March 10 to 14

Important Dates / Information:
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March 12 - Energy  Transformations TEST

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Please take all winter gear and sleds home this week. Check the lost and found bins for your belongings.

 March 14 - Last day of school before Spring Break.

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March 15 to 30 = Spring Break.

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March 31 = First day back after Spring Break.

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*** DATE CHANGED*** April 11 - Learning Report #2 goes home.

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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Cross-curricular competencies -

Genius Hour

 1.   Watch the video… What is genius hour?  

2.   Choose something you are passionate about and teach / share it with others.

 Your ideas could be anything from learning how to do a new skill (like learning how to juggle, sewing, or playing the guitar for the first time), to doing stop-motion animation, to volunteering somewhere in our community, to tying flies or fly fishing, painting with water-colours, inventing something new that solves a problem,… ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.

 3.   Once you have your chosen topic, dig deeper, find information, and finally, SHARE IT! Talk about it, create a poster, power-point, research booklet, a play, video, …. Anything you want and share all your findings IN YOUR OWN WORDS. NO CUT AND PASTING FROM THE INTERNET. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A BASIC RESEARCH PROJECT. Inquiry questions will be encouraged, instead. For example, researching about dogs is far too general. Find a 'how' or 'why' question like "How do dogs make you happy?" 

 4.   Use this guideline to get you started… Genius-hour-GUIDELINE.

 5.   I will show you many examples of topics. Also, an example of a genius hour project from class… Alexander's weaving GH project. - only seen from Mr. B's computer.

 6.   Still stuck? Need a pep talk?

 7.   Enjoy and have fun learning about something you are interested in, something new, learning about or love to do.

  DUE DATE = Tuesday, APRIL 22, 2025.  Sharing is on April 23, 24, 25 when students sign up for a time slot. 

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~Word Work - Unit 25 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 - ... MULTIPLICATION: 2-d x 1-d and 3-d x 1-d.

Try these ...

 Multiplication-2-digit-by-1-digit-numbers

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You can PRACTICE YOUR BASIC multiplication 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 - finished! Great job last week, everyone!

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Science - Grade 4 =  Energy can be transformed.  

TEST on March 12!

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Socials  ~ finished until late April.

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Health Ed - iMinds!

U Victoria iMinds information 

iMinds is a way of thinking about health education. It encourages young people to develop drug and gambling literacy—the ability to live in the real world in a way that promotes well-being.

iMinds is a collection of resources for schools related to substance use and gambling. The lesson ideas fit well within the scope of BC’s K-12 curriculum with its emphasis on core and curricular competencies. The collection includes specific competencies for drug literacy and gambling literacy.

iMinds is not a program. There is no pre-set package of lessons to achieve drug or gambling literacy. The provided lesson ideas are samples designed to help teachers see multiple possibilities and opportunities to address health and well-being within the scope of various curricular subjects.

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PE - Badminton skills: forehand, backhand, serving, overhead smash, drop shot, and overall shot control. We have been playing doubles after learning some of the rules.
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ART - Abstract (black glue) art!

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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and RESEARCHING SKILLS also as GENIUS HOUR HAS BEGUN.

-  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 or FANCY FRIDAY OUTFIT on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to FRANKLIN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!