· ALLERGIES to **cashews, **pistachios, and **pets.
Please be respectful of this and be aware of what you bring in your lunch. Important Dates:
September 9 - Evacuation Practice - 1:30
September 18 - LAST DAY TO BRING IN 5 PHOTOS FOR MEMORY STICK PROJECT.
September - 19 - PRO-D DAY - no school for kids.
September 23 - Individual Photos
September 23 - Paarlauf RELAY RACES - for grade 4, 5, 6 girl and boy teams - at Laurie Middle School - 3:30 to 4:30.
Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from this
event.
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September 25 - Evacuation Practice - 11:00
September 25 - Open House! 5:00 - 6:00.
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September 26 - The Terry Fox Walk / Run - whole school participates at different times
-Bring in a toonie (or more) ASAP and support cancer research!
- We have a collection container in our class
September 29 - Orange shirt day
- in support of positive aboriginal voices and
education about residential schools
September 30 - NATIONAL TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION DAY - no school.
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October 3 - FIELD TRIP - to Creston Valley Discovery / Wildlife Center - to learn the hows and whys about bird migration. Please return permission forms ASAP.
Bring: Lunch, extra food, water bottle, and dress for the weather. APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR ONLY – NO OPEN-TOED SHOES, SANDALS, CROCS, … RUNNING SHOES OR HIKING SHOES OR RUBBER BOOTS ONLY.
- Forms will go home 2 weeks in advance.
~ $5 per child.
The bus leaves at 8:40am so please be at school on time. Bus returns around 2:40pm.
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October 7 & 8 - Parent / Teacher Conferences... more info to come! PLUS BOOK FAIR - 3pm to 7pm! ...SO BRING MONEY IF YOU CAN AND BUY SOME BOOKS! MORE INFO TO COME.
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October 10 to 14 - THANKSGIVING - no school.
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we started our literature study... we are on Chapter 3 on Monday...
- reading THE LEMONADE WAR
- students practice reading comprehension, analyze
characters, vocabulary, and events, summarize,
main idea, evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning, ...
- we read and respond to our reading, daily.
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~Word Work - Unit 1 - since students are starting from different
levels of spelling, there will be different groups, according to where
they are at, as observed in class. Students may increase or decrease in
levels, depending on their written outputs.
- All units are handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs to be worked on at home.
*Students are
responsible for bringing home their "working with words" handout at the beginning of each week. There are activities on the
pages; practicing word patterns, meanings of words, etc,.. Students must return the page for grading on the
last day of the week.
- work at the word and letter patterns, connect the sounds letters make,...
- HAND IN your FINISHED 'WORD WORK' HANDOUT ON or before FRIDAY.
- Unit #1 study all list words; Multiple choice TEST on Friday.
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~ Memory Sticks...
Dear Parents / Guardians,
Please support your child by telling them stories about their childhood (according to the ideas below).
Also, if you can provide ALL 5 photos, ALTOGETHER, ON THE SAME DAY (Sept. 18), it would really help us all to get to know your child.
Thanks for your support! Mr. Bartraw
- we will work at
card #2 and 3 this week, 4 and 5 the following week...
- students have until THURSDAY Sept 18
to complete all cards.
****PLEASE have all 5 PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos in at the same time works best.
- we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
- next, assemble it & then we share them with the
class.
to complete all cards.
****PLEASE have all 5 PHOTOS brought to school by then. Bringing all photos in at the same time works best.
- we will then go into the forest and find our own sticks
- next, assemble it & then we share them with the
class.
PLEASE REFER TO THE CARD INFORMATION BELOW...
Last Friday we began our "Memory Stick" Assignment... and finished the back of index card #1...
Card 1
Front: bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
Card 2
Front: bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
Card 3
Front: bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
Card 4
Front: bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that
you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7.
Card 5
Front: bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure
enjoyment doing your most favourite thing!
Criteria
will be discussed in class… daily! DUE: SEPTEMBER 18TH!
Front: bring in a recent photo of yourself (a close-up is best).
Back: List 5 words that describe you BEST. Write the 5 words in the
most creative way you can.
(Examples: energetic, humorous, athletic, creative, brilliant, caring, responsible, trustworthy, loving, kind, friendly, punctual, flexible, hard-working, honest,
…)
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Front: bring in a baby photo of yourself. (From birth to 2 years old).
Back: List your birth date at the top and write a short baby story you want to share. Use full sentences.
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Front: bring in a photo of yourself age 3 to 5.
Back: Write about an important event that happened between the
ages of 3 and 5.
|
Front: bring in a photo of yourself learning
something new at the ages of 6 to 7.
Back: Write about the front side of this card - something new
(that you could not do before) you were able to learn from the ages of 6 to 7. |
Front: bring in a photo of yourself doing your most favourite thing!
Back: Write about the front side of this card – you getting
pure enjoyment doing your most favourite thing! |
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Math - Place Value Concepts / Number concept
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reading, writing, representing large numbers, comparing and ordering
numbers, rounding, multiples, standard and expanded forms,... up to 5
digits for grade 4.
Click to practice...
https://www.abcya.com/games/comparing_number_values
Try some games to practice your skills!
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Health - starting soon...
~ Keep Moving unit.
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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal
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Science - The Scientific Method
- demonstrations of experiments
- learning how to describe the process and
carefully record all information in "lab write-up"
The Scientific Method
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Socials - will begin in October
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PE - flag football skills
- proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art - Minecraft Selfie starts on Friday. Due next Tuesday.
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Drama - various activities integrated where possible
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Technology Skills - learning how to use MS WORD effectively
- on laptops
- "Joy"is the first assignment.
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to ETHAN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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