Weeks of November 6-17, 2023
-Games with scoops
-Divisibility rules, fact families, long division algorithm
-Forest issues, different perspectives on forest issues
-Citizenship and Rule of Law
-Writing good beginnings with a hook to draw our readers in
-What does being brave mean to you?
Week of October 23-27, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Continuing our territory games unit in gym
-Volume length x width x height
-Photosynthesis
-Charter of Rights and Freedoms
-Editing our house description
-Continuing our work on THINK (true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind)
Week of October 16-20, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Continuing our territory games unit in gym
-Creating factor trees and exponents
-Drawing our own food webs and food chains
-Fact vs. Opinion, why its is important to contribute, direct vs. representative democracy.
-Continuing persuasive and descriptive writing describing a house
-Seven Sacred Teachings Honesty (Sabe) What does honesty mean to you?
Please return: vaccination forms, student health plans, Nations Vision forms
Important Dates:
Wednesday October 25 Vaccinations
Week of October 10-13, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Continuing our territory games unit in gym
-Learning about prime and composite numbers, reviewing factors
-Food webs and food chains
-Reasons why we need government and the services government provides
-Persuasive and descriptive writing describing a house
-Inside thoughts vs. outside words. How our inside thoughts become THINK (true, helpful, inspiring, necessary and kind) words
-Composition in art and drawing comics
Please return: vaccination forms, student health plans, Nations Vision forms
Important Dates:
Wednesday October 18 Picture Day
Thursday October 19 A&W Fun Lunch order at Healthy Hunger (order cut off 5 days before)
Thursday October 19 School Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
Friday October 20 Non-InstructionalDay School Conferences 8:00am-1:00pm
Wednesday October 25 Vaccinations
Week of October 2-6, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Territory games e.g., capture the flag
-Finishing our unit of area of parallelogram, trapezoids and compound shapes
-Abiotic and biotic factors in a forest, food webs and identifying producer, consumer, decomposer, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
-Democracy and contributing to a society, local, provincial and federal government
-Persuasive writing and finishing our Indigo Adopt A School book covers and book blurbs
-Honesty lessons: why is it important to be honest? THINK- Thoughtful, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind
Please return: vaccination forms, student health plans, Nations Vision forms
Important Dates:
Monday October 9 Thanksgiving Day No School
Tuesday October 10 School Council & Society Meeting 7:00-9:00 pm
Wednesday October 18 Picture Day
Thursday October 19 A&W Fun Lunch order at Healthy Hunger (order cut off 5 days before)
Thursday October 19 School Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
Friday October 20 Non-InstructionalDay School Conferences 8:00am-1:00pm
Week of September 25-29, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Cooperative games with the Omnikin ball
-Area of parallelograms and trapezoids
-The value of trees and forests
-Democracy and contributing to a society
-Persuasive writing
-Working on our Respect books and writing how a small act can have a big impact
-Orange Shirt Day lessons reading Shi-Shi-Etko and examining the Witness Blanket
Please return: vaccination forms, student health plans, Nations Vision forms
Important Dates:
Monday October 9 Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday October 10 School Council & Society Meeting 7:00-9:00 pm
Thursday October 19 A&W Fun Lunch order at Healthy Hunger
Thursday October 19 School Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
Friday October 20 Non-InstructionalDay School Conferences 8:00am-1:00pm
Week of September 18-21, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-Cooperative games.
-Area of rectangles and triangles.
-How trees and forests help humans and animals.
-Democracy and contributing to a society.
-Text features: Illustrations and captions.
-Continuing with respect and how our acts of respect affect others.
-Using warm and cool colours to make an impact in our art work.
Please return: vaccination forms, student health plans, nations vision forms
Important Dates:
Friday Sept 29 No school National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Week of September 11-15, 2023
Our focus this week was:
-2 and 3 by 2 digit multiplication and reviewing our basic facts.
-Defining representative democracy, constitution and society.
-Describing why it is important for people and government to work together in a democracy.
-Describing why it is important to have rules, responsibilities, rights and expectations in a society.
-Describing what makes a tree different from other plants.
-Describing the importance of trees and forests to the ecosystem.
-How acts of respect affect others.
-Practicing paragraph writing with supporting details.
-Text features: Graph, diagram, photograph.
-Introduction to the library and meeting Mrs.M.
Student Mail:
-Student Health Forms
Nation's Vision Forms
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday Sept 21 Meet the Teacher night
Friday Sept 22 IPP Conferences (by appointment)
Friday Sept 29 No school National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Week of September 5 to 8, 2023
This week students worked on:
-reviewing standard algorithms
-text features (headings, captions, photos/diagrams etc.)
-different ways we show respect to ourselves, others and the environment
-colour theory, line and pattern
-cooperative games
Student mail:
-Network User Agreement forms going home. It needs to be signed by both the student and their grown up.
-Walking field trip notice going home. Families will be notified at least 48 hours before the walk by email, messenger, etc.
-Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Child Safe Canada Resource Guide pamphlet
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday September 14 6:00-8:00pm Family Food Truck Night
Thursday September 21 Meet the Teacher night
Friday September 22 IPP conferences by appointment (No school for students)
Friday September 29 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (No school)
Monday October 9 Thanksgiving (No school for students)
Wednesday October 18 School photos
Thursday October 19 School conferences
