October 10 to 13

 Important Dates:

~ OCTOBER 11 =  STUDENTS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SCIENCE DEMO DAY!  BRING IN ALL YOUR SCIENCE MATERIALS... WITH A LAB PARTNER... THEY WILL demonstrate any simple science experiment three times to the class explaining the concept of an ‘independent variable.’ More details in the science section.

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~ October 13 - at 6pm it's Highlands Movie Night!

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 October 17 and 18 - PARENT / TEACHER CONVERSATIONS - each time slot is 15 minutes.

                          - 1pm to 4:30pm on Tuesday, Oct 17. 

                          - 1pm to 4:30 on Wednesday, Oct 18.

                          - Early dismissal for students at 12 noon.

 Parent / Teacher Conversations...

~Mr. Bartraw’s Class 2023~

 If you are interested in a parent / teacher conference on the days listed above, PLEASE CLICK ON THE SIGN-UP GENIUS LINK...

SIGN UP HERE FOR A CONFERENCE!

THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE IN PERSON, my preference, OR BY PHONE IF YOU PREFER.

*NOTE: Other dates and times can be readily available if these are not convenient for you. Email me some options.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will finish the book in our literature study... we are on Chapter 14, 15, 16 this week...

                           - 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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Creative Writing - Under the Rug...

 

Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy of written communication.                      - we are using this as a guideline...

How To Write Complete Sentences

Criteria	Check
My sentence begins with an uppercase letter.
My sentence ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark.
All lowercase letters are formed correctly (tall letters are tall, short letters are short, and letters that are supposed to be written below the line are written below the line).
My sentence has at least one subject (the ‘who’ or what part of the sentence).
My sentence has a predicate (the details / what is happening part).

Correct grammar usage and proper spelling are essential pieces as well. 

Creative writing starts this week as writer's workshops with the theme called...

Under the Rug

Due October 13, in class, during laptop time.

- Hook your reader.

- Write on every other line.

- 2 to 5 pages double-spaced (from your draft copy).

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~Word Work - Unit 5 - 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 #5 study all list words; TEST on FRIDAY.

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Math - Addition and Subtraction - Mental Math

      - practice subtraction this week - learning how to regroup.

    
Click to practice...

Subtraction drag-n-drop-math-online

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 

 AND...

The Scientific Method
  - demonstrations of experiments
  - learning how to describe the process and 
    carefully record all information in "lab write-up"

- 1 lab 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 and Bring in all your science materials 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

·      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
·      Demonstrated and explained what an ‘independent variable’ is in their experiment and how it was ‘changeable.’	*Precisely explained *Well-stated *Satisfactory  *Basic understanding     *Unable to explain

 
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Socials - Mapping unit
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PE - team strategy games
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Art -  Name Tangle ART!

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Drama - The Case of the Missing Dentures! Play - study your lines!

- dress-up as your character... date TBA!

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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                              - on laptops

                              - Learning Power-point presentations - 'Under the Rug' is the second assignment.
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House Teams - Wear your HOUSE TEAM colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to CONNOR for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!