Important Dates / Information:
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May 8 - CAREER DAY in the afternoon in our class...
May 8 - PROFESSOR WOW AT 9:15AM
May 10 - HES track and field day at COTR 400 m track for all intermediate students (PERMISSION FORMS ARE DUE).
Remember: parents are responsible for their child's transportation to and from the COTR. Arrive at 8:20 for the 800m and leave for home between 2:30 and 2:50pm.
May 15 to 16 - Book Fair !
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May 15 & 16 - Student-led conferences in our classroom! Early dismissal
days - students are in school from 8:40 until noon. Conferences are from
1pm to 3pm. You may sign up by clicking on this link...
STUDENT-LED CONFERENCE SIGN-UP May 15 and 16.
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May 17 to 20 - no school - Victoria Day holiday weekend
May 31 - online TEAMS Wetland lessons from experts! 12:15 to 1:15pm
June 4 - District Track and Field day for qualifying athletes
June 5 and 12 - bring your bike and helmet for PE = 1 hour.
June 7 - Pro-D Day - no school for students
June 12 - Spring Music concert in gym at 1pm
June 19 - Field Trip to Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area ... Adaptations to Life in a Wetland and Canoe Tour
June 21 - Fun Day in the afternoon - hosted by gr 6 students
June 24 - HES at Fairmont Hot Springs
June 25 - Moyie Lake beach... if we can get 2 lifeguards that we requested.
June 26 - Grade 4 bike & hike day in the forest!
June 27 -last day of school for students from 9am to 11am
- Learning update #3 goes home
- Enjoy your summer!
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - emphasis on analyzing, reading, and converting information to our own words... when we read non-fiction sources for our CAREERS PROJECT.
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Writing:
"Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!"
Directions:
- Use all 15 of these words or phrases in a short story that makes sense.
- Use these words in any order / sequence.
- Highlight / box the words or phrases when used (once each).
- Words / phrases can be used as many times as needed.
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…smarter than he looked… … unnecessary reading… …screamed at… ….astronauts or ballet dancers…. Milo Crinkley Palm trees...
“Don’t do it!” …no telling… …tempted…
…exactly one… …had scrambled his brains… Halfway home…. …Dr. K Pinkerton Silverfish… …under no circumstances… …zebra-striped… |
Criteria: Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!
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Setting (where and when your story takes place… mainly) - detailed enough to create an image in your head - paints a clear picture with words.
Characters - we gradually learn about all the characters, their personality, appearance, attitudes, relationships to other characters, BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE.
Events/Problem - there is a clear problem in the story about being perfect or not - the events flow in logical order without huge gaps.
Mechanics - spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar use is accurate - work is edited and revised (improved) - less than five errors overall are expected after proofreading on our laptops. Published version is Due on Wednesday, May 22. |
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~Word Work - Unit #31 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work.
- Hand-in your WW page on or before Friday.
- list words will always be in the agendas.
- Unit #31 study all list
words; TEST on Thursday.
Word Work will include Boggle challenges and working
with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling
skills.
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Math - ... main focus on plotting points (x , y) on a Cartesian co-ordinate plane. Leading to math translations, reflections, and rotations called 'transformations / movement geometry.'
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EXTRA... PRACTICE OTHER BASIC FACTS: Web math minute
We all have access to MATHLETICS. Students will have a chance to work on the current math curricular areas in class and at home.
***Usernames and passwords were sent home with learning updates. ***
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SCIENCE - started last week...
BIG IDEA = The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems.
CONTENT - local changes caused by Earth’s axis, rotation, and orbit
Socials ~ IN A two more WEEKS WE WILL START...
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Health Ed - M2K = finished this unit.
PE - working toward personal bests in the 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump, triple jump, high jump, and ball throw... getting in shape for track and field skills and our track day on May
10th.
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Career Education - ... studying a potential career after a personal interests survey - present your findings! Research your chosen career.
STUDENT INTELLIGENCE SURVEY LEADING TO A CAREER PATH
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Your Future Career:
Use the website… https://www.planitplus.net/CareerAreas/
Start: in class – self-inventory.
Perform an Inquiry (Find Out About) what job you may like, from your survey answers…
You then will need to create a MS Word document (as taught in class) to show what you discovered about yourself and your possible future career!
This document will include… 1. Name the job / career. 2. Describe it. 3. Duties of the job / career. 4. Where and when is the job. 5. What and/or who they work with. 6. Fast facts: a) Education and Training b) Wages (how much $ do you earn per year) c) Any other 3 facts.
*Note: It is encouraged, but not mandatory, that all students try to dress up in their
future career clothing and bring in some items that reflect your career. |
*Note: Presentation Format is a word doc.
Due Wednesday, May 8th is our CAREER FAIR day!
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ART - Mother's Day ART - take home on THURSDAY!
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and later...
~RESEARCHING SKILLS also as CAREER PROJECT.
Dance mat typing guide
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CONGRATS to CARRIGAN for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week and
