Map Perspectives

We worked on speeches for the first section of our time together today. We repeated yesterday’s procedure. Eight students volunteered to say their speeches to the whole class. Students chose to stay and be part of the audience and give feedback to those presenting or to go outside into the hallways and practice their speech to a buddy or on their own. The eight who presented today received excellent feedback from their peers and from me. They are coming home with a written transcript of the feedback to help them improve their speech. Everyone should be practicing and memorizing their speech. The in-class contest takes place on Tuesday, February 4^th. All students must wear blazers – no hoodies – for the oral competition.

Next, we continued working on our How we organize ourselves unit. We began by having students share the results of their Global Connections Treasure Hunt. Countries that were mentioned were pinned on our class map. In addition to the countries that were pinned yesterday, students should be able to identify and locate Pakistan, Japan, UAE, Kenya, Luxembourg, Canada, USA, Aruba, Bangladesh, Germany, and South Korea on a blank map. Students received a blank map today. They are to use this map to label all pinned countries and they should use it as a study tool to prepare for the unit test.

Our goal for today’s inquiry lesson was for students to continue to develop an understanding of the connections that Canada has with other countries. They participated in a fun activity with Aanika reading the story of the Global Kid out loud. She was interrupted by a number of students who described global connections between the kid in the story and the products he was using. Our hope is to add more pins to our world map tomorrow to further represent the connections in the Global Kid story and from students’ Global Connections Treasure Hunt.

We had more inquiry time at the end of the day. This time our learning goal was to describe the advantages and disadvantages of different map projections and how they shape how we see the world. Ask your child to tell you about the short comings of the Mercator and Peters maps. We had fun looking at the globe from different perspectives and identifying the different continents. Students are encouraged to further explore the Mapping our world website and activities on their own.

We ended our inquiry time with a mapping activity. On their ‘Continents’ map, students are to:

·         use the key we created in class to neatly colour the continents as follows

o   North America (red)

o   South America (yellow)

o   Africa (green)

o   Europe (purple)

o   Antarctica (white)

o   Australia (brown)

o   Asia (orange)

·         to do some research to discover where Europe ends and Asia begins

·         discover which continent Greenland belongs to

·         discover which continent Iceland belongs to

·         label the one line of longitude and the three lines of latitude on the map

·         add the compass rose to the map – research if you don’t know what this is

·         Colour all oceans, seas, and lakes in blue

Incomplete mapwork is to be completed for homework and is due tomorrow.

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Students attended French class with Mme. Stella and math class with Ms. Joseph. In math students …For homework, students are to complete the math review worksheet. The unit test will be written on Monday, February 3^rd.

Do not order a hot lunch for the following dates:

-          March 4, 2020 – Ski & snowboard trip

DON’T DELAY - THE DEADLINE FOR RE-REGISTRATION IS FEBRUARY 18 AT 4 PM

To reserve your child’s 2020-2021 place at St. Jude’s Academy, complete and return your child’s re-registration forms and payment by FEB 18 AT 4 pm.

Homework and Reminders

Speech:

·         Catch up if you are behind on your speech work – cue cards are past due

·         Memorize your speech

·         Practice presenting your speech

Unit of Inquiry:

·         Get your parent to sign your timeline, explorers test, and RSA Animation – past due

·         Complete the Continents map work described above – due tomorrow

·         Complete the country map work activity – add the following countries label Portugal, Croatia, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Japan, UAE, Kenya, Luxembourg, Canada, Aruba, Bangladesh, Germany, South Korea, USA

·         explore the Mapping our world website

Math:

·         Complete the review worksheet

·         Unit test on Monday, February 3^rd

Upcoming Dates

• Monday, February 3^rd – Math unit test
• Tuesday, February 4^th – In-Class Speech competition. Wear blazers
• Thursday, February 6^th:
• JK - Grade 3 Oral Competition
• Deadline for February hot lunch payments
• Friday, February 7^th
• Grade 4 – 8 Oral Competition
• DRA Graphs go home
• Saturday, February 8^th
• Open House, 10 am – 2 pm
• Monday, February 10^th
• Year Ahead Day (Lower School)
• Thursday, February 13^th
• Valentine’s Spirit Day
• 100^th Day of School
• Friday, February 14^th – No school for students
• Monday, February 17^th – Family Day (No school)
• Tuesday, February 18^th
• Jump Rope Kick-Off Assembly
• Reregistration deadline
• Wednesday, February 19^th 
• Grade 5 & 6 Ski Trip to Glen Eden
• Friday, February 21^st – Sibling & Graduation Picture Day
• Tuesday, February 25^th
• Casual Day
• Pancake Tuesday
• Bake Sale hosted by Cass & Bannon  
• Wednesday, February 26^th 
• Pink Shirt Day
• Caribou Math Contest– Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device.
• Thursday, February 27^th 
• Oral Competition, SJA v Maples
• Friday, February 28^th
• Jump Rope for Heart Event
• How we organize ourselves unit of inquiry test
• March 2 – March 6: Spirit Week
• Monday, March 2^nd – Ambassador’s Tea Party
• Wednesday, March 4^th
• Grade 5 and 6 Ski trip to Glen Eden

• March 9 – 20: March Break