February 6 to 9

Special Notes / Events: 

MOST students are in need of much more practice on division facts.
Here are many games to help... Division Games

Try your best!

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

Swim Days - Feb 15, March 15 - Return permission form and $ ASAP.

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L. ARTS...

1.  Reading Comprehension and Writing Competency tests.

2.  Started January 26, 2017     *** NEW NOVEL STUDY combined with Drama

 “Be” the main character and act like and/or discuss him / her / it in detail.

 

Criteria:

 MAIN CHARACTER:

• Character’s appearance clearly shown in what you wear and how you move, talk, and act.
• Character’s personality traits are acted out/discussed as you present in class.
• Act out what he/she does and/or says that makes him/her important in your novel (can include friends, relatives, enemies, and any relationships the character has with others in the book).

PROBLEM: Talk about the problem in the story.

RESOLUTION: Act out and explain how the character solves/does not solve the problem in the story.

MORAL: Show, by acting, how the character learns something (a lesson, moral, a theme) and describe what he/she learned.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Talk about whether you would recommend the novel for others to read.

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*Must talk about the title of book, author’s name, your name (your character’s name), and today’s date.

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Presentations start on Monday, February 6 to Wednesday 8th.

Monday = Maya, Hanna, Jaren, Logan, Avery, Colton, Kolby, Liam, Paten.

Tuesday = Cassie, Callie, Ash, Sierra, Calissa, Rachel, Luke, Gavin, Lara, Rhys, Seeley.

Wednesday = Gabe, Kendell, Jackson, Belen, Finn, Thomas, Ryder, Kieran, Cailee.



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No Word Power this week due to finishing up other on-going assignments.


Word Work #20 - Words and 5 Vocabulary sentences to be handed in each week
                            - TEST on Thursday - 20 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
             -integrated into our Language Arts NOVEL STUDY.
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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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Career Project - Due dates are closer than they appear!!!

Past Career: interview a grandparent in person, by phone, face-time,… to gather information. Inquire (Find Out About) These…             1.  Name the job / career.             2.  Describe it.             3.  Duties of the job / career.             4.  Where and when is the job.             5.  What and/or who they work with.          6. ASK THREE OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO    LEARN ABOUT THE JOB / CAREER THEY HAVE / HAD.     ....................................       Format to be discussed in class.

Present Career: interview a parent / guardian to gather information. Inquire (Find Out About) These…              1.  Name the job / career.              2.  Describe it.              3.  Duties of the job / career.              4.  Where and when is the job.              5.  What and/or who they work with.              6.  ASK THREE OTHER QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE JOB / CAREER THEY HAVE / HAD.  ............................................................................................................. Format to be discussed in class.

Your Future Career:  Use the website… Career Paths … to gather information. Perform an Inquiry (Find Out About) what job you may like as a result of your survey answers… You then will need to create a MS Word 2013 document (as taught in class) to show what you discovered about yourself and your possible future career! This document will include…           1.  Name the job / career.           2.  Describe it.           3.  Duties of the job / career.           4.  Where and when is the job.           5.  What and/or who they work with.           6.  Fast facts: a) Education and Training                   b) Similar Jobs                   c) Related School Subjects.

*Note: Due Date = February 21, 2017= CAREER FAIR!

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Science - MATTER - states of matter, molecular behaviour, properties of matter...
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Science - Genius Hour... taking SHAPE!!! What's your passion? You need to start showing MORE and MORE progress in your findings and know your subject deeper.

 What is GENIUS HOUR? 

What else is GH? 
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PE - Basketball - 5 - on - 5 game attempts. 
                           - learning some rules / fouls / strategies
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Technology - integrated with Career Project. 
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ART - Vanishing point perspective drawing lesson.
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Congrats to  COLTON  for being the latest Worker of the Week!