Important Dates / Information
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Alex, Jackson, Mason, Drake, Gia, Kingsten... - Please return your Picasso ART Fundraiser / ART PIECE in the given envelope 2 weeks ago.
~Please return it even if you are not buying anything. I would like to assess the art piece. Thanks!
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November 22 - Sensory Imagery FINAL Draft Due in class.
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November 22 - BRING IN ALL THE ITEMS YOU NEED FROM HOME FOR YOUR DIORAMA FOR YOUR BIOME OR YOUR BODY SYSTEM.
***I will supply paint, plasticine, glue guns, glue, and any paper.
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November 23, 24, and 30 are SCIENCE SHARING DAYS! PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS ON YOUR BIOMES OR BODY SYSTEM!
Science-gr-4-biomes information and body systems
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - New whole class novel study...
ATH CHAPTER 1 Start
Luke Garner, a
12-year-old boy, lives on a farm with his mother, father, and two
brothers. As a third child, Luke and his parents are in violation of a
population law. Luke, like all third children, must spend his days
hidden or away from public view, or else he will be taken away or
imprisoned, as well as his family.
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| Writing focus on improving our sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we
communicate in writing and using sensory imagery writing techniques. |
SHOWING VS TELLING SAMPLES
Sensory Imagery Writing
Sensory
details allow the reader to put themselves into your writing mentally by
forming a picture in his/her mind. Without sensory details, the reader becomes
bored and cannot emotionally connect to the story.
Sensory details include words that
describe sights, sounds, textures, smells, and sometimes tastes of the setting,
characters, and interactions.
Directions:
Write powerful, image-creating sentences by looking at the image of
your BIOME and adding sensory details. Make up additional details to construct
new sentences.
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Mission
Possible!
Your mission, which you must choose to
accept, is this…
~Your writing begins with you exploring your biome
(scene) that you selected. You will describe many parts with plenty of detail
and near the end you
realize that you are lost!
~Make the reader feel part of your
writing!
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I
know you can do this!
Final Draft
Due date: November 22.
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Word Work - Unit 11 - 3 groups - AT THEIR SPELLING LEVELS.
- handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs
to be completes 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 or before the last day of each week.
- Unit #11 study all list words; TEST on Thursday.
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Math - multiplication of 6 this week. (15 minutes per day)
Deep Dive Multiplication
Main focus in MATH is ....
- Number patterns: recognizing patterns like 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, ......
and being able to describe them.
- Patterns in T-tables and pre-algebra challenges.
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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 - Body systems for grade 5...
- Biomes study for grade 4...
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Socials
- Mapping Skills include: reading and interpreting maps, cardinal
directions, continents, oceans, Canadian geography, using grids,
latitude and longitude,... many other skills.
FANTASY MAPS COMING SOON!
online mapping...
PRACTICE THESE
SITES at school and HOME!
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 - team games that involve strategies.
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French - Les couleurs - test Thursday!
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Art - integrated with SCIENCE PROJECTS.
- FANTASY MAPS
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Drama
- in 3 weeks...a surprise D-103 Dress-up / acting simulation!
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Technology Skills - Mapping Skills
- Science projects - research and presentations.
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CONGRATS to... MALACHI, again, for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week...
and.. earning 10
house team points! Great efforts = great results!
