March 2 to 6

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. 

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March 9 = our last skiing / snowboarding day at Kimberley Alpine Resort.

 NOTE:

- Bus leaves at 8:45, arrives at KAR around 9:30, last ski run around 3:30, return all rentals and get your own gear off by 4:15 at the latest and go to the bus, bus leaves the hill at 4:30, and bus returns to HES around 5pm.

- If you are planning on driving your own child home and you have not indicated this already on a form or in an email, please inform Mr. Bartraw ASAP. Email or tell me in person the hill. 

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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March 10 - Science Fair (OPTIONAL home project)

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March 12 - Energy  Transformations TEST

March 12 - Learning update #2 goes home. 

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

March 13 - last day of school before Spring Break. 

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March 30 - First day back to school.

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Genius Hour project 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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  Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - a variety of spelling and grammar skills.

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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 24 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.
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 - ... MULTIPLICATION: 2-d x 1-d and 3-d x 1-d. Later, 2-d x 2-d using a multiplication chart if needed.

Try these ...

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

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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 - Energy: 

• has various forms
• is conserved

~ devices that transform energy

 

Test next Thursday, March 12th. 

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Socials - Learning about the impact of colonization on First Peoples societies in British Columbia and Canada - residential schools, the reserve system, the impact on land, families, and language.

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 Health Ed - iMinds! Here is the approved curriculum link...

Uvic.ca/research/centres/iMinds-grade4.pdf 

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 will play doubles after learning the rules.

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ART - Graffiti name ART - due Thursday.

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Drama - integrated into other subjects. 

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 Technology Skills - on laptops - typing skills and researching for GENIUS HOUR will begin in MARCH.

-  Dance mat typing!

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