January 13 to 17

Important Dates / Information:

~ Please return learning update (report card) envelopes. Thanks!

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January 13 - High-risk form going home for Idlewild trips when we skate or go sledding for PE classes. No specific date yet, but these permission forms are mandatory. Please sign and return ASAP.  

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~Student and parent learning survey link...

SURVEY ACCESS AND INFORMATION 

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 ~ Thursday, January 16 and Monday, February 10 are our skiing / snowboarding days at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

~ Buses leave HES at 8:45ish and return to HES around 5pm. Please make arrangements to pick up your child.

**These 2 ski days are for HES students in grade 4, 5, and 6 only. Please do not bring other family members from other grades if you are planning on being a chaperone. Thanks for your respect on this matter.

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~ January 24 - Non-instructional Friday = No school.

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February 7 - ADST DOWNHILL CHALLENGE 2024!

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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - We are reading from chapter 12 to  chapter ?? this week...

    Among The Impostors  by Margaret Peterson Haddix

For our novel, if any one would prefer to read the chapters themselves, rather than the audio-book version, click here... Among the Impostors!  Please do not read ahead!

 

We will work at making story connections, inferences, creating images, and listening for sensory imagery details. Also, we will have daily comprehension discussions and writing activities which follow each reading. 

Writing: Journal entries, as the character Luke, will also be part of this novel study.

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Writing: 

We are learning about literary devices so that we can input these in our next story writing lessons... which starts soon. These include:

• hyperbole
• personification
• alliteration.
  

 We are also working daily at proper letter formation, printing, and writing complete sentences. 

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~Word Work - Unit 17 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work. 

                        - DUE DATES: hand-in your WW page on or before the last day of the week.

                      - list words will always be sent home on Mondays.
NEW in term two... Word Work will include a) editing practice / searching for errors,

b) multiple choice spelling page, and c) Boggle challenges and working with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling skills. 
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Math - ... linear measurement skills with practical uses - converting mm, cm, m, km. Then, we move to volume (V = l x w x h) and capacity using mL and L.

TRY this game... Metric Conversions

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Practice multiplication facts by 7 this week. From 7 x 1 to 7 x 12.

You can PRACTICE YOUR BASIC FACTS: Web math minute

We all have access to MATHLETICS. Students will have a chance to work on the current math curricular areas in class and at home. 

***Usernames and passwords were sent home last term. ***

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Career Education - in 2 weeks... studying a potential career after a personal interests survey - present your findings! 

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Science - Grade 4 = Matter has mass, takes up space, and can change phase. 

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Socials - Learning about specific Canadian First Peoples (Sto:lo people) and connections to land, animals, oceans, and spirits, which continues to shape Canada’s identity. 

- PRO / CON debating and positive decision-making skills

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Health Ed - "The Air We Breathe" a unit focused... personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being. Includes learning about smoking, vaping, and developing positive decision-making skills.

PE - Basketball skills - ball control, passing, shooting, game strategies, and basketball centers.  
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ART - Worm Tunnels ART!

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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY.

-  Dance mat typing!

- we also have access to Mathletics for at home practice!

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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to JACKSON for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!