Sunday, 6 April 2025

April 7 to 11

Important Dates / Information:

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April 11 - ... Please return your permission form ASAP... 

Field Trip - Survival Skills at Wildhorse River...

Bus leaves at 9:45am and returns around 2:30pm. 

Wild Horse Creek- Canada's Forgotten ...

What to bring - dress for the weather, water bottle, lunch (extra snacks), proper footwear (no open-toed shoes or crocs).                   

April 11 - Learning update #2 goes home.

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April 18 to 21 - no school

April 22 - GENIUS HOUR PROJECTS ARE DUE AND SHARING ALSO BEGINS ON Tuesday, April 23, 24, and 25.  

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April 28 - Pro-D Day - no school for students

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May 1 - bus trip to Key City Theater for selecting band classes for next year (12:50 to 2:15).

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 May 9 - HES track and field day at COTR 400 m track for all intermediate students (more information to come as we get closer to the date).** Back-up date is May 12.

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May 13 & 14 -  Student-led conferences in our classroom! Early dismissal days - students are in school from 8:40 until noon. Conferences are from 1pm to 3pm. Sign-up information is coming soon!

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May 16 to 19 - no school - Victoria Day holiday weekend.

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May 30 - no school.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will continue with  BOOK FOUR OF THE SHADOW CHILDREN SERIES...

Among the Barons (Shadow Children Series #4) by Margaret Peterson Haddix,  Cliff Nielsen: Margaret Peterson Haddix: Amazon.com: Books

Emphasis on analyzing characters, setting, theme, plot, and story and character connections.

 

Reading focus on non-fiction sources as well.

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Writing: integrated with genius hour and all subjects!

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~Word Work - Unit 27 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.
Please return Word Work homework on or before the last day of the week.
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Math - learning angles & how to measure them using a protractor.

Different Types Of Angles - Smore ... 

   Using a Protractor

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Cross-curricular competencies -

Genius Hour

 1.   Watch the video… What is genius hour?  

2.   Choose something you are passionate about and teach / share it with others.

 Your ideas could be anything from learning how to do a new skill (like learning how to juggle, sewing, or playing the guitar for the first time), to doing stop-motion animation, to volunteering somewhere in our community, to tying flies or fly fishing, painting with water-colours, inventing something new that solves a problem,… ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.

 3.   Once you have your chosen topic, dig deeper, find information, and finally, SHARE IT! Talk about it, create a poster, power-point, research booklet, a play, video, …. Anything you want and share all your findings IN YOUR OWN WORDS. NO CUT AND PASTING FROM THE INTERNET. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT. Inquiry questions will be encouraged, instead. For example, researching about dogs is far too general. Find a 'how' or 'why' question like "How do dogs make you happy?" 

 4.   Use this guideline to get you started… Genius-hour-GUIDELINE.

 5.   I will show you many examples of topics. Also, an example of a genius hour project from class… Alexander's weaving GH project. - only seen from Mr. B's computer.

 6.   Still stuck? Need a pep talk?

 7.   Enjoy and have fun learning about something you are interested in, something new, learning about or love to do.

  DUE DATE = Tuesday, APRIL 22, 2025.  Sharing is on April 23, 24, 25 when students sign up for a time slot. 

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Socials ~ IN A FEW WEEKS WE WILL START...

 
 ~ demographic changes in pre-Confederation British Columbia in both First Peoples and non-First Peoples communities

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Health Ed - M2K = understanding 'marketing to kids' and decision-making

(from our HEART SMART student workbooks)
 
** Create a juice box with M2K strategies!** Due Wednesday.
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PE - Fitness centers - centers that focus on strength, endurance, and flexibility... getting in shape for track and field skills and our track day on May 9th.

- We will practice all track and field events as well.

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ART - Spring Tree Path art - Due Thursday in class.

how-to-paint-a-spring-tree-path 

How To Paint A Spring Tree Path - Tracie Kiernan - Step By ...

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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR .

Dance mat typing!

- we also have access to Mathletics for at home practice!

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