November 21 - 25

Special Events: 
 
****CHANGED TO:
Thursday, December 8 : GUEST: AMY CROSS - Metis Culture and History... 12:45 PM ****

Friday - Non-Instructional.

December 1 = Highlands Winter Market @ 6pm!

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Novel Study = Among the Impostors - we are on Chapter 22... 
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Sensory Imagery Writing workshop - PUBLISH TIME.
            Goals: to improve sentence structure, varied lengths and beginnings of sentences, and elaboration details (based on sensory imagery).

Sensory World 

Final Assignment to be published on computers AND shared this week.

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Word Work #11 - test on 20 words = Thursday      
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
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Math - Equations - using unknowns to solve simple math equations.
          
Practice these...
         

             Expressions / Word Problems

             Evaluate-variable-expressions 

             Solve-variable-equations 

             Equations-to-represent-word-problems 
       
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Health  Education - Sip Smart BC Program
                                - what's the best drink choices for healthy development?

Sip Smart BC
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Socials - Mapping unit  = completed - All Fantasy Maps are finished. 


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Cool Science Inquiries:
NEW - Strategy to improve our questioning...

**ASK QUESTIONS THAT HAVE MORE THAN A ONE WORD ANSWER.

Powerful Questions...
1. Why are plants like ____________ able to survive in the ____________?
2. How does a ___________________ adapt to it's environment in the ____________?

Not Powerful Questions...
1. Do plants _______________?
2. Is there an animal with one ________________________? 

Students must generate many questions to investigate, branching off from the main topic.

Websites that will help...

Living Things Change

Adaptations

More Amazing Adaptations

Crash Course for Kids

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PE - Speedball and other fast moving games.
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ART - New ART lesson on Layering ART
           will need to be postponed until next week.
   
More Paper Layering Art  

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Congrats to THOMAS for being Worker of the Week last week!