November 14 to 18

   Important Dates / Information   

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NOVEMBER 15 - Please return your ART Fundraiser / ART PIECE in the given envelope on TUESDAY. 

~Please return it even if you are not buying anything. I would like to assess the art piece. Thanks!

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November 16 - Skating at Kinsmen Arena

- helmet + skates - skates available to use for free at the arena if needed. 

- sticks and sponge pucks or tennis balls this week. 

- any parents who want to help tie skates can skate with us! Parents / Guardians only - no siblings.

 - bus leaves at 8:45.

 - we skate until 10:30.

 - bus leaves arena by 10:45. 

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November 18 - Sensory Imagery Draft Due. 

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November 22 - BRING IN ALL THE ITEMS YOU NEED FROM HOME FOR YOUR DIORAMA FOR YOUR BIOME OR YOUR BODY SYSTEM.

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November 29, 30, December 1 are SCIENCE SHARING DAYS! PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS ON YOUR BIOMES OR BODY SYSTEM!

 Science-gr-4-biomes information and body systems

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - We have finished our novels that we started November 1st!

~ Writing focus on improving our sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we communicate in writing and using sensory imagery writing techniques.

 

 

 SHOWING VS TELLING SAMPLES

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 powerful, image-creating sentences by looking at the image of your BIOME and adding sensory details. Make up additional details to construct new sentences.

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Mission Possible!

Your mission, which you must choose to accept, is this…

~Your writing begins with you exploring your biome (scene) that you selected. You will describe many parts with plenty of detail and near the end you realize that you are lost!

~Make the reader feel part of your writing!

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I know you can do this!          

First Draft Due date: November 18.

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~Word Work - Unit 10 - 3 groups - AT THEIR SPELLING LEVELS.

                        - handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs

                           to be completes at home. Students are

                       responsible for bringing home their list words.

                      - work at the word, sound, and letter patterns...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED WORD WORK PAPER ON or before the last day of each week.
                      - Unit #10 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

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Math - multiplication of 4 this week. (15 minutes per day)

 Deep Dive Multiplication

 Main focus in MATH is ....

- Number patterns: recognizing patterns like 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, ...... 

and being able to describe them.

-  Patterns in T-tables and pre-algebra challenges. 

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Health ~ Keep Moving unit 

            ~ promoting the importance of strength, endurance, and flexibility activities and the major benefits of regular vigorous activity each week! 

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

                               - weekly planning in our agendas

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Science - Body systems for grade 5...

             - Biomes study for grade 4... 

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Socials - Mapping Skills include: reading and interpreting maps, cardinal directions, continents, oceans, Canadian geography, using grids, latitude and longitude,... many other skills.

- pencil-to-paper booklets and...

online mapping...

PRACTICE THESE SITES at school and HOME!
 
1. Continents and oceans game

2a). Canada: locate the province / territory

2b) Canada: identify the capital city

 
3. Challenging World Geography

4. World-geography-games EXTRA CHALLENGING

 5. Mapping Game Directions
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PE - volleyball skills: volleying, setting, under-hand volleys, reverse volleys and bumps, serving, and rules and positional play.
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French - Les couleurs

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Art - FINISH YOUR PICASSO ART  PROJECT / FUNDRAISER.

 - Name Tangles ART on Friday.

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Drama - tableaux drama at the end of our novels.
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Technology Skills - Mapping Skills

                              - Science projects - research and presentations.
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CONGRATS to... MALACHI for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

and.. earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!