October 7 to 11

Important Dates:

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 OR RUBBER BOOTS ONLY. 

*Forms went home two weeks ago.

** The bus leaves at 8:40am and returns at 2:40pm.

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October 14 - THANKSGIVING MONDAY - no school. 

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OCT. 22 & 23 STUDENT / PARENT / TEACHER Conferences SIGN UP HERE!

October 22 & 23    - BOOK FAIR in the gym - 12pm to 4pm on Tuesday & Wednesday! ...SO BRING MONEY IF YOU CAN AND BUY SOME BOOKS! MORE INFO TO COME.  

~ November 7 = PHOTO RETAKES ~

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will finish reading 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.

INCLUDES LOTS OF DAILY WRITING PRACTICE!
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Creative Writing - Under the Rug...

 

Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy of written communication.

- we are using this as a guideline...

How To Write Complete Sentences

Criteria	Check
My sentence begins with an uppercase letter.
My sentence ends with a period, exclamation point, or a question mark.
All lowercase letters are formed correctly (tall letters are tall, short letters are short, and letters that are supposed to be written below the line are written below the line).
My sentence has at least one subject (the ‘who’ or what part of the sentence).
My sentence has a predicate (the details / what is happening part).

Correct grammar usage and proper spelling are essential pieces as well. 

Creative writing starts this week as writer's workshops with the theme called...

Under the Rug

Due October 22, in class, during laptop time.

- Hook your reader.

- Write on every other line.

- 2 to 5 pages double-spaced (from your draft copy).

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~Word Work - Unit 5 - 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 #5 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concepts

  - practice addition up to 4-d + 4-d with & without regrouping

  - subtraction next week

Click to practice...

adding-2-digit-numbers-without-regrouping.html 

3-digit-addition 

adding-4-digit-numbers.html

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 - How do hot air balloons work?

- All about birds, migration, ... field trip to Creston Wildlife Center on Wednesday! 

- Making bird feeders!

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Socials - Mapping unit starts Monday!

Click below, in order, to practice...

1. Continents & oceans  tutorial.

 2. Identify the Continents (timed) 

 3. Continents-and-oceans-globe spinning game

4.Canadian Provinces / Territories 

5. Find the Canadian capital cities! 

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PE - various team games strategies, Guard the Pins and Speed Ball.
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Art - Name Tangles ART! DUE: extended to October 7.

- start BIRD ART.

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Drama 

- groups performing 3 major scenes in the Lemonade Crime. 

- New play coming soon... "The Case of the Missing Dentures" Make sure you study your lines and dress up as your character - performance date is Thursday, October 24th.

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

                              - "Under the Rug"is the second Power-point practice.

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