SJA Mission:

St. Jude's Academy aims to teach students through planning, inquiry, instruction and assessment in order to prepare students to be conscientious world citizens.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

We are back! Happy Wednesday!

Thank you again to everyone who attended the Christmas concert, it was a great success!

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the letter Yy. The students brainstormed names and words that begin with the letter Yy.  They also worked on printing short Y words and a sentence in their Journals and used play dough the create the letter Yy.  Here is the Jolly Phonics Yy song:letter Y song

Gym
Ms. Yustin was back today and they continued their gross motor activities focused on yoga and gymnastics.

French
Mlle. Hou taught the students Christmas themed vocabulary in French.  Her is the link to her website: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

UOI
We continued our Space unit and watched Space Dog's with both SK classes and had a sharing circle about what we observed.

Daily 5
The SK's were engaged in Literacy Centers today, with books and puzzles.

Math
The students continued our new Math unit on Addition.  The students took turns working on addition equations on the board and worked with partners with a Christmas themed activity sheet.

Reminders:
-Ugly Christmas Sweater Day: Monday, December 17th.
-Addition math test: Wednesday, December 19th.
-Bake Sale: Wednesday, December 19th.
-December spelling test & Casual day (red, green & white): Thursday, December 20th.
-Christmas Holiday begins on Friday, December 21st.
 practicing for the Christmas concert!

 Santa came to visit our school yesterday after the Christmas concert!
 The students did an amazing job!
 practicing our printing skills with the letter Yy
 adding on the board



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