October 10 -13

Important Dates:


October 6 - 9 is Thanksgiving Break

October 10 - Highlands Run (back-up date = October 12)
     
October 11 - Photo Retakes


Oct 13 - 1:30pm = Circus Assembly!
            - 10:45 fire drill

October 19 - Earthquake Drill
                   - Idlewild Planting Project

Oct 20 - PRO-D Day

October 23 - 26 = Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences

**CHANGED** October 26 - Terry Fox Run / Walk
~Please Donate a Toonie For Terry (or MORE!)
and support Cancer Research!
     ~All donation accepted until Oct 27.

October 31 = Orange and Black Day

Friendly reminder... $35 for School Supplies at the office.
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Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences

~Mr. Bartraw’s Class 2017~

Dear Parents,

If you are interested in a parent/teacher/student conference on October 23 - 26, please let me know ASAP. Other dates and times can be readily available if these are not convenient for you. Contact me or leave a note in your child’s agenda.See the schedule on previous posts.

Thanks!

Mr. Bartraw

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New learning opportunities this week...

Language Arts - NEW Literature Study
                          - student choose one of nine novels
                          - read in "chunks" 
                          - analyze the content and characters, likes, 
                            ... dislikes, questions, patterns
                          - conference as a novel group
~Word Work - Unit 4 test is in their books
                      - Unit #5 distributed Tuesday, TEST on Friday
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Math - NEW Subtraction unit
           - practice Basic Subtraction Facts 
          - practice subtraction with regrouping (questions
            like 347 - 198)  
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Health - "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of 
                 being physically active
             - Happy / Healthy Students (mentally) Habit 5
             - Mrs. Popoff: Oct 18 -lesson 2...
                   ~teaching the Zones of Regulation 
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Science Demonstrations - were a hit!
                                        - Four more students to present...
            ~ Bronwyn, Bryce, Tegan, Hailiea                          

Socials - Mapping unit - starts with online components...
PRACTICE THESE SITES at school and HOME!

1. Continents - spatial awareness

2. Continents and Oceans

3. Canadian Capital Cities

4. Super Challenging Countries of the World


Leading to a Map INQUIRY for students... in a few weeks.
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Drama - starts Thursday... practices... 
             - students perform the short play...
"The Case of the Missing Dentures" 
...on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24
~Full costumes and props! Be prepared. Know your lines.
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PE - New Games: focus on speed and agility.
                    ~Speedball and Guard the Pin
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Congrats to HAILEY for being Worker of the Week last week!
She earned 10 House Team Points for the Hawks. 

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**Overdue Assignments - NAME TANGLES ART
 
Tegan              Bronwyn                       

The above students have until Friday, October 13
to hand-in this assignment.  It must be completed at home.
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**COMIC SUMMARIES - were due on TUESDAY (last week). 
The following students need to hand-in their comic summaries.

Tegan                  Bronwyn              Hailiea           
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