Important Information and Dates:
Weekly reminder SAFETY NOTICE: We have students with severe allergies in our classroom.
· ALLERGIES to **cashews, **pistachios, and **pets.
Please be respectful of this and be aware of what you bring in your lunch.......................................
We will be finishing FSA TESTS soon...
Info: option to withdraw from FSA TESTS
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October 22 - Drama: dress in full costume for "The Case of the Missing Dentures."
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October 24 - Pro-D Day.
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October 27 - Evacuation drill @ 2:15.
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HIGHLANDS ART FUNDRAISER...
The art is being sent home on Tuesday, October 28th.
Please read the instructions on the back of the art piece.
Order anything you choose! Write down your online order and order reference number.
Please return the completed order sheet AND ARTWORK in the envelope back to OUR CLASS for Wednesday, Nov 12th.
*Even if you do not order anything, please return the art piece in the envelope back to class.
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October 31 = Hallowe'en costumes...
We are inviting our Huskies to wear their Halloween costumes to school on Friday the 31st. Please do not send any props as things can get lost or wrecked. We are also asking that no masks be worn. If you are not comfortable sending your child to school in their costume, then please feel free to dress as per a 'typical' day at school............................................................
Monday, November 10th - REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY in the gym at 11am. ___ and ___ are the wreath carriers.
*All students are asked to dress in black, white, and/or red if possible.
Tuesday, November 11 =Stat. Holiday
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November 21 = Pro-D & no school for students
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December 5 = Communicating Student Learning (Reports - term one) sent home.
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December 12 - No school.
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December 16 - Concert rehearsal in the afternoon; PERFORMANCE AT 6:30pm.
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December 18 - School-wide turkey dinner starts at 11:30am
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December 19 - last day of school before 2 week break.
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January 5, 2026 = first day of school in the new year!
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - FSA LITERACY AND NUMERACY STANDARDIZED TESTS. There is also an online component. We will finish these by Wednesday... as soon as possible.
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Language Arts - Reading - self-selected novel study begin once FSA's are done...
~ Students have chosen from 10 novels and read 30 minutes each day.
~ Next, complete a "CHUNKING SHEET."
This means reading responses from our novel study...
chunking sheets describing likes, dislikes, questions, and patterns with plenty of detail.
Chunking Sheet Guidelines
| What I liked…
Use complete sentences to explain any event(s) in the ‘chunk’ you enjoyed. It could be when a character said or did something that was interesting to you. Explain your likes with evidence from what you read or reasons! ~ Minimum 2 sentences. |
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What I disliked… Use complete sentences to explain any event(s) in the ‘chunk’ you disliked. It could be when a character said or did something that you simply did not like. Explain your dislikes with evidence from what you read or reasons! ~ Minimum 2 sentences. |
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Puzzles or Questions… Use complete sentences (and a question mark at the end) to write 3 powerful questions. These questions are things that puzzled you. Remember that powerful questions usually begin with HOW or WHY. Powerful questions do not have a one word answer.
~ Minimum 2 questions. |
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Patterns… Use complete sentences to explain any patterns you found in this ‘chunk.’ Patterns might include story events, words / phrases a character repeats, or how the author writes. Explain your patterns with evidence or reasons! ~ Minimum 2 sentences. |
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~ Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we communicate in writing.
DAILY WRITING PRACTICE...
1. Reading responses from our novel study... chunking sheets describing likes, dislikes, questions, and patterns with plenty of detail.
2. Edit your writing.
3. Use proper sentence structures.
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~Word Work - Unit 7 - 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 "working with words" handout 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 the
last day of the week.
- work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...
- HAND IN your FINISHED 'WORD WORK' HANDOUT ON or before FRIDAY.
- Unit #7 study all list words; Multiple choice TEST on Thursday this week.
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Math - Addition and subtraction with decimals = MONEY.
- includes Haunted House Math - lining up decimals, real-world word problems, as you design and pretend to buy items for a haunted house.
Click to practice...
Adding-and-subtracting-amounts-of-moneyTry 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 - dome for a month or so.
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Socials - Mapping skills: using online and real maps to learn about
continents, oceans, Canadian provinces and territories, and their
respective capital cities. Also, how to read maps, using a scale,
legend, directional indicators, and more.
Click below, in order, to practice...
1. Continents & oceans tutorial.
3. Continents-and-oceans-globe spinning game
4. Canada - practice your P & T names!
5. Canadian Provinces / Territories
6. Find the Canadian capital cities!
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Social Emotional Learning - SEL = Friendology Program (with Ms. Kathleen, our school counselor)
- being kind to yourself - your inner ninja
- making friends
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PE - Tag games inside and outside - strategy games like Guard the Pin.
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Art - Ted Harrison Art... is our HIGHLANDS ART FUNDRAISER!
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Drama - "The Case of the Missing Dentures."
- dress up in full costume on Oct. 22.
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD and MS Power-Point effectively
- on laptops.
Practice your typing skills... Dance mat typing!
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to EDEN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
