Welcome Back to SJA on this Cozy Pyjama Day! - Day 14

Good Afternoon Families!  

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

Reminders

- Our Fall Fundraiser is here! What used to be our Spring Fundraiser is now our Fall Fundraiser and we need your help. This year, all funds raised will go towards our Art Productions, physical activity equipment and more Chromebooks. There will be a variety of exciting events and amazing prizes for students to win through their participation. These include sitting in the teacher chair for a day and decorating Mr. Oliver’s face with makeup!! The class who brings in the most money will win a pizza and movie party. For students in Grade 3-6 who bring in a minimum of $40 on top of the daily activities will attend a trip to Glow Zone and those students in JK-Grade 2 will attend a trip to Kidsport.

Daily Fall Fundraiser Activities – Each activity costs $2.00!!
Monday, September 23rd is PJ Day.
Tuesday, September 24th is Popcorn Day. 
Wednesday, September 25th is Ice Cream Sandwich Day.
Thursday, September 26th is Wacky Thursday.
Friday, September 27th is Casual Day and Dance Party (JK-Grade 2) and Electronics Day and Casual Day (Grade 3-6).

Polar Expressions is back again this year and they are looking for students to have the chance to publish poems and short stories in an upcoming book. Information sheets have been sent. Students who are interested in this competition can do so on their own time, as class time will not be given. The deadline for poems is November 29^th and the deadline for short stories is December 6^th.

October Lunches

Site is now open. 

Site closes Wednesday, September 25th at 3:00pm 

Special of the month: 3 pancakes with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays. 

All payments are to be made through quickbooks. 

** A kind reminder to please order under the correct teacher and grade! For example: Samuel, Grade 4

Quote of the Day - Bringing a little inspiration to your day! 

Take a look at what we accomplished today!

Reading Buddies with Ms. Bannon's Class:

What a perfect way to start our Monday morning; nice and cozy in our jammies, reading a story to our buddies! 

Inquiry into Math:

Today we began our next unit - Whole Numbers. In class we talked about the different ways that we can represent a number. Here is what we came up with:

Here's some helpful information when remembering how to use a place value chart:

Millions Period

Thousands Period

Units Period

H M	T M	M	H T	T T	T	H	T	O

H M – hundred million

T M – ten million

M – million

H T – hundred thousand

T T – ten thousand

T – thousand

H – hundreds

T – tens

O – ones

We also talked about why we compare and order numbers: 

Sign up for Caribou Math:

A copy of this letter has been sent home with your child last week. Please return it to me and I will pass it along to Mrs. Haag. 

Inquiry into Language:

Today we the class worked on completing their individual DRA assignments.

Some students used their time to complete their spelling lesson 3 activities. Our next spelling test will be on Friday, September 27th. 

Grade 4 Spelling	Grade 5 Spelling
Objective: to spell one-, two- and three-syllable words with long-vowel sounds TIP: long vowels sound like their names  Scale These Arrive Stove Cubes Rules	Objective: to spell the words in which f, ff, gh, and pg spell the f sound TIP: The f sound can be spelled 4 different ways ·       F – frightened ·       Ff – suffer ·       Ph – paragraph ·       Gh – enough

Spelling procedures are as follows:

1.     Copy your spelling words into your agendas in cursive

2.     Define your bonus words

3.     Complete spelling lesson activities

4.     Hand in completed spelling activities on Wednesdays

5.     Study for spelling tests nightly

How do I know if I know my spelling words? Well, can you use them in a sentence? Can you define the word to someone else? Do you know other words that have the same meanings (synonyms)? Do you know words that mean the opposite?

Unit of Inquiry:

The Map re-test will be sent home tomorrow. 


We took some time to complete our physical regions maps. Their task tonight is to create their own individual notes on the St. Lawrence Lowlands and to be ready to share them with their group members tomorrow. We will be using this information tomorrow to create 3D maps of the physical regions! 

  

Music- Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.

Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!

Homework

Language – Spelling Lesson 3  due Wednesday + test Friday

Math – Workbook pg. 10 & 11
- Sign up for Caribou Math (optional)

Unit of Inquiry – Great Lakes and Bodies of water Quiz Friday
- finish notes on physical regions

Extra - Bring in Gregg le Rock form + $$
- Fall Fundraiser - Tuesday: Popcorn Day
- Design a badge for Orange Shirt Day - Due tomorrow 

Important dates/items:

September 20 - 27 Fall Fundraiser

September 25 Casual Day
September 30 Orange Shirt Day
October 1 & 2 Bake Sale
October 4 Nea Archi Event (for new families) 7 - 9 pm

Have a great evening, Ms. Samuel