May 24

The SJA Parent Guild is pleased to hold a YEAR-END PLAY DAY on Wednesday, June 13th at St. Jude's for all the students.  

Your kids will enjoy celebrating the end of the year with lots of fun!

We've got a lot of activities in store, including bouncy castles, tug of war, face painting, photo booth, water balloons and much more!

• Check out the flyer and order form for more information --- please complete and return by Friday, June 1st (sending home with agendas today).

• Read the attached letter on how you can help out to make this even a bigger success!

• If you'd like to volunteer, get in touch with us at sjaparentguild@stjudesacademy.com.

NOTE: For those students who will be participating in the event, please do not order lunch for June 13th, as a BBQ lunch will be included.

Summer Camp

Agenda 
- Raz Kids 20 mins
- Trip form for African Lion Safari and Safari Science
- Trip payment for Safari Science due today
- Trip payment for African Lion Safari
- Casual day Friday
- Writing homework due Tuesday

Students will be required to write a letter to Ms. Smith stating their opinion on why kids should have more or less chores!

Students will first state their opinion, then brainstorm 4 reasons to convince me, and finally write their conclusion. (Organizing my Opinion Page) They will then take their ideas and write them in a letter remembering to include the most important parts of a letter:

1.   Heading – the date

2.  Greeting – Dear Ms. Smith, don’t forget the comma

3.  Body (state your opinion, state the 4 reasons, state your conclusion)

4.  Closing (from, love, your friend)

5.  Signature – sign name in cursive!

Upcoming dates May 25 - Casual Day/Safari Presentation
May 30th - grades 3-6 arts night 
May 31st - Bake Sale 
June 1st - bake sale/track and field - gym uniform please wear gym shorts, hat, bring lots of water, wear sunscreen 
June 7th - Track and field vs the maples 
June 8th - African lion Safari Trip bus will leave by 8:45 am - gym uniform with shorts, sunscreen, hat, packed lunch, water 
June 15th - Last Day of School for students
Term 3 report cards and graphs (DRA, OWA, & Math) go home
Promotion & Graduation Ceremonies at City Church on Argentia Road as follows:
JK – Grade 2, 10 am – 11 am
Grade 3- 6, 12 noon – 1 pm
Grade 7 – 10, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

First we had French with Mlle. Jessica, you can check out her blog at

http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca

Novel Study
today students listened to chapter 4 of our novel study and completed comprehension questions based on Magic Treehouse Afternoon on the amazon. 

Concerned about their destination, Jack once again refers to the book for information. The Amazon River is 4,000 miles long and stretches all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Jack begins taking notes in his notebook as Annie investigates the fish that are swimming alongside their canoe. They have sharp teeth. He warns his sister that they can eat people.

Jack plans to grab a vine and pull them to shore, but when he grabs one, the "vine" is a cold scaly snake that falls into the water and swims away. Annie reaches for what she thinks is another branch, but this time it's a crocodile. Annie lets go and is surprised to hear a monkey screech from a nearby tree.

Math - today students continued our last unit of the year. We reviewed what mass means and then in groups we tested our hand at measuring (with a scale)


Language 
today students organized their opinion of whether or not students have their own ipads in class. Once students organized their opinion they then wrote it in letter format to Mr. Rosario.


Inquiry into habitats - students worked on drawing a picture of what they think the ocean looks like. 



We ended our day by having gym class with Ms. Yustin, you can check out her blog at https://sjaayustin.blogspot.ca/