Day 68
Important Dates

Friday, December 13- Superstore Trip 

Tuesday, December 17- Grade 3-8 Christmas Concert

Wednesday, December 18- Casual Day 

Thursday, December 19- Christmas Spirit Day 

Friday, December 20- January 7- No School/ Christmas Holiday

Our SJA Student Council is holding a clothing drive from Monday, December 2-Friday, December 6. Please bring in gently used clothing that you no longer need. All donations will go to the Diabetes Association. Thank you in advance for your donations!! This will continue throughout this week! 

Student council is selling Candy Grams for the Christmas season. Candy Grams will be available for sale in the upper school cafeteria before school and after school, as well as from 12:20-1:00 all this week. Small candy grams cost $0.50 and large ones cost $1.00... give them to a friend or your favourite teacher!! 

Information about the 50/50 Draw during the Grade 3-8 Christmas concert

On December 17, 2019, students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will put on two performances at the St. Jude’s Academy Dome. Our afternoon performance will begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:15 pm. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Dome.

For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Please meet in the main office.

We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the show until the end.

Happy Terrifically Cold Thursday!

Today we found Sparkles in our library! She even brought us a new book to read together as a class. 

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is our field trip! I still have a few outstanding who need to pay in time for tomorrow. Please come in formal dress uniform. 

Comprehension: Today we read a passage together as a class. Then students worked on their comprehension skills by answering questions about what they had read. Then students had to match words from the story with their meanings and create sentences using rhyming words. 

Gym: Please see Ms. V’s blog at https://msvphysed.blogspot.com

Music: Please see Mrs. McMillian's blog at https://mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com

Math: Today we focused on word problems. We went over looking for key words within the sentences to help us determine if we need to subtract or add. Then students completed one-step words problems. After, I introduced two- step word problems, we went over the appropriate strategies to use to help use get to the answer and how we check we got the correct answer. 

Inquiry into Language: Today we reviewed the components of a journal. We went over that a journal must include a date, title, opening sentence, sentence starters and a closing sentence. We brainstormed ideas of what how we eat a gingerbread cookie! Then we put our ideas in sequence and began writing our journal. We are practicing stretching our sentences and including as much detail as possible. We used a brainstorming page before we began writing about out gingerbread eating habits! 

Unit of Inquiry: Today we continued to discuss organization and the implications of not being organized. We thought about a bookshelf or shelf of our toys and how we could organize them. Then students were given their own shelf and they needed to organize their items. 

Agenda:  

Read 15 minutes

Review Spelling test tomorrow  

Spelling sentences due tomorrow

Bring all Library books back to be returned before the holiday break  

Superstore trip tomorrow- please wear dress uniform  

Have a wonderful evening and stay warm! 

Love, Miss Gandy