January 5 to 9

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 stories and poems - sharing them as choral reading.

 -  We are reading the next book in our series...

    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 16 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.

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 3 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 ?????? Who will earn WORKER OF THE WEEK?