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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