Happy Friday!

We had a fantastic Friday!
In the morning we had our house game with the school. Next, snacks and morning circle time.
In language, we worked on ending sounds such as AM and AG. Students cut and paste the pictures into the correct box.
In math, we had hands on activities where students put their pattern skills into practice.
Today students presented their show and tell, attended gym and French classes.
Have a great weekend!

Fun Thursday!

We had a fantastic Thursday!

We began the day with art class, snacks and morning circle time.

In language arts we worked on short vowel "A" word families. Students had to cut and paste the correct picture into the correct ending sound box: AN and AT. They practiced sounding the following words: hat, pan, mat, van, can, rat, fan and cat.

In math we made pattern mittens using colorful strips of paper and gluing on a mitt template.

In our UOI we played a guessing animal game.

Have a great evening everyone!

Happy Wednesday

Today we began the day with our reading buddies, snacks and morning circle time.
In language students chose a word the begins with S, wrote in their journals and then drew a picture to go along.
Next, we practised recognizing beginning sounds and we also went on a letter hunt for the letter S.
In Math we had pattern centers.
Have a great evening everyone!

St. Jude's Academy Cold Weather Policy

Below you will find the steps taken at St. Jude's Academy to ensure students stay safe and have fun during the winter months.

1. Reduce amount of time students spend outdoors when the temperature is –20 degrees Celsius or colder, with or without the wind chill. Students will stay indoors when the temperature is -20 degrees Celsius or colder, with or without wind chill.
2. Understand that some medical conditions may increase sensitivity to cold. Parents should consult their physician and provide a written notice if a child has a need to stay indoor. 
3. Ensure students are dressed warmly, covering exposed skin: insulated boots, winter weight coats, mittens, hats, neck warmers.
4. Ensure students change wet clothing or footwear immediately.
5. Although these conditions are unlikely to occur during the school day, ensure that all staff are able to recognize and treat symptoms of frostbite and hypothermia. Given plenty of warm fluids to prevent dehydration.
6. When children are outside, be watchful for shivering or signs of numbness in faces, ears, hands or feet.
7. Educate children in dealing with cold weather: drinking plenty of fluids, dressing warmly, and recognizing signs of cold injury.

 

Cold Monday

Wow, today was really cold outside!
We began the day with morning circle time and snacks.
In language we learned name, sound and formation of the letter S.
We made a list of words that begin with S and then practiced writing upper case and lower case.
In Math we talked about patterns and colored the letter S using a pattern.
In our UOI we talked about mammals and its characteristics.
Then we read a book about mammals.
Today students attended gym and French classes.
Look at our "Snow Tree" from last week:

Happy Friday!

We had a great day!
In the morning we did a finger paint winter tree.
Next, in language we cut and paste animals matching the beginning sound.
In the afternoon we talked about different groups of animals. In math we had centers, where students practiced the abab pattern.
Have a great weekend!

Happy Thusday!

Today we began the day with art class and snacks.
Then we had our morning circle time, which involved our calendar, counting to 100th day of school, weather and songs.
In Language Arts we worked on beginning sounds for the following letters: s, c, p, h, g, p, w and b.
In Math we reviewed what a pattern is and built abab patterns using lego blogs. Everyone did a good job!
In our UOI we talked about what we know about animals, take a look at student's answers:
Peter - "some animals have horns"
Zoya: "butterflies fly!"
Olivia: "zebra have patterns"
Fatema: "tigers have tails"
Noah: "ducks eat bread"
Saraya: "some animals hop"
Damien: "some animals eat grass"
Scarlett: "some live in the barn"
Leah: "some animals live in the wild grass"
Sarah: "dog's noses are funny"
Denise: "fish swim in the water"
Ariana: "Owls stay awake in the night"


Have a great evening!

Our work from yesterday!

Welcome Back!

We had a fantastic day back!
Everyone was excited about sharing what they did over the break.
Today we started the day with our morning calendar routine and snacks.
In language we sang our phonics song and completed a couple of worksheets to review the letter and sounds learned so far.
In our UOI we began our unit on animals and living things. Please see the blog side bar for more details. We put our UOI board together and then students drew a picture of their favorite animal.
In Math we began a new unit on patterns. A letter will be sent home tomorrow with details.
To help students understand what a pattern is, we made bracelets using beads and pipe cleaner.
Today students attended gym and French classes.
Have a great evening everyone!

Merry Christmas!

 

 

I wish all my JK families a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Bring a pillow tomorrow!

Mrs. Kerr is asking students to bring a pillow tomorrow.
Thank you!