All About Me

My name is Nicole Samuel and I am one of the Grade 4 teachers for this upcoming school year. I have been a teacher at SJA since January 2018 and this will be my third-year teaching Grade 4.

I am a graduate of Central Michigan University Elementary Education Program and an Alum of the CMU Women’s Soccer Team.

When I am not teaching, I enjoy being physically active (soccer is my favourite sport, go Manchester United!), watching movies, working on "do it yourself" crafts, and spending time with my family. I can hardly wait to get to know all of you!

Monday, 16 December 2019

Happy Monday - Day 69

Good Afternoon Families!

 We had a busy day rehearsing for our Christmas concert, but here are a few updates.

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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!



Keep scrolling for more updates!



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.




The SJA Parent Guild will be holding a 50/50  Draw during the evening Christmas Concert on December 17. See attached flyer for details.




Inquiry into Language:
Today we began our lesson 15 spelling activities:

Grade 4 Spelling – Doubling final consonants
Grade 5 Spelling – Prefixes pre, pro, re and ex
Objective: to spell words in which the final consonant of the base words doubled when ed, er, or ing is added
Objective: to spell words with the prefixes pre, pro, re, and ex

Spelling activities are due on Wednesday. Our spelling test will be on Thursday. We will be starting our next grammar lesson tomorrow.

We will continue working on our rough drafts for our second OWA task. Students also worked on their DRAs today. The students have made many improvements in their reading and have already had a lot of success with their Term 2 DRAs!



We had another full run through of the entire show from start to finish. This time we practiced in our costumes.

Tomorrow is the big day! We will performing twice tomorrow; our first performance will be at 1:00 pm, our second performance will be after school at 6:30 pm - doors open at 6:00 pm.

For the performance tomorrow, please ensure the following items are at school:

Girls - Black Shoes 
- Hair in ponytails

Boys - Black Shoes.

Students may come to school in their gym uniforms to allow for quick changes.

All makeup for the show will be done at school and costumes will be ready at the school.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.
Physical Education- Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links. 
Music - Please check Mr. Oliver'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 - Speling lesson 15 
-Read 30 mins

Math – 

Unit of Inquiry – 

Extra - 

Important dates/items:
Tuesday December 17 - Christmas Concert (G.3 - G.8)
Wednesday, December 18 - Casual Day + Bake Sale 
Thursday, December 19 - Spirit Day: Red, Green, & White Dress Up + Bake Sale 
Friday December 20 - January 7 - Winter Break (No School)
Have a good evening, Ms. Samuel    Image result for see you on monday cartoon gif

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