October 13 to 16

Important Dates and Information:

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October 20 & 21   - Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences... SIGN-UP HERE!   to select a day and time that works for you.

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October 22 - HEART Beat Theater Productions at 1:30pm

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October 23- Pro-D - no school for students.

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October 28 - Photo retakes. 

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HIGHLANDS ART FUNDRAISER...

The art is being sent home on Thursday, October 22nd.

Please read the instructions on the back of the art piece.

Order anything you choose! Write down your online order and order reference number.

Please return the completed order sheet AND ARTWORK in the envelope back to OUR CLASS for Monday, Nov 2nd.

*Even if you do not order anything, please return the art piece in the envelope back to class.

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 October 30 = Hallowe'en costumes...

We are inviting our Huskies to wear their Halloween costumes to school on Friday the 30th. Please do not send any props as things can get lost or wrecked. We are also asking that no masks be worn. If you are not comfortable sending your child to school in their costume, then please feel free to dress as per a 'typical' day at school.

- Cookies from PAC

-  HES Bingo at 1:30pm.

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Tuesday, November 10th - REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY in the gym at 11am. _____________ and ___________ are the wreath carriers for our class.

*All students are asked to dress in black, white, and/or red if possible.

Wednesday, November 11 =Stat. Holiday

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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will finish...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE CRIME
                           - students practice reading comprehension, analyze
                             characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,

                             main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
                           - we read and respond to our reading, daily.

When we finish the book, there is a... 

Drama Challenge: Act out the three most important parts of the book at the beginning, the middle, and the ending.

1.    _______________________________________________ beg.

2.    _______________________________________________ mid.

_______________________________________________ end. 

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Writing - Creative Writing - Under the Rug...

 

We are writing connected sentences to create a story based on the picture.

The goal is to keep working at increasing our accuracy of written communication.

 We will publish it on POWERPOINT!

Due this Friday! 

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* We work at our GRAMMAR PRACTICE booklets:

We are learning about complete sentences, sentence fragments, and the 4 main types of sentences. This leads to practicing which punctuation mark to use at the end of our sentences... ! or ? or .   

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 ~Word Work - Unit 5 - 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 NEW units are handed out on Mondays and last week's unit is graded and returned with suggestions for improvements. 

- 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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Math -  Subtraction 

Click to practice...

Math/2-digit-subtraction-review

More two-digit-subtraction-2 

3-digit-subtraction-with-regrouping 

  Subtracting-4-digit-numbers 

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Health ~ Keep Moving: 

~ learning about the 3 main types of physical activity...

Strength, endurance, and flexibility.

~ the importance of being active

~ health benefits and what physical activity does for your body.  

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

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Science -  The Scientific Method
- TEST on Thursday!
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Socials - Mapping skills next week!
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PE - team games & strategy games.
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Art -  

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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                           

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  for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 25 house team points! Great efforts = great results!

October 5 to 9

Important Dates and Information:

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 Thursday, October 8 = Science Demonstrations by students! Please help your child gather the basic materials required. For more info... Science-demo-information.

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October 9 - FIELD TRIP - to Creston Valley Discovery / Wildlife Center - to learn the hows and whys about bird migration. Also... dip netting and looking at creatures from the wetland, using a microscope. Please return permission forms ASAP along with $5.   

Note: Ms. Kelly-Anne's class is coming with us. 

Bring: Lunch, extra food, water bottle, and dress for the weather. APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR ONLY – NO OPEN-TOED SHOES, NO SANDALS, NO CROCS, … RUNNING SHOES OR HIKING SHOES OR RUBBER BOOTS WORK BEST. 

The bus leaves at 8:40am. Please be at school on time. Bus returns around 2:40pm. 

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October 10 to 12 - THANKSGIVING - no school. 

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October 20 & 21   - Parent / Teacher / Student Conferences... SIGN-UP HERE!   to select a day and time that works for you.

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October 28 - Photo retakes. 

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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we are on chapter 6 of ...
                           - reading THE LEMONADE CRIME
                           - students practice reading comprehension, analyze
                             characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,

                             main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
                           - we read and respond to our reading, daily.

For those students who have been sick, please listen to the book starting at...CHAPTER 1 OF THE LEMONADE CRIME! and the following chapters until you are caught up to the class.

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Writing - Creative Writing - Under the Rug...

 

We are writing connected sentences to create a story based on the picture.

The goal is to keep working at increasing our accuracy of written communication.

 We will publish it on POWERPOINT!

* We work at our GRAMMAR PRACTICE booklets:

We are learning about complete sentences, sentence fragments, and the 4 main types of sentences. This leads to practicing which punctuation mark to use at the end of our sentences... ! or ? or .   

................................................................

 ~Word Work - Unit 4 - 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 NEW units are handed out on Mondays and last week's unit is graded and returned with suggestions for improvements. 

- 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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Math -  Addition and Subtraction 

- up to 4-d + 4-d and 4-d - 4-d eventually. 

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Health ~ Keep Moving: 

~ learning about the 3 main types of physical activity...

Strength, endurance, and flexibility.

~ the importance of being active

~ health benefits and what physical activity does for your body.  

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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 on THURSDAY!

*We are also learning about the hows and whys of bird

migration in preparation for our Creston trip. 
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Socials - will begin soon!
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PE - team games & strategy games.
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Art -  Drawing migrating birds after our trip to Creston.

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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
                           

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 MAKENZIE for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 25 house team points! Great efforts = great results!