Sunday, 2 April 2017

Welcome Back! April 3 - 7

Hope everyone is well rested and ready for term 3!

We are improving! Still, MANY students are in need of more practice on division facts.
Here are many games to help... Division Games

We are also learning long division this week and next ... try this one ... Long Division

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Pines Camp - You may begin bringing in the 2 permission forms - filled out fully and $ fees. Due MAY 1. 

Mr. Brousseau (student teacher) will be starting his practicum in our class on Tuesday, April 11. Please welcome him back.

Monday, April 10 = PRO-D - Teacher's Only - School not in session. April 14 -17 Easter Weekend.

Please return the Communicating Student Progress / Learning ENVELOPE when you can. Please see Mr. Bartraw if you have questions or concerns about your child's TERM 2 progress.

From April 24 to 27 we will be taught PE by a GUEST dancer: teaching us dance based on aboriginal legend called "The Legend of the Caribou Boy."   

Scholastic Book Fair April 26 / 27.

May 4 = Talent Show.

May 11 = Highlands Track Meet at COTR.
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L. ARTS...
          - reading book 4: AMONG THE BARONS - What will happen with Luke in this book?
           ~ DAILY GRADED reading responses (and discussions).
          ...soon... ~ more literary devices will be studied... alliteration, personification, and hyperbole. 
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Word Work #25  - TEST on Friday - 30 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.
          - topics focused on Health curriculum (iMinds)
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Math - Division concepts continue...
          - Long Division - practice your facts so you are able to work through these
          - up to 4-digit / 1-digit, eventually
          - Test Thursday, April 13.

Division Flashcards    
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Health: iMinds program: new ways of looking at substance use and misuse.

What is the iMinds Approach?             Quick Guide
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Science - Unit on "Energy can be transformed" 
             - begins in three weeks.
             - One more student to share Genius Hour findings.
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PE - Track and Field Skills 
      - track your skills on a form: times, distances,... and aim for PB's
      - Highlands Track Meet is on May 11.
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Technology - integrated with iMinds
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Socials - Mr. Brousseau will be teaching the importance of the FUR TRADE in Canadian history
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 Career Ed - work at your goal you indicated
                    - continue to earn $ toward your trip to Pines Camp
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ART - small group collaborative art pieces using canvas
         - plan on Friday - complete next week
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Congrats to  Cailee for being the latest Worker of the Week!

Sunday, 12 March 2017

March 13 - 17, then Spring Break...

Pines Camp Parent Information going home with reports on Friday. 
http://pinesbiblecamp.com/
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We are continually improving. Still, MANY students are in need of much more practice on division facts.
Here are many games to help... Division Games
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Genius Hour SHARING WEEK - see schedule below.
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Swim Day - Wednesday, March 15 @ 1pm to 2pm. Be responsible and bring your belongings.
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Young Entrepreneur Show in the gym on Thursday Morning - option to purchase items... if so, bring $!

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L. ARTS...
          - post-reading novel activities = Tableaux Presentations
         ~ relates to Residential Schools

~Literary Devices:  this week we will study Oxymorons and Onomatopoeia
                                - this will be in our writing / art integration 
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Word Work #24  - TEST on Friday - 30 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.

~ No entry this week
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Math - Geometry continues... last component / is spatial awareness using PENTOMINOES
   
~ There are exactly 12 pentominoes are like this...  

 Related image



Division! Study what it means and practice your facts.

Division Flashcards    
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Career Ed - keep earning money toward your Pines Camp Goal of $100!
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Science - MATTER - states of matter, molecular behaviour, properties of matter...

                - condensation, sublimation, and vaporization...
                - the effect of temperature on particles


Science TEST is TUESDAY, March 14.
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Science - Genius Hour... every MONDAY =  taking SHAPE!!! What's your passion? You need to start showing MORE and MORE progress in your findings and know your subject deeper.

DUE DATES ARE HERE! Here's the schedule...



Monday  13th
Tuesday   14th
Wednesday   15th
Thursday  15th
Friday  16th
Kendell
Callie
Rachel
Rhys
Finn
Cassie
Kolby
Calissa
Jackson
Gabe
Seeley
Luke
Thomas
Jaren
Colton
Belen
Ash
Sierra
Maya
Cailee
Ryder
Avery
Gavin
Logan

Paten
Liam
Kieran




Hanna and Lara have presented!


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Health / PE - team games  
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Technology 
- integrated with literary devices
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Socials - Early explorers encounter Canadian Aboriginals continues after the break.
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ART - 3-D Solid Ties and Skirts!
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Congrats to CAILEE  for being the latest Worker of the Week!

Sunday, 5 March 2017

March 6 to 10

Pines Camp Parent Information / Chaperon Meeting... Monday March 6 at 6pm to 6:30pm. 
http://pinesbiblecamp.com/


We are slowly improving. Still, MANY students are in need of much more practice on division facts.
Here are many games to help... Division Games


GUEST fiddlers, JJ Guy and Gordon Stobbe - Wednesday, March 8th.
All grades are invited for an assembly in the gym. It will start at 10:45 and end at 11:50.
The students will get involved, and be active.

Lieutenant Governor's Assembly - Friday, March 10 @ 1:15.

Swim Day - Wednesday, March 15..


Communicating Student Progress / Learning - Term 2 - will be sent home between March 13 and 17. 
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L. ARTS...
          - post-reading novel activities
         ~ relates to anti-bullying studies  

~Literary Devices:  this week we will study Portmanteau and Oxymoron
                                - this will be in our writing / art integration 
                  ~ Focused writing on MONOLOGUES on anti-bullying.
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Word Work #23  - TEST on Friday - 30 words.       
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Weekly Journal Entries continue.

Monologues
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Math - Geometry continues... COOL MATH! - how to accurately draw 3-D solids, identify their properties, attributes and "nets."
   
~ nets are like this... 
Image result for 3d nets
Quiz = Thursday on 3-D Solids concepts covered so far. 

Division! Study what it means and practice your facts.

Division Flashcards    
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Career Ed - keep earning money toward your Pines Camp Goal of $100!
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Science - MATTER - states of matter, molecular behaviour, properties of matter...

                - condensation, sublimation, and vaporization...
                - the effect of temperature on particles
Temperature Effects on Particles  

Temperature and Pressure Effects


"All Mixed Up" and "Runny Materials" assignments.


Science TEST next TUESDAY, March 14.
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Science - Genius Hour... every MONDAY =  taking SHAPE!!! What's your passion? You need to start showing MORE and MORE progress in your findings and know your subject deeper.

DUE DATES ARE APPROACHING FAST! BE READY TO SHARE YOUR FINDINGS IN THE WEEK OF MARCH 13 TO 17.

 What is GENIUS HOUR? 
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Health / PE - team games  

                     ` ANTI-BULLYING / FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIPS / FRIENDSHIPS STUDIES integrated in all areas of curriculum.
"BULLY FREE ZONE!"

- Monologues

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Technology 
- integrated with all areas of study
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Socials -enjoy the Metis Fiddlers.
             - Early explorers encounter Canadian Aboriginals!

             ~New arrivals! What is it like being somewhere new, for the first time? Europeans thought
               they were the ones who founded this new world!

               Resources / land claims / the significance of places… DISCOVERIES!


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ART - finish your "Tearible" ART
         - 3-D Solid Ties and Skirts!
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Congrats to JACKSON  for being the latest Worker of the Week!