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Welcome Back! I hope you all had a fun and relaxing March Break! Due to the recent COVID-19 Pandemic, SJA is moving to an online classroom format for continued learning. We will be using Discord as our online classroom.

If you have not had a chance to register your child for my classroom, please use the following link to meet with me on a daily basis: https://discord.gg/cByfWxr.

Students will only need to be logged into our Discord classroom during these times:
Math - 9:00 - 9:20
Language - 12:00 - 1:00 (we may not be chatting during the entire period, so you can log on only when you have a question)
UOI - 2:15 - 3:00 (we may not be chatting during the entire period, so you can log on only when you have a question) 

Here is the schedule for the day:

I will be sending the necessary class materials for each class the night before via email. If there are any extra worksheets I will send them throughout the day. I will post any necessary links in our discord classroom as well.

Students are expected to think of our discord classroom the same way they would about our regular classroom. It is not set up to be a chatroom, but I do encourage students to use it to work together and ask each other question when doing daily activities. Students are expected to be logged out of our discord classroom by 3:00 pm everyday (dismissal), but if you need me I will be available on Discord until 5:00 pm for any extra questions that you might have. After 5 pm I will be logged out of our discord classroom, but I will check my email periodically until 6:30 pm for any urgent questions. 

We will have more access to one another, but it is important that we all take a break from our devices to spend time on our hobbies, or time with our family members. COVID-19 has caused a great deal of uncertainty for us, and may continue to do so, but a positive that we can take from this is more time spent with the ones that we love!

Discord Day 1

Math
Discord: 9:00 - 9:20
Work Period: 9:20 - 10:20

Unit 7: Transformational Geometry - Pretest

For today's math lesson, you will be given time to complete your math show what you know pre-test. You may not need the entire time given to complete the test. Please use the rest of your time to write about the areas that you may have struggled the most. Please be as specific as you can when you do this. If you complete your work early you may use this time to begin reading your book that has been assigned to you on Raz Kids.

Language

Duration: 12:00 - 1:00

Spelling Lesson 24 (Only, please do not move on to next week's spelling lesson)

Spelling lesson 24 is a review lesson. I know this may be tough since you do not have your spelling book with you. The first question asks you to review the list words that you had difficulty with, you can skip this question. 

Throughout the rest of your spelling review activity, a helpful tip has been provided to refresh your memory so that you can complete the activity.

We will not be having spelling tests via our online classrooms, so all spelling activities are due on Fridays. 

Learning Goal:  Students are expected to use the spelling patterns that they have learned during lessons 19 to 23 to complete their spelling activities. 

Grammar
For your grammar lesson please complete the Plural Nouns worksheet.  Read the key points at the top of the page thoroughly before you begin this activity. Please only complete this worksheet and do not move on to any of the other worksheets.

Learning Goals: Students will understand how to create plural nouns and that it names more than one person, place, or thing. 

Reading - Raz Kids

Duration: 2:00 - 2:15 

Log on to Raz Kids to complete your assigned text for the day. Students will read their assigned text each day to continue building on their reading skills. They should listen to the text, read the text, and then complete the quiz. Be sure to look up any words you are unfamiliar with – create your own dictionary. Raz Kids activities are expected to be completed daily. If it has not been completed during the day, you can take some time in the evening to complete it. 

Learning Goals: Students will read independently. Students will answer comprehension questions about the text. 


Daily Word Ladder Fun!

Word ladders are extra worksheets for you to have fun with. You will receive a word ladder from Tuesday - Thursday. You are required to complete these worksheets, but you do not have to hand all of them in, pick the two that you like the most and hand them in via email on Fridays. 

Learning Goals: Students will use the clues that are given to generate words that match each clue. 

Unit of Inquiry 
Sharing the planet: Rocks & Minerals
Duration: 2:15 - 3:00


We are beginning our 5th unit about Rocks and Minerals:

Central Idea: Human activity involving rocks and minerals affects the environment in various ways.

Key Concepts:

          ·   Causation

          ·   Responsibility

          ·   Perspective

Lines of Inquiry:

          ·   The non-living cycles in our environment.  (Causation)

          ·   Mining  (Perspective)

          ·   The impact of humans on the nature of the landscape (Responsibility)

        Related Concepts:

          ·   Cycles 

          ·   Opinion

Today the focus will be completing our KWL chart. As we work through the unit and learn new things and answer your questions, please make attempts to change our chart so that it is reflective of our learning. 

You will receive an email from during our Unit of Inquiry session at 2:15 to participate in our online KWL chart.  A discussion will follow, we will also be using this time to create a title page. Title Pages will be due Wednesday, March 25th. Please use your Gmail email address to send a picture of your work to me. 

Learning Goals:  Students will use this time to identify the things that they know, wonder, or have already learned about about rocks and minerals. This will help guide our discussion and it will help to create a road map for our unit. 

French

Mme. Stella will use our Discord link for her classes. 

Mme. Stella's classes will be everyday from 1:00 - 1:30.

Bonjour mes amis!

At St. Jude’s Academy, we want to maintain our students happy and eager to learn; therefore we want to explain the situation so they don’t develop an anxiety but rather, take “Action” by using new precautions and keep developing the positive attitude and academic skills to help them to grow. Here are some links that could also help to keep the exposure to the French language.

Physical Education

My discord classroom link: 

Mr. Orr's classes will be on Mondays,Wednesdays and Friday

from 10:20 - 11:00. Please check the blog on the designated days above at 9:00 am for details about Mr. Orr's lesson. 

A message from Mr. Orr: 

Good morning and welcome to online learning! Hopefully you have all had a restful March break! The way Phys. Ed. will run for the coming weeks is a little different than regular school hours. We will have a “live” time online on Mondays from 10:20-11 in my Phys. Ed. Discord channel. Here I will share expectations and requirements for the week and answer any questions students may have. There are two requirements for the students to complete throughout the week. These requirements include some physical activity and a health activity.

For the physical portion, each morning on Discord and on the classroom blog I will post a physical activity challenge. It will be something simple and I will do my best to show the students exactly what I want them to do. Students will need to record themselves completing the challenge and send it to me either on Discord or by email (if they have a YouTube channel they can upload it to YouTube and send me the link). To go along with this challenge I have also attached a tracker for students to keep track of their physical activity. Students are expected to be active for at least 30 minutes a day. This can be done at separate times throughout the day or all at once. The activity challenge I post can be a part of it but it will not be long enough to cover the full 30 minutes, so students will need to choose their own activity to fill the rest of their time. Once they record their activity on the calendar it will need to be signed by a parent or guardian. At the end of the week students will take a picture or scan a copy of their completed weekly calendar with signatures, and send it to me by email to prove they have been active every day! So go out and be active, but remember to continue practicing your social distancing and healthy habits!

Todays Physical Activity Challenge: 5 Minute Set Challenge

-          Your challenge for today is to do as many sets as you can in 5 minutes. A set includes 5 push-ups, 5 sit-ups, and 5 squats. Set a timer for 5 minutes and then start! Do 5 push-ups, 5 sit-ups, 5 squats (that’s 1 set) and start over with 5 push-ups. Continue until your timer is up. Don’t forget to record it and send it to me with your total number of sets done! Check out our Phys. Ed. Discord channel for my video and see how your classmates did!

For the Health portion, students will be given a task on Monday that needs to be worked on throughout the week and submitted on Friday. I will explain the task, work through questions and give examples during my live online time in my Discord classroom on Mondays from 10:20-11. I will also be available anytime from 9-3:45 on both Discord or by email to answer any questions students have or to give support. I will give reminders about these tasks daily on the classroom morning blog and on Discord, and I will be sharing my experiences through this time as well. Our first weekly health task is outlined below. I will give further details on Monday during our “class time”.

Today's learning goal: Students will demonstrate an understanding of what healthy eating looks like outside the school environment.

-        Our goal this week is to try to prepare and eat healthy foods. It is important that we continue to eat healthy and stay active to maintain our overall health. Your job this week is to come up with 3 healthy snacks and 1 healthy meal that you can eat at your house. Snacks can be as simple as a bowl of fruit, or something you actually have to make. Throughout the week you will need to send me pictures of your healthy snacks that you are making and eating. You will also need to work with your parents to help make a healthy meal. This could be breakfast, lunch or dinner, but it has to be healthy and it has to be homemade. Once you have made your meal, send me a picture with a description of what it is and how it is healthy. Keep in mind that when cooking you should always have a parent around to help out and make sure everything is safe!

Music

My Discord classroom link is: https://discord.gg/W5rsYuU

Mr. Oliver's classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:20 - 11:00. Please check the blog on the designated days above at 9:00 am for details about Mr. Oliver's lesson.

A message from Mrs. Hayward: