Sunday 11 September 2022

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.

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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.

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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. 

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Learning opportunities this week...
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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.

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~ 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!   

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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...

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!
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Health - starting soon...
            ~ Social Emotional Learning lessons

            ~ Growth mindset lessons

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

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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 
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Socials - will begin in a couple weeks
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PE - 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 -  Salmon life-cycle.

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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

                              - "Joy"is the first assignment.
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House Teams will be selected soon!
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CONGRATS to LIAM for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week

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

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