September 23 to 27

Important Dates:

September 24 = PHOTO DAY!

TUESDAY, 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 - wear one if you choose.
                       - 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

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October 9 - FIELD TRIP - to Creston Valley Discovery / Wildlife Center - to learn the hows and whys about bird migration. Please return permission forms ASAP.  

Bring: Lunch, extra food, water bottle, and dress for the weather. APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR ONLY – NO OPEN-TOED SHOES, SANDALS, CROCS, … RUNNING SHOES OR HIKING SHOES ONLY. 

Forms going home Tuesday. The bus leaves at 8:40am so please be at school on time. 

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October 14 - THANKSGIVING MONDAY - no school.

October 22 & 23    - Parent / Teacher Conferences... more info to come! PLUS BOOK 

FAIR ! ...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 the book...
                           - 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.

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~Word Work - Unit 3 - 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 #3 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concepts

  - learning ROUNDING: to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, ... 

Click to practice...

ROUNDING GAMES

Try some games to practice your skills!

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Health - Keep Moving unit.

- the importance of physical activity and health benefits.

- the three main types of physical activity: strength, endurance, flexibility.

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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 two weeks = Mapping Skills!
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PE - flag football skills - final week!
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art - Name Tangles ART!

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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD and Power-point effectively
                              - on laptops

                              - "ppt me"is the first Power-point practice.

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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to KEENAN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!