December 13 to 17

 Important Dates / Information   

December 13 = our XMAS Concert - our class is asked to wear the following things like... dark clothes with sunglasses, bandanas around the head or wrist, leather jacket, rips in jeans, big necklaces,... but you do not need all the above. Just pick a few things. 

    PLEASE BRING YOUR COSTUME FOR MONDAY'S REHEARSAL @ 12:45 TO 2:30 PM.

~ information has been sent home on paper and emailed to you by our school. Please read them carefully... From Mrs. Bain.

***Drop off your child at the stage access door at 6:40 pm. Pick up is also at the same door at the end of the concert.***

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December 14 = Student Learning Reports going home.

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December 15 = DRAMA GAME! FAKE PASSPORTS!

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December 16 = RETURN YOUR Field trip FORMS

to Wildhorse River - Survival Skills (goes with our PRO / CON Debates activities). 

DRESS WARM! BRING YOUR BACKPACK, LUNCH, AND WATER.

IN THE AFTERNOON OF DEC. 16TH IS... UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE! BRING IN ALL YOUR ITEMS AS WE PLANNED LAST WEEK. 

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December 17 = ADST: downhill challenge test - final day to see if your sled slides.

                       = Last day of school before the Christmas Break.

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

We will finished the novel last week and now we all have FAKE ID'S for our DRAMA activity!

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~Word Work - will resume in the new year.

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Math - multiplication by '9' this week. Practice here...

 Deep Dive Multiplication

-  Box Multiplication strategy - learning 2 digit x 2 digit and some will try 2-d x 3-d.

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Health ~ finished until term two! 

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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- Finished all projects - great work!

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Socials -

PRO / CON DEBATES! We will be practicing our debating skills by thinking of advantages and disadvantages to a variety of issues, questions, and scenarios!

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PE - Team games. Survival skills outdoors.
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French - the weather - vocab and conversational French.

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Art - Winter Wonderland MURALS

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 From 1 PM to 2 PM ... ON DECEMBER 16,  …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 Thursday afternoon. MR. BARTRAW HAS A LOT OF ITEMS ALREADY, BUT

THE MORE OPTIONS, THE BETTER!

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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Drama -  linked to our novel... the secret is out! 

 The D103 “PRO / CON DEBATE” Game!

Goal: Our goal is to give reasons for staying in the game and inform others of all your skills you have to offer. Look at your job and decide what you can do to be helpful in our scenario.

Preparation:

a)      You must research your own job and be able to state which skills you have and those that would be needed in the game.

b)      You can dress the part of your character or wear the mask I give you. Also, you can use a voice like your character... as you imagine him / her would sound.

      c)   You have already researched some facts about your country and know a bit of its culture. 

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Technology Skills -researching for socials

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CONGRATS to... LUCAS J for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

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