January 8 to 12

Welcome back to... 2024!

Important Dates / Information:

~ Please return learning update (report card) envelopes. Thanks!

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January 25 - ADST DOWNHILL CHALLENGE 2024!

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January 12 - milk and cookie day - $1.25

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~ January 26 - Non-instructional Friday = No school.

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February 12 is the first day at Kimberley Alpine Resort...

     Our Highlands intermediate students will be going skiing/snowboarding two times at the Kimberley Alpine Resort.

*The original January 17th forms and money will work for the Feb 12th date. 

*If you signed up as a chaperone for the Jan 17th day and cannot make the Feb 12 day as a chaperone, please email me at danny.bartraw@sd5.bc.ca and you will receive a refund. HES intermediate teachers apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

    THUS, we have two confirmed dates booked: Feb 12 and Mar 11. We will be leaving school at 8:45am on the bus and returning to the school for 2:50pm dismissal.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - two short stories and poems sharing them as choral reading.

 -  We are reading the next book in our series...

    Among The Impostors  by Margaret Peterson Haddix

For our novel, if any one would prefer to read the chapters themselves, rather than the audio-book version, click here... Among the Impostors!  Please do not read ahead!

 

We will work at making story connections, inferences, creating images, and listening for sensory imagery details. Also, we will have daily comprehension discussions and writing activities which follow each reading.

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Writing: 

We are learning about literary devices so that we can input these in our next story writing lessons... which starts soon. These include:

• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration.
  

 We are also working daily at proper letter formation, printing, and writing complete sentences. 

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~Word Work - Unit 16 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work. 

                        - DUE DATES: hand-in your WW page on or before the last day of the week.

                      - list words will always be sent home on Mondays.
                      - Unit #16 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

NEW in term two... Word Work will include Boggle challenges and working with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling skills. 
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Math - ... linear measurement skills with practical uses - converting mm, cm, m, km.

TRY this game... Metric Conversions

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ALSO, PRACTICE YOUR 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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Career Education - in 3 weeks... studying a potential career after a personal interests survey - present your findings! 

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Science - Grade 4 = Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase. 

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Socials - Learning about specific Canadian First Peoples (Sto:lo people) and connections to land, animals, oceans, and spirits, which continues to shape Canada’s identity. 

- PRO / CON debating and positive decision-making skills

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Health Ed - "The Air We Breathe" a unit focused... personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being. Includes learning about smoking, vaping, and developing positive decision-making skills.

PE - Basketball skills - ball control, passing, shooting, game strategies, and basketball centers.  
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ART -  Hyperbole ART

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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.

Dance mat typing guide
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CONGRATS to  ????? for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK this week and 

.... earned ??? house team points! Great efforts = great results!