Feb 4 to 8

Important Dates:

**Monday, March 11 from 6 pm to 6:30... parent information meeting 
for PINES CAMP - year end field trip
- confirmed dates for our trip are June 25 to 26.**


Feb 15 - No School

Feb 18 - Family Day

Feb 25 - PAC Meeting

Feb 27 - Pink Shirt Day - Anti-bullying support

March 5 - Art Start Performance

March 14 - Report #2 Home with Students

March 18 - 29 is Spring Break 

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L. ARTS...

February is READING MONTH in our class...
Guided Reading Practice:
- daily reading and written responses
- goal is to identify, recognize, and use reading strategies
  and improve overall reading fluency                


~ focus on fact finding in our own words and using non-fiction sources
~ writing will be integrated into every subject 
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Word Work #19 - Words handed out on first day of each week
                            - five groups, at various levels
                            - TEST on Friday - 20 words.       
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Math - 
~Please practice your division facts
Division Vocabulary 

Division Monster

Dino Division

~ We are working of MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS:
~ mastery of mass, and linear measurement, capacity, and volume

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Socials - Motivations for Explorations and 
            first contact with Canadian aboriginals
 - videos, readings, research,...
~ topics... CONFLICT AND IMMIGRATION
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Science - Earth / Space
~MYSTERY SCIENCE - INQUIRY METHOD!
Concepts: 

~ how do plants and animals respond to day / night / seasons? 

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AND...
Genius Hour... continues - choose a focus question.

What is genius hour?


What else is GH?
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Health: iMinds program: new ways of looking at 
substance use: beneficial, risky, or harmful?

What is iminds?      Quick Guide  
            
Grade 5's continue with D.A.R.E. with Constable Katie
 - return your signed forms! 

"Bully Free Zone" 
Bully Free Music and Videos

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PE -team games and partner games
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Technology - integrated with Genius Hour, writing, and science.
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ART - layering art - mural format

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Congrats to EMMA for being the Worker of the Week last week! Nice job!