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.April 27 - Pro-D Day - no school for students
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April 29 - Science World presentation in gym.
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May 1 - ... Field Trip - Survival Skills at Wildhorse River...
Bus leaves at 9:45am and returns around 2:30pm.
What to bring - dress for the weather, water bottle, lunch (extra snacks), proper footwear (no open-toed shoes or crocs).
A "portable loo" like this one, will be available...
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May 5 & 6 - Student-led conferences in our classroom! Early dismissal days - students are in school from 8:40 until noon. Conferences are from 12:50pm to 3pm.
Sign-up online... NOW!...
STUDENT-LED CONFERENCE SIGN UP
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May 8 - HES track and field day at COTR 400 m track for all intermediate students (information went home last week).**There is not a back-up date!
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May 15 to 18 - no school - Victoria Day holiday weekend.
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May 29 - PRO-D = no school for students.
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June 2 ? - District Track and Field Day for qualifying students.
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***Bring your bike and helmet in good operating condition on our We Bike days. If you do not have a bike, let me know and the organizers will provide one and a helmet.
All biking takes place on the HES soccer field.***
... Dates and times.
June 8 - WE Bike #1 - 10:55 to 11:55.
June 9 - WE Bike #2 - 10:55 to 11:55.
June 10 - WE Bike #3 - 1:45 to 2:45.
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June 11 - Bloomball book report is due.
- Spring Music concert in gym at 1pm.
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June 12 - Admin Day - no school for students.
June 16 - Mini-golfing with our little buddies - 9 to 10:20.
June 19 - Fun Day in the afternoon - 1 to 3 pm.
June 24 - Grade 4 bike & hike (AM) in the forest!
June 25 -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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Language Arts - lots of reading skills being practiced in Socials.
Writing: new project starts this week...
"Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!"
Directions:
- Use all 15 of these words or phrases in a short story that makes sense.
- Use these words in any order / sequence.
- Highlight / box the words or phrases when used (once each).
- Words / phrases can be used as many times as needed.
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…smarter than he looked… … unnecessary reading… …screamed at… ….astronauts or ballet dancers…. Milo Crinkley Palm trees...
“Don’t do it!” …no telling… …tempted…
…exactly one… …had scrambled his brains… Halfway home…. …Dr. K Pinkerton Silverfish… …under no circumstances… …zebra-striped… |
Criteria: Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!
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Setting (where and when your story takes place… mainly) - detailed enough to create an image in your head - paints a clear picture with words.
Characters - we gradually learn about all the characters, their personality, appearance, attitudes, relationships to other characters, BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE.
Events/Problem - there is a clear problem in the story about being perfect or not - the events flow in logical order without huge gaps.
Mechanics - spelling, capitals, punctuation, grammar use is accurate - work is edited and revised (improved) - less than five errors overall are expected after proofreading on our laptops. Published version is Due on Friday, May 22.
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~Word Work - Unit 29. 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 Word Work FORMAT will include:
a) editing practice / searching for errors,
b) vocabulary, meanings, and usage of words.
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Math - main
focus on plotting points (x , y) on a Cartesian co-ordinate plane... leading to math translations, reflections, and rotations called
'transformations / movement geometry.'
Practice your MULTIPLICATION FACTS!
Want EXTRA PRACTICE?...
You can PRACTICE YOUR ALL YOUR BASIC FACTS: Web math minute
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Career Education - Good learning and work habits contribute to short- and long-term personal success.
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SCIENCE - BIG IDEA = The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems.
CONTENT - local changes caused by Earth’s axis, rotation, and orbit
Socials ~ Infographic-the-age-of-exploration-life-on-the-open-seas/
~ early contact, trade, cooperation, and conflict between First Peoples and European peoples
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Health Ed - Healthy Eating, learning how to read food labels, and good overall nutrition as per the updated Canada Food Guide. We will be having a luncheon of all healthy foods on Wednesday, May 13. Every student will be asked to bring in one or two items.
Canada Food GuidePE - Fitness centers - centers that focus on strength, endurance, and flexibility... getting in shape for track and field skills and our track day on May 8th.
- We will practice all track and field events as well.
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ART / ADST - Paper Rockets...
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Drama - integrated into other subjects.
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and SOCIALS researching skills.
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to LEWIS for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
