Important Dates / Information:
Dec 14 - Term 1 Communicating Student Learning (reports) going home
Dec 15 - Ugly sweater challenge after lunch **BRING AN OLD SHIRT / SWEATER**
Dec 17 - Dress up as a person from your 'cool country report'
- 2 pm XMAS CONCERT virtual viewing
Dec 18 - last day (pajama day) before Winter Break
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!
Jan 4 - school back in session
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - We are on Chapter 23 and will finish the book week... our novel...
Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Only if you were absent for Chapter 1 and 2... click this link.
...and then follow the successive links that pop up.
Chapters 17, 18 and part of 19
and follow the next few videos...
~ we will be a working daily at reading / listening skills and strategies from... inferences to imagery to questioning skills AS WE WRITE IN OUR JOURNALS...
Pretend you are Luke Garner. You need to write down what is happening in your life lately. As you write, be sure to include the variety of feelings you are experiencing.
Each journal entry as Luke must be from 50 to 120 words.
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Reading strategies:
WE ARE STUDYING HOW TO FIND THE MAIN IDEAS IN NON-FICTION READING AND GIVE SUPPORTING DETAILS AS PROOF!
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Writing: We are working daily at proper letter formation, printing, and writing complete sentences.
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~Word Work - Unit 14 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work.
- list words will always be in the agendas.
- Unit #14study all list
words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.
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Math - ... We will finish a 2 week unit on adding and subtracting with decimals (money). It's called: MARKET MATH - LET'S GO SHOPPING!
Try these grade 4 games... Mathgames.com/grade4
ALSO, PRACTICE YOUR MULTIPLICATION... Multiplication Deep Dive
and ADDITION... Deep Dive Addition AND Deep Dive Subtraction
We all have access to MATHLETICS to work at school or at home. Students will have a chance to work on the current math curricular areas in class and at home.
***Usernames and passwords were sent home on a bright orange paper 6 weeks ago.
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Health ~ "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of
being physically active
~ Social
Emotional Learning lessons = EASE program, delivered by Miss Kathleen, our school counselor.
WE HAVE A couple 'STAY ACTIVE' CHALLENGE GOING... ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT IT.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve short-term goals
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DRAMA - Surprise on Dec 17! DRESS UP EVERYONE!!!
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Science -will resume in January
- Biomes!
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Socials - mapping skills ... all finished!
- FANTASY MAPS are finished!
online mapping...RESEARCH...
~Learning how to research effectively in a ... COOL COUNTRY REPORT!
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PE - Floor hockey
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ART - Ugly sweater creations and Christmas ornament
From 1 PM to 2 PM ... ON DECEMBER 15, …WE ARE HAVING AN…
****UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE****
All students are asked to bring in a sweater/shirt/vest that
will be the base for the UGLY SWEATER DESIGNS.
(You can use an old shirt or sweater or buy a plain one).
~ Mr. B. bought a long-sleeve red shirt at the Salvation Army for $1.50. DOLLAR TREE HAS THESE TOO! It will be the base.
~We will be hot gluing and attaching various items to our sweater/shirt/vest. So, if you have any
extra Christmas items that are not being used, please bring them to class this week in
preparation for Tuesday afternoon. MR. BARTRAW HAS A LOT OF ITEMS ALREADY, BUT
THE MORE OPTIONS, THE BETTER!
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Items could include: ~ garland, ornaments, bells, craft foam, small tree boughs, pine cones, cotton balls, tinsel, old XMAS lights, ... and ANYTHING that might make someone's sweater design UGLY!
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Technology Skills - on laptops - RESEARCHING SKILLS also.
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CONGRATS to LANE for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week and
