Oct 29 to Nov 2

Important Dates:

October 29 - LAST CHANCE TO HAND IN YOU MILO CRINKLEY STORY: 
PAYTON AND AMARA

October 29 - Lock-down Drill 2:30pm

October 31 = Orange and Black Day
                   - we are swimming from 1 - 2 (no cost)
                   - BRING YOUR SWIMMING PERMISSION FORMS PLEASE.

November 1 - Mr. McKenzie is our guest - with a learning challenge

Nov 2 - Milk and cookie day $1.25
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Learning opportunities this week...

Language Arts - We'll finish our SSR Literature Study by Tuesday.
                          - students choose one novel (five separate groups)
                          - 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: OVERDUE STORY ALERT! ...The following students need to hand-in a story called "Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days"

  Payton, Amara
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New Writing assignment starts this week...

"What's In The Scenery?" Sensory Imagery Writing

Sensory details allow the reader to put themselves into your writing mentally by forming a picture in his/her mind. Without sensory details, the reader becomes bored and cannot emotionally connect to the story.

Sensory details include words that describe sights, sounds, textures, smells, and sometimes tastes of the setting, characters, and interactions. 

Directions: Write powerful, image-creating sentences by looking at the image you printed out and adding sensory details. Make up additional details to construct new sentences.

…………*** This is a FIRST DRAFT with editing and revising, later. ***……..…….
START HERE...
Biomes Assignment

1. Research a biome you think you might like.

2. Choose a biome that you will be learning something new about it.

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 ~Word Work - New groups and format! Students must earn 100% for
                        3 consecutive weeks to move up a level in word work.
                      - Unit 7 test is filed.
                      - Unit #8 distributed Monday; TEST on Friday morning.
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Math - Subtraction Skills continue
          -up to 4d - 4d for grade 4; 5d - 5d for grade 5
SHORT TEST ON Wednesday

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Health - "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of 
                 being physically active
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Socials - Mapping unit - 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

Also, students will be working at some mapping concepts in booklet form in class.
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PE - volleyball skill development continues...
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Art - Gravity ART- continued ... - we finished our 'pumpkin character art challenge'

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Technology Skills - word processing and power point skills and mapping online.
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ADST - Mr. McKenzie is our guest on Thursday and will offer us a design challenge.
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The Worker of the Week last week was LAUREN! Congrats! She earned 10 House Team Points.