Happy Monday!

Blend sounds of the week:
aw & wh

Words of the week:
saw
crawl
claw
whisper
why
when

Show & Share for Friday, May 3rd:
Sahib R
Sahib K
Noorah
Matthew
*Students may bring in a picture of a family vacation/trip*

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the blend sound aw and brainstormed words on the board.  The SK's practiced their printing and spelling skills with an activity sheet.

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
Our class continued learning more about the season Spring!  The students worked with partners with a Write the Room activity.  The students had to find the matching words and record them on an activity sheet.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners and Reading Buddies with the grade 4 students.

Math
The SK's continued learning more about Measurement.  The students worked on measuring items around the classroom and placing them in order from shortest to longest.

Reminders:

• April 30th-April Spelling Test
• May 7th-Arts Night
• May 10th-Measurement Math Test
• May 17th-No School (PD Day)
• May 20th-No School (Victoria Day)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Hello SK parents,

As part of the grade 6 Exhibition, students are to take action in relation to the topic they chose, please take the time to read over and participate:

Dear St. Jude's families 

We are two grade six students doing an assignment in which we have to take action to make the world a happier and better place to live in. We ask you to please sign the online petition to support us in banning violent video games for children under the age of 18-years-old. Thank you for your time.

Ban Violent Video Games Petition

From: Ethan & Amron 

Fantastic Friday!

We did not have Music class today, due to Ms. McMillan running Arts Night practice.  We did get a chance to practice our song and actions to prepare for Arts Night.  Students also presented pictures of their families for their show & share.

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the blend sound ue.  The SK's practiced printing ue blend in upper/lower case and words in their printing books.

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
Our class continued learning more about the season Spring!  The students were excited to take home their seeds and were introduced to a our class egg!  The students made predictions of what will come out of the egg.  We also worked on Spring trees using tissue paper, for an art project.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners.

Math
The SK's continued learning more about Measurement.  The students were introduced to the measurement of Area.  The SK's worked in groups in their Math books and using a variety of manipulative as measuring tools.

Reminders:

• April 30th-April Spelling Test
• May 7th-Arts Night
• May 10th-Measurement Math Test
• May 17th-No School (PD Day)
• May 20th-No School (Victoria Day)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Terrific Thursday!

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the blend sound eu.  The SK's brainstormed eu blend words and worked with partners to classify "real" and" nonsense" words with an activity sheet.

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
Our class continued learning more about the season Spring!  The students listened to a Spring themed read a loud story and used paint and their finger prints to create an art piece for Arts Night.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners.

Math
The SK's continued learning more about Measurement.  The students listened to a story that was titled Measuring Up and we all worked together on a measuring name activity.  Each of the students wrote their names and had to determine as a class whose name was the longest, shortest and the same?

Reminders:

• April 30th-April Spelling Test
• May 7th-Arts Night
• May 10th-Measurement Math Test
• May 17th-No School (PD Day)
• May 20th-No School (Victoria Day)

Windy Wednesday!

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the blend sound ir.  The SK's worked on their printing skills in their booklets and worked with partners with an activity sheet.  The students had to match the ir blend words and fill in the missing letters.

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
Our class enjoyed exploring the outdoors with the other SK classes, as part of our nature walk for our unit of inquiry (Seasons/Spring).  The students had partners and had to check spring items that they found outdoors, to complete their Spring Nature Hunt.  When we got back, we had a sharing circle and talked about what we observed and wrote sentences in our Journals.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners.

Math
The SK's continued learning more about Measurement.  The students worked in their math books and worked with partners with a nonstandard unit measuring activity.  The SK's used a variety of materials as measuring tools and recorded their finding in their math books.

Music
Ms. McMillan was away today, we continued practicing our song for Arts Night.

Reminders:

• April 30th-April Spelling Test
• May 7th-Arts Night
• May 10th-Measurement Math Test
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Happy Tuesday!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their long weekend!  We started our day with an Earth Day house game and presentation.

Blend sounds of the week:
ir & ue

Words of the week:
girl
shirt
first
blue
true
clue

Show & Share for Friday, April 26th:
Finley
Callum
Farah
Tanisha
*Students are to bring in a picture of their family*

Inquiry into Language
The SK's practiced the sound and formation of the blend sound ir.  The SK's brainstormed words that have the ir blend and practiced their sentence writing, by creating four simple sentences using ir words.

French
Here is the link to Mlle. Hou's blog: http://mllehousja.blogspot.ca/

Gym
Here is a link to Ms. Yustin's blog :http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com/

UOI
We worked on an Earth Day activity package.  The students had to colour the front page, create a sentence that answers the question: How can we help keep our planet clean? Also, students worked on a word search.

Daily 5
The students were engaged in Literacy Centers with partners.

Math
The SK's continued learning more about Measurement.  The students worked on the terms longest and shortest, they worked with partners on an activity sheet and used manipulative.

Reminders:

• April 24th-Casual Day
• April 30th-April Spelling Test
• May 7th-Arts Night
• May 10th-Measurement Math Test

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