May 13 to 16

Important information...
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May 2, 16, 23 are confirmation dates for "WE BIKE" program
        -  3 one-hour sessions (12:45 to 1:45)
        -  bring bike and helmet (bikes provided if needed)

May 15 - French Presentation at Gordon Terrace School (1pm)

May 21 - class photos

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

May 24 - celebrity day

May 29 - Book Fair

May 17 and 31 - No School - Fridays

May 28 and 29 - 12:50 Dismissal time - it's
STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES FROM 12:50 to 2:50
- Open house format - parents invited to see student projects,
areas of study, and progress. Welcome all parents! Pick your 
own time to see the learning opportunities in our class... led
by your child! Hope to see everyone on these two days! 

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 4 - District Track Meet  - COTR
           - Back-up date is June 11

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"
              -  The Mystery of the Big Foot and Ogopogo.
Students chose the last mystery to write about.  
              - Lots of reading integrated with our Science unit

~ literary devices will be included in our stories...
... alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.

Writing  - integrated into all subjects...
- we have written 2 of 3 stories ... "dialogue writing"
 (3 short mystery stories - we publish our best one)  
DUE THURSDAY, MAY 23.
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Word Work - CHANGED!!! The focus for the rest of May and June will
be on VOCABULARY and sentence composition. 
~Student receive a vocab. list on Monday and need to hand-in 10 
sentences, with the correct usage, by the last day of the week.        
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Math - Fractions, decimals and percentages.
           -representing fractions, equivalent fractions, mixed numbers,...

Fractions Lessons / Games

Sheppard Software Fractions

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Health:  DARE -  ONLY Graduation remains. We await a date.
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Science - NEW UNIT - Matter, solutions, and solubility.

 - from changes of state to properties of solutions to
dissolving one solid into another or a liquid,... what are
the results based on their properties?
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PE - Track and Field skills and strategies
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Technology -integrated into all subjects
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Socials - Conflict projects NOW finished!
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Applied Design, Skills, and Technology - several
quick design items plus a larger simple
machines project upcoming.


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ART - It's a mystery... again!

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Congrats to JAXON for being the Worker of the Week last week! Ten H.T.P.'s!