October 4 to 8

 Important Dates:

 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

 

Time	Tues. Oct 5	Wed. Oct 6
1:00 – 1:15	Tye	Asher
1:15 – 1:30	Elliot	Eli - phone call
1:30 – 1:45	Alexa	Josh
1:45 – 2:00	Deklin
2:00 – 2:15	Kayeith	Holly - phone call
2:15 – 2:30	Micky	Aspen - phone call
2:30 – 2:45
2:45 – 3:00	Taylor	Lukas - phone call
3:00 – 3:15	Kenley	Cooper
3:15 – 3:30	Aiden	Chance - phone call
Other dates / times?…	Holland = Oct 14 3pm Audrey - TBA	Lucas - email

 

~Parents can shop virtually from October 7th to 18th. FREE DELIVERY ON ALL ORDERS!

~ Students in the HUB on October 12th and 13th! 

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October 8 - Fire Drill @ 11am

October 9 to 11 is Thanksgiving Break

October 21 = Earthquake Drill

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 are now reading  book two in the series...

 WE WILL BE ANALYZING CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK AND PERFORMING AN IN CLASS DRAMA ACTIVITY RELATED TO IT!

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~Word Work - Unit 4 - 3 groups - handed out 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 #4 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.


~ 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

Criteria	Check
My sentence begins with an uppercase letter.
My sentence ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark.
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).
My sentence has at least one subject (the ‘who’ or what part of the sentence).
My sentence has a predicate (the details / what is happening part).

Correct grammar usage and proper spelling are essential pieces as well.

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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept - SUBTRACTION PRACTICE TOO!

      - 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"

Demo Science Experiment!

Goal: to demonstrate any simple science experiment to the class explaining the concept of an ‘independent variable.’

You will:

·         Need a partner or a group of three

·         Research any simple experiment on the computers (at school)

·         Make sure you have all the materials (we can supply some for you, if necessary and inexpensive)

·         Perform the experiment exactly 3 times changing one item (this is your ‘independent variable’)

·         Clearly explain the term ‘independent variable’ in your experiment while you present

·         TRY IT AT HOME FIRST TO ENSURE IT WORKS!

·         Formally demonstrate it to your classmates

·         State the question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, and conclusions to the best of your ability

·         No need a written component – verbal only. 

·         Be ready to present on Thursday morning, October 14, 2021.

Hint: keep it a simple experiment like the first experiment we did in class with the small glass, water, and an index card.

                                        Criteria                                                          Scale

·       Clearly demonstrated a simple experiment with an introduction, a question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, and conclusions.	*Precisely explained *Well-stated *Satisfactory  *Basic understanding     *Unable to explain
·       Demonstrated and explained what an ‘independent variable’ is in their experiment and how it was ‘changeable.’	*Precisely explained *Well-stated *Satisfactory  *Basic understanding     *Unable to explain

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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

             -  the-days-of-the-week

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Art - Typical Autumn Scene - showing foreground, middle-ground, and background features in ART!

 Fall Scenes

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Drama - The Case of the Missing Dentures = coming soon!
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                              - on laptops

                              - POWER-POINT skills!
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CONGRATS to LUKAS for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week

and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!