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MONDAY - SKI DAY (NOTE: SLIGHT CHANGE IN TIMES)

1/24/2020

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IMPORTANT:

ARRIVE IN GYM ON MONDAY: 7:40am - 7:50am
DEPART LAURIER: As parents and students arrive, we will let you head to the mountain with your parent volunteer. We will start leaving Laurier at 8:00am. ***Note some students were moved by Mr. Hong/Mr. Fisher. Check the list on Monday morning.
ARRIVE AT SEYMOUR MOUNTAIN: ~9:15am -9:30am
SKI SCHOOL START TIME: 10:00AM-11:30am
LUNCH: 11:30am - 12:15pm
AFTERNOON LESSON: 12:15pm - 2:45pm

REVIEW WITH PARENTS:

Alpine Responsibility Code (acknowledgement, what to wear/bring, etc)
Arrival procedures, lesson tags, and rental equipment (CLICK HERE) ---> [1] [2]
Pre-trip meeting information (reminders, equipment and clothing, lesson tags)

1.) LA:

Word work quiz on Tuesday.
Click here for practice spelling tests and cue cards.

2.) MATH:

Party Planning assignment due on Tuesday.
Unit test on Wed.

3.) POST A RESPONSE:

Post a message here indicating you and your parents have reviewed all of the above information and the links provided. THIS IS FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND SAFETY!
Post any last minute questions you have about SKI SCHOOL!

VIDEO LINK:
Seymour Safety Video

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January 23rd, 2020

1/23/2020

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We just have a few more days until we go skiing! We hope you are all excited to participate! Our first session will be this Monday! Read the IMPORTANT information below carefully. Click here to select your food for each of the ski school days.

IMPORTANT:

Driver volunteer forms (RETURN TOMORROW if you haven't already done so - FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS)

1)MATH: Operations with integers

2) POST A RESPONSE:

Today, you worked on your final reading strategy lesson with the poem, "The Giving Tree."
You completed your visible thinking and started your pre-assessment activity for your big ideas (powerful responses)
Write a paragraph explaining what you think the big idea of the poem is.

   SUCCESS CRITERIA:
1.) Paragraph format (intro, body, and conclusion)
2.) Givens (spelling, capitals, grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation)
3.) States the big idea
4.) Provides evidence from the poem/story that supports the big idea
5.) Explains what the character has learned.
6.) Gives thoughts about the big idea.
7.)  Explains why you have this thought as your big idea.
8.) Check your paragraph to make sure you have included everything listed in the above criteria
  and post a message stating if you have met the criteria. If not, edit/revise your original post.

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SKILLS, skills, NBA

1/22/2020

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Today students worked hard on completing the culminating math activity on decimals and on completing their winter scene pastel arts project. We also had an extra PE period where we worked specifically on improving our shooting technique in basketball. We learned that people need to practice skills correctly an in order to master them and that getting specific FEEDBACK and applying it right away is very important. By practicing shooting a basketball with 1 hand instead of two and allaying FEEDBACK we saw many student improve very quickly. NBA & WNBA watch out!

1) MATH: Chapter task of organizing the team party due tomorrow am

2) ART: Draft 1 due tomorrow by 3 pm

3) MATH TEST: Friday (estimating and calculating with all 4 operations using decimals)

4) WORD WORK TEST: Monday

5) POST A RESPONSE:

Think of all the skills you needed to use to complete the MATH Activity of planning a team party
Copy and paste the example list below and then continue adding to it to include ALL the skills you used to complete this activity. Be sure to include how the skill helped you be successful.

EXAMPLE:

The Skills I used for this MATH project were:

Reading: This helped me understand the instructions of the activity
Speaking: I was able to ask for help and communicate with my teacher and group members
Knowing how to use a calculator: I was able to check my answers

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Natural selection

1/21/2020

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TO BE UPDATED...

WORD WORK Unit 15 (click)

1) MATH:

Complete page 1 of the chapter TASK
Test on operations with decimals on Friday (calculating and estimating)

2) POST A RESPONSE:

Explain what happened to the different species through the three generations in the natural selection simulation today.

Answer the following questions in your response:

Why did some species survive and other die?
What happened to the chopsticks? Why?
Which was the most successful? Why?
How do simulations help us better understand what is happening in the world around us?
Why are simulations like this helpful?

VIDEO LINK
NATURAL SELECTION

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Pro d

1/20/2020

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I hope you enjoyed the long weekend! See you tomorrow for another great week of learning!

1)MATH: p. 23 (click) Due tomorrow

2)PAR HOLIDAY:

ALL BASKETBALL PLAYERS:

COPY OUT THE OFFENCE POSTED BELOW ONTO PAPER AND REVIEW IT 10 TIMES FOM EVERY POSITION. BRING THE PAPER TO ME TOMORROW!

Boys BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEK

Girls BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEK

The Offence

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long division

1/16/2020

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What a great winter day. We had a reading strategy test today and then worked on our basketball skills in PE. After recess we worked on our division skills. Tomorrow we will add in decimals to our division questions. In the afternoon we finished getting organized for the skiing trip and had music.

IMPORTANT- Please bring in all forms and pay all fees for the circus and for skiing.

1)Alphabiography: Due Friday by 3pm

2) Math: Division handout due tomorrow

3) Post A Response:

Estimate the answers to the following questions.
Use words and numbers to show/explain how you estimated

A) 0.6 + 3.6=
B) 4.04 + 2.8 =
C) 6.786 - 4.17=
D) 1.9 - 0.6 =
E) 1.3. x 5.6 =
F) 0.4 x 20.45 =
G) 63 divided by 5 =
H) 123 divided by 9 =

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Amazing Authors!

1/14/2020

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IMPORTANT- Bring in all ski forms and pay the fee.

1)POST A RESPONSE:

To prepare yourself for tomorrows math lesson on dividing decimals find the quotients of the equations below and then answer the questions below. (You may use a calculator)

A) 25 divided by 5 =
B) 250 divided by 50 =
C) 2500 divided by 500 =
D) 2.5 divided by 0.5 =
E) 0.25 divided by 0.05 =
F) 0.025 divided by .005 =

What is happening here? What do you notice? Why?
How might this help you in getting ready to divide decimals?

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January 13th, 2020

1/13/2020

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THE DAY:

1. Publishing
2. Story
3. Word Work
4. Play in Snow

IMPORTNAT: Bring in al Skiing forms and pay the fee

1) MATH: Complete the decimals handout

2) NOVEL APPROACH: Finish 3 of the 6 readings and questions

3)POST A RESPONSE:

Watch the two videos below and then explain how you get a problem with decimals ready to divide. Use an example to explain what you do to get the question/problem ready to divide.

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Ski School

1/11/2020

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FINALLY! We have sent home the ski school field trip forms. They can also be accessed on this link for those of you who were away today. Parents, please make payment as soon as possible as we would like to organize parent volunteer drivers for each day as soon as possible. We need parent volunteers to drive and to ski with the students. We have about 8 FREE spots for parents who would like to ski with us on each of the days. Priority will be given to parents who are able to drive.

SYSTEM GLITCH: Some parents are experiencing a system glitch where you are unable to select only one of the options. If you experience this, not to worry, we will fix it with the office staff on Monday and you can make payment after it is fixed. *****

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SKI SCHOOL:

1.) Click here to make payment ASAP. Please pay online and do not send cheques.

2.) The first price you will see will be $0. Please click this and you will see two options.

OPTION 1 - $285 for rentals (lunch/lessons included)
OPTION 2 - $250 if you are not renting (lunch/lessons included in price)

3.) If the majority of students pay right away, you will be able to obtain your season's pass for Seymour mountain right away next week. This will allow you to go ride at Seymour anytime you like. This is absolutely FREE with your ski school participation!

4.) Email Mr. Fisher if you have any questions or if you are experiencing financial hardship or if you need to pay in instalments at a later time.

5) NO PAR THIS WEEKEND

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A novel approch to basketball

1/9/2020

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Today Division 1 had another Novel Approach Reading Strategy lesson and then we got into the gym and started working on our basketball skills. After recess, we kept practicing operations with decimals and carried on with the class read aloud, 'Touching Spirit Bear.' The afternoon was busy with music and formatting our writing project to get ready for publishing.

1)MATH: Operations with decimals handout due Monday

2)FRENCH: Quiz on cooking show vocabulary tomorrow

3)WORD WORK: test tomorrow

4) ALPHABIOGRAPHY: Ready to print on Monday or before if possible

5)POST A RESPONSE:

Look at your final evaluation for personal writing on Fresh Grade and write a Learning Reflection following the criteria posted below. Post the learning Reflection on Fresh Grade
Post here when this is complete

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MONDAY - SKI DAY (NOTE: SLIGHT CHANGE IN TIMES)

January 23rd, 2020

SKILLS, skills, NBA

Natural selection

Pro d

Boys BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEK

Girls BASKETBALL GAMES THIS WEEK

long division

Amazing Authors!

January 13th, 2020

Ski School

A novel approch to basketball

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