Friday February 21, 2020

 few quick reminders:

·      Monday is Day 3.

·      Aftercare invoices for the month of January have come out and were due Saturday, February 15^th, 2020. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Chiappetta at echiappetta@stjudesacademy.com

·      The lunch site is now open for the month of March! It will be open until Wednesday, February 26^th at 3:00 p.m. sharp. The special for the month is French Toast with Whipped Cream and Syrup. Please remember not to order on Wednesday, March 4^th as we are skiing. Any questions can be directed to Ms. Gandy at sgandy@stjudesacademy.com

·      Re-registration packages were due back by 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18^th. We are still accepting the packages now – hurry and secure your spot for the 2020-2021 school year.

We began the day with a Jump Rope for heart assembly.

Then we took our graduation and sibling photos.

Next we worked on our math test and OWA post assessment writing a persuasive letter.

After first recess and lunch we had French.

Then we dove into UOI learning about the Human Development Index. 

Learning Goal: Students distinguished between developing nations and described what is meant by the Human Development Index. 

 

• The Human Development Index: the HDI measures the quality of life of a country based on 3 key areas: 

-life expectancy

-knowledge 

-standard of living.

Students predicted where Canada, the USA and 3 other countries might be on the HDI. Then we all used this website to determine if our predictions were correct:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index#/media/File:HDI_2018_(updated).svg

We then compared more developed and less developed countries: 

Criteria for	Developed	Developing Country
Comparison	Country
Wealth	Higher	Lower
Population Growth	Lower	Higher
Ability to afford food	Higher	Lower
Ability to afford shelter	Higher	Lower
Access to Health Care	Higher	Lower
Access to Education	Higher	Lower
Strength of the Economy (Jobs, Trade)	Strong	Weak – dependent on Developed Nations
Access to Technology	High	Low – dependent on Developed Nations
Location in the world	Mostly Northern & Western Hemispheres	Mostly Southern and Eastern Hemispheres

We also began our new math unit on probability. Today we worked on the skills you need. Some reminders are:

At the end of the day we had physical education with Mr. Orr.










Homework:

1. Read Daily
2. Math sheet questions 1-3
3. UOI: finish Venn diagram and HDI chart
4. Study for UOI test on Friday
5. Greenland and Iceland to map