December 18 to 21

Important Dates and Notes:

THANKS to all the parents and grand parents
who helped make the Ugly XMAS Sweater
Challenge a HUGE success! Your time
volunteering was greatly appreciated.
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 Dec 19 - Return your skating permission form

Dec 19 - @ 1:20 to 2:20 D-103 Dress-up
               FORMAL DEBATE
            - wear something that may represent
              your country

Dec 20 - Math TEST - Multiplication
               @8:45

Dec 20 - Christmas concert rehearsal
            - early lunch = 11:35 to 12:20
            - busses depart for Key City Theater at 12:30.
            - return to school at 2:30.


Dec 20 - Highlands Concert @ Key City Theater
            - Showtime is at 7pm.
            - WEAR YOUR UGLY SWEATER 
               for the performance.
            - We are singing "Santa Drives A Sara-toga"

Dec 21 - Skating trip to Wasa
               (9:00am to 2pm)

Dec 21 - PJ Day

Dec 21 - Jan 15 - Please return your reporting
                            envelope to Mr. Bartraw.
                          - Be sure to keep all the papers
                            that were in the envelope.

Dec 22 - Jan 7 = Winter Break

Jan 8 - first day back in the new year!
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What we are studying....
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Reading: The Iditarod and Sophie and the Perfect Poem.

Writing: integrated into all subject... XMAS poetry writing

Verbal Skills - DEBATES! Students are given a variety of
                        subjects to debate and take a stand to support
                        their ideas verbally. They must practice thinking
                       on the fly...  PRO / CON.

Debate Topics for…

December 18 - 20

    1.    Should the Iditarod take place every year?

    2.    Should you be able to stay in the fall-out center during the D-103 pandemic?

Drama 103 – The D103 Pandemic

Situation: The world has just learned of a new super-bug that is ten times more potent than the avian influenza H5N1 pandemic. Not much is known about this virus at this time.

All of us in this room have just found out that, miraculously, we are the only people on the planet that have not been affected by the new D103 Pandemic. All of us are originally from different countries, (as seen on our passports) but we were trying to become Canadian Citizens, living in Cranbrook.

Luckily, there is a secure shelter in this building that will be able to support 17 people for the next 3 years. After 3 years the 17 people will be able to leave the shelter safely and go out into the world again.  

Goal: Our goal is to survive and repopulate the planet. You must be prepared to state your case for staying in the shelter and inform others of all your skills you have to offer.

So, we must only choose 17 people and ask the rest of the people to leave (or people can volunteer to leave).     

Preparation:

a)      You must research your own job and be able to state which skills you have and those that would be needed in the shelter (and later when you exit the shelter).

b)      You must dress the part of your character and change your voice like your character as you imagine it to sound.

      c)   Also, research some facts about your country and get to know its culture. 

      **** Keep your passport with Mr. Bartraw at all times when it’s not in use.

Good Luck To You! Help the world agree with each other and SURVIVE!

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L. ARTS : For the next 2 days...
                        we have a focus on the following...
ALL STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A RANDOM, FAKE
PASSPORT FROM ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD...

GOAL: to survive a simulated pandemic outbreak... more details
              to follow after research is completed.
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~Word Work - Unit 14 test... in their books
                      - No Word Work Test this week!

Weekly Journal Entries continue.... with Mystery Science.
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Math -Unit:  Multiplication! We will work
                       on x by 8 and this week
TEST WEDNESDAY!

Practice these...

Deep Dive Multiplication 
      
Sketch World Multiplication

Dr. Kai's Mixup

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Socials - Sto:lo people VS Early European Settlers
                (integrated with debates)
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Cool Science Inquiries:
Mystery Science Journal entries
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PE - Game... Modified Floor Hockey  
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French - Madame Vording

Music - Mr. Dureski and Mrs. Peters.
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ART -  integrated into daily work / learning
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  Congrats to BRADY for being Worker of the Week last week!
He earned 10 House Team Points for the HAWKS! 
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