Important Dates:
September 29 - Orange shirt day
- wear one in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
Orange shirts are on sale now for $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students. Ask Mrs. Palmer to see samples.
September 30 - no school
October 1 - PRO-D Day - no school for students
October 5 and 6 - PARENT / TEACHER CONVERSATIONS
- 1pm to 3:30pm both days
- Early dismissal for students at 11:50am
- sign-up sheet is here...
Parent / Teacher Conversations
~Mr. Bartraw’s Class 2021~
If you are interested in a parent / teacher conference on the following days, please let me know. Other dates and times can be readily available if these are not convenient for you.
THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE IN PERSON following covid-19 mask-wearing protocols (OR BY PHONE IF YOU PREFER).
Please email me or write a note in your child's agenda indicating your preferred times (with a couple of alternate times). Time slots will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis and updated on the class blog.
Thanks,
Mr. Bartraw danny.bartraw@sd5.bc.ca
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Tues. Oct 5 |
Wed. Oct 6 |
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1:00 – 1:15
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Tye |
Asher |
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1:15 – 1:30
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Elliot |
Eli - phone call |
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1:30 – 1:45
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Alexa |
Josh |
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1:45 – 2:00
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Deklin |
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2:00 – 2:15 |
Kayeith
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2:15 – 2:30 |
Micky
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2:30 – 2:45 |
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2:45 – 3:00 |
Taylor
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3:00 – 3:15 |
Kenley
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Cooper |
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3:15 – 3:30 |
Aiden
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Chance - phone call |
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Other dates / times?…
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Holland = Oct 14 3pm Audrey - TBA |
Lucas - email |
October 8 - Fire Drill @ 11am
October 9 to 11 is Thanksgiving Break
October 22 - PRO-D Day
October 29 = Orange and Black Day / Hallowe'en Activities
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we finished reading THE LEMONADE WAR
- students need to finish one post-reading activity...
(discussed in class - see the handout in class).
Optional (at home):
~ Have a lemonade stand near your house, in a residential community, as Evan and Jessie did in our novel, by yourself or with someone.
~ Earn money for our June 21 & 22, 2022 class trip (all money goes to a class fund) to Pines Outdoor Education Camp in Grand Forks, BC!
Fill in the chart below… fill in all areas including your expenses, sales, and profits.
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Materials used |
Location, Location, Location! |
Expenses |
Sales and Total Profit |
Time (how long did you sell?) |
Extra information (like signs, marketing strategies,…other) |
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List all materials you needed from home and those you bought.
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Where did you have your stand? |
List ALL the items you bought and the cost of each. |
Sales: how much did you earn?
Profits: the sales minus the expenses. |
Hours?
Minutes?
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THIS IS NEXT...
~Word Work - Unit 3 - groups - 20 minutes is now allocated on Mondays
and then the rest needs to be worked on at home. Students are
responsible for bringing home their list words.
- work at the word and letter patterns...
- HAND IN FINISHED WORD WORK PAPER ON the last day of each week.
- Unit #3 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Wednesday.
~ Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we communicate in writing - we are using this as a guideline...
How To Write Complete Sentences
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Criteria |
Check |
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My sentence begins with an uppercase letter. |
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My sentence ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark. |
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All lowercase letters are formed correctly (tall letters are tall, short letters are short, and letters that are supposed to be written below the line are written below the line). |
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My sentence has at least one subject (the ‘who’ or what part of the sentence). |
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My sentence has a predicate (the details / what is happening part). |
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Correct grammar usage and proper spelling are essential pieces as well.
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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept
- reading, writing, representing large numbers, comparing and ordering numbers, rounding, multiples, standard and expanded forms,... up to 5 digits for grade 4 and up to 6 digits for grade 5.
MATH UNIT TEST ON OCT 6TH.
Click to practice...
https://www.mathnook.com/math/math-dog-rounding-nearest-100.html
https://www.mathnook.com/math/math-dog-rounding-nearest-1000.html
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - starting soon...
~ Social Emotional Learning lessons
~ Growth mindset: GRIT
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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Science - The Scientific Method - our theme is AIR PRESSURE!
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
Egg in a bottle!
~ GREAT WORK ON OUR SALMON LIFE CYCLE STUDIES!
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Socials - will begin soon
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PE - soccer skills
- proper techniques of dribbling, passing, kicking,...
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French - conversational French
Vocab: - my name is..., what's your name?
- numbers 1 to 10
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Art - TBA
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Drama - The Case of the Missing Dentures
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
- on laptops
- POWER-POINT skills!
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CONGRATS to COOPER for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week
