Important Dates / Information
October 31 = Orange and Black Day / Hallowe'en Activities and costumes...
We
are inviting our Huskies to wear their Halloween costumes to school on Monday the 31st. Please do not send any props as things can get lost or
wrecked. We are also asking that no masks be worn. If you are not comfortable sending
your child to school in their costume, then please feel free to dress in
orange & black 😊.
Thursday, November 10 = REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY in the gym.
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Post-Reading Challenge: Act out the three most important parts of the book at the beginning, the middle, and the ending.
Use the following characters in your DRAMA!
Evan – the plaintiff (the crime was against him)
Jessie – Evan’s lawyer
Scott – the defendant (the person accused of committing the crime)
Ryan, Kevin, Paul, Jack, Malik, Adam – Witnesses
Megan and 11 others – Jury
Anna and others - audience
David Kirkorian – Judge
Others… Scott’s mom = lawyer; his dad = financial advisor.
Your drama scenes must have speaking parts and actions that reflect the actual events in the book.
Remember there are 3 sections! Try for about 2 minutes each.
A script can be helpful, but it is not needed if you know the story. WORK HARD!
Present on Wednesday.
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - New novel study next week!
Grade 4 are doing FSAs.
FSA Samples
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~Word Work - Unit 7 - groups updated based on test results - 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 Friday this week.
- Unit #7 study all list words; TEST on Friday.
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~ Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we communicate in writing
WRITING PRACTICE THIS WEEK...
1. Unity writing / staying focused on one topic.
2. Descriptive writing (describing houses).
We are using the Book Creator program to make writing more interesting.
Your chosen house descriptions are due on Thursday!
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Math - ADDING AND SUBTRACTING WITH DECIMALS
Lots of 'MENU MATH' where we use real menus from local restaurants and order meals, make change,... FINANCIAL LITERACY.
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Health ~ NEW! 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 - The Scientific Method - Finished the unit
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Socials - Mapping Skills!
- pencil-to-paper booklets and...
online mapping...
PRACTICE THESE SITES at school
and HOME!
2. Provinces and Capital Cities
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PE - inventive games / strategy games like Speedball
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French - les corps in French
ADST / Art – Build a kite that flies!
- Haunted house designs!
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Drama
- Lemonade Crime... Performance day is Wednesday, October 26.
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Technology Skills - Mapping Skills
- using BOOK CREATOR
- MATHLETICS.
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CONGRATS to... EVELYN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...
and.. earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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