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 

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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!