Monday, September 30

Messages and Reminders:
Our first basic facts quiz will be on Wednesday. We have our second spelling test on Thursday, so spelling sentence homework must be returned by Thursday. We have library on Thursday.

Morning recap:
This morning after ignite, all the grade six classes met with Ms. Harmony to talk about orange shirt day and its importance. When we got to room 20, we did read to self and switched out who is doing classroom jobs (we switch every two weeks). In language arts, we continued talking about poetry. Today we went over some terms related to poetry, such as rhythm and repetition. You will be seeing more of these words on an upcoming spelling list. In math, we reviewed a few concepts. Ms. Winston checked out our Mathletics reports this weekend and saw that a lot of us struggled with the activities on rounding decimals, so we did some work on that. We also reviewed addition and subtraction. Tomorrow we will practice multiplication and division so that we are prepared for our upcoming basic facts quiz. In gym, we went outside to play in the snow and it was super fun!

Upcoming important dates:
Wednesday, October 2 - basic facts quiz
Thursday, October 3 - spelling test / spelling sentence homework due
Friday, October 11 - no school - PD day
Monday, October 14 - no school - Thanksgiving
Tuesday, October 15 - no school - PD day

Bring snow gear tomorrow!

Since it is still snowing but the temperature is not that cold, Mr. Sadowsky has said that if students are dressed for the snow, we can likely do outdoor activities for gym tomorrow. Make sure to bring your coat, snow pants, gloves, hats, and boots so that you can participate.

New spelling words

This week's spelling words go along with what students are learning about trees and forests in science. All students must know the first 10 words. Students should know all 15 words. For homework this week (due on Thursday, Oct. 3), each word must be written into a complete sentence with proper capitals and punctuation. Please underline the spelling words. Our spelling test will be Thursday morning.

Must know words:
1.  habitat
2.  canopy
3.  understory
4.  subfloor (or sub-floor)
5.  organism
6.  leaves
7.  producers
8.  nutrients
9.  deciduous
10. coniferous

Should know words:

11.  bacteria

12.  emergent

13.  biodiversity

14.  ecosystem

15.  decomposers

Friday, September 27

Messages and Reminders:
Orange shirt day is on Monday. School spirit clothing order deadline was extended until Monday so you have one more chance to order.

Morning recap:
This morning we helped set up for the pillars of care assembly. After the assembly, we helped put away all the chairs, benches, and risers before writing and peer marking our spelling test. We have all seen our scores on the test. Our buddies came up to our class for the first time this year. We read a book called You Hold Me Up and talked about how it connects to orange shirt day and to our monthly pillar of belonging. With our buddies, we designed t-shirts showing ways we can hold each other up. After buddies left, we cleaned up our classroom before ending the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Upcoming important dates:

Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day
Monday, September 30 - school spirit clothing orders due

Thursday, September 26

Messages and Reminders:
We are doing our first spelling test tomorrow. The September pillars of care assembly is tomorrow morning at 8:30. Tomorrow is the last day to bring Terry Fox donations. School spirit clothing orders are due tomorrow. Orange shirt day is on Monday.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from ignite, we wrote in our journals about yesterday's field trip. We wrote about what we did, what we saw, and our favourite part. If our sentence homework had not been returned, we had class time to finish it. Some of us went to patrol training in the gym and the rest of us did Terry Fox doodle art. We each got a blank shoe to cover with words and images related to Terry Fox. During math, we did Mathletics on the laptops. We ended the morning with gym and a trip to the library.

Upcoming important dates:

Friday, September 27 - school spirit clothing orders due
Friday, September 27 - spelling test
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Wednesday, September 25

Messages and Reminders:
We have library tomorrow so make sure your books are returned. We have our first spelling test on Friday, so spelling sentence homework must be returned by tomorrow. The September pillars of care assembly is on Friday morning at 8:30. Friday is the last day to bring donations for Terry Fox. School spirit clothing orders are due by Friday. Orange shirt day is Monday, September 30.

Morning recap:
This morning we went on our walking field trip to Nose Hill Park. The weather was perfect! We walked to the park and then split into groups to go exploring and to look for different types of leaves. After a while, we all met back at the tunnel and trekked back to school just in time to regroup before lunch. Overall, BHS was well represented with students acting responsibly and respectfully. What a great morning!

Upcoming important dates:

Thursday, September 26 - spelling sentence homework due
Friday, September 27 - spelling test
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - school spirit clothing orders due
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Tuesday, September 24

Messages and Reminders:
Grade six is going on a walking field trip to Nose Hill Park tomorrow morning. Make sure to dress for the weather. We have library on Thursday. We are collecting donations for Terry Fox all week. We will do our first spelling test on Friday, so spelling sentence homework must be returned by Thursday. The September pillars of care assembly is on Friday morning at 8:30. School spirit clothing orders are due by Friday. Orange shirt day is Monday, September 30.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from music, we did quiet reading. We also had a chance to see Ms. Winston's feedback on the stories we wrote yesterday. In math, we completed our decimal test and then worked on our spelling sentences or did free reading or drawing while we waited for everyone to be done. We saw our marks on the test out of 34. During language arts, we learned about cinquain poems. They have five lines and follow a specific format. We wrote these two as a class before gym.

During gym, we played tag and fitness games. When we got back to class, we wrote our own cinquain poems in our journals. 

Upcoming important dates:

Wednesday, September 25 - walking field trip to Nose Hill Park

Thursday, September 26 - spelling sentence homework due
Friday, September 27 - spelling test
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - school spirit clothing orders due
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Monday, September 23

Messages and Reminders:
The Terry Fox run has been rescheduled to tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon in order to beat the incoming chilly weather. We will be collecting donations for Terry Fox all week. A school spirit wear order form went home today. See note below for details. Our class will do our decimal assessment tomorrow morning, which will cover comparing decimals using greater than and less than symbols, writing decimals in standard and expanded form, adding and subtracting decimals, and converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages. We did a practice test today that students are bringing home so that they can study. Please return practice tests tomorrow. Grade six is going on a walking field trip to Nose Hill Park on Wednesday morning. An information letter about the trip went home today. If you are able to volunteer for this trip, please fill out and return the bottom portion of the form. We have library on Thursday. We will do our first spelling test on Friday, so sentences must be handed in by Thursday. The September pillars of care assembly is on Friday morning at 8:30. Notes went home with room 20's winners today. Orange shirt day is Monday, September 30. We will talk more about this day throughout the week and at the Friday assembly.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from ignite, we did quiet reading. In language arts, we did a writing sample. We had about an hour to write a story based on this picture.

We will do a story writing sample with a different picture prompt every month in order to set writing goals and see how we improve throughout the year. 

In math, we did a group review of the decimal concepts that will be covered on tomorrow's assessment and then did a practice test so we can see what we need to review tonight. It went home today so that it can be used for studying. We then had time to keep working through last week's booklet to practice our skills. We took a break to go to gym and then continued with math before lunch.

A note from the office: Beddington Heights School is excited to offer school t-shirts, hoodies and sweatpants for sale to our students and families this year. Order forms were sent home today with the youngest student in your family. For those interested in purchasing, order forms are due back by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. Please do not send money. Once the orders have been received, the school with send you an invoice which can be paid online, by debit/credit, or by cash. Your order will be sent home with your student once payment is received. Thank you.

Upcoming important dates:
Tuesday, September 24 - decimal test

Tuesday, September 24 - Terry Fox assembly and run (afternoon)

Wednesday, September 25 - walking field trip to Nose Hill Park
Thursday, September 26 - spelling sentence homework due

Friday, September 27 - spelling test
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - school spirit clothing orders due
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Grade 6 Curriculum Links

It was great to see many of you at meet the teacher last night. As promised, here are the links to the curriculum documents we reviewed.

Alberta Education grade 6 at a glance: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mychildslearning/grade6.html

CBE curriculum overview: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/pages/default.aspx

Alberta Education programs of study: http://www.learnalberta.ca/ProgramOfStudy.aspx?lang=en&ProgramId=404703#80162

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, September 19

Messages and Reminders:
Meet the teacher is tonight. Hope to see you all there! There is no school tomorrow. Our first spelling list went out today. The words/phrases this week are math focused. Students need to write each word/phrase in a sentence and return it by next Thursday, September 26. We are still deciding on the date for the spelling test so stay tuned, but it should be next Thursday or Friday.

Spelling list:

1. Hundred million
2. Ten billion
3. Four hundred thousand
4. Seven tenths
5. Thirteen hundredths
6. Eight hundred seventeen thousandths
7. Two thousand two
8. Decimal
9. Place value
10. Percent
11. Fraction
12. Borrowing
13. Carrying-over
14. Addition
15. Subtraction

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from ignite, we worked on our fingerprint poems if we weren't done or made words out of the letters in FINGERPRINT. We got our spelling lists and then did a quick review of adding and subtracting decimals. It is just like adding and subtracting whole numbers, but we have to be careful to line up the decimals so that it ends up in the correct place. We saw our buddies today since there is no school tomorrow. Today we did buddy interviews to get to know each other a bit better. When we got back upstairs, we completed our week in review and then helped clean up the classroom. We ended the morning with gym and then a trip to the library.

Have a great weekend!

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - meet the teacher 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friday, September 20 - PD day (no school for students)
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - Terry Fox run
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Wednesday, September 18

Messages and Reminders:
We have library tomorrow so make sure books are returned if you want a new one. Some students chose to take home their fingerprint poems in order to have them done for tomorrow night. They must come back to school tomorrow. Meet the teacher is tomorrow evening. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well. There is no school for students on Friday.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from music, we had a choice of silent reading on our own or whisper reading with a partner. In math, reviewed converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages. We went over the table we did yesterday and then did another table with different numbers. The goal was to do better today than we did yesterday, and almost all of us did. After completing today's table, we did Mathletics on the iPads. Place value work has been assigned to us on Mathletics. Ms. Harmony came to visit during Mathletics to get to know us. She is Beddington's new Indigenous Education Learning Leader. During language arts, we continued working on our fingerprint poems. We took a break to go to gym and then kept working on our poems until lunch. Hopefully we will all get them done tomorrow.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - meet the teacher 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - Terry Fox run
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Tuesday, September 17

Messages and Reminders:
We have library on Thursday so make sure books are returned if you want a new one. Meet the teacher is Thursday evening. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well. There is no school for students on Friday.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from music, we did quiet reading. In math, we completed a table showing equivalent decimals, fractions, and percentages before continuing to work on our booklets from yesterday. We used the laptops this morning. Our four jobs were to:

1. Show Ms. Winston we could log into Iris 
2. Show Ms. Winston we could log into Mathletics
3. Log into gmail and reply to Ms. Winston's email
4. Create and share a new google doc in which we did free writing using any of the topics we brainstormed last week.

After putting the laptops away, we went to gym and continued playing compound games. We ended the morning by working on our fingerprint poems. The goal was to start our good copies today and most of us got there, so hopefully they will be up for you to see on Thursday night.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - meet the teacher 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - Terry Fox run
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Monday, September 16

Messages and Reminders:
A few class contracts still need to be returned! We have library on Thursday so make sure books are returned if you want a new one. Meet the teacher is on Thursday evening. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well. There is no school for students on Friday.

Morning recap:
This morning when we got back from ignite, we did quiet reading. In language arts, we began our poetry unit. Our first assignment is to create a fingerprint poem. Each of our fingerprints are unique and each of our poems will be too. We can write anything we want about ourselves and our good copy will be written on the lines of a fingerprint. We will hopefully get these done for you to see at meet the teacher on Thursday.

During the first part of math, we reviewed decimals by watching a couple quick videos and playing a class game. We looked at concepts including decimal place value and representing decimals using base ten blocks. After taking a break to go out for gym, we looked at how large numbers are represented as decimals in the media (for example, 3 400 000 being written as 3.4 million or 3.4M) and did a bit more decimal review before starting a booklet we will be working on all week.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - meet the teacher 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Friday, September 27 - pillars of care assembly 8:30am
Friday, September 27 - Terry Fox run
Monday, September 30 - orange shirt day

Dot Day Buddy Art

Hi Grade Six Superstars,

Mr. Beechey and I put your dot art pieces together after school and I am too excited about the finished product to wait until Monday to show it to you...

Have a great weekend!

Friday, September 13

Messages and Reminders:
6 students still need to sign and return their class contracts! Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.

Morning recap:
This morning we began with quiet reading. In math, we were introduced to a whole bunch of partner multiplication and division games. The more we practice, the quicker we will get at recalling the facts, but for now, there are multiplication tables available to assist us. We spent a while playing the different games today to familiarize ourselves with the rules.

After math, we completed an activity that we will do at the end of the week most (if not all) weeks this year. It is called Week in Review and it is a chance to self-reflect and set intentions or goals for the upcoming week. The prompts may change throughout the year, but they are currently:

1. Something I am proud of at school this week is...
2. I showed the pillars of care this week by...
3. Something I could work on doing better at school next week is...

We are encouraged to be thoughtful and specific in our answers. Week in Review pages are handed into the teacher but are not shared with anyone else.

We had a special activity planned with our grade two buddies today. This Sunday is International Dot Day, a day that is celebrated around the world every year based on the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds, which is about celebrating creativity and supporting one another. Most of us have read the book at least once before, so this morning we read it again and then talked about the message. Then we each received a quarter of a circle and used pencil crayons and markers to decorate it using any pictures, patterns, or designs we wanted. We helped our little buddies with their work if they needed, but everyone created their own art. Now that they are all done, we will put them together to form a mural of dots that are each unique but all fit together to make something beautiful. Doing this activity with our buddies tied into this month's focus on belonging.

At the end of buddies, we had our first fire drill of the year. Normally we will go down the stairs and out the main doors of the school, but today we went out the grade 1/2 doors. We did a good job staying quiet and setting a good example for our little buddies. When we got back inside, we had just enough time to clean up our classroom before heading down to end the morning playing dodgeball in the gym.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30 

Thursday, September 12

Messages and Reminders:
We are still missing some class agreements. Please return them tomorrow if you haven't yet. Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.

Morning recap:
Thursday mornings all division two classes begin with ignite. When we got back to class, we had a choice of reading silently alone or whisper reading with a partner while a few students finished their name tags and bookmarks. During our first math block, we continued working on the place value booklet we got yesterday and played number building battle. In language arts, we continued reviewing parts of speech by making mini posters. We then finished our parts of speech sort and played mad libs. We also brainstormed ideas for free writing, although we didn't have time to actually do free writing today. Gym was finally outside. Mr. Sadowsky went through the games that were repainted on the compound. In the time between gym and lunch, we shifted our math focus to multiplication facts, which is another area that our baseline assessment showed could use some practice. Today we played a class game to practice. The record was 7:20 for the multiplication and division version. We'll try to get faster next time we play.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30 

Wednesday, September 11

Messages and Reminders:
Not everyone has returned their class agreements yet. A new copy went home today if requested. Please sign and return them tomorrow if you haven't yet. Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.

Morning recap:
Wednesday mornings we have music first thing. When we got back to class, we did word work and came up with as many words as we could using the letters in GRADE SIX. In language arts, we did some review based on what Ms. Winston noticed in our writing samples from the other day. Many of us were misusing punctuation, so we went over different punctuation marks and when to use each of them. We spent an extra long time focusing on apostrophes because so many of us are using apostrophes in plurals (eg. I like cat's.). After fixing some apostrophe errors and explaining the reason to use or not use an apostrophe (contraction, possessive, plural), we reviewed what all sentences need to have, and sorted a list of parts of speech into nouns, verbs, and adjectives. During math, we reviewed what we did yesterday (place value, standard and expanded form, base ten blocks, etc.) and then received a booklet to practice these skills. Gym was moved indoors again so we played capture the gold against the grade fives. We ended the morning at the library. Our normal library day is Thursday but Mrs. Paolini will be away tomorrow.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30 

Tuesday, September 10

Messages and Reminders:
Class agreements need to be signed and returned as soon as possible. If not returned tomorrow, another copy will go home in case the first one went missing. We have library tomorrow, so bring back last week's books if you took them home. Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.

Morning recap:
Tuesday mornings we have music first thing. When we got back to class, we finished our name tags, photos frames, and bookmarks, and did quiet reading. During math, we began a review of place value since our baseline assessment showed most of us need some practice. As a class, we looked at various numbers and practiced how to say them and what each numeral was worth, and we compared numbers to determine which was greater. We also looked at base ten blocks and reviewed how to determine what number a given group of blocks represents. In our math journals, we made and filled in a place value chart and also practiced writing numbers in standard form (eg. 1265) and expanded form (eg. 1000 + 200 + 60 + 5). Then we learned a dice game called Number Building Battle and played it with a partner to practice some of these place value concepts.

In language arts and health, we continued talking about belonging. We read a picture book called The Invisible Boy and talked about how we can get important messages from seemingly simple books. We then completed a graphic organizer and explained what belonging is, what it looks like, feelings associated with it, and non-examples. If we finished early, we drew a picture or comic strip on the back to show belonging.

After gym, we kept working on our belonging task if we weren't done and played math games if all our work was finished.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30 

Monday, September 9

Messages and Reminders:
Class agreements need to be signed and returned as soon as possible. Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.

Morning recap:
Monday mornings the whole school has ignite from 8:00 - 8:30. When we got back to class, we did a few minutes of quiet reading and then talked about the choices for our first writing sample of the year. We either wrote a letter to our future selves or wrote a story based on a picture. During gym, we played capture the gold against the grade fives. In the time between gym and lunch, we finished our name tags from last week if we weren't done, made frames for our photos, and started making bookmarks that we can use at school this year.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30 

Friday, September 6

Messages and Reminders:
A notice about walking field trips and classroom blogs went home today. Our class agreement went home and needs to be signed and returned next week. All forms are due back as soon as possible.

Morning recap:
This morning all 3 classes began by finishing the popsicle stick bridge building challenge they started yesterday afternoon. When we got back to room 20, we had a few minutes to either work on our name tags, read, or free draw while we ate our snacks. Before going downstairs to meet our grade 2 buddies, we reviewed expectations and what it should look like to be a big buddy. This year we are buddies with Mr. Beechey's class. Today we read with our buddies, but we will do a variety of projects throughout the year. From buddies, we went to the welcome back assembly and got introductions to new faces around the building and reviewed school expectations. We will end every Friday morning at gym with Mr. Mueller and Mr. Shackelton.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher (evening - watch for details)

Thursday, September 5

Messages and Reminders:
Many forms will be coming home this week and need to be completed, signed, and returned as soon as possible. Our class is divided between room 14 and 15 in the afternoons for social studies and science, so make sure to check their blogs for updates on that part of the day.

Morning recap:
Most Thursdays we will begin with ignite, but that doesn't start until next week, so we began the morning with reading. In health, we did some brainstorming on how to show the four pillars of care (care for self, others, learning, and place). This year we will also be having a monthly pillar. September is all about belonging, so we talked about what it means and how we can show it. From there, we wrote out our class agreement (going home tomorrow) on how we will show the pillars of care in room 20.

During math, we completed a baseline assessment. It included concepts from last year and things that we will be working on this year, so there was no expectation that we knew the answer to every question. We peer marked them and then played another couple rounds of the line up game before gym. Today was our first day with Mr. Sadowsky for gym so we practiced using various types of equipment and listening for the different whistle commands. We ended the morning by playing Boggle for word work. Today's high score was 47 (there was a tie). How many words can you find?!

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher (evening - watch for details)

Wednesday, September 4

Messages and Reminders:
Many forms will be coming home this week and need to be completed, signed, and returned as soon as possible. Today we brought home digital citizenship forms. If they are not returned, we will not be allowed to use technology at school this year. Our class is divided between room 14 and 15 in the afternoons for social studies and science, so make sure to check their blogs for updates on that part of the day.

Morning recap:
This morning we had music first thing, as we will every Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Wiens is teaching music again this year. When we got back to class, we created name tags for the border of our first documentation of learning board. You'll be able to check it out at meet the teacher on September 19.

During language arts, we completed our first Edmonton spelling test of the year. This 50 question spelling test gives an approximate grade level spelling ability. We talked about how there is no expectation that anyone in grade 6 would spell all 50 words correctly but that it was important to show care for learning by following test taking protocol and trying our best. We peer marked the tests when we were done. It turns out some of us are much better at spelling than we are at marking, so Ms. Winston double checked them after school and we can find out our accurate scores tomorrow if we want.

Since we are still getting to know each other and we had been sitting for a while, we played some line up games. For example, we lined up based on what month we were born and based on how many pets we have. We timed ourselves to see how quickly we could complete the various challenges. The record was 40 seconds. We talked about digital citizenship and what it needs to look like this year before heading to gym. Our regular gym time will be 10:30 - 11:00 with Ms. Wallace's class, so we started that routine today with a game of dodgeball.

Grade six classes were invited to visit the library this morning (before library officially begins for the whole school) we ended the morning with a trip to the library. Some of us brought our books home and some left them to read at school.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher (evening - watch for details)

Tuesday, September 3

Messages and Reminders:
Many forms will be coming home this week and need to be completed, signed, and returned as soon as possible.

Morning recap:
This morning we spent the first little while in room 14/15 getting to know our afternoon teachers. Then we came together as a group in room 20. We completed an about me page and a puzzle showing different things we do and do not enjoy and shared some of our answers with each other. We got familiarized with our classroom, including the shelves where we can keep our materials since we have tables instead of desks with desk trays. We also talked about some of the rules and expectations in our class.

One thing we'll do almost every day is read, either to ourselves or to each other, so we checked out our classroom library and learned the expectations for reading in room 20. After a quick snack break (recess for grade 6 will be in the afternoons this year because of our gym and music being in the morning), we went over our classroom jobs and chose who will do each job first. We'll switch every week or two. Jobs include things like helping organize materials, answering the phone and door, and handing out papers. This morning we also labeled our math, LA, and health notebooks and folders.

Our class is divided between room 14 and 15 in the afternoons for social studies and science, so make sure to check their blogs for updates on that part of the day.

Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher (evening - watch for details)