Important Dates:
September 24 - Terry Fox Run - whole school participates at different times
-Bring in a toonie (or more) ASAP and support cancer research!
- We have a collection container in our class
- Fire drill @ 1:30pm
September 30 - Orange shirt day
- in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
October 2 - Fire Drill @ 11am
October 9 to 12 is Thanksgiving Break
October 14 - Picture retakes
October 15 - Earthquake Drill @ 10:15ish
October 19 - Fire Drill @ 2 pm
October 23 - PRO-D Day
October 30 = Orange and Black Day / Hallowe'en Activities
*Please return: ~ "Student Information Verification Forms"
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will continue with a novel study - whole class
- reading THE LEMONADE WAR
- we are on chapters 4 to 7 this week
- students practice reading comprehension, analyze
characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,
evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
~Word Work - Unit 2 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work.
- list words will always be in the agendas.
- Unit #2 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.
~ Memory Sticks - student have until TUESDAY Sept 22 to complete all cards
in class, otherwise, you may need to take them home to finish.
PLEASE have all PHOTOS brought to school by then.
- we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
- next, assemble it & then we share them with the
class.
PLEASE REFER TO THE CARD CRITERIA FROM THE FIRST BLOG ENTRY.
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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept
Click to practice your PLACE VALUE CONCEPTS.
Try all five games to practice your skills!
Test in MATH on place value / number sense on OCT 1.
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Health - will start these two things soon....
~ "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of being physically active
~ Social Emotional Learning lessons
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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Science - The Scientific Method
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
We will have 2 more experiments and labs this week.
The Scientific Method
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Socials - mapping skills will begin in a few weeks
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PE - flag football skills
- proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art - "A Typical Fall Scene" - concepts of foreground, middle-ground, and background.
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Drama - various activities integrated weekly
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
- on laptops
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House Teams are selected and posters are due Friday!
CONGRATS to ZACH for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and
he earned 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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