Important Dates:
September 23 - Picture Day
September 24 - Fire Drill @ 1:30
September 24 - The 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
September 29 - Orange shirt day
- in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
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 coming soon!
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
*Please return: ~ "Student Information Verification Forms"
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will continue our literature study...
- reading THE LEMONADE WAR
- students practice reading comprehension, analyze
characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,
main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
- started Friday last week... we read and respond to our reading, daily.
~Word Work - Unit 1 - groups - 30 minutes is 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 FRIDAY
- Unit #1 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.
~ Memory Sticks - work at
card #2, 3, and 4 this week (ART integration)
- student have until TUESDAY Sept 21 to complete all cards
and 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 INFORMATION BELOW...
Friday we began our "Memory Stick" Assignment... and finished the back of card #1
Card 1
Front: Draw a self-portrait or bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
Card 2
Front: Draw a picture of you as a baby or bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
Card 3
Front: Draw a picture of yourself doing something active from ages
3 to 5 or bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
Card 4
Front: Draw a picture of yourself learning something new from the ages
6 to 7 or bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that
you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7.
Card 5
Front: Draw a picture of yourself at your current age or bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure
enjoyment doing your most favourite thing!
Once all five cards have been completed, we will attach them
to our MEMORY STICKS that we found. Remember
to attach them in order from card 1 to card 5. Start with
card #1 and attach it to the base of the stick and so on
until
card #5 is tied on
the tip of the stick.
Criteria
will be discussed in class… daily!
Front: Draw a self-portrait or bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
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Front: Draw a picture of you as a baby or bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
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Front: Draw a picture of yourself doing something active from ages
3 to 5 or bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
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Front: Draw a picture of yourself learning something new from the ages
6 to 7 or bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7. |
Front: Draw a picture of yourself at your current age or bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure enjoyment doing your most favourite thing! |
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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.
Click to practice...
https://www.splashlearn.com/place-value-games-for-4th-graders
https://www.splashlearn.com/place-value-games-for-5th-graders
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
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
The Scientific Method
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Socials - will begin in a couple weeks
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PE - trying flag football skills
- proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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French - conversational French
Vocab: - my name is..., what's your name?
- days of the week
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Art - 'Split Face self-portrait ART'
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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
- on laptops
- "Something Beautiful"
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House Teams are selected and posters are almost finished... DUE Friday!
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CONGRATS to AUDREY for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week
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