Feb 5 to 8

Important Dates and Information:

Feb 7 - Assembly - Blue Beads and Blueberries @ 1:30.
          - MATH TEST = DIVISION (Eg.  794/8 for grade 4;  2095/6 for grade 5)

Feb 8 - Canada Olympic Spirit Day - wear red and white

Feb - 9 to 12 - no school 

Feb 14 - Heart-2-Heart Market (see previous post for information)

Feb 22 - Career Fair (Sharing Our Career Projects in class - 1:45 to 2:40) 

Feb 28 - Pink Shirt Day = ANTI-BULLYING DAY

**Mr. Bartraw’s class and Mrs. Archibald’s class are going on a field trip to Pines Camp in Grand Forks, BC. The trip is a two day, one night, Outdoor Education experience to build relationships, classroom co-operation, respect, and teamwork. 

**The confirmed dates are Tuesday, June 26 to Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

 ~ There will be a Parent Information Meeting on Monday March 12 @ 6 to 6:30pm.

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L. ARTS...

New - Self-Selected novel study has begun - Literature Circles... 
        

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We will also continue to focus more intensely on grammar usage
in writing - short, mini-lessons and activities 20 minutes per day.
~ Various mini-lessons...
practice at home...
We are using this book...
Grammar Booklet FIRST
and then the next leveled book, when students are ready.

**Our class needs much more practice at upper and lower case letter formation and size!**
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Word Work #18 - Words handed out on first day of each week
                             NEW - HAND-IN COMPONENT DUE THURSDAY.
                            - TEST on Thursday - 20 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
             -integrated into our science themes.
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Math - Long Division... 2-digit to 4-digit dividends and one digit divisors

- MATH TEST = DIVISION (Eg.  794/8 for grade 4;  2095/6 for grade 5)

 Division Vocabulary

Long Division

Long division + remainders

 Division Games
Try your best!
Please continue to practice your division facts!
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Career Education - Past, Present, and Future Career Study.

Interview your people by TUESDAY.

Past Career: interview a grandparent in person, by phone, facetime,… 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.

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.

Your Future Career:  Use the website…  http://www.vacareerview.org/k5/check-it/kids-search/           … 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: Presentation Format will vary. Due Feb. 22.

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Socials -Animal Spirit - What's yours? Leads into "Legends." 
~Creative Writing = How the ___________ got it's _______________.

Creative writing – Aboriginal storytelling animal legends.

Goal: create a short story of “How a ______________ got its _____________.” 

Use your spirit animal… like how a turtle got its shell, or how the giraffe earned its long neck.

Use all your creative writing tools to inspire the students to write and give some standard criteria for grade 4 / 5 levels. BC Performance Standards for Writing … meaning, style, form, conventions.

Other components the stories MUST include:

·       Clearly explain how the ______________ got its _______________ through development of the story.

·       Dialogue (speaking parts) and/or Narration (description)

·       Powerful word / phrase choices (as we’ve practiced using SENSORY IMAGERY)

·       Length – 2 to 4 pages double-spaced.

·       DRAFT Due Friday, February 16…

Students must verbally share their stories and use their masks and other props, without reading from the paper. This is the traditional, aboriginal way.

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Science -  Digestive System: TEST on  Tuesday Feb. 20! Study your notes and websites!!!

Digestive System

Crash Course on Digestion

Interactive Games - digestion

Bill Nye Digestive System

Digestion Song

AND...
Genius Hour... What is GENIUS HOUR? 

What else is GH?     Need a pep talk?
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PE - Inventive Games!
~ SNOWSHOEING THURSDAY @ 12:45!
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Technology - integrated with science and careers.
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ART - integrated with socials: animal spirit
         - PAPER-MACHE MASKS- last step on Friday - hot glue final pieces on your mask...
           BRING SOME SPECIFIC MATERIALS IF YOU WISH! (yarn, buttons, feathers,...)

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Congrats to MALAKAI for being the Worker of the Week last week! 10 HTP's!