Friday 29 March 2019

April 1 - 5 ... Welcome back!

Hope everyone is well rested and ready for term 3!

We are improving! Still, MANY students are in need of more practice on division facts.
Here are many games to help... Division Games

Please return the Communicating Student Progress / Learning ENVELOPE when you can. Please see Mr. Bartraw if you have questions or concerns about your child's TERM 2 progress.
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April 8 - Professional Development Day - No school

April 10 - Fire Drill 1 pm

April 15 - PAC Meeting

April 19 and 22 - STAT Holiday

April 25 - Lock down drill

April 23 to May 2 is Gymnastics centers in the gym

May 1 - CAREER (projects) PRESENTATION

May 3 - Pro-D Day

May 7 - Fire Drill @ 9am
           - HIGHLANDS RUN

May  22 = Highlands Track Meet at COTR.
                 (back up date = May 24)

May 17 and 31 - No School - Fridays

June 3 - due date to hand-in the pink form and the white form
             with your money for our PINES CAMP trip
            - if you need financial support, please talk to Mr. B...
            ... I can help.
 
June 14  - Pro-D Day


June 21 - all chaperones have complete the P.I.C. forms
                 from the RCMP and handed them into Mr. B.

June 25 - 26 = PINES CAMP TRIP

June 27 - 9am to 11am last day of school
              - assembly and reports sent home.
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L. ARTS...
Reading - Short stories... theme of "Mystery"
              - Lots of reading integrated with our Socials and Science units

          ...soon... ~ literary devices will be studied... alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.


Writing  - integrated into all subjects...
- we commence "dialogue writing" next week. (3 short mystery stories - we publish our best one each) 
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Word Work - TEST on Friday - 20 words.       
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Journal Entries continue.
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Math -Polygons - 2-d shapes and their properties
- later moving into triangle classifications...
Definitions of polygons

Video 1      

Polygon Chart

Polygons - regular and irregular

More regular-and-irregular-polygons


- DIVISION QUEST WILL CONTINUE DAILY.

 Division Games
Try your best!
Please continue to practice your division facts
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Health:  DARE -  2 more Thursday sessions + Graduation
*Gr 5's will have homework... write a letter to their future self
and hand it in to Mr. B.
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Science -  Skeletal System: note-taking, videos, diagrams, functions
hands-on activities,...

Video 1           Video 2 Bill Nye

Skeletal System 1

Skeleton Tutorial, Game 1, 2, and Quiz 
               
Skeletal System 3

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PE - Badminton Skills...specific shots, service, rules, and strategies for doubles badminton
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Technology -integrated into all subjects
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Socials - Conflict projects continue!
             - Mrs. Merkel will team-teach
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 Career Ed - PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE CAREER Project...
 Past, Present, and Future Career Study
 
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…

… 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 May 1.

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Also... - work at your goal you indicated
           - continue to earn $ toward your trip to Pines Camp
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ART - Paper mache - spirit animal ART!

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Congrats to  ____________ for being the next Worker of the Week!

Monday 11 March 2019

March 11 to 14

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.**
- if you would like to be a chaperone, or just 
want information, please attend (in our classroom).
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March 14 - Report #2 Home with Students
                 - Pines Camp forms in envelope

March 18 - 29 is Spring Break 

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L. ARTS...


WE WILL continue WITH THE NOVEL...
Book two of Fatty Legs...
A SRANGER AT HOME
    -an Inuvialuktun (Inuit) girl who attends
     Residential School in the far north AND THEN...
      returns home, with only parts of her culture intact.
 
Whole class study... daily reading, discussions, and written responses.

Creative writing - storytelling...
How the _______ got its __________. 
Students will share their legends this week.

ALSO...

~ 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 #24 - After March Break
                            - No test this week      
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Math - 
~Please practice your division facts
Division Vocabulary 

Division Monster

Dino Division

GEOMETRY CONCEPTS ...
... angles: measuring with a protractor,
classifying, naming, drawing, real world applications
One last in-class assignment due Thursday.
Angles

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Socials - Motivations for Explorations and 
            first contact with Canadian aboriginals
 - videos, readings, research,... 

INQUIRY LEARNING...
~ topics... CONFLICT, IMMIGRATION 
~ includes power point projects and
 video journals using new headsets!
**Thank you PAC for purchasing these!**
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Science - Earth / Space
~MYSTERY SCIENCE - INQUIRY METHOD!
Completed!
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Health: resumes after the break

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PE - Fitness Challenges + team games and partner games
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Technology - integrated with writing and socials.
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Drama - How the _______ got its __________. 
Students will share their legends this week.


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

Sunday 3 March 2019

March 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.**
- if you would like to be a chaperone, or just 
want information, please attend.
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March 1, 4, and 5... Sharing of Genius Hour Projects

March 5 - Art Start Performance

March 8 - WASA Skating and winter fun day.

March 14 - Report #2 Home with Students

March 18 - 29 is Spring Break 

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L. ARTS...


WE WILL continue WITH THE NOVEL...
Book two of Fatty Legs...
A SRANGER AT HOME
    -an Inuvialuktun (Inuit) girl who attends
     Residential School in the far north AND THEN...
      returns home, with only parts of her culture intact.
 
Whole class study... daily reading, discussions, and written responses.

Creative writing - storytelling...
How the _______ got its __________. 
Students will share their legends this week.

ALSO...

~ 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 #23 - Words handed out on first day of each week
                            - five groups, at various levels
                            - TEST on Thursday - 20 words.       
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Math - 
~Please practice your division facts
Division Vocabulary 

Division Monster

Dino Division

GEOMETRY CONCEPTS ...
... angles: classifying, naming, drawing, real world applications
Angles


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Socials - Motivations for Explorations and 
            first contact with Canadian aboriginals
 - videos, readings, research,... 

INQUIRY LEARNING...
~ topics... CONFLICT, IMMIGRATION 
~ includes power point projects and
 video journals using new headsets!
**Thank you PAC for purchasing these!**
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Science - Earth / Space
~MYSTERY SCIENCE - INQUIRY METHOD!
Completed!
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AND...
Genius Hour... continues - choose a focus question.

Sharing of projects = MARCH 1,4, AND 5... several per day.

Click for CRITERIA...

Genius hour rubric and self assessment 

 Sign-up
Friday, March 1
Siennah, Carter, Dexter, Parker,
Leighara, Mac, Zane, Macey.


Monday, March 4
Gabby, Sydney, Lauren, Jailyn,
Jaxon, Emma, Natalia, Amara, Becca.


Tuesday, March 5
Daylen, Matthew, Taytum, Keaton,
Dayton, Talia, Payton, Ryker, Tyler.
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Health:

            
Grade 5's continue with D.A.R.E. with Constable Katie

"Bully Free Zone" 

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PE - Fitness Challenges + team games and partner games
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Technology - integrated with Genius Hour, writing, and socials.
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Drama - How the _______ got its __________. 
Students will share their legends this week.


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