Sunday, 15 October 2017

October 16 - 19

Important Dates:

October 19 - Earthquake Drill
                   - Idlewild Planting Project - see previous post.

Oct 20 - PRO-D Day
            - No school for students

October 23 - Fire Drill #3 @ 11am.

October 25 - Book Fair in the gym

October 23 - 26 = Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences
Check the schedule below.

**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 30 - Field Trip to Creston... outdoor and indoor activities
                     ***Bus returns around 4pm - arrange pick-up***

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,

Here is the schedule for parent/teacher/student conferences. Please let me know if current dates or times are not convenient for you and we can reschedule. Contact me or leave a note in your child’s agenda. Reminder: your child should attend the conference with you.

Thanks!
Mr. Bartraw

Time
Mon. Oct 23
Tues. Oct 24
Wed. Oct 25
Thurs. Oct 26

2:00 – 2:15

KATE



2:15 – 2:30

JORJA



2:30 – 2:45

BECKAM



2:45 – 3:00

AIDEN
DEVLIN


3:00 – 3:15

CALEN



3:15 – 3:30

MALAKYE
HAILIEA


3:30 – 3:45

ANNABELL
BRYCE
MALAKAI
BRADY
3:45 – 4:00

ZACH
BRONWYN
TEGAN
HAILEY
4:00 – 4:15

DAKOTA
HAILYN
COHEN
HADLEY
4:15 – 4:30

OWEN

DION
JENNA






Other…


JADEN (4:30)

BLAKE (5:00)
 
EVA (6:30)



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What we are studying....
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Language Arts - Continuing our SSR Literature Study
                          - student choose one of 6 novels
                          - read in "chunks" 
                          - analyze the content and characters, likes, 
                            ... dislikes, questions, patterns
                          - conference as a novel group WITH MR. BARTRAW
**Students must return novels to school if they take them home to read.**

Writing: SECOND LARGE, OFFICIAL WRITTEN ASSESSMENT PIECE.
              - topic choices = My Favourite Place or Season
                      - criteria = meaning, style, form, conventions.
                                    - must have powerful HOOK, effective use
                                      of paragraphs, as taught in class, clarity and
                                      unity of thought, and a conclusion.
                     - we are putting the finishing touches on it on TUESDAY.
               

~Word Work - Unit 5 test is in their books
                      - Unit #6 distributed Monday, TEST on Thursday morning.
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Math - Subtraction unit - TEST WEDNESDAY!
           - practice Basic Subtraction Facts 
          - practice subtraction with regrouping (questions
            like 347 - 198 for grade 4 and 3479 - 1248 for grade 5)  
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Health - "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of 
                 being physically active
             - Happy / Healthy Students (mentally) Habit 6
             - Mrs. Popoff: Oct 18 -lesson 2... @ 12:45
                   ~teaching the Zones of Regulation 
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Science Demonstrations - were a hit!
                                        - Two more students to present...
 Last opportunity = Monday ~ Bryce and Tegan


PLANTING DAY ON THURSDAY AT IDLEWILD!
DRESS WARM!                
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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 - Monday... 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 - Co-operative Games: focus on speed and agility.
                    ~Speedball and Guard the Pin
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French - Madame Vording

Music - Mr. Dureski and Mrs. Peters.
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ART -  integrated into daily work / learning
         - lessons will resume next week.
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Congrats to OWEN for being Worker of the Week last week!
He earned 10 House Team Points for the GENEROUS JAGUARS. 

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**Overdue Assignments - SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS
 
Tegan              Bryce

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16 IS FINAL PRESENTATION DAY.
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