Important Information and Dates:
Weekly reminder SAFETY NOTICE: We have students with severe allergies in our classroom.
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ALLERGIES to **cashews, **pistachios, and **pets.
Please be respectful of this and be aware of what you bring in your lunch. .....................................................
June 15 ...
On Monday, June 15, please bring materials from home
that could be used to build your mini golf hole. Examples include:
- Cardboard
- Foam
cups
- Clean
plastic containers
- Paper
towel or toilet paper tubes
- Small
plastic pipes
- Egg
cartons
- Toys
- Yogurt
containers
- Plastic
lids
- Craft
materials
- Small pieces of wood
- Any
other recycled or building materials you think would work.
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June 16 - Mini-golfing with our little buddies - 9 to 10:20.
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June 18 - Spring Music concert in gym at 1pm.
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June 19 - Fun Day in the afternoon - 9:30 to 2:45 pm.
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June 23 - Grade 4 bike & hike (AM) in the forest! Bring your
bike, helmet, and lunch. For those who wish to hike, bring
proper walking shoes, no crocs or sandals. We will eat in
the forest!
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June 24 - Forest Games at the Wildhorse River (or South Star if the water is too high)!
*Forms going home Monday - please return them signed, ASAP!
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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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ADST Design Challenge: Mini Golf Course Builders!
This is a 4 hour challenge - one hour per day...
Grade 4 Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST)
Working with a partner, you will design and build your own mini
golf hole! Your challenge is to create a fun, creative, and playable hole
that includes obstacles, walls, ramps, tunnels, turns, or other exciting
features.
Your Goal
Design a mini golf hole that:
- Is
creative and unique
- Can be
played using a marble
- Has a
clear “tee box” or starting point and finishing hole
- Includes
at least 2 obstacles or design features
- Works
successfully from start to finish
Materials to Bring
On Monday, June 15, please bring materials from home
that could be used to build your mini golf hole. Examples include:
- Cardboard
- Foam
cups
- Clean
plastic containers
- Paper
towel or toilet paper tubes
- Small
plastic pipes
- Egg
cartons
- Toys
- Yogurt
containers
- Plastic
lids
- Craft
materials
- Any
other recycled or building materials you think would work.
Materials Provided by the School
- Construction
paper
- Tape
- Popsicle
sticks
- Hot
glue guns and glue sticks (adult supervised)
- Marbles
- A
small Dixie cup for the golf hole
ADST Design Process
As designers, you will:
- Empathize
& Define – Think about what makes a mini golf hole fun and
challenging.
- Ideate
– Brainstorm ideas with your partner.
- Prototype
– Build your mini golf hole.
- Test
– Try it out and see if it works.
- Improve
– Make changes to strengthen your design.
Success Criteria
✔ I work cooperatively with my
partner.
✔ I contribute ideas and materials.
✔ My mini golf hole is creative and functional.
✔ My design includes obstacles or challenges.
✔ I test and improve my design.
✔ I demonstrate safe use of materials and tools.
Get ready to think like engineers, designers, and inventors!
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Viewing / Writing: we will be writing poems, monologues, and more!
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~Word Work - Unit 36 = LAST ONE! 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.
Word Work FORMAT will include:
a) editing practice / searching for errors,
b) vocabulary, meanings, and usage of words.
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Math: data
collection, surveys, data analysis, reading bar graphs, making your own
bar graph, reading and interpreting a variety of graphs...
.......................................................... 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.
............................................................................................Socials - mysteries from HISTORY! We will explore the Mary Celeste,
The Flying Dutchman, Bigfoot, Ogopogo, and more!
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Health Ed - "Safety First" unit.
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PE - team games: new and old ones!
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ART = Father's Day ART!
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ADST - Mini-golf hole design - Bring in material from home on June 15...
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Drama - BIG FOOT monologues!
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and SOCIALS GOLD RUSH researching skills.
- Dance mat typing!
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to HANNA for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10
house team points! Great efforts = great results!
