December 13 to 17

 Important Dates / Information   

December 13 = our XMAS Concert - our class is asked to wear the following things like... dark clothes with sunglasses, bandanas around the head or wrist, leather jacket, rips in jeans, big necklaces,... but you do not need all the above. Just pick a few things. 

    PLEASE BRING YOUR COSTUME FOR MONDAY'S REHEARSAL @ 12:45 TO 2:30 PM.

~ information has been sent home on paper and emailed to you by our school. Please read them carefully... From Mrs. Bain.

***Drop off your child at the stage access door at 6:40 pm. Pick up is also at the same door at the end of the concert.***

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December 14 = Student Learning Reports going home.

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December 15 = DRAMA GAME! FAKE PASSPORTS!

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December 16 = RETURN YOUR Field trip FORMS

to Wildhorse River - Survival Skills (goes with our PRO / CON Debates activities). 

DRESS WARM! BRING YOUR BACKPACK, LUNCH, AND WATER.

IN THE AFTERNOON OF DEC. 16TH IS... UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE! BRING IN ALL YOUR ITEMS AS WE PLANNED LAST WEEK. 

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December 17 = ADST: downhill challenge test - final day to see if your sled slides.

                       = Last day of school before the Christmas Break.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts... Reading...

We will finished the novel last week and now we all have FAKE ID'S for our DRAMA activity!

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~Word Work - will resume in the new year.

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Math - multiplication by '9' this week. Practice here...

 Deep Dive Multiplication

-  Box Multiplication strategy - learning 2 digit x 2 digit and some will try 2-d x 3-d.

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Health ~ finished until term two! 

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

                               - weekly planning in our agendas

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Science- Finished all projects - great work!

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Socials -

PRO / CON DEBATES! We will be practicing our debating skills by thinking of advantages and disadvantages to a variety of issues, questions, and scenarios!

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PE - Team games. Survival skills outdoors.
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French - the weather - vocab and conversational French.

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Art - Winter Wonderland MURALS

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 From 1 PM to 2 PM ... ON DECEMBER 16,  …WE ARE HAVING AN…

****UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE****

All students are asked to bring in a sweater/shirt/vest that

will be the base for the UGLY SWEATER DESIGNS.

(You can use an old shirt or sweater or buy a plain one).

~ Mr. B. bought a long-sleeve red shirt at the Salvation Army for $1.50. DOLLAR TREE HAS THESE TOO! It will be the base.

~We will be hot gluing and attaching various items to our sweater/shirt/vest. So, if you have any

extra Christmas items that are not being used, please bring them to class this week in

preparation for Thursday afternoon. MR. BARTRAW HAS A LOT OF ITEMS ALREADY, BUT

THE MORE OPTIONS, THE BETTER!

Items could include: ~ garland, ornaments, bells, craft foam, small tree boughs, pine cones, cotton balls, tinsel, old XMAS lights, ... and ANYTHING that might make someone's sweater design UGLY!

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Drama -  linked to our novel... the secret is out! 

 The D103 “PRO / CON DEBATE” Game!

Goal: Our goal is to give reasons for staying in the game and inform others of all your skills you have to offer. Look at your job and decide what you can do to be helpful in our scenario.

Preparation:

a)      You must research your own job and be able to state which skills you have and those that would be needed in the game.

b)      You can dress the part of your character or wear the mask I give you. Also, you can use a voice like your character... as you imagine him / her would sound.

      c)   You have already researched some facts about your country and know a bit of its culture. 

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Technology Skills -researching for socials

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CONGRATS to... LUCAS J for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

and.. earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!

Downhill Challenge

 

Downhill Challenge

 

ADST Curriculum Challenge: design and build / create something that will successfully transport a stuffie or doll down the large snow hill at our school.

 

Guidelines:

·       Use any material from home from wood, recycling, …, to_____?

·       All designs must be original (Ex. Not a sled from home, slightly modified.).

·       Transport model can be any size / shape.

·       Students must be able to easily carry it after it’s assembled.

·       The stuffie must remain on the transporting model the entire way down the hill until it stops.

·       A tipped over model at any time down the hill is not a successful run.

·       Hint: Think about stability, rather than speed or distance.

 

Bring in building materials on Wednesday, December 8.

Designs will be worked on at school for four, one-hour sessions.

Final test runs will be on Friday, December 17.

December 6 to 10

 Important Dates / Information   

December 13 = our XMAS Concert - our class is asked to wear things like... dark clothes with sunglasses, bandanas around the head or wrist, leather jacket, rips in jeans, big necklaces,... 

~ more information to come regarding drop off times and pick up times from Mrs. Bain this week.

December 16 = UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE!

December 17 = Last day of school before the Christmas Break.

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts... 

Reading and reading responses - novel study...

 

Working at reading strategies, discussing main ideas versus details, summarizing, character analyses, comprehension, and effective verbal communication. 

We will finish the novel this week!

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~Word Work - Unit 13 - 3 groups - AT THEIR SPELLING LEVELS.

                        - handed out on Mondays and then the rest needs

                           to be completed at home. Students are

                       responsible for bringing home their list words.

                      - work at the word, sound, and letter patterns...

                      - HAND IN FINISHED WORD WORK PAPER ON the last day of each week.
                      - Unit #13 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on Friday.
 

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Math - multiplication by '8' this week. Practice here...

 Deep Dive Multiplication

-  Box Multiplication strategy - learning up to 5 digit x 1 digit

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Health ~ finished until term two! 

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

                               - weekly planning in our agendas

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Science- Finished all projects - great work!

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Socials - Mapping Skills include: reading and interpreting maps, cardinal directions, continents, oceans, Canadian geography, using grids, latitude and longitude CONTINUED this week,... many other skills.

Cool Country Report is almost finished! study one country to get a better understanding of location, size, population, food, clothing, art, traditions, animals, sports, monuments, important people,...

PRO / CON DEBATES! We will be practicing our debating skills by thinking of advantages and disadvantages to a variety of issues, questions, and scenarios!

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PE - Team games.
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French - the weather - vocab and conversational French.

 ..............................................

Art - Winter Wonderland MURALS

 ..................................................................

 From 1 PM to 2 PM ... ON DECEMBER 16,  …WE ARE HAVING AN…

****UGLY SWEATER CHALLENGE****

All students are asked to bring in a sweater/shirt/vest that

will be the base for the UGLY SWEATER DESIGNS.

(You can use an old shirt or sweater or buy a plain one).

~ Mr. B. bought a long-sleeve red shirt at the Salvation Army for $1.50. DOLLAR TREE HAS THESE TOO! It will be the base.

~We will be hot gluing and attaching various items to our sweater/shirt/vest. So, if you have any

extra Christmas items that are not being used, please bring them to class this week in

preparation for Thursday afternoon. MR. BARTRAW HAS A LOT OF ITEMS ALREADY, BUT

THE MORE OPTIONS, THE BETTER!

Items could include: ~ garland, ornaments, bells, craft foam, small tree boughs, pine cones, cotton balls, tinsel, old XMAS lights, ... and ANYTHING that might make someone's sweater design UGLY!

.......................................

Drama -  linked to our novel... it's a secret! SHHHH!
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Technology Skills - Mapping Skills

                              -researching for science / socials

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CONGRATS to... ELI for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week...

and.. earning 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!