Important Dates:
September 15 - House Team Activity 2:15 to 2:45.
September 19 - LAST DAY TO BRING IN PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT.
September 21 -Highlands OPEN HOUSE - BBQ 5pm to 6pm and visit your child's class and teacher 6pm to 7pm. AND.. 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 - 22 - Indigenous Education PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.
September 25 to - 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
September 29 - Orange shirt day
- in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
October 2 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school.
October 4 - Photo Day - please do no wear green.
October 9 - THANKSGIVING MONDAY - no school.
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we started our literature study... we are on Chapter 4 on Monday...
- 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 - since students are starting from different levels of spelling, there will be different groups, according to where they are at as observed in class. Students may increase or decrease in levels, depending on their written outputs.
- All units are handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs to be worked on at home.
*Students are
responsible for bringing home their list words at the beginning of each week. There are activities on the
pages; practicing word patterns, meanings of words, etc,.. Students must return 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 or before FRIDAY.
- Unit #1 study all list words; TEST on Friday.
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~ Memory Sticks...
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Please support your child by telling them stories about their childhood (according to the FIVE ideas below).
Also, if you can provide 5 photos, as indicated, it would really help us all to get to know your child.
Thanks for your support! Mr. Bartraw
- we will work at
card #2, 3, and 4 this week...
- students have until TUESDAY Sept 19
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.
- students have until TUESDAY Sept 19
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 index 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 in the forest. 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! DUE: SEPTEMBER 19TH!
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,
…)
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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.
|
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.
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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. |
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! |
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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.
Click to practice...
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...
~ Keep Moving unit.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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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
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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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Art - Minecraft Selfie due Tuesday, new ART = Autumn Scene on Friday.
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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 - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to ROMAN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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