Sunday, 11 May 2025

May 12 to 16

Important Dates / Information:

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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 20 - HOOP DANCE performance in gym - 9:30 to 10:25 

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May 23 - WE Bike #1 - 1:45 to 2:45. Information sheet going home Monday, May 12th.

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 - Mr. Bartraw's class and Mrs, Bergen's class.

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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ADST = Applied Design, Skills, and Technology - every Tuesday morning! 

~ SECOND CHANCE AT building rockets! Design ANOTHER one, test it, and modify it to fly longer (goal: is to increase flight time using video evidence). 

Stomp Rockets – Engineering Lesson ...

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Language Arts - integrated with Socials.

Goals: to research via websites and videos - specific questions about... the Hudson's Bay Company, the Northwest Company, the fur trade in Canada, the Metis communities involved in trading, and beaver wars.

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~Word Work - Unit 32 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 - this week = math reflections (flips).

Next is rotations.

All are called 'transformations / movement geometry.'

What is a transformation in geometry?

       

Try these games:

Math skill coordinate grid games 

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EXTRA... PRACTICE OTHER BASIC FACTS: Web math minute

We all have access to MATHLETICS. Students will have a chance to work on the current math curricular areas in class and at home. 

***Usernames and passwords were sent home with learning updates. ***

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Socials ~ we have started an early explorers research task, covering...

 
 ~ demographic changes in pre-Confederation British Columbia in both First Peoples and non-First Peoples communities

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PE - ... endurance games in gym and outside.

- if you qualified for the HES track and field team to go to the district event, Mr. B will let you know in the next 2 weeks and send home a package of info with your events. 

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ART - Growing your brain ART!

Growing your brain art 

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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS for Socials.

Dance mat typing!

- 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 GIBBY for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!

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