Important Dates:
~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 27 - Paarlauf team competition! At Laurie School field at 3:30pm!
~ September 29 = Field trip to Creston Discovery Centre to learn the how and why about bird migration. Please return permission forms and the $5 fee ASAP. Bring: Lunch, extra food, water bottle, and dress for the weather. APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR ONLY – NO OPEN-TOED SHOES, SANDALS, CROCS, … RUNNING SHOES OR HIKING SHOES ONLY.
~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
will continue with the next book in our literature study... we are on Chapter 1 on
Monday...
- reading THE LEMONADE CRIME
- 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.
INCLUDES LOTS OF DAILY WRITING PRACTICE!
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~Word Work - Unit 3 - since students are working at 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 and results.
- 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' PAPERS ON or before FRIDAY.
- Unit #3 study all list words; TEST on THURSDAY.
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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concepts
- learning MULTIPLES, common multiples, lowest common multiples, and factors this week
Click to practice...
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - 'Keep Moving' unit.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a short-term and long-term goal
- reflecting on core competencies weekly.
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Science - migratory birds - how and why + trip to Creston
AND...
The Scientific Method
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
- 2 labs left, then...
Demo Science Experiment!
Goal: to demonstrate any simple science experiment to the class explaining the concept of an ‘independent variable.’
You will:
· Need a partner or a group of three
· Research any simple experiment on the computers (at school)
· Make sure you have all the materials (we can supply some for you, if necessary and inexpensive)
· Perform the experiment exactly 3 times changing one item (this is your ‘independent variable’)
· Clearly explain the term ‘independent variable’ in your experiment while you present
· TRY IT AT HOME FIRST TO ENSURE IT WORKS!
· Formally demonstrate it to your classmates
· State the question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, and conclusions to the best of your ability
· No need a written component – verbal only.
· Be ready to present on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Hint: keep it a simple experiment like the first experiment we did in class with the small glass, water, and an index card.
Criteria Scale
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· Clearly demonstrated a simple experiment with an introduction, a question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, and conclusions. |
*Precisely explained *Well-stated *Satisfactory *Basic understanding *Unable to explain |
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· Demonstrated and explained what an ‘independent variable’ is in their experiment and how it was ‘changeable.’
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*Precisely explained *Well-stated *Satisfactory *Basic understanding *Unable to explain |
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Socials - will begin soon - Mapping unit
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PE - team strategy games
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Art - Bird ART!
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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
- Learning Power-point presentations - 'ppt me' is the first assignment.
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House Teams - Wear your HOUSE TEAM colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to DYLAN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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