Important Dates / Information:
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May 15 to 16 - Book Fair in the gym!
- May 15 from 12pm to 6:30pm.
- May 16 from 12pm to 3pm.
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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.
- also, vocabulary enhancement within their stories... see below.
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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 she/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 her/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) - use "quotes" and tags as taught in class - less than five errors overall are expected after proofreading on our laptops. Published version on MS Word doc... is Due on Wednesday, May 22. |
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~Word Work - Unit #32 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 #32 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 (this week), reflections, and rotations called
'transformations / movement geometry.'
Math/geometry/translate-shapes-game/
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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 2 weeks ago... FINAL TEST IN 2 WEEKS.
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 ONE WEEK 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... those who qualified for the sd5 track meet will be notified soon!
Badminton unit starts Monday!
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Career Education - ... studying a potential career after a personal interests
survey - present your findings! Research your chosen career.
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ART - ARTIST STUDY... KEITH HARING - Start this week, finish NEXT WEEK!
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and later...
~RESEARCHING SKILLS.
Dance mat typing guide
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CONGRATS to LINCOLN H for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week and
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