November 28 to December 2

  Important Dates / Information   

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November  28, 29 are the final SCIENCE SHARING DAYS! PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS ON YOUR BIOMES OR BODY SYSTEM!

 Science-gr-4-biomes information and body systems

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December 1st to December 9th - Food Bank challenge begins!

Bring in any non-perishable food item to donate to those in need! Thanks in advance!

Cranbrook Food Bank Wish List:

- cereal      - peanut butter    - granola bars    - trail mix

- packaged meals     - chunky soups      - pasta sauce.

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December 2 

- BRING A SLED IF YOU CAN... FOR P.E. CLASS.

- Christmas Spirit Day - dress-up in XMAS clothes if your want.

- milk and cookies day

- Bad Guys movie night at 5:45pm.

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December 6 to 9 - ADST DOWNHILL CHALLENGE!  

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December 9 - House Team CHALLENGE and pep rally.

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 December 12 - Christmas rehearsal and concert at Key City Theater.

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 December 15 - Surprise Drama Activity!

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December 16 - Progress Reports going home.

- Last day of school!  

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - continuing the whole class novel study...

AMONG THE HIDDEN CHAPTER 9

 

 Luke Garner, a 12-year-old boy, lives on a farm with his mother, father, and two brothers. As a third child, Luke and his parents are in violation of a population law. Luke, like all third children, must spend his days hidden or away from public view, or else he will be taken away or imprisoned, as well as his family.

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

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~Word Work - Unit 12 - 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 #12 study all list words; TEST on Friday.

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Math - multiplication of 6 and 7 this week. (15 minutes per day)

 Deep Dive Multiplication

 Main focus in MATH is ....

- equations and expressions

-  ( t + 17 = 25) and ( 6m - 7, where m = 4) 

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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.

~ FANTASY MAPS

~ Cool Country Report:

 

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PE - team games - like STEALING BEANBAGS - involve strategies.
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French - Weather! Learning how to say words/phrases about the weather

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Art - FANTASY MAPS

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Drama - in 3 weeks...a surprise D-103 Dress-up / acting simulation!
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Technology Skills -Researching for 'cool country report'

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CONGRATS to... EVERLEY, again, for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

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