Important Dates / Information:
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Please return your learning report #2 envelopes, as they can be reused for learning report #3 in June. Thanks!
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Running
club is on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all interested students
from 12:15 to 12:40 from the school to Idlewild and back.
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May 1 - bus trip to Key City Theater for selecting band classes for next year (12:45 to 2:15).
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May 5 - Class photos day.
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May 7 - EARTH RANGERS - presentation in gym 1:15 to 2:15
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May
9 - HES track and field day
at COTR 400 m track for all intermediate students (PERMISSION FORMS ARE DUE May 8).
Remember: parents are responsible for their child's transportation to and from the COTR. Arrive at 8:20 to compete in the 800m or at 8:30 for info about all other events.
Students may be picked up between 2:30 and 2:50pm.
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May 13 & 14 - Student-led conferences in our classroom! Early dismissal
days - students are in school from 8:40 until noon. Conferences are from
1pm to 3pm.
STUDENT-LED CONFERENCE SIGN-UP HERE!
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May 16 to 19 - no school - Victoria Day holiday weekend.
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May 21 - HOOP DANCE performance in gym - 9:30 to 10:25
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May 23 - WE Bike #1 - 1:45 to 2:45.
May 29 - WE Bike #2 - 1:45 to 2:45
May 30 - no school.
June 3 - District Track meet at COTR for those who qualify.
June 11- WE Bike #3 - 12:45 to 1:45
June 12 - Spring Music concert in gym at 1pm
June 13 - Pro-D Day - no school for students
June 20 - Fun Day in the afternoon - 1 to 3 pm
June 23 - HES at Fairmont Hot Springs
June 24 - Grade 4 bike & hike day in the forest!
June 25 - Moyie Lake beach
June 26 -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 - 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 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 his brains…
Halfway home….
…Dr. K Pinkerton Silverfish…
…under no circumstances…
…zebra-striped…
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Criteria: Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!
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Creativity - Uses all 15 of these words or phrases in a short story that makes sense. (Goal: 500 to 750 words maximum). (15)
Setting (where and when your story takes place… mainly - often there is more than one setting) - detailed enough to create an image in your head - paints a clear picture with words. (5)
Characters - we gradually learn about all the characters, their personality, appearance, attitudes, relationships to other characters, BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE. (10)
Events/Problem - there is a clear problem in the story about being perfect or not - the events flow in logical order without huge gaps. (10)
Mechanics - spelling, capitals, punctuation, paragraphs, quotations marks - grammar is powerful - work is edited and revised (improved) - less than ten errors overall are expected after proofreading. (10) ……………………………………………………………….. ___ Total = 50 Due: May 8th.
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~Word Work - Unit 30 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work.
- DUE DATES: hand-in your WW page on or before the last day of the week.
- list words will always be sent home on Mondays (or first day of the week).
Please return Word Work homework on or before the last day of the week.
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Math - learning how to plot ordered pairs (x , y)
- how to read coordinates on a Cartesian Coordinate Plane
Try these games:
Math skill coordinate grid games
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Cross-curricular competencies -
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SCIENCE - 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 ~ this WEEK WE WILL START...
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PE - ... we are practicing all track and field skills and our track day on May 9th.
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ART - School Tools - layering art.
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS for Socials.
- we also have access to Mathletics for at home 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!
