Sunday, 15 September 2024

September 16 to 20

Important Dates:

September 19 -   LAST DAY TO BRING IN PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT.

 September - 20 - PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.     

September 24 = PHOTO DAY!

         Sept. 24 = PAARLAUF RELAY RACES - Laurie Middle School - 3:30 to 4:30. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from this event.

September 26 - Pizza/Open House! 5:00 - 5:30 classroom doors open. 5:30-6:00 Open house and then food and games outside.


September  27 - Orange shirt day
                       - in support of positive aboriginal voices and
                         education about residential schools


September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school.  

October 4 to 7 - 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

October 14 - THANKSGIVING MONDAY - no school.

October 22 & 23    - Parent / Teacher Conferences... more info to come! PLUS BOOK FAIR - 3pm to 7pm! ...SO BRING MONEY IF YOU CAN AND BUY SOME BOOKS! MORE INFO TO COME. 

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we started our literature study... we are on Chapter 8 on Monday...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE WAR
                           - 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.

The Lemonade War: Davies, Jacqueline ...

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~Word Work - Unit 2 - since students are starting from 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. 

- 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, or before, the last day of the week.

                      - work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED 'WORD WORK' PAPER ON or before FRIDAY.
                      - Unit #2 study all list words; TEST on Thursday.


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~ Memory Sticks...

Dear Parents / Guardians,

Please support your child by telling them stories about their childhood (according to the FIVE ideas below).

Also, if you can provide ALL 5 photos, ALTOGETHER, ON THE SAME DAY, it would really help us all to get to know your child.

Thanks for your support! Mr. Bartraw

 

- we will work at card 4 and 5 this week...
                               - students have until  THURSDAY Sept 19

                        to complete all cards and PLEASE have all PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos in at the same time works best.

                               - we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
                         - next, assemble it & then we share them with the class.

PLEASE REFER TO THE CARD INFORMATION BELOW...

Card 1
Front: bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).

Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the most creative way you can.
          (Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest, …)


Card 2
Front: bring in a baby photo of yourself.  (From birth to 2 years old).

Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.


Card 3
Front: bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.

Back: Write about an important event that happened between the ages of 3 and 5.                             


Card 4
Front: bring in a photo of yourself learning 
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.

Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7.



Card 5
Front: bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing! (if possible)

Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting 
pure enjoyment doing your most favourite thing!


Criteria will be discussed in class… daily!    
DUE: SEPTEMBER 19TH!

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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept 

      - reading, writing, representing large numbers, comparing and ordering numbers, rounding, multiples, standard and expanded forms,... up to 5 digits for grade 4.

Click to practice...

Identify the number!

https://www.abcya.com/games/comparing_number_values 

https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/convert-between-place-values

Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - starting soon...
            ~ Keep Moving unit.

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

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

The Scientific Method 
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Socials - will begin in three weeks = Mapping Skills!
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PE - flag football skills 
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art -  Autumn Scene - learning about perspective: foreground,

middle-ground, and background. LESSON SAMPLES

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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

                              - "Joy"is the first assignment. DUE Monday!
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to OPAL for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!

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