Important Dates:
September 15 - Evacuation Practice - 11:00
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September 17 - LAST DAY TO BRING IN PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT. Read below for details.
- Open House / BBQ! 5:00 - 6:30 plus... Book Fair starts at 3:30.
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September - 18 - PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.
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September 22 - Individual Photos
TUESDAY, September 22 - Paarlauf RELAY RACES - for grade 4, 5, 6 girl and boy teams - at Laurie Middle School - 3:30 SHARP! Ends at about 4:30. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from this event. A permission form will go home this week to those who have qualified.
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September 23 - Lockdown drill 1:30pm
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September 25 - The Terry Fox Walk / Run - whole school participates
-Bring in a toonie (or more) ASAP and support cancer research!
- We have a collection container in our class
September 29 - Orange shirt day
- in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school.
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October 10 to 12 - THANKSGIVING - no school.
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October 20 & 21 - Parent / Teacher Conferences... more info to come!
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we started our literature study... we are on Chapter 4 on Monday...
- reading THE LEMONADE WAR
- students practice reading comprehension, analyze
characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,
- daily writing about the story is part of this.
main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
- we read and respond to our reading, daily.
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~Word Work - Unit 1 - since students are starting from different
levels of spelling, there will be different groups, according to where
they are at, as observed in class. Students may increase or decrease in
levels, depending on their written outputs.
- All units are handed out on Mondays.
- We work on them for 30 minutes, and then the rest needs to be worked on at home, if incomplete.
- Students who work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make, understand what the words mean, know how to use them in sentences,... leads to spelling and vocabulary comprehension improvements!
*Students are
responsible for bringing home their "working with words" handout at the beginning of each week. There are activities on the
pages; practicing word patterns, meanings of words, etc,.. Students must return the page for grading on the
last day of the week.
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~ Memory Sticks...
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Please support your child by telling them stories about their childhood (according to the ideas below).
Also, if you can provide ALL 5 photos, ALTOGETHER, ON THE SAME DAY (Sept. 17), it would really help us all to get to know your child.
Thanks for your support! Mr. Bartraw
- we will work at
card 4 and 5 this week and we will complete them...
- students will assemble the memory sticks
on THURSDAY Sept 17, in time for the 'open house.'
****PLEASE have all 5 PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos at the same time works best.
- we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
- next, assemble it & then we share them with the
class.
****PLEASE have all 5 PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos at the same time works best.
- we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
- next, assemble it & then we share them with the
class.
PLEASE REFER TO THE CARD INFORMATION BELOW...
Last week we began our "Memory Stick" Assignment... and finished the back of index card #1, #2, and #3...
Card 1
Front: bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
Card 2
Front: bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
Card 3
Front: bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
Card 4
Front: bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that
you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7.
Card 5
Front: bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure
enjoyment doing your most favourite thing!
Criteria
will be discussed in class… daily! DUE: SEPTEMBER 17TH!
Front: bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
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Front: bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
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Front: bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
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Front: bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7. |
Front: bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure enjoyment doing your most favourite thing! |
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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept
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reading, writing, representing large numbers, comparing and ordering
numbers, rounding, multiples, standard and expanded forms,... up to 5
digits for grade 4.
Click to practice...
https://www.abcya.com/games/comparing_number_values
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - starting soon...
~ Keep Moving unit.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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Science - The Scientific Method
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
The Scientific Method
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Socials - will begin in October
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PE - flag football skills
- proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art - Minecraft Selfie starts on Friday. Due next Tuesday.
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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
- on laptops
- "Joy"is the first assignment.
WANT EXTRA Practice? Improve your typing skills at home!... by clicking below...
Dance-mat-typing - Home row!
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House Teams - Wear your colour and/or HUSKIES GEAR on the last day of the week!
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CONGRATS to NATHAN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
