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WILLIAM OF ORANGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
WEEKLY SNAPSHOT
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October 20 - 24, 2014
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Oct. 22 - Mac & Cheese lunch
Oct. 29 - Picture retakes
- Membership meeting
Oct. 31 - Reformation Day Assembly; gr. 6/7
Nov. 10 - Remembrance Day Assembly; gr. 4/5
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
BOARD PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REPORT
The board has completed the Property Development Report which will be presented at the membership
meeting on October 29. Please visit http://www.wofo.org/download/board/WOCSDevelopmentReport-
October2014.pdf to download the report.
STARTING A SCHOOL GARDEN
Plans are underway to start up a school gardening program and we need you! A committee is needed to
plan and implement an agricultural experience for students, staff, and community on our school
property. If you are interested in gardening, fresh food, getting our children involved in agriculture, and
seeing God's creation flourish, please contact Maggie Van Seters ([email protected]) for further
information. Thank you!
PERFUME REMINDER
Because some of our staff are sensitive to perfumes and other strong smells, we remind parents to be
careful about scents when they/children are at school. Even strong-smelling laundry detergents or
deodorants (e.g. Axe) can cause a reaction to some staff members (not the type of reaction you see in
the Axe commercials...)
Thanks for your consideration
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EDUDEO
A big thank you to all the runners, sponsors, and volunteers who helped make the Edudeo "Road to
Hope" fundraiser a success. We raised $2752.05...exceeding our goal of $2500.00 by a significant
margin. WOW!
ORANGE AID
APPLE PIE FUNDRAISER
A huge thank-you to all the wonderful ladies who helped out with the apple pie make - from organizing,
to peeling, to fluting, to assembling and babysitting. Altogether we made 264 pies with a profit of over
$1000.00 for our school!
BIG BROTHERS
Just a reminder of our ongoing Big Brothers fundraiser. Pack up those outgrown clothes, never used
purses, too small shoes and drop them off at the school. We get paid $2.50 for every medium sized
garbage bag full. Profits really add up over a year. Any questions, contact Hilary Slump.
SHOPPER’S CORNER:
Lean ground beef - $35.00 per box (10-1lb. pkg.)
Hamburger Patties - $35.00 per box (10 lb.)
Rookwurst - $ 6.00 ea or 3/$15.00
Cookbooks - $ 5.00 ea
Cloths - $ 5.00 ea
Dishbrushes - $18.00 ea
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GRADES KINDERGARTEN (M/W) ONE
MEMORY WORK � Ps. 134:1 due Nov. 3rd
� Ps. 92:2 due Oct. 27th
BIBLE � Joseph the Slave
� Joseph the Prisoner
� Pharaoh’s Dreams
� The Brothers’ First Journey to Egypt
� The Brothers’ Second Journey to Egypt
LANGUAGE
ARTS
� Letters & Phonics:
- Formation of and printing of the
letters Ee and Ff
- Vowels vs. consonants
- Listening for first, middle and last
words
- Rhythm and rhyme
� Reading:
- “The Top and The Tip”
� Pre-decodable Book: “Lunch”
� Author Study: Mercer Meyer
� Phonics:
- /b/ spelled b, /r/ spelled r, /f/ spelled f,
/g/ spelled g
- Oral Blending: one syllable words,
initial s clusters, initial r clusters
� Reading:
- “Brad’s Ram
- “Spiders”
- “The Sand Pits”
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� Sight Words: the, are, in, a, here, he
� Author Study : Mercer Meyer
MATH
� Early number sense
- Printing numbers 5, and 6
- Interviews on number sense
- Identify, describe, and compare
objects.
- Sort and re-sort
���� Representing numbers greater than 20
���� Skip counting
���� Solving a problem using a model
UNIT STUDIES � Farms: What farm animals give us. Review and TEST.
P.E. � Spatial concepts size, direction, level, shape
� Gross motor activities, running games
ART (KD) � Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving turkey (that’s the paper one…) Next
week we are doing some weaving. If you have a six pack ring at home, could you
send it to school?
NOTE: - Grade K/1 is a peanut-free classroom.
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GRADES TWO THREE
MEMORY WORK � Psalm 42:7 Friday, October 24
SPELLING � List 7 Friday, October 24
BIBLE STUDY � Abraham delivers Lot
� The Abrahamic covenant
� Hagar and Ishmael
HEALTH & CAREERS
� Making healthy food choices
� Sorting foods into their respective food groups
� The food pyramid
� Reading food labels
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MUSIC � Folk songs and seasonal songs
P.E. � Soccer
� Various indoor games and activities
LANGUAGE ARTS � Open Court
- Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
- The Hole in the Dike
� Poetry: “Pumpkins” and “Up the Stairs to Bed”
� Six Traits-Conventions: Using periods, commas, and question marks
� Focus on: Robert Munsch
� Spelling: Lesson 7 Short i words (grade 2)
Short e words (grade 3)
� Phonics: review of vowel sounds (grade 2)
MATH � Skip counting
� Addition and subtraction
� Place value
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GRADES FOUR FIVE
MEMORY WORK
(BV)
� Psalm 52:5 (due Thursday October 23)
BIBLE STUDY
(BV)
� Overview of Joshua, Judges and Ruth
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
���� Numeration
- represent and describe numbers to
one million in a variety of ways
- represent and describe decimals
- compare and order decimals
LANGUAGE ARTS
(BV/LML)
� Comprehension exercises
� Unit 1 Spelling exercises
- Long vowel sound spelling patterns
� Writing short stories
SOCIAL STUDIES
(BV)
� Mapping Canada
- Province and territory borders
- Cities
- Lakes and rivers
- Mountains
SCIENCE (BV) � Weather: measuring precipitation, wind and air pressure
� Recording daily weather information
P.E. (BV) � Volleyball
ART (BV) � Colour theory
FRENCH (LML) � Répète, répète, et répète la pièce
� Colour les marionettes (and learn names of
colours)
� Oral Q & A about the play
MUSIC (KD) � Performance: Learning the low E
� Theory: Students should know the notes B, A, G and E on the treble clef
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GRADES SIX SEVEN
MEMORY � Psalm 48:1 “Great is the LORD, him greatly laud…”
BIBLE (LML) � The Patriarchs – Flawed Heroes of the Faith … Genesis 21 - 27
CHURCH HISTORY
(KD)
� The play practices are continuing. Those who have not memorized lines should
make this a priority.
� Unit 4: Decimals to millionths - Unit 4: Geometry, including
transformations
MATH (KD)
Problem of the Week: If all six billion people in the world held hands around the
equator, could they go around the world?
HEALTH &
PERSONAL PLANNING
(KD)
� Career clusters – putting different careers into groups.
LANGUAGE ARTS (LML)
� Reading/Writing: “Boxed Voices” projects are due on Friday
- revise, edit and rewrite interviews (cursive, on cards)
- make box/container ***this will be done at home***
- find 3 artifacts that represent person’s life
- present to class on Friday
� Word Study:
- Vocab #3 due Oct 17 (this is mostly homework)
ART (LML) � Colour theory – warm and cool colours; tints and shades; complementary colours
SCIENCE (KD) � Shoebox project: Biotic and abiotic factors in the environment
due today, but because of soccer, students may bring it on Monday
S. STUDIES (BV) � What are the major aspects of a functioning society?
P.E. (KD)
� Football… in the rain. Dry socks are a great idea.
FRENCH (LML) � Répète, répète, et répète la pièce
� Written: begin Choisit le bon mot
� Oral: answering questions in
complete sentences
� Répète, répète, et répète la pièce
� Written: finish up choisit le bon mot
� Oral: phonetics – pronunciation of
vowel combinations
MUSIC (KD) � Playing test coming up – last opportunity this Tuesday
� Listening: Various styles and genres of music
� Theory: composition and note fingering.
NOTE:
- All grade 6/7 students are invited to participate in a cross country run on Wednesday at Bear Creek Park.