Wednesday, November 27th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you’re all having a great week so far.

A reminder about book fair - our family shopping event runs tonight until 6.

A few quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow is a Day 4 (students will need their gym clothes as it is a gym day).

·      Aftercare invoices for the month of October have come out and were due Friday, November 15^th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Any unpaid invoices (lunch or aftercare) by Friday will result in report cards being withheld.

·      Pick-a-Time forms have been sent home with instructions on how to sign up for a time to meet during student-led conferences taking place next Thursday, December 5^th.

We went curling this morning, and after waiting what feels like an eternity, we were able to throw the rocks!

Inquiry into Flight – After lunch, we continued to work on our flight summative. We will have our air show tomorrow. Students who did not complete graphs last night worked on them today and everyone should have drawn their conclusions and chosen their plane for the air show tomorrow.

Inquiry into Math – At the end of the day, we took up our mid-unit review in preparation for our quiz. Our quiz will take place tomorrow morning.

Students should be listening to our songs and rehearsing for Christmas Concert nightly. Here are the links for the song for our Christmas Concert song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwOiWWBNEI

And the finale song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdEqMU00b5c

Homework:

•  Study for math quiz

We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.

As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.

Mr. Conte

Tuesday, November 26th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you’re all having a great week so far. A reminder that we are going curling tomorrow, so students will need a helmet, change of shoes, and can come dressed in casual clothes if they’ve paid for casual day and gym clothes if they’ve not.

A reminder that our book fair is this week. Our family shopping event is open from 2:30-6 tomorrow.

A few quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow is a Day 3.

·      Aftercare invoices for the month of October have come out and were due Friday, November 15^th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Any unpaid invoices (lunch or aftercare) by Friday will result in report cards being withheld.

·      Pick-a-Time forms have been sent home with instructions on how to sign up for a time to meet during student-led conferences taking place next Thursday, December 5^th.

Art – We started the day by painting all of our balloons with different designs. We’re going to do some basket weaving throughout this week and they’ll be done! Students should practice their basket weaving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atikz2Y4si0&t=25s

French – After this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).

Gym – After recess and lunch, the students had gym with Mr. Orr, which you can read about on his blog (http://tysonorr.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Math – Today, we took up yesterday’s homework and then we started working on the mid-unit review. This will be a good tool for preparing for our quiz on Thursday.

Inquiry into Flight – We spent our UOI time today working on our summative tasks. Students worked on building their planes and doing their trials. Tonight, graphs should be completed showing their information, and tomorrow will be the day we analyze data, write our conclusions, and choose what model we will fly in the air show!

Students should be listening to our songs and rehearsing for Christmas Concert nightly. Here are the links for the song for our Christmas Concert song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwOiWWBNEI

And the finale song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdEqMU00b5c

Homework:

We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.

As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.

Mr. Conte

Monday, November 25th

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful weekend! A reminder that students must come dressed in casual clothes tomorrow because we are painting and I do not want their uniforms to get stained.

A few quick reminders:

·      Tomorrow is a Day 2 (students can come dressed in casual clothes for painting).

·      Aftercare invoices for the month of October have come out and were due Friday, November 15^th, 2019. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      Any unpaid invoices (lunch or aftercare) by Friday will result in report cards being withheld.

·      Pick-a-Time forms have been sent home with instructions on how to sign up for a time to meet during student-led conferences taking place next Thursday, December 5^th.

Inquiry into Math – Today, we started by taking up the homework from Friday. Students were given a copy of the answer key so they can see what the expectations are.

After this, we started by looking at mixed and improper fractions. A mixed fraction is when there is a whole number and a fraction beside it (Ex. 1 ½). An improper fraction is one where the numerator is higher than the denominator. To go from mixed to improper, you multiply the whole number by the denominator, and then add that to the original numerator. To go from improper to mixed, you divide the numerator by the denominator. The answer is your whole number and your remainder is your numerator.

After this, we explored repeated addition of fractions. In the past, we’ve explored repeated addition as multiplication. If we have a group of identical fractions that are being added, we can multiply them. (½ + ½ + ½ = 3/2; or we can write ½ x 3)

After this, we watched our dance video so we could review our dance moves and we read through our script. Here are the links for the song for our Christmas Concert song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAwOiWWBNEI

And the finale song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdEqMU00b5c

French – After this, we had French with Mme. Stella, which you can read about on her blog (https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com).

Inquiry into Flight – We spent our UOI time today working on our summative tasks. Students worked on identifying variables, materials, procedures, and building their planes. Tomorrow, we will be looking at testing our flying devices and completing all of our trials.

Art – Today, we started by painting everything white so that we can paint the designs tomorrow! Students should come dressed down again tomorrow for painting. They should practice their basket weaving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atikz2Y4si0&t=25s

Homework:

We do our best to complete work in class. In the event this is not possible, it will go home for homework.

As always, please feel free to email me with any questions.

Mr. Conte