January 23 to 27

Special Notes / Events: 

...Work to the best of your ability each day and stay focused on learning.

Welcome to Mr. Brousseau, a practicum student in our class!

Tuesday = Saki will take videos of our class for our Canadian / Japanese "ART / CULTURE PROJECT" with a class in Japan from Ega Elementary School.

Wednesday at 9:40... Technology - "Coding" with guest Mr. McKenzie. Final lesson. 

~ parents: please read reports and sign the envelope; return the envelope only... this week or next week. (Logan and Finn).

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L. ARTS...
 - lots of short stories to analyze / reading responses
 - theme is GAMES and the importance of PLAY. 
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Word Power:
We are going to focus on writing more complex sentences and structures... in this format...

List Word (and meaning)	Create Your Own  Sentence	Fully Coloured Image to match your sentence
conscious (to be aware of, mindful of something that is happening now)	_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
escalate (a situation getting better or worse or heightened or intensified)	_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
prohibit (to forbid, ban, or not allow)	_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
retrieve (to save; salvage; to regain, to recover)	_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________
suffocate (to choke, gag, smother)	_________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

Word Work #18 - Words and 5 Vocabulary sentences to be handed in each week
                            - TEST on Friday - 20 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
             -integrated into our Language Arts GAMES Theme.
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Math -Division! Study what it means and practice your facts.

Division Flashcards        Visual Division  - click '99' and then "Are remainders welcome?" then the arrow.
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Please continue to practice your multiplication facts as well. It will help you as division is the inverse operation of multiplication!

Deep Dive Multiplication 
      
Sketch World Multiplication

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Socials - life aboard the open seas + info graphic
             - explorers
             - reasons for exploring
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Science - Genius Hour... taking SHAPE!!! What's your passion? You need to start showing progress in your findings and know your subject deeper.

 What is GENIUS HOUR? 

What else is GH?     Need a pep talk?
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PE - Basketball Centers.
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Technology - "Coding" with guest Mr. McKenzie.   Practice CODING!
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ART - Graffiti ART due Friday!
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Congrats to GABRIEL for being the latest Worker of the Week!