November 29 to December 3

   Important Dates / Information   

December 1 = Share your Science projects  

December 13 = our XMAS Concert

December 17 = Last day of school before the Christmas Break.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts... 

Reading - novel study...

 

Working at reading strategies, discussing main ideas versus details, summarizing, character analyses, comprehension, and effective verbal communication. 

Chapter 10 - this week

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~Word Work - Unit 12 - 3 groups - AT THEIR SPELLING LEVELS.

                        - handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs

                           to be completed at home. Students are

                       responsible for bringing home their list words.

                      - work at the word, sound, and letter patterns...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED WORD WORK PAPER ON the last day of each week.
                      - Unit #12 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.
 

~Sensory Imagery Writing

~ SHARING THESE THIS WEEK.

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Math - multiplication by '7' this week. Practice here...

 Deep Dive Multiplication

  - SIMPLE input / output machines

-  Box Multiplication strategy

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Health ~ Keep Moving unit 

            ~ promoting the importance of strength, endurance, and flexibility activities and the major benefits of regular vigorous activity each week! 

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

                               - weekly planning in our agendas

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Science - BIOMES - SEE PREVIOUS BLOG POST FOR DETAILS

CLICK HERE! 

Body systems research project... STUDYING 

1. muscular-skeletal system
2. respiratory system
3. circulatory system
4. digestive system.
   

- studying the names of various organs and how they function within each body system.

- create a model of your chosen body system.

DUE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST. SHARE YOUR PROJECT!

Here are the topics they chose...

Biomes 5 groups	Respiratory 1 group	Digestive 3 groups	Muscular 1 group	Circulatory 2 groups
Audrey and Camryn = Coral Reef	Kenley, Faith, Elliot	Lucas, Asher, Josh	Kayeith, Tye, Eli	Alexa and Aspen
Taylor = Arctic Tundra		Tehlia and Holland		Holly and Deklin
Micky = Boreal Forest		Lukas, Aiden
Calen and Chance = Coral Reef
Cooper = Tropical Rainforest

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Socials - Mapping Skills include: reading and interpreting maps, cardinal directions, continents, oceans, Canadian geography, using grids, latitude and longitude this week,... many other skills.

Cool Country Report starts this week: study one country to get a better understanding of location, size, population, food, clothing, art, traditions, animals, sports, monuments, important people,...

 online mapping...

 
1. Continents and oceans game

2a). Canada: locate the province / territory

2b) Canada: identify the capital city

 
3. Challenging World Geography

4. World-geography-games EXTRA CHALLENGING

 5. Mapping Game Directions
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PE - Floor hockey skills.
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French - the weather - vocab and conversational French!

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Art - TBA

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Drama -  linked to our novel... it's a secret! SHHHH!
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Technology Skills - Mapping Skills

                              -researching for science / socials

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CONGRATS to... CALEN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

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