January 12 to 16

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. 

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January 15 - Spirit Day = Summer in January - if you want to participate, dress up in summer attire and earn House Team Points. 

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January 16 - No school

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January 23 - Lock-down drill at 9:15.

                  - Spirit Day = Rock, paper, scissors clothes pegs game.

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January 30 - ADST DOWNHILL CHALLENGE 2026!

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February 11 - Talent show!

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February 12 - = Valentine's Day - exchange Valentines at 9:20am. If you are participating, please provide a valentine for all students.

Aven          Levi           Delainey         Olivia            Bailey           Oliver

        Aiden           Lyncoln           Lewis          Alivia            Russell 

Hanna         Eli               Garrett           Eden          Emmett          Thade

  Matthew       Brixton           Ethan        Hudson      Layla          Jake     

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February 13 to 16 - Family Day long weekend = No School 

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February 23 and March 9 are our skiing / snowboarding days at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

Skiing / Snowboarding information going home soon... payment $ is DUE on or before January ??.

 NOTES:

1. If you are planning to chaperone as an adult skier or snowboarder, you will need a CRRP (Criminal Records Review Program / criminal record check). If you have had one done for sd5 in the last year, you will not need to redo it. However, you need proof of the CRRP - it may or may not be on file at sd5.

Apply for CRRP HERE!  

 2. These 2 ski days are for HES students in grade 4, 5, and 6 only. Please do not bring other family members from other grades if you are planning on being a chaperone. Thanks for your respect on this matter.

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February 25 - Pink shirt day

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February 27 - Pro-D - no school for students

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March 12 - Learning update #2 goes home

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March 13 - last day of school before Spring Break. 

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March 30 - First day back to school.

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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - reading short paragraphs for "main idea" practice.

 -  Also, continuing at chapter 10 with...

    Among The Impostors  by Margaret Peterson Haddix

For our novel, if any one would prefer to read the chapters themselves, rather than the audio-book version, click here... Among the Impostors!  Please do not read ahead!

 

We will work at making story connections, inferences, creating images, and listening for sensory imagery details. 

Reading responses: There will be daily comprehension writing activities for assessment. 

Journal entries, as the character Luke, will sometimes be part of this novel study.

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Writing: 

We are learning about literary devices so that we can input these in our next story writing lessons... which starts soon. These include:

• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration.
  

We are also working daily at proper letter formation, printing, and writing complete sentences. 

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~Word Work - Unit 17 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.
NEW in term two... Word Work will include a) editing practice / searching for errors,

b) multiple choice spelling page, and 

c) in class Boggle challenges and working with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling skills.

d) "Spellography" - guided lessons to better spelling!
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Math - ... linear measurement skills with practical uses - converting mm, cm, m, km. Volume, capacity, and mass to follow.

 

TRY this game... Metric Conversions

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Practice multiplication facts by 4 this week. From 4 x 1 to 4 x 12.

Practice your MULTIPLICATION FACTS! 

Want EXTRA PRACTICE?... 

You can PRACTICE YOUR ALL YOUR BASIC FACTS: Web math minute

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Career Education - in 2 weeks... studying a potential career after a personal interests survey - present your findings! 

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Science - Grade 4 = Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase.

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Socials - Learning about specific Canadian First Peoples (Sto:lo people) and connections to land, animals, oceans, and spirits, which continues to shape Canada’s identity. 

- PRO / CON debating and positive decision-making skills

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Health Ed - "The Air We Breathe" a unit focused... personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being. Includes learning about tobacco, smoking, vaping, and developing positive decision-making skills.

PE - Basketball skills - ball control, passing, shooting, game strategies, and basketball centers.  
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ART - Eye-dea ART = surrealism project.

Surrealism+eye+art! 

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Drama - integrated into other subjects. 

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 Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.

-  Dance mat typing!

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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to OLIVIA for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!