first with ALL correct

25,000 for first with most

10,000 for second with most

5,000 for third with most

2,000 each for the two "bonus people".

Last chance to send answers will be Monday, June 19.

And don't forget about our upcoming SJA Imaginarium!

Morning Announcements:

·       Announcements

·      Lower School assemblies every Tuesday and Thursday on Zoom at 8:45 – the winners of the Daily Challenge will be announced today

·      Grade 6 morning announcements on Discord at 8:45 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays

·      Parent-Teacher Conferences, this week Monday to Thursday  

·      SJA Imaginarium, June 24^th – June 30^th

·      JK – Grade 11 Promotion Ceremonies on Wednesday, June 24^th

·      Grade 6 PYP Graduation Ceremony at 9 am on Thursday, June 25^th

·      Fun Awards, Friday, June 26^th

·      House Cup Assembly, Friday, June 26^th

·      After-School Online Programs Today

·      Daily Challenge

Time	Place to Be	Class Information
9:00 – 9:40	Zoom	Music with Mr. Oliver. Zoom link will be provided.
9:40 – 10:10	Zoom	Gym with Mr. Orr. Zoom link will be provided.
10:10-11:00	Zoom	French with Mme. Stella. Zoom link will be provided.
11:00 – 12:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
12:00 – 12:30	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Inquiry into Math Teacher will review homework from yesterday’s lesson on how we use variables in mathematics.  Students will go into breakout groups in groups of four and work on questions to solidify understanding of lesson 10.3.
12:30 – 1:40	Zoom	Inquiry into My Digital Footprint We will review the different parts to the final project. Let me know of your decisions on the following: ·       how many options you want to take on (presentation/activity/skit/all) ·       the grades you want to teach (mature topics should be geared to students in Grade 6 – 8) ·       which class you will teach their lesson to (this must be arranged by you and your group) In-class presentations will take place June 15 – 17. Students will be evaluated at this time. Presentations to other classes will take place on June 18 & 19 preferably from 2:20 – 3:30 p.m. Today’s goals are to: ·       Complete the background research. The final research should be comprised of two pages of typed jot notes (Times New Roman font size 12) ·       Begin the planning of you presentation/skit/activities ·       Create a list of all materials and supplies needed ·       Decide on who is responsible to bring in all materials & supplies needed – this is needed for tomorrow Remember to focus on responsibility & perspective in your presentation/skit/activity. For example: Perspective – What are the different points of view? ·       Online privacy: When children are online, do they think about people who prowl the internet for personal information to misuse? How would someone misuse someone else’s personal information? What have they got to gain? ·       Digital ethics: What are the rules people should use when using the internet? What are the rules that govern our society? Why are these rules necessary? ·       Cyberbullying: What does it feel like to be a cyberbully? What are the motives of a cyberbully? What do they get out of this? What does cyberbullying look like? What does it feel like to be cyberbullied? Responsibility – What is my responsibility? ·       Online Privacy – What are some of the common mistakes do children make when it comes to online privacy? What should children know about online privacy? What steps can and should children take to protect their personal information? ·       Cyberbullying – Why do children need to be educated about the cyberbullying? Why was this not an issue when your parents were children? What are ways that children can deal with cyberbullies? ATL Skills – metacognition. Metacognition is about thinking/analysing your thinking. As you prepare to teach younger students these lessons, you need to think about how they learn and what teaching methods are most effective to helping them understand and learn. Share teaching moments and methods that were/are effective for you. You should consider your own and each other’s learning styles and use these ideas to design your lesson.
2:30 – 3:00	Lunch Break – Take a break from your devices
2:20 – 3:00	Grade 6 Discord Server Join ‘mr_contes_class’ voice channel	Novel Study We will meet as a whole class to discuss responses to Chapter 11 questions. You are then to read Chapter 12, answer discussion questions, and participate in activities. Today’s activity is the 'Five Ws’. Imagine you are writing a newspaper article about Leslie's death. Before you write it you will have to answer the five questions: Who? What? Where? When? Why? Use what you have learned from reading the novel so far to answer these questions. Any incomplete work must be completed as homework. You may choose to join a breakout room where students read silently, or a breakout room where students take turns reading aloud.
3:00 – 3:30	Zoom	Language: SJA Imaginarium Performance We were supposed to perform Mary Poppins for this year’s arts night. This has been postponed to next year due to the pandemic and requirements to physically distance. The Grade 6 teachers did not want you to miss out on the fun of preparing and participating in a performance because of COVID-19. We have an idea to add Grade 6 performance pieces to SJA’s Imaginarium using reader’s theatre. Here is an example of what reader’s theatre might look like: The Chamber Readers read Christmas Truce. I have selected two scripts from the website of Aaron Shepard, a children’s author, who has kindly given us permission to perform his scripts. You will be placed into one of two groups. You and your group will read your scripts. We will then assign roles.

Work that is not completed during class time will need to be completed as homework. Students should put more focus into reading at this time. It is an expectation that students are reading between 30 and 60 minutes per day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out so I can clarify and assist.

Steven Conte