Important Dates / Information
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November 9, 16 - Skating at Kinsmen Arena
- helmet + skates - skates available to use for free at the arena if needed.
- 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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Thursday, November 10 = REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY in the gym at 10:45am. Students are asked to wear clothing with red, black, and/or white. Example: black pants and a white shirt.
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Friday, November 11 = REMEMBRANCE DAY = NO SCHOOL .............................
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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 - New novel study started November 1st!
~ Students choose from 10 novels and read 30minutes each day in class.
~ Next, complete a "CHUNKING SHEET."
This means reading responses from our novel study...
chunking sheets describing likes, dislikes, questions, and patterns with plenty of detail.
Chunking Sheet Guidelines
| What I liked…
Use complete sentences to explain any event(s) in the ‘chunk’ you enjoyed. It could be when a character said or did something that was interesting to you. Explain your likes with evidence from what you read or reasons! ~ Minimum 3 sentences. |
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What I disliked… Use complete sentences to explain any event(s) in the ‘chunk’ you disliked. It could be when a character said or did something that you simply did not like. Explain your dislikes with evidence from what you read or reasons! ~ Minimum 3 sentences. |
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Puzzles or Questions… Use complete sentences (and a question mark at the end) to write 3 powerful questions. These questions are things that puzzled you. Remember that powerful questions usually begin with HOW or WHY. Powerful questions do not have a one word answer.
~ Minimum 2 questions. |
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Patterns… Use complete sentences to explain any patterns you found in this ‘chunk.’ Patterns might include story events, words / phrases a character repeats, or how the author writes. Explain your patterns with evidence or reasons! ~ Minimum 2 sentences. |
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~Word Work - Unit 9 - 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 #9 study all list words; TEST on Thursday.
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Writing sentences - we are working at increasing our accuracy when we
communicate in writing
WRITING / GRAMMAR TIME PRACTICE THIS WEEK...
1. Reading responses from our novel study... chunking sheets describing likes, dislikes, questions, and patterns with plenty of detail.
2. Edit your writing.
3. Use proper sentence structures.
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Math - multiplication of 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, and 3 this week.
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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 parties du corps...BINGO AND TEST THIS WEEK!
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Art - FINISH YOUR PICASSO ART PROJECT / FUNDRAISER.
Your child has completed a piece of art on paper inside an envelope IF THEY WERE AT SCHOOL LAST FRIDAY. Please do not bend this paper so we can ensure the best quality product.
The art is being sent home on Tuesday, November 8th. Order anything you choose (if you want to)!
We would like to have the completed order sheet back to OUR CLASS for Tuesday, November 15th.
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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... ELLA for earning WORKER
OF THE WEEK last week...
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