Important Dates and Information:
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***Nov 18th (Bus leaves at 10am this week.)***
Nov 25th, and Dec 9 = Skating at Kinsmen Arena.
- bus leaves HES around 8:45am; returns around 10:25am.
~Remember that helmets are required!
~If you do not own skates, the Kinsmen Arena has many pairs of used skates your child may use, but no helmets.
Any parents who are available and willing to help tie skates, on any of the skating days... that would be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Parents can join us as well (no siblings of students please - they have their own skating days).
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November 19 - FULL DRESS UP FOR YOUR drama/PLAY...
- KNOW YOUR LINES!
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November 20 = Pro-D & no school for students
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November 25 - Evacuation practice @ 2pm.
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November 27 - Sensory Imagery Writing (story) is DUE (laptops).
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November 30 - ART Fundraiser purchased will be delivered this week.
- Food Bank Donations welcomed!
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December 2 = Children's Christmas Choir - 7 to 8pm.
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December 4 - House Team Activity @ 1:30 to 2:30.
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December 8 = Create a Diorama
This part of the biomes project will be completed at school.
IN ADVANCE, AT HOME... begin to collect A SHOE BOX / SMALL BOX AND ... any small items that will make a diorama look realistic to the chosen biome and ecosystem. Some ideas are small pebbles, pieces of pine trees, small plastic animals or palm trees, cotton balls for clouds or snow, small shrubs or bushes, plastic plants, shells, sand or anything else.
These items should be brought to school on December 8th (not before this date) for the dioramas.
All other materials such as paint, plasticine, pipe cleaners, paper, glue will be provided by the school.
Tropical Rainforest sample.
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Arctic Tundra
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Hot Desert
December 10 and 11 = PRESENT YOUR BIOME RESEARCH AND DIORAMA!
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December 11 - LEARNING UPDATE #1 (report cards) goes home with students.
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December 15 - Concert rehearsal in the afternoon; PERFORMANCE AT 6:30pm.
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December 17 - School-wide turkey dinner starts at 11:00am to 12:30pm.
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December 18 - last day of school before 2 week break.
- PJ Day, pancake breakfast, BINGO.
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January 4, 2027 = first day of school in the new year!
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - Reading / learning about biomes (science related).
~ Writing = Sensory Imagery Writing
Sensory details allow the reader to put themselves into your writing mentally by forming a picture in his/her mind. Without sensory details, the reader becomes bored and cannot emotionally connect to the story.
Sensory details include words that describe sights, sounds, textures, smells, and sometimes tastes of the setting, characters, and interactions.
Directions: Write 5 powerful, image-creating paragraphs by looking at the picture of your chosen BIOME and adding sensory details to tell your own adventure story. Create additional details to construct new experiences of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and feelings in your story within the following guidelines...
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Mission Possible!
Your mission, which you have already chosen to accept, is this…
~Your writing begins with you… exploring your biome (scene) that you selected. You will describe many parts, with ample detail, as taught in class, and 'go hiking' in your biome. Near the end, you realize that you are lost!
~Make the reader feel part of your writing!
~All writing is in first-person format.
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You can do this!
First draft is due Thursday, November 19.
Final published draft on laptops is due date: Friday, November 27th.
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~Word Work - Unit 9 - 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 - Patterns in math: increasing, decreasing, repeating. Leads to t-tables, algebra practice, and more!
This week... Pre-algebra: finding the unknown. Questions like 17 + m = 23, n - 40 = 50,
4t = 36, and 15/r = 3.Click to practice...
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health ~ C.O.R.E with Mrs. E (Social Emotional Learning)
This month is Integrity!
and...
~ Healthy eating from the Canada Food Guide
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Social-emotional learning (SEL) - continues with Mr. Bartraw and Mr. Lemphers.
- journaling, outdoor education, and class circle discussions / activities.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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SCIENCE - BIOMES PROJECT DETAILS!
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Socials - Mapping skills: latitude and longitude and how to use a compass.
Click below, in order, to practice...
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE = MAPPING COORDINATES .................................................................
PE - basketball skills and drills
- working on ball control, dribbling, passing, shooting,...
offense and defense positioning and skills
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Art - TBD
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Drama - ACTING TIME...
The Case of the Missing Dentures!
*Full costumes on Thursday at 9:30 am.
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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 BENNETT for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 25 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
