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WILLIAM OF ORANGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

WEEKLY SNAPSHOT

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November 3 - 7, 2014

SCHOOL CALENDAR

Nov. 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly; gr. 4/5 @ 2:30 pm

Nov. 11 - Remembrance Day, no school

Nov. 14 - Ladies Night Out; Aldergrove Church

Nov 17, 24 - Skating; gr. 4-7 (1-2 pm)

Nov. 19 - Hot Dog lunch

Nov. 19, 26 - Skating; gr. K-3 (1-2 pm)

Nov 28 - Pro D Day

Dec. 1 - Skating; gr. 4-7

Dec. 3 - Skating; gr. K-3

Dec. 5 - 1st term report cards

Dec. 8 - Orange Courier submissions deadline

Dec. 8, 10 - Parent/Teacher Interviews

Dec. 19 - Christmas Assembly; gr. 1-3

- Christmas treat

Dec. 22 - Christmas break begins

PICTURE ORDERS

School photo orders are due Nov. 6. More background options/packages available online. Check it out!

If a retake is required, your order form needs to be returned to the school office with your request. It

would also be appreciated to get feed back from parents regarding their experience with the new photo

company. Delay in receiving the proofs is being blamed on the courier company who was having trouble

finding the school building. Hopefully next time we will receive the proofs in a more timely fashion.

REMEMBRANCE ASSEMBLY

Please join us for a Remembrance Day Assembly, Monday, Nov. 10th at 2:30 pm in the school gym. The

grade 4/5 students will present the assembly. Join us as we pay tribute to men and women who have

fallen wars for freedom in our country.

ORANGE AID

CHOCOLATE LETTERS

It's time to order your chocolate letters! Choose from either 65g Milk Chocolate or 65g Pure Chocolate .

At only $2.50 each, they make great stocking stuffers or an addition to Christmas baskets and gifts.

Please have your order in by Friday, November 7.(Order sheet in last snapshot or online) The letters will

be available to be picked up from the school on November 17. If you have any questions, call Esther

Vandergugten @ 778-571-1146. Thank you!

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Sporting ET Book sale prizes.

Our future! (gr.1 students)

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GRADES KINDERGARTEN (M/W) ONE

MEMORY WORK � Ps. 136:1 due Nov. 10th

� Ps. 95:1 due Nov. 10th

BIBLE � Pharaoh’s Refusal

� The Plagues, Part One

� The Plagues, Part Two

� The Passover

� Crossing the Red Sea

LANGUAGE

ARTS

� Letters & Phonics:

- Formation of and printing of the

letters Hh, Ii

- Vowels vs. consonants

- Rhythm and rhyme

- Blending word parts

� Reading:

- “Sleeping Outdoors”

� Pre-decodable Book: “School”

� Author Study: Mercer Meyer

� Phonics:

- /k/ spelled ck, short u, /z/ spelled z,

- Oral Blending: one syllable words,

- Adding ed for past tense

� Reading:

“Captain Bill Pinkney’s Story

- “Grab a Star”

- “My Trip”

- “The Bug”

- “Zip on the Run”

- “Zack the One Man Band”

� Sight Words: my, what, co

� Author Study : Mercer Meyer

MATH

� Early number sense

- Identify, describe, and compare

objects.

- Sort and re-sort

� Making a picture graph

� Describing a graph with words and

pictures

� Making and interpreting a pictograph

UNIT STUDIES � Me and My Family - responsibilities

P.E. � Gross motor movements: skipping, running, dodging

� Running games

� Simple exercise

ART (KD) � Remembrance Day poppy craft

NOTE:

- Grade K/1 is a peanut-free classroom.

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GRADES TWO THREE

MEMORY WORK � Psalm 50:1 Friday, November 7th

SPELLING � List 9 Friday, November 7th

BIBLE STUDY � Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

� Abraham and Abimelech

� The birth of Isaac

HEALTH & CAREERS

� Making healthy food choices

� Reading food labels

� Fast food

� Sugar and salt

� The dentist and the doctor

MUSIC � Folk songs and seasonal songs

� Christmas songs for assembly in December

P.E. � Exercises, balancing, and jumping

� Various indoor games

LANGUAGE ARTS � Open Court

- The Empty Pot

� Poetry: “Bear” and “Hibernation”

� Six Traits-Conventions:

- Using capital letters for names, pets, days of the week, months of the year, towns

and cities, etc.

- Using commands and exclamations

� Focus on: Robert Munsch

� Spelling: Lesson 9 Words with short o sound (grade 2)

More words with long e (grade 3)

� Phonics: review of vowel sounds (grade 2)

MATH � Addition and subtraction

� Place value

� Ordinal and cardinal numbers

� Odd and even numbers

� Numbers to one thousand (grade 2) and ten thousand (grade 3)

� Greater and smaller than

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GRADES FOUR FIVE

MEMORY WORK

(BV)

� Psalm 56:4 (due Thursday November 6)

BIBLE STUDY

(BV)

� Saul becomes king

MATH

(BV)

� Numeration

- understand and compare numbers to 10

000

- represent 4-digit numbers in different

ways

- explore place value number patterns

- communicate about ordering numbers

- TEST on Wednesday November 5th

���� Numeration

- represent and describe numbers to

one million in a variety of ways

- represent and describe decimals

- compare and order decimals

- TEST on Friday November 7th

LANGUAGE ARTS

(BV/LML)

� Comprehension exercises

� Unit 2 spelling exercises

� Preparing for Remembrance Day Assembly

SOCIAL STUDIES

(BV)

� Preparing for Remembrance Day Assembly

SCIENCE (BV) � Weather: studying patterns in weather to predict weather

� Recording daily weather information

P.E. (BV) � Volleyball

ART (BV) � Blending colours with rubbings

FRENCH (LML) � Oral: memorize la pièce

� Written: read the play … first time gr 5s are

seeing printed French ☺

� Oral: answering questions in complete

sentences

MUSIC (KD) � Performance: Playing test using a piece with the low E

� Theory: Working with the do-re-mi scale and Simple sightsinging

� Listening: Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage

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GRADES SIX SEVEN

MEMORY � Psalm 49:1

BIBLE (LML) � We finish up our unit on the Patriarchs with a mini-essay, which will be

written completely at school

CHURCH HISTORY

(KD)

� Next unit: Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? Persecution in the Roman Empire.

� Ratio and Percent

- Using ratios to compare things

- Percent as a special ratio that

compares to 100

���� Circles and Area

- Students should know the terms

radius, diameter, and circumference

and be able to calculate the area of a

circle.

MATH (KD)

Problem of the Week: How many zeros are in the product of a million and a million?

HEALTH &

PERSONAL PLANNING

(KD)

� Exploring the Christian concept of “calling” when it comes to selecting a job or

career.

LANGUAGE ARTS (LML)

� Reading:

- finishing up “The Hydrofoil Mystery”

� Writing:

- how to organize thoughts and ideas into a short essay; drafting, revising

and editing said essay (see “Bible”) � Word Study:

- Vocab #4 due Nov 14th (this is mostly homework)

ART (LML) � Colour Theory – tints and shades; complementary colours … maybe a little

Notan thrown in for fun

SCIENCE (KD) � Vocabulary quiz on Thursday

� Field trip to A Rocha on Thursday, November 6

S. STUDIES (BV) � What are the major aspects of a functioning society?

P.E. (KD)

� We have moved on to volleyball. Serve, bump, set, spike. We’ll be playing a

number of variations on volleyball that involve catching and throwing so that we

can isolate specific skills.

FRENCH (LML) � Répète, répète, et répète la pièce

� Written: choisit le bon mot

� Oral: review new gr 6 vocabulary

� Répète, répète, et répète la pièce

� Written: mets les mots en ordre

� Oral: review new gr 7 vocabulary

MUSIC (KD) � Playing: Jingle Bells. Fun, but a challenge.

� Listening: Classical Kids: Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage

� Theory: simple composition

NOTE:

- Grade 7 students are invited to participate in the quad-school volleyball tournament on Friday afternoon. A

permission slip has been sent home.