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............................................................................
Nov 19 and Dec 10 = Skating at Kinsmen Arena - bus is paid for.
- permission forms are due before Wednesday.
- 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! We are progressing MUCH faster than anticipated, so...
First draft is due Tuesday, November 18.
Final published draft due date: Thursday, November 20th.
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~Word Work - Unit 11 - 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 the last day of the week.
- Unit #11 study all list words; Multiple choice TEST on Thursday 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 - Much more to come on BIOMES - Starts next week!
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Socials - Mapping skills: We are now working at latitude / longitude coordinates with simple maps and complex maps.
As of last Thursday, most students in the class require much more practice with lat/long coordinates.
Click below, in order, to practice...
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE = MAPPING COORDINATES......................................................................
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 OPTIONAL skipping challenge is on until it snows.
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Art - Name Tangles ART. Due Thursday.
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 EMMETT for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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