September 26 to 30

Important Dates:   

September 27 - Lock-down Drill - 11 am. 

September 28 - Paarlauf TEAM goes to Laurie School @3:15pm 

September  29 - Orange shirt day - wear an orange shirt if you have one!
                       - in support of positive aboriginal voices and
                         education about residential schools

September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school. 

 October 18 and 19 - PARENT / TEACHER CONVERSATIONS - each time slot is 15 minutes.

                          - 1pm to 5:30pm on Oct 18. 

                          - 1pm to 3:00 on Oct 19.

                          - Early dismissal for students at 11:50am

 Parent / Teacher Conversations

~Mr. Bartraw’s Class 2022~

 If you are interested in a parent / teacher conference on the days listed above, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SIGN-UP GENIUS LINK...

SIGN UP GENIUS for conferences 

*NOTE: Other dates and times can be readily available if these are not convenient for you.

 

THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE IN PERSON (OR BY PHONE IF YOU PREFER).

 

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Learning opportunities this week...
........................................................
Language Arts - we will continue our literature study... chapter 9, 10, 11, 12,...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE WAR
                           - students practice reading comprehension, analyze
                             characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,

                             main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
                           - we read and respond to our reading, daily.

~Word Work - Unit 3 - groups - handed out on Monday

                        and then the rest needs to be worked on at home.

 *Students are responsible for bringing home their list words and the activities on the page, practicing them at home, and returning the page for grading on the last day of the week.

                      - work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED 'WORD WORK' PAPER ON Thursday this week.
                      - Unit #3 study all list words; TEST on Thursday.

.......................................................................
~ Memory Sticks...

- the are finished and we will start sharing our stories...

 ........................................................

Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concepts

      - This week is Multiples of 2, 3, 4, ... to 9

      - common multiples

TEST on Thursday!  

Click to practice...

Lesson - Multiples Video

Multiples game ZAP A ZOID! 

Multiples Quiz 

Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health ~ Social Emotional Learning lessons

            ~ Growth mindset lessons

.........................................................

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

- using agendas as planning tools

.........................................................
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 
.......................................................................
Socials - The story of orange shirt day. 

Orange shirt day video

- mapping begin soon
.................................................................
PE - flag football skills  - final week
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
 .................................................................

French - conversational French

Vocab: - my name is..., what's your name?

             - days of the week

..............................................

Art - Orange shirt day art

 ..................................................................

Drama - various activities integrated where possible
.................................................................
Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                              - on laptops

- Terry Fox - Top 10 ways he was amazing.

................................................................                             
House Teams have been selected in our class!
................................................................

CONGRATS to OWEN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week

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

September 20 to 23

 Important Dates:

Please sign and return all VERIFICATION forms that were sent home. Thanks! 

September 19 - PAC meeting @ 7pm in our library.

September 20 - LAST DAY TO BRING IN PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT.

September 21 - Fire Drill @ 11am.

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September 22   a)  Photo Day - please do no wear green.

                          b) Highlands OPEN HOUSE - BBQ 5pm to 6pm and

                              visit your child's class and teacher 6pm to 7pm.

                          c) 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
 

                          d) BOOK FAIR - 3pm to 7pm! MRS. MERKEL IS HOSTING A BOOK FAIR SO BRING MONEY IF YOU CAN AND BUY SOME BOOKS! 5pm to 7pm.

 ..............................................................................

September - 23 = Indigenous Education PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.

September  29 - Orange shirt day
                       - in support of positive aboriginal voices and
                         education about residential schools

September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school. 

  .......................................................
Learning opportunities this week...
........................................................
Language Arts - we will continue our literature study... chapter 6, 7, 8,...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE WAR
                           - students practice reading comprehension, analyze
                             characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,

                             main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
                           - we read and respond to our reading, daily.

~Word Work - Unit 2 - 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 and the activties onthe page, practicing them at home, and returning the page for grading on the last day of the week.

                      - work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED 'WORD WORK' PAPER ON Thursday this week.
                      - Unit #2 study all list words; TEST on Thursday.

.......................................................................
~ Memory Sticks...

- we will finish them this week...
                               - students have until  TUESDAY Sept 20 

                        to complete all cards and PLEASE have all PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos in at the same time works best.

                               - 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 INDEX CARD INFORMATION BELOW...

 

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!   

 ........................................................

Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concepts

      - rounding to the nearest 10's, 100's, 1,000's this week...

TEST on Thursday!  

Click to practice...

Bike-racing-math-rounding to nearest 10

Rounding to nearest 100 

Rounding-nearest-1000

Try some games to practice your skills!
.......................................................
Health - starting soon...
            ~ Social Emotional Learning lessons

            ~ Growth mindset lessons

.........................................................

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

- using agendas as planning tools

.........................................................
Science -  The Scientific Method - next week!
  - demonstrations of experiments
  - learning how to describe the process and 
    carefully record all information in "lab write-up"

The Scientific Method 
.......................................................................
Socials - will begin in a couple weeks
.................................................................
PE - flag football skills 
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
 .................................................................

French - conversational French

Vocab: - my name is..., what's your name?

             - days of the week

..............................................

Art - TBA

 ..................................................................

Drama - various activities integrated where possible
.................................................................
Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                              - on laptops

................................................................                             
House Teams have been selected in our class!
................................................................

CONGRATS to ACEAH for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week

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

September 12 to 16

 Important Dates:

Please sign and return all forms that were sent home last week. Thanks! 

September 16 - Field trip to Wildhorse River @ 12:45 to look for spawning salmon.

September 19 - PAC meeting @ 7pm in our library.

September 20 - LAST DAY TO BRING IN PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT.

September 21 - Fire Drill @ 11am.

.............................................................................

September 22   a)  Photo Day - please do no wear green.

                          b) Highlands OPEN HOUSE - BBQ 5pm to 6pm and

                              visit your child's class and teacher 6pm to 7pm.

                          c) 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
 

                          d) BOOK FAIR - 3pm to 7pm! MRS. MERKEL IS HOSTING A BOOK FAIR SO BRING MONEY IF YOU CAN AND BUY SOME BOOKS! 5pm to 7pm.

 ..............................................................................

September - 23 = Indigenous Education PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.

September  29 - Orange shirt day
                       - in support of positive aboriginal voices and
                         education about residential schools

September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school. 

  .......................................................
Learning opportunities this week...
........................................................
Language Arts - we will start our literature study...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE WAR
                           - students practice reading comprehension, analyze
                             characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,

                             main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
                           - we read and respond to our reading, daily.

~Word Work - Unit 1 - 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 and the activties onthe page, practicing them at home, and returning the page for grading on the last day of the week.

                      - work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED 'WORD WORK' PAPER ON FRIDAY.
                      - Unit #1 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

.......................................................................
~ Memory Sticks...

- we will work at card #2, 3, and 4 this week...
                               - students have until  TUESDAY Sept 20 

                        to complete all cards and PLEASE have all PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos in at the same time works best.

                               - 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!   

 ........................................................

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...

Identify the number!

https://www.abcya.com/games/comparing_number_values 

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/convert-between-place-values

Try some games to practice your skills!
.......................................................
Health - starting soon...
            ~ Social Emotional Learning lessons

            ~ Growth mindset lessons

.........................................................

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

.........................................................
Science - salmon life-cycle

- The Scientific Method
  - demonstrations of experiments
  - learning how to describe the process and 
    carefully record all information in "lab write-up"

The Scientific Method 
.......................................................................
Socials - will begin in a couple weeks
.................................................................
PE - flag football skills 
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
 .................................................................

French - conversational French

Vocab: - my name is..., what's your name?

             - days of the week

..............................................

Art -  Salmon life-cycle.

 ..................................................................

Drama - various activities integrated where possible
.................................................................
Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                              - on laptops

                              - "Joy"is the first assignment.
................................................................                             
House Teams will be selected soon!
................................................................

CONGRATS to LIAM for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week

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

Memory Stick Project

 ~ Memory Sticks 

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, …)

- we will work at card #2, 3, and 4 this week (ART integration)
                               - student have until  TUESDAY Sept 20 

                        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.

 

 

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!   

Welcome Back to School!

 

... and to Mr Bartraw's Gr. 4 / 5 class blog! 

Hello All,

This is an official welcome to students and parents. 

It’s time to start school and we will commence the year with positive energy, new and familiar faces, new goals, and new expectations. 

Class Expectations...

*About 20 min to 45 min of homework  (occasionally).

*Be prepared each day with the appropriate learning materials.

*Work is legible, neat, complete, and handed-in for grading on time.

*Work toward a positive "growth-mindset" 

GROWTH MINDSET VIDEO
 

*Participate in all areas of the curriculum to the best of your ability!

******Try your best to keep up with the demands of your grade level.******

*Work hard & have fun.

~ Be proud of who you are... don't compare yourself to others.

~ Believe in yourself, in your own abilities, and in what you can accomplish.

~ Enjoy learning for life!           
.......................
Mr. Bartraw

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Health and Safety ALLERGY ALERT and AWARENESS...

We have a student who is allergic to almonds

and oranges in our classroom. Please be

respectful of this situation. 

Thanks.

 

 

 

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September 5 - 8

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TUESDAY’S HOMEWORK…

~ show your parents our class blog and you can all read it!

~ Please bring 2 binders...

1) one that has 1.5 inch rings, with subject tabs / dividers like this...

 

 or this...

 

 or even a zipper binder like this...

2) one more simple binder without tabs... like this...

~ need gym strip (shorts and a t-shirt in a small, separate bag) and indoor shoes 

~ complete your name tag for your desk

 **Please check your folder for several handouts and return those that require parental input and  signatures (as soon as possible). THANKS!**

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Wednesday 

HOMEWORK… Create a "Weird Club" as discussed in class ... 

(Be sure to write in complete sentences.)

........................................................................

Thursday

~ complete your information page about yourself

........................................

 

Friday

...we will begin our "Memory Stick" Assignment...

- it's homework if you did not complete it in class.

 

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, …)