Important Information and Dates:
Weekly reminder SAFETY NOTICE: We have students with severe allergies in our classroom.
· ALLERGIES to **cashews, **pistachios, and **pets.
Please be respectful of this and be aware of what you bring in your lunch............................................................................
PLEASE RETURN YOUR LEARNING UPDATE ENVELOPES SO WE CAN REUSE THEM ONE MORE TIME. THANKS!
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April 3 and 6 = STAT HOLIDAYS = No School.
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April 9 - class photos.
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April 13 - evacuation drill at 2pm.
- gymnastics set up in gym for 2 weeks.
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April 14 - jump rope for heart.
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April 17 - no school.
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April 22 = Field Trip! Earth Day: Elizabeth Lake Turtle Day... learn about life cycle of Western Painted Turtles and their habitat requirements. Also, learn about other species in the wetland area.
Permission form will be going home soon.
Bus leaves HES at 10:15 and return to HES at noon.
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Genius Hour project DUE DATE = Tuesday, APRIL 21st. Sharing is on April 22, 23, 24 when students sign up for a time slot.
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April 27 - Pro-D Day - no school for students
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April 29 - Science World presentation in gym.
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May 1 - ... Field Trip - Survival Skills at Wildhorse River...
Bus leaves at 9:45am and returns around 2:30pm.
What to bring - dress for the weather, water bottle, lunch (extra snacks), proper footwear (no open-toed shoes or crocs).
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May 5 & 6 - Student-led conferences in our classroom! Early dismissal days - students are in school from 8:40 until noon. Conferences are from 12:50pm to 3pm. Sign-up information is coming soon!
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May 8 - HES track and field day at COTR 400 m track for all intermediate students (more information to come as we get closer to the date).** Back-up date is ????.
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May 15 to 18 - no school - Victoria Day holiday weekend.
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May 29 - PRO-D = no school for students.
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June 2 ? - District Track and Field Day for qualifying students.
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***Bring your bike and helmet in good operating condition on our We Bike days. If you do not have a bike, let me know and the organizers will provide one and a helmet.
All biking takes place on the HES soccer field.***
...Waiting for confirmation of dates and times.
?? - WE Bike #1 - 1:45 to 2:45.
?? - WE Bike #2 - 1:45 to 2:45
??- WE Bike #3 - 12:45 to 1:45
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June 11 - Bloomball book report is due.
- Spring Music concert in gym at 1pm.
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June 12 - Admin Day - no school for students.
June 19 - Fun Day in the afternoon - 1 to 3 pm.
June 24 - Grade 4 bike & hike (AM) in the forest!
June 25 -last day of school for students from 9am to 11am
- Learning update #3 goes home
- Enjoy your summer!
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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we will begin BOOK FOUR OF THE SHADOW CHILDREN SERIES...
Emphasis on analyzing characters, setting, theme, plot, and story and character connections.
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Hunwick's Egg Challenges!
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~ Reading focus on non-fiction sources as well.
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Cross-curricular competencies - Genius Hour PROJECT!
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 21, 2026. Sharing is on April 22, 23, 24 when students sign up for a time slot.
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~Word Work - Unit 25. 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.
Word Work will include a) editing practice / searching for errors,
b) multiple choice spelling page, and
c) in class Boggle challenges and working with letter tiles to increase word generator skills and spelling skills.
d) "Spellography" - guided lessons to better spelling!
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Math - Polygons - identify and describe properties of each.
Then... 'the language of geometry'
~ how to identify points, line segments, lines, rays, angles, triangles, polygons, intersecting parts, parallel parts, and properly naming each of these using the language of geometry...
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Practice your MULTIPLICATION FACTS!
Want EXTRA PRACTICE?...
You can PRACTICE YOUR ALL YOUR BASIC FACTS: Web math minute
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Career Education - Good learning and work habits contribute to short- and long-term personal success.
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SCIENCE - in a couple weeks...
BIG IDEA = The motions of Earth and the moon cause observable patterns that affect living and non-living systems.
CONTENT - local changes caused by Earth’s axis, rotation, and orbit
Socials ~ IN A FEW WEEKS WE WILL START...
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Health Ed - M2K = understanding 'marketing to kids' and decision-making
PE - Fitness centers - centers that focus on strength, endurance, and flexibility... getting in shape for track and field skills and our track day on May 8th.
- We will practice all track and field events as well.
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ART - School Tools - layering art!
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Drama - integrated into other subjects.
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Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and researching for GENIUS HOUR has begun!
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House Teams - Wear your colour or HUSKIES GEAR on Fridays!
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CONGRATS to AIDEN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and.... earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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