April 18 to 21

Happy Earth Day on Friday!
How will you take action to help the earth?
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Pines Camp - You may begin bringing in the 2 permission forms - filled out fully and $ fees. Due MAY 1. 

Mr. Brousseau (student teacher) has started his practicum in our class for 4 more weeks. Please work your hardest!


Please return the Communicating Student Progress / Learning ENVELOPE when you can. Please see Mr. Bartraw if you have questions or concerns about your child's TERM 2 progress.

From April 24 to 27 we will be taught PE by a GUEST dancer: teaching us dance based on aboriginal legend called "The Legend of the Caribou Boy."  May 2 = Showcase our dance.


Scholastic Book Fair April 26 / 27.


May 4 = Talent Show.

May 5 - Pro -D teachers only.

May 11 = Highlands Track Meet at COTR.
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L. ARTS...
          - reading book 4: AMONG THE BARONS - We are on Chapter 24 and we will finish the book by Friday. - NOVEL Theme Interpretation TEST on Friday.
           ~ DAILY GRADED reading responses (and discussions).
          ~ more literary devices will be studied... alliteration, personification, and hyperbole. 
          ~ "The Legend of the Caribou Boy" is our Aboriginal story chosen for our class. It's content will be transformed into a DANCE with our dance expert next week!

   ~ WRITING =   "We will be using dialogue in our writing," explained Mr. Bartraw.
                                Mr. Brousseau replied, "I'll teach it!"
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Word Work - to save paper, for EARTH WEEK and the rest of the year... your list words are right here...     
Word List

bacon bluff captain career careful comply confident connect

desperate differ disaster factory fertile formal hamburger hatchet

hello important insect invitation iron lesson limb preheat

proceed prone pursue reinstate significant venture

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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
          - topics focused on Health curriculum (iMinds)
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Math - Long Division Test returned Tuesday - ask your child to see it 

NEW - Fractions: meaning of fractions, manipulatives, how to read, draw, and represent fractions up to 999/1000, equivalent fractions,... (Mr. Brousseau)

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Health: iMinds program: new ways of looking at substance use and misuse.
              - on lesson 6  now... applying what they learned
TEST on Thursday to show understanding.
              - also, moving into TOBACCO focus (Mr. Brousseau)

What is the iMinds Approach?             Quick Guide
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Science - Local changes caused by Earth’s axis, rotation, and orbit
              - the effects of the relative positions of the sun, moon, and Earth; including local First Peoples perspectives     BC Science Curriculum 4
             - begins next week.
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PE - Track and Field Skills 
      - track your skills on a form: times, distances,... and aim for PB's
      - Highlands Track Meet is on May 11.
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Technology - integrated with iMinds
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Socials - Mr. Brousseau is teaching the importance of the FUR TRADE in Canadian history
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 Career Ed - work at your goal you indicated
                    - continue to earn $ toward your trip to Pines Camp
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ART - EARTH DAY ART!

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Congrats to RACHEL for being the latest Worker of the Week!