'Twas the week before Christmas...

... and all through our class,
The grade sixes kept working,
'Cause they wanted to pass!
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 Language Arts / Socials
                          - continuing to read and analyze short stories and current events such as Typhoon Haiyan  
                          - working on predicting and summarizing strategies
                          - discussions of ideas & context clues
                          - we need to finish 'Zoo' on Monday to be graded on screen.

Math - problem solving focus continues...
         - some great group work is happening!
         - test on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

 Drama - as per last week... preparing for D103 this week and next
            - researching a specific country and occupation, skills,...
            - full costume, role of new persona and discussion of the 'dilemma' changed to Thursday, Dec. 19 at 9am due to music classes.
 

PE - finished lacrosse; floor hockey skills and games.

Also, we will be swimming on Friday, December 20 from 11 - 12:30! Cost will be announced in class and students will write the amount their in agendas. 





Music ...

ARES Intermediate Christmas Concert     

Thursday December 19^th at 6:30pm

Dear parents/Guardians,

This year the intermediate students (Grades 4-7) at Adam Robertson Elementary School will be performing a Christmas Concert.  Starting a 6:30pm, the Intermediate students will be performing a variety of songs.  Performances will be by individual Grades and will showcase what students have been learning in music recently in term one. All intermediate students are expected to attend as 'performance' is part of the music curriculum.

Students: please try to wear black pants and a white shirt for the performance 

Staff and students are excited about this event and look forward to seeing family and friends attend.

Thanks,

ARES Intermediate Staff and Mr. Simon 
 
 

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Report Cards - please return the cover page signed along with the envelope ASAP
                     - Thanks.

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Student / Parent / Teacher Conferences: 

Parents: if you would like to discuss your child's progress at any time throughout the year, please leave a note in the agenda and we can arrange a convenient meeting time.

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Happy Holidays EVERYONE!
 

Dec 9 - 13

Language Arts - continuing to read and analyze short stories
                          - reading responses to stories
                          - working on predicting and summarizing strategies
                          - discussions of ideas & context clues
                          - some stories are summarized using 'powerpoint.'

Math - problem solving focus continues...
         - learning and practicing strategies and proper ways to show all work and use a concluding statement
         - test on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

 Drama - preparing for D103 this week and next
            - researching a specific country... (see last blog entry for details)
            - full costume, role of new persona and discussion of the 'dilemma' is on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10am.

PE - finished lacrosse; miscellaneous active games are next.

Music ...

ARES Intermediate Christmas Concert     

Thursday December 19^th at 6:30pm

Dear parents/Guardians,

This year the intermediate students (Grades 4-7) at Adam Robertson Elementary School will be performing a Christmas Concert.  Starting a 6:30pm, the Intermediate students will be performing a variety of songs.  Performances will be by individual Grades and will showcase what students have been learning in music recently in term one. All intermediate students are expected to attend as 'performance' is part of the music curriculum.

Students: please try to wear black pants and a white shirt for the performance 

Staff and students are excited about this event and look forward to seeing family and friends attend.

Thanks,

ARES Intermediate Staff and Mr. Simon  

............................................................................
Report Cards - please return the cover page signed along with the envelope ASAP
                     - Thanks.

............................................................
Student / Parent / Teacher Conferences: 

Parents: if you would like to discuss your child's progress at any time throughout the year, please leave a note in the agenda and we can arrange a convenient meeting time.

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Dec 2 to Dec 6

Language Arts:
Term Two officially begins as we are finishing the presentations of our Sound Effect Stories. The stories so far are intriguing and seem to engage the audience with both real and electronically downloaded sound effects. About half  of the class are due to present tomorrow. We are looking forward to it!


We will also be reading several short stories in class over the next three weeks, practicing our summarizing and prediction skills in a unique manner.

The 4 main types of sentences will be explored via drama. 
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Math: the unit on Decimals is finished and we will test our knowledge on WED's TEST. To review, look at chapter 4 concepts and your notes.
Next unit = Problem Solving - skills and strategies.

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Socials is linked to drama in terms of researching a specific country, cultural traits, language,...

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HCE: we completed the last of the 'Virtues Project' presentations - many great successes. Well done class.

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Drama:  2 projects.

The warm-up is this week - it's called 'The Case of the Missing Dentures!'
~ students will need to memorize a few lines each and perform in full appropriate costume on Friday morning

The second drama activity involves a pretend (game) passport with a semi-complete identity.
~students will research their given passport nation, culture, history, language, clothing, GNP, and notoriety.
~they must prepare for the dilemma, use critical thinking, and problem solve as a group.
~this drama will take place on Thursday, December 19 - full dress-up required.
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ARES Intermediate Christmas Concert     

Thursday December 19^th at 6:30pm

Dear parents/Guardians,

This year the intermediate students (Grades 4-7) at Adam Robertson Elementary School will be performing a Christmas Concert.  Starting a 6:30pm, the Intermediate students will be performing a variety of songs.  Performances will be by individual Grades and will showcase what students have been learning in music recently in term one. All intermediate students are expected to attend as 'performance' is part of the music curriculum.

Students: please try to wear black pants and a white shirt for the performance 

Staff and students are excited about this event and look forward to seeing family and friends attend.

Thanks,

ARES Intermediate Staff and Mr. Simon  

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