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............................................................................
HIGHLANDS ART FUNDRAISER...
The art was sent home on Wednesday, October 29th.
Please read the instructions on the back of the art piece.
Order anything you choose! Write down your online order and order reference number on the back.
Please return the completed order sheet AND ARTWORK in the envelope back to OUR CLASS ON OR BEFORE 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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Monday, November 10th - REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY in the gym at 11am.
~Levi and Olivia are the wreath carriers for our class.
*All students are asked to dress in black, white, and/or red if possible.
HES will provide poppies for all students for the ceremony.
Tuesday, November 11 =Stat. Holiday
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Nov 19 and Dec 10 = Skating at Kinsmen Arena - bus is paid for.
- permission forms will go home soon.
- bus leaves HES around 10am; returns around 11:45am.
~Remember that helmets are required!
~If you do not own skates, the Kinsmen Arena has many pairs of used skates your child may use, but no helmets.
Any parents who are available and willing to help tie skates, on either of the skating days... that would be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Parents can join us as well (no siblings of students please - they have their own skating days).
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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 at Key City Theater.
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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 - Reading / learning about biomes (science related).
~ Writing = Sensory Imagery Writing
Sensory details allow the reader to put themselves into your writing mentally by forming a picture in his/her mind. Without sensory details, the reader becomes bored and cannot emotionally connect to the story.
Sensory details include words that describe sights, sounds, textures, smells, and sometimes tastes of the setting, characters, and interactions.
Directions: Write 5 powerful, image-creating paragraphs by looking at the picture of your chosen BIOME and adding sensory details to tell your own adventure story. Create additional details to construct new experiences of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings in your story within the following guidelines...
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Mission Possible!
Your mission, which you have already chosen to accept, is this…
~Your writing begins with you… exploring your biome (scene) that you selected. You will describe many parts, with ample detail, as taught in class, and 'go hiking' in your biome. Near the end, you realize that you are lost!
~Make the reader feel part of your writing!
~All writing is in first-person format.
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You can do this!
First draft is due Thursday, November 20.
Final published draft due date: Friday, November 28th.
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~Word Work - Unit 10 - 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 #10 study all list words; Multiple choice TEST on Friday this week.
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Math - Pre-algebra: finding the unknown. Questions like 17 + m = 23, n - 40 = 50,
4t = 36, and 15/r = 3.
Click to practice...
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - Keep Moving unit.
~ Power is out! What do you do to stay active? Make a bored bag!~ Screen time and Body Systems
~ Newfangled Olympics
~ Skipping across Canada (Skipping challenges to stay active).
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a short-term and a long term goal
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Science - Choose a biome that you would like to
study.
1. Look through the terrestrial and aquatic biomes lists.
2. Decide on which biome you want to study.
3. Find an image of your biome on google chrome and copy it onto an MS Word document as shown by Mr. Bartraw.
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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)
- making friends
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PE -Volleyball skills - serving, overhead volleys, underhand volleys, (sets & bumps) both forward and reverse.
~ plus our skipping challenge is on until it snows.
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Art - Name Tangles ART.
Name Tangles ART Samples..................................................................
Drama - integrated into other subjects.
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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 MATTHEW for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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