Day 2

Hello Everyone,



Go Raptors Go!!

After-Care Invoices
-Invoices are due June 14th.  If payment is not received by this date, you will not receive your child's report card.

Grade 4 Art Gallery 

Wednesday, June 5th 

Gym - Please see Ms. Yustin's blog

Healthy Snack

Language - Our sight words we reviewed today were: up, in, my, jump

 

Recess/ Lunch

Music- Please see Ms. McMillan's blog

Morning Circle - Days of the week, months of the year, todays weather, dress for the weather. 

Math - Numeracy

Today we practiced recognizing numbers in their word form.

Raptors Craft
In the spirit of Raptor's Day, we made raptor puppets!

Recess/Lunch

Inquiry Centres

Pack up/ Agendas

French - Please see Mlle. Jessica's blog.

Day 1

Hello Everyone,

Notes and Reminders:

Wednesday June 5^th – Raptors Day
Students may wear any Toronto Raptor’s attire with the logo.  If your child does not have any items, please wear gym uniform

SJA Track and Field

Congratulations to the Track and Field team on winning 19 medals at last weeks meet!  St. Jude's Academy placed fourth out of 34 schools!  Well done!!

Grade 4 Art Gallery

Tuesday, June 4th 

Gym - Please see Ms. Yustin's blog

Healthy Snack

Language - Sight word review- Today we reviewed sight words  I, is, see, the

Recess/Lunch
Calendar - Today's weather, dress for the weather, days of the week, months of the year.
Math - Cut and Paste Addition

 Math Continued - We played Roll and Add with dice!

 Ms. Fisher wrote the numbers on the board, then together we counted the total.

Then, students had a turn writing on the board what number they rolled.  Together we added up the total.

Inquiry Centres
Recess/Lunch
Pack Up/ Agendas
Reading Buddies

French - Please see Mlle. Jessica's blog

Day 6

Hello Everyone,

Please see class updates below:

Wednesday June 5^th – Raptors Day

• Students may wear any Toronto Raptor’s attire with the logo.  If your child does not have any items, please wear gym uniform

Monday, June 10^th – House Colour Day

• Students may wear house colours as we will be participating in activities to see which house will win this year’s house cup!

Tuesday, June 11^th – Water Day for JKs

• Please apply sunscreen before coming to school, wear bathing suit under casual clothes, preferably 2-piece suit (easier to use the washroom), leave undergarments in backpacks to change into after, and a towel.

Wednesday June 12^th – Year End Play Day @ dome 11-2pm

Friday June 14^th – JK Promotion Ceremony @ dome 9-11am

• Students are asked to wear semi-formal clothes
• For the ceremony, all students will be called on stage to receive their promotion certificate.  Three students will be receiving an academic award for outstanding achievement throughout the year. 
• There will be no time to take pictures on stage; pictures will be taken as a class group after receiving certificates.
• After the ceremony, we will return to the school to finish off the day. Parents are welcome to pick up their child after the ceremony, just let me know in advance. 

Monday, June 3rd 

Gym - Please see Ms. Yustin's blog 

Healthy Snack

Language - Sight word review: Today we reviewed different sight words. We practiced spelling them out and using the stretchy snake strategy to read the words.

Recess/ Lunch
Language Continued - Students finished previous language work.
UOI - Amazing Animals
Today we moved our caterpillars, who are now in their chrysalis, to their new home!

 We attached them at the top of their new home:

 Journal Writing 
Students copied the above sentence on the board in their journals.  We practiced using an uppercase letter at the beginning of writing a sentence and using finger spaces between words.

Recess/Lunch
Math- Addition with stickers
Students placed the number of stickers in each box and wrote the total number of stickers.

Inquiry Centres

Pack Up/ Agendas/ Story Time

French- Please see Mlle. Jessica's blog.

Day 5

Hello Everyone,

Happy Friday!!!

SJA SUMMER CAMP
Please see below for more information regarding SJA's summer camp! Information packages have been sent home in your child's agenda today.  Please contact Ms. Hughes at bsmith@stjudesacademy.com if you have any questions or concerns.

LIBRARY BOOKS
Library books were due today!  If you still have a library book at home, please bring it in Monday.

RAPTORS DAY - June 5th 
Students are welcome to wear Raptors spirit wear to school.  Please note, only clothing items with the Raptors logo are allowed (eg. jerseys, shirts, team pants). 

Friday, May 31st 

Gym - We had gym class outside today as Ms. Yustin is away at a track meet. 

Healthy Snack 

Language - Today we learned our last sight word of the day: you

We learned how the word isn't the letter 'u', it refers to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. "you are a girl, you are a boy"

 Recess/Lunch

Music- Please see Mrs. McMillan's blog

Morning Circle - Days of the week, months of the year, today's weather, dress for the weather 

Inquiry Centres

French- Please see Mlle. Jessica's Blog

Recess/Lunch

Math - Addition - Counting Dice

 Plasma Car Fun!

Day 3

Hello Everyone,

Please bring any library books at home to school tomorrow as we will be visiting the library!

Wednesday, May 29th 

Gym - Please see Ms. Yustin's blog

Healthy Snack

Summative Presentation

Today we learned about Kangaroos! 

 

Language - Our sight words of the day are: up & we

 

Recess/Lunch

Music- Please see Mrs. MacMillan's blog

Morning Circle - Days of the week, months of the year, today's weather, dress for the weather 

Language continued - students completed sight word work.

French - Please see Mlle. Jessica's blog

Recess/Lunch

Math - Introduction to Addition - Today the JKs were introduced to addition!  We discussed that an addition/ plus sign means we are adding things together.  Some addition vocabulary we discussed is adding, join, sum, in all, put together, 

The addition machine!

 

Students placed manipulatives into the cups which represent each side on an addition question:

After putting the rocks in the addition machine, we counted the total amount in the box. 

We wrote on the board what we put in the addition machine each time to see how it would look as addition equation.  We did four Addition questions in total: