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!