January 13 - 17
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Language Arts - CONTINUING WITH reading - 14 day novel study: chunking, summarizing, plot development. We are currently on day 5 of 14 - STAY UP-TO-DATE!
- daily reading response journal entries.
- writing WORKSHOPS - varies from working at creating 'mood' in our writing
- narration only
- adding dialogue THIS WEEK.
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New Word Power Lists - LIST#2 ~ 10 words with meanings and used appropriately in sentence context
- test on Friday - spelling and corresponding word meanings.
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Math - PERCENTAGES
- equivalent fractions, decimals & percentages
- how to find the % of ANY FRACTION.
Fractions / Decimals / Percentages
Wall Chart
www.rapidonline.com
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Science: continuing with Extreme Environments
- from categories, what make an environment extreme,
extremophiles, scientific tools, purpose and usefulness of research in
EEs.
ALSO - We have a guest teacher, Gillian Cooper, every Monday afternoon for 1 hour.
- She has an amazing series of lessons to help us understand and take action in ...
Beyond Recycling!
These Beyond Recycling lessons are TOP
SECRET and only available to ...
www.beyondrecycling.ca
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HCE - Excuses! Excuses! - COMPLETED! WELL DONE CLASS!
- Drama activities were successful!
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PE - basketball drills and skills are practiced
- dribbling, passing, shooting techniques for 2 weeks.
- STUDY YOUR BASKETBALL MANUAL.
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STILL WAITING FOR THIS ONE....
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French & Music - any student who reads this and can tell me personally the 'area of study' in both French and Music will earn 25 HTPs.
ANYONE WANT POINTS?????????????
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Art - art journals and more creative projects with Mrs. Walker!
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Socials - understanding maps, mapping skills starts later in January.
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Notable Info:
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*Please return Term I Cover Page with envelope.*
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CONGRATS TO
PARKER FOR BEING W.O.W. !!!!!
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We HAVE confirmation of 3 ski days at Kimberley Alpine Resort.
INFO GOING HOME THIS WEEK.
We have a great opportunity to offer
downhill skiing / snowboarding as part of our Physical Education program and
Daily Physical Activity for grade five & six students. It is our hope that all students from
participating classes will take part in this fun, lifelong, healthy, family
activity.
We
will be skiing / snowboarding at Kimberley Alpine Resort for three full days Feb. 14, Feb. 28 and March 7.
Please
read through the given information and/or visit www.skikimberley.com/
for more information.
Ski Levels:
Level 1 – This is your very first time
skiing. Bunny Hill
Level 2 – You have skied a few times, but have
not quite mastered stopping or turning. Bunny
Hill
Level 3 – You have skied a few times and are
now starting to feel comfortable stopping and linking snowplow turns on green
runs.
Bunny Hill or T-Bar area.
Level 4 – Comfortable linking turns on
green and has experimented on blue runs, sometimes skiing parallel between
turns. Looking to gain more control and confidence while working towards
steeper blue runs. T-Bar or Chair Lift
Level 5 – Comfortable on green and blue runs,
skiing parallel most of the time. You
have also experimented on some black runs and off peist terrain (bumps, powder
& crud). Looking to gain more
control and confidence, while working towards steeper black and varied off
peist terrain. (bumps, power & crud).
Small jumps also are introduced if the client is interested.
Level 6 – Confident all over the resort while
skiing in all conditions on and off peist (bumps, powder & crud). Looking to build more control and confidence
while learning to ski more aggressively. More jumps or rail park progressions
may be introduced if the client is interested.
Snowboard Levels:
Level 1 - This is your first time snowboarding.
Bunny hill
Level 2 - You have boarded a few times,
comfortable on your heel edge but need to work on your toe edge. Bunny hill or t-bar
Level 3 - Comfortable on heel and toe edge but
need to work on changing between them (S turning). T-bar to limited or first
time chair experience
Level 4 – Comfortable turning both ways on
green runs. Looking to gain more control
and confidence to begin working onto the steeper blue runs.
Level 5 – Confident on greens and blue’s, and
have also experimented on some black runs.
Looking to learn some switch riding and get into a more aggressive style
of riding. Small jumps may also be learned here if client is interested.
Level 6 – Confident all over the hill, on and
off the groomed trails, switch or regular.
Looking to learn a more aggressive way to carve and attack the steeps
and bumps. Also possibly looking at different trick variations.
Mr. Bartraw, Mrs. Walker
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