Important Dates / Information:
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WELCOME Back!
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April 4 - No School.
April 11 - ... 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).
April 11 - Learning update #2 goes home.
April 18 to 21 - no school
April 22 - GENIUS HOUR PROJECTS ARE DUE AND SHARING ALSO BEGINS ON Tuesday, April 23, 24, and 25.
April 28 - Pro-D Day - no school for students
May 1 - bus trip to Key City Theater for selecting band classes for next year (12:50 to 2:15).
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 begin BOOK FOUR OF THE SHADOW CHILDREN SERIES...
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 26 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) Boggle challenges and working
with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling
skills.
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Math - 'the language of geometry'
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how to identify points, line segments, lines, rays, angles, triangles,
polygons, intersecting parts, parallel parts, and properly naming each
of these using the language of geometry...
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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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SCIENCE - will continue after genius hour projects are completed...
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 ~ IN A FEW WEEKS WE WILL START...
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Health Ed - M2K = understanding 'marketing to kids' and decision-making
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
how-to-paint-a-spring-tree-path
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR .
- 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 ??? for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
