Messages and Reminders:
There is no school for students on Monday. Stories are due by next Friday. We will probably work on them one or two more times, but they are more or less homework at this point. Jump Rope for Heart fundraising is due next Friday. Outdoor school is coming up soon! We leave March 9 and return March 12.
Morning Recap:
We started the day with the February pillars of care assembly. After helping clean up the assembly, we headed upstairs for a health workshop. We have had nursing students in to observe the grade six classes a few times, and a couple weeks ago they had us complete a survey. Based on the results of that survey, they developed a variety of activities around self-confidence and perseverance. Today we wrote letters to our future selves and played self care bingo. The bingo cards had ideas such as drinking enough water and spending time with family and friends. We spent a few minutes going over the rubric that will be used to mark our stories (it is the same rubric that is used for the PATs) and then we ended the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart fundraising due
Friday, March 6 - stories due
March 9 - March 12 - outdoor school
Friday, February 28, 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Thursday, February 27
Messages and Reminders:
The SJAM family orientation is tonight from 5:30 - 7:00. At the end of the student orientation today, instructions were handed out for how to register for options classes. Tomorrow is the February pillars of care assembly. There is no school for students on Monday. Stories are due by the end of next week. We will only be working on them one or two more times in class. Jump Rope for Heart Fundraising is due next Friday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, all grade six students wrote the science unit test. As we finished, we came to room 20 and worked on finish up math or did word work making words out of the letters in aerodynamics. We saw our buddies today since we have a health workshop tomorrow. We went down to their class and continued talking about empathy. We were given two scenarios and had to draw or write how we could show empathy and understanding in each situation. When we got back upstairs, we watched a MathAntics video about multiplying and dividing integers and then went over the order of operations questions that were on yesterday's mini quiz. We ended the morning with gym and library. Lunch was a bit early today because the bus picked us up for SJAM at 12:00. Or at least, it was supposed to. Unfortunately, the bus was late in both directions and we were not on our best behaviour while waiting outside for it. Luckily, things went better while we were actually at SJAM. We met some teachers and did a scavenger hunt around the school. Hopefully you can make it tonight so you can see all the cool things you will get to do next year.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart fundraising due
The SJAM family orientation is tonight from 5:30 - 7:00. At the end of the student orientation today, instructions were handed out for how to register for options classes. Tomorrow is the February pillars of care assembly. There is no school for students on Monday. Stories are due by the end of next week. We will only be working on them one or two more times in class. Jump Rope for Heart Fundraising is due next Friday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, all grade six students wrote the science unit test. As we finished, we came to room 20 and worked on finish up math or did word work making words out of the letters in aerodynamics. We saw our buddies today since we have a health workshop tomorrow. We went down to their class and continued talking about empathy. We were given two scenarios and had to draw or write how we could show empathy and understanding in each situation. When we got back upstairs, we watched a MathAntics video about multiplying and dividing integers and then went over the order of operations questions that were on yesterday's mini quiz. We ended the morning with gym and library. Lunch was a bit early today because the bus picked us up for SJAM at 12:00. Or at least, it was supposed to. Unfortunately, the bus was late in both directions and we were not on our best behaviour while waiting outside for it. Luckily, things went better while we were actually at SJAM. We met some teachers and did a scavenger hunt around the school. Hopefully you can make it tonight so you can see all the cool things you will get to do next year.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart fundraising due
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Wednesday, February 26
Messages and Reminders:
Library tomorrow. SJAM field trip tomorrow. Outdoor school forms are due back by Friday - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly. There is no school for students on Monday. Jump Rope for Heart fundraising is due Friday, March 6.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we had a few minutes of finish up time for integers and order of operations booklets. If we were all caught up, we used this time to either study for tomorrow's science unit test or read to self or someone. In math, we continued finishing our work, did an order of operations mini quiz, and then did Mathletics on the iPads. Some of us have not been using Mathletics time effectively and have a ton of unfinished assignments. After gym, we had a talk about being kind and respectful to one another, since a few of us were really struggling with this today. We did some compliment circles before lunch. We each drew a popsicle stick and we came up with something kind to say to whoever's name was on it. We went around the room to share our kind words and then put the sticks back and pulled again. Hopefully tomorrow will be a kinder day in room 20.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart donations due
Library tomorrow. SJAM field trip tomorrow. Outdoor school forms are due back by Friday - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly. There is no school for students on Monday. Jump Rope for Heart fundraising is due Friday, March 6.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we had a few minutes of finish up time for integers and order of operations booklets. If we were all caught up, we used this time to either study for tomorrow's science unit test or read to self or someone. In math, we continued finishing our work, did an order of operations mini quiz, and then did Mathletics on the iPads. Some of us have not been using Mathletics time effectively and have a ton of unfinished assignments. After gym, we had a talk about being kind and respectful to one another, since a few of us were really struggling with this today. We did some compliment circles before lunch. We each drew a popsicle stick and we came up with something kind to say to whoever's name was on it. We went around the room to share our kind words and then put the sticks back and pulled again. Hopefully tomorrow will be a kinder day in room 20.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart donations due
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Tuesday, February 25
Messages and Reminders:
Jump Rope for Heart fundraising envelopes went home today. The forms are due Friday, March 6. Today's basic facts / computation quiz went home - please sign and return. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back this week - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Tomorrow is pink shirt day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we wrote our basic facts / computation quiz. We took a break to go to the Jump Rope for Heart assembly and then finished up the quiz when we got back upstairs. They were sent home today, so please look over and sign them. In language arts, we continued working on our stories, both before and after gym. Gym this week is jump rope. Some of us were doing some pretty cool skipping tricks today.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart donations due
Jump Rope for Heart fundraising envelopes went home today. The forms are due Friday, March 6. Today's basic facts / computation quiz went home - please sign and return. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back this week - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Tomorrow is pink shirt day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we wrote our basic facts / computation quiz. We took a break to go to the Jump Rope for Heart assembly and then finished up the quiz when we got back upstairs. They were sent home today, so please look over and sign them. In language arts, we continued working on our stories, both before and after gym. Gym this week is jump rope. Some of us were doing some pretty cool skipping tricks today.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Monday, March 2 - non-instruction day
Friday, March 6 - Jump Rope for Heart donations due
Monday, February 24, 2020
Monday, February 24
Messages and Reminders:
Our next basic facts / computation quiz is tomorrow. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back this week - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly - notes went home with our winners today.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we had a quick session with the laptops so we could work on our stories. We have decided that stories will be due at the end of next week, but we will not be working on them much in class after this week. After putting our stories away, we wrote a practice basic facts / computation quiz to prepare for tomorrow's real quiz. Today's quiz also included a bonus page of integer questions for practice, but this will not be on tomorrow's quiz. If we finished early, we worked on last week's order of operations booklets. After gym, we filled out ballots to nominate our classmates for this month's pillars of care awards. When everyone was done, we tallied the votes and announced the winners.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Tuesday, February 25 - basic facts / computation quiz
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - last day to return outdoor school forms
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Our next basic facts / computation quiz is tomorrow. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back this week - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly - notes went home with our winners today.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we had a quick session with the laptops so we could work on our stories. We have decided that stories will be due at the end of next week, but we will not be working on them much in class after this week. After putting our stories away, we wrote a practice basic facts / computation quiz to prepare for tomorrow's real quiz. Today's quiz also included a bonus page of integer questions for practice, but this will not be on tomorrow's quiz. If we finished early, we worked on last week's order of operations booklets. After gym, we filled out ballots to nominate our classmates for this month's pillars of care awards. When everyone was done, we tallied the votes and announced the winners.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Tuesday, February 25 - basic facts / computation quiz
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - last day to return outdoor school forms
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Friday, February 21, 2020
Friday, February 21
Messages and Reminders:
Our next basic facts / computation quiz will be on Tuesday. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly - notes will go home with our winners early next week.
Morning Recap:
This morning we got right into story writing. We will have a few more in class opportunities to work on them and then they will become homework. The due date is likely being pushed back a week to allow for more editing time. In math, we continued working on our order of operations booklets. When buddies came up to see us, we talked about the pillar of the month: understanding. We looked at what it means to be understanding and show empathy. With our buddies, we completed a few activities and did some writing. We ended the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Tuesday, February 25 - basic facts / computation quiz
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Our next basic facts / computation quiz will be on Tuesday. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. SJAM orientation field trip forms are due back for Thursday afternoon's trip. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February - we need to know if students will not be attending outdoor school, so please send us an email. Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Friday is the February pillars of care assembly - notes will go home with our winners early next week.
Morning Recap:
This morning we got right into story writing. We will have a few more in class opportunities to work on them and then they will become homework. The due date is likely being pushed back a week to allow for more editing time. In math, we continued working on our order of operations booklets. When buddies came up to see us, we talked about the pillar of the month: understanding. We looked at what it means to be understanding and show empathy. With our buddies, we completed a few activities and did some writing. We ended the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Tuesday, February 25 - basic facts / computation quiz
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Thursday, February 20
Messages and Reminders:
Field trip forms went home yesterday for next Thursday's grade 7 orientation at SJAM. There is no cost but we do need the signed consent form returned before the trip. There is also a parent orientation that evening - see yesterday's blog post for more info. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. BHS has entered the Artworks Foundation art contest! The theme is changing seasons. Submissions are due Monday, March 30th to Mr. Shackelton. More info is available at http://www.artworksalberta.org.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we got right into story writing. Most of us are done our first drafts and are onto editing and typing our second draft. During math, we wrote a mini quiz on order of operations and then did Mathletics on the laptops. It was nice to see how well most of did after only one day of practice using BEDMAS. We ended the morning with gym and library.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Field trip forms went home yesterday for next Thursday's grade 7 orientation at SJAM. There is no cost but we do need the signed consent form returned before the trip. There is also a parent orientation that evening - see yesterday's blog post for more info. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. BHS has entered the Artworks Foundation art contest! The theme is changing seasons. Submissions are due Monday, March 30th to Mr. Shackelton. More info is available at http://www.artworksalberta.org.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we got right into story writing. Most of us are done our first drafts and are onto editing and typing our second draft. During math, we wrote a mini quiz on order of operations and then did Mathletics on the laptops. It was nice to see how well most of did after only one day of practice using BEDMAS. We ended the morning with gym and library.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Wednesday, February 19
Messages and Reminders:
Field trip forms went home today for next Thursday's grade 7 orientation at SJAM. There is no cost but we do need the signed consent form returned before the trip. There is also a parent orientation that evening - see last blog post for more info. We have library tomorrow. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. BHS has entered the Artworks Foundation art contest! The theme is changing seasons. Submissions are due Monday, March 30th to Mr. Shackelton. More info is available at http://www.artworksalberta.org.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we got right into language arts. We did a mini lesson on showing, not telling. This means describing how a character looks and what they are doing to show how they feel, rather than just saying something like "he was sad." We looked at some examples and then worked with a group to create an example for a given emotion. When we were done, we took turns reading our descriptions and guessing each other's emotions. Then we continued working on our stories. In math, we learned about the order of operations. When solving math questions, we need to remember to use BEDMAS - brackets, exponents, division/multiplication, addition/subtraction. We did some practice as a class and on our own. After gym, we learned a new math game: integer war. It's similar to gain and loss, a game we learned last week, but with an extra step. Each round, we turn over 2, 3, or 4 cards and add them together. Red cards are negative and black cards are positive. Whoever has the higher sum gets to keep the cards for that round, and whoever has the most cards at the end of the game (when the cards have run out) is the winner. Before lunch, we completed a self-assessment exit slip about how we think we did playing the game.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Field trip forms went home today for next Thursday's grade 7 orientation at SJAM. There is no cost but we do need the signed consent form returned before the trip. There is also a parent orientation that evening - see last blog post for more info. We have library tomorrow. Please look over, sign, and return integer quizzes, ratio unit tests, and basic facts quizzes from a couple weeks ago. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. BHS has entered the Artworks Foundation art contest! The theme is changing seasons. Submissions are due Monday, March 30th to Mr. Shackelton. More info is available at http://www.artworksalberta.org.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we got right into language arts. We did a mini lesson on showing, not telling. This means describing how a character looks and what they are doing to show how they feel, rather than just saying something like "he was sad." We looked at some examples and then worked with a group to create an example for a given emotion. When we were done, we took turns reading our descriptions and guessing each other's emotions. Then we continued working on our stories. In math, we learned about the order of operations. When solving math questions, we need to remember to use BEDMAS - brackets, exponents, division/multiplication, addition/subtraction. We did some practice as a class and on our own. After gym, we learned a new math game: integer war. It's similar to gain and loss, a game we learned last week, but with an extra step. Each round, we turn over 2, 3, or 4 cards and add them together. Red cards are negative and black cards are positive. Whoever has the higher sum gets to keep the cards for that round, and whoever has the most cards at the end of the game (when the cards have run out) is the winner. Before lunch, we completed a self-assessment exit slip about how we think we did playing the game.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Tuesday, February 18
Messages and Reminders:
Integers quizzes went home today for you to look over, sign, and return. There are also many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Next Thursday afternoon is our field trip to SJAM junior high.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we did a quick integers review before writing the quiz. Quizzes have been marked and were sent home today so they can be signed and returned as soon as possible. Most of us did well on the quiz. In language arts, we continued working on our stories. The expectation is that when we finish our first draft, we revise and edit our own work and have a friend complete an editing checklist for us as well. Once both checklists are complete, we can move onto typing our second draft. During gym, we played bench dodgeball against the grade fives. We ended the morning by going over the answers to the problems on the integers quiz and putting some papers into our math folders.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Integers quizzes went home today for you to look over, sign, and return. There are also many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day. Next Thursday afternoon is our field trip to SJAM junior high.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we did a quick integers review before writing the quiz. Quizzes have been marked and were sent home today so they can be signed and returned as soon as possible. Most of us did well on the quiz. In language arts, we continued working on our stories. The expectation is that when we finish our first draft, we revise and edit our own work and have a friend complete an editing checklist for us as well. Once both checklists are complete, we can move onto typing our second draft. During gym, we played bench dodgeball against the grade fives. We ended the morning by going over the answers to the problems on the integers quiz and putting some papers into our math folders.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Thursday, February 27 - field trip to SJAM
Friday, February 28 - outdoor school forms due
Friday, February 28 - pillars of care assembly
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Wednesday, February 12
Messages and Reminders:
There will be an integers quiz on Tuesday. Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school tomorrow, Friday, or Monday. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we got right back into story writing. Some of us asked to take our journals home so we can work on our stories over the long weekend. During math, we tried to catch up and finish all our unfinished integers work before writing an integers mini quiz and doing Mathletics on the laptops. In gym, it was our turn for the lacrosse class. We ended the morning with some guided drawing of a bouquet of roses in honour of Valentine's Day.
Have a great long weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day! See you on Tuesday.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - integers quiz
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
There will be an integers quiz on Tuesday. Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school tomorrow, Friday, or Monday. Next Wednesday is pink shirt day - see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we got right back into story writing. Some of us asked to take our journals home so we can work on our stories over the long weekend. During math, we tried to catch up and finish all our unfinished integers work before writing an integers mini quiz and doing Mathletics on the laptops. In gym, it was our turn for the lacrosse class. We ended the morning with some guided drawing of a bouquet of roses in honour of Valentine's Day.
Have a great long weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day! See you on Tuesday.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - integers quiz
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Tuesday, February 11
Messages and Reminders:
Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we caught up on unfinished math or did read to self or someone. During language arts, we continued story writing. In math, we worked on integer word problems. We had to look for clue words to determine if the numbers were positive or negative. For example, if something is below sea level, that means it's a negative number. We ended the morning going outside for gym with Mr. Shackelton's class since there is a lacrosse residency happening in the gym today and tomorrow (our day for it is tomorrow).
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we caught up on unfinished math or did read to self or someone. During language arts, we continued story writing. In math, we worked on integer word problems. We had to look for clue words to determine if the numbers were positive or negative. For example, if something is below sea level, that means it's a negative number. We ended the morning going outside for gym with Mr. Shackelton's class since there is a lacrosse residency happening in the gym today and tomorrow (our day for it is tomorrow).
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Monday, February 10, 2020
Monday, February 10
Messages and Reminders:
Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we got right into story writing. Most of us have written our beginning paragraph and are now writing the rest of our first draft in our journals. Our buddies came up to see us so we could finish the art project we started on Friday. Today we used watercolours to paint the sections inside our hearts. We also watched a quick Valentine's Day cartoon while the last few students finished their painting. After buddies left, we cleaned up the room and headed down to gym. When we got back to class, we practiced integer subtraction until lunch.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school on Thursday, Friday, or Monday.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we got right into story writing. Most of us have written our beginning paragraph and are now writing the rest of our first draft in our journals. Our buddies came up to see us so we could finish the art project we started on Friday. Today we used watercolours to paint the sections inside our hearts. We also watched a quick Valentine's Day cartoon while the last few students finished their painting. After buddies left, we cleaned up the room and headed down to gym. When we got back to class, we practiced integer subtraction until lunch.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Friday, February 7, 2020
Friday, February 7
Messages and Reminders:
Fun lunch forms went home today. Order online if you want Subway at this month's fun lunch. Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school next Thursday or Friday because of teachers' convention.
Morning Recap:
This morning we had some visitors for health. Mount Royal University nursing students have been observing grade six students over the past few Fridays. They are working on a community health initiative. Today they had us complete a survey about resiliency to give them a better idea of what type of program might be the most useful for us. After health, we got right into working on our stories in language arts. Most of us are working on our beginning paragraph or writing our first draft in our journals. We'll move onto computers next week after we finish and edit our first drafts. During math, we continued working with integers. Today we watched a MathAntics video about adding and subtracting integers and then did some practice adding using a number line and then tried some without. After math, buddies came up to do some art with us. Since there is no school on Valentine's Day (next Friday), we started our Valentine art today. We drew large hearts on our paper, and then used black paint to stamp overlapping black circles throughout our hearts. They need to dry before the next step, so we'll see our buddies again on Monday to keep working on it. We ended the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Fun lunch forms went home today. Order online if you want Subway at this month's fun lunch. Many ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes still need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February. There is no school next Thursday or Friday because of teachers' convention.
Morning Recap:
This morning we had some visitors for health. Mount Royal University nursing students have been observing grade six students over the past few Fridays. They are working on a community health initiative. Today they had us complete a survey about resiliency to give them a better idea of what type of program might be the most useful for us. After health, we got right into working on our stories in language arts. Most of us are working on our beginning paragraph or writing our first draft in our journals. We'll move onto computers next week after we finish and edit our first drafts. During math, we continued working with integers. Today we watched a MathAntics video about adding and subtracting integers and then did some practice adding using a number line and then tried some without. After math, buddies came up to do some art with us. Since there is no school on Valentine's Day (next Friday), we started our Valentine art today. We drew large hearts on our paper, and then used black paint to stamp overlapping black circles throughout our hearts. They need to dry before the next step, so we'll see our buddies again on Monday to keep working on it. We ended the morning at gym with all the grade sixes.
Have a great weekend!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Thursday, February 6
Messages and Reminders:
Math night is tonight from 6:00 - 8:00. Ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we did a reading comprehension assessment. This time we read a story called Charlie. Ms. Winston read the first three and a half pages aloud while we followed along and annotated. Then we finished reading the story with a partner and discussed the surprise ending. Finally we had time to read it again on our own and answer some comprehension questions. This was a longer reading with tough questions, but the expectation was still that we try our best, which most of us did. Once we finished the reading and questions, we either did finish up math or picked up an integers mini quiz (4 questions on more and less) before doing Mathletics on the iPads. We ended the morning with gym and library.
Hope to see you all at math night tonight!
Math night is tonight from 6:00 - 8:00. Ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we did a reading comprehension assessment. This time we read a story called Charlie. Ms. Winston read the first three and a half pages aloud while we followed along and annotated. Then we finished reading the story with a partner and discussed the surprise ending. Finally we had time to read it again on our own and answer some comprehension questions. This was a longer reading with tough questions, but the expectation was still that we try our best, which most of us did. Once we finished the reading and questions, we either did finish up math or picked up an integers mini quiz (4 questions on more and less) before doing Mathletics on the iPads. We ended the morning with gym and library.
Hope to see you all at math night tonight!
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 6 - math night - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Wednesday, February 5
Messages and Reminders:
Math night is tomorrow from 6:00 - 8:00. Ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we wrote our basic facts / computation quiz. As we finished, we worked on yesterday's integers booklet or read if we were finished all our work. Quizzes have been marked and were sent home today for you to look over, sign, and send back to school. In language arts, we continued planning and working on the first draft of our stories. After another day of dodgeball in gym, we continued our story writing. We also took a couple minutes before lunch to put papers in our math folders.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Math night is tomorrow from 6:00 - 8:00. Ratios unit tests and basic facts / computation quizzes need to be signed and returned. Outdoor school forms are due back by the end of February.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we wrote our basic facts / computation quiz. As we finished, we worked on yesterday's integers booklet or read if we were finished all our work. Quizzes have been marked and were sent home today for you to look over, sign, and send back to school. In language arts, we continued planning and working on the first draft of our stories. After another day of dodgeball in gym, we continued our story writing. We also took a couple minutes before lunch to put papers in our math folders.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Thursday, February 6 - math night - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Tuesday, February 4
Messages and Reminders:
Everyone should now have copies of the outdoor school forms. They are due back by the end of February. Please contact us with any questions about outdoor school. Ratios unit tests need to be signed and returned. Our basic facts / computation quiz is tomorrow. Math night is Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we did read to self. In language arts, we began planning our stories. We answered the 5W+H questions about our story and filled out a graphic organizer to show our story plan. If our planning was complete, we looked over some ideas for story beginnings and then wrote a draft of the beginning paragraph of our stories. During math, we started our new unit: integers. For the first time, we are working with both positive and negative numbers. We watched a MathAntics video about integers and did some practice questions as a class to compare integers and look at where various integers fall on a number line. We started an integers booklet, took a break for bench dodgeball in gym, and then continued working on our integer booklet until lunch.
Everyone should now have copies of the outdoor school forms. They are due back by the end of February. Please contact us with any questions about outdoor school. Ratios unit tests need to be signed and returned. Our basic facts / computation quiz is tomorrow. Math night is Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00.
Morning Recap:
This morning after music, we did read to self. In language arts, we began planning our stories. We answered the 5W+H questions about our story and filled out a graphic organizer to show our story plan. If our planning was complete, we looked over some ideas for story beginnings and then wrote a draft of the beginning paragraph of our stories. During math, we started our new unit: integers. For the first time, we are working with both positive and negative numbers. We watched a MathAntics video about integers and did some practice questions as a class to compare integers and look at where various integers fall on a number line. We started an integers booklet, took a break for bench dodgeball in gym, and then continued working on our integer booklet until lunch.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 5 - basic facts / computation quiz
Wednesday, February 5 - basic facts / computation quiz
Thursday, February 6 - math night - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Tuesday, February 18 - science project due
Wednesday, February 26 - pink shirt day (see http://www.pinktshirtday.ca/why-pink-t-shirts.html for more info about this day)
Notes from Mr. Mueller about this month's science project
Science Project - due February 18.
In the next two weeks, student will create their Flight & Aerodynamics magazine.
The magazine must include the basics taught in class and should be enhanced by personal inquiry and research.
- forces of flight explained
- design of an airfoil
- Bernoulli's principle
- bird adaptations for flight
- Glossary of key terms and vocabulary
- streamlining exemplars
- air resistance
- insect adaptations for flight
- properties of air
- air pressure
- experiments from class or home
- Pioneers of flight
- various aircraft types
Monday, February 3, 2020
Monday, February 3
Messages and Reminders:
Outdoor school forms should have gone home this afternoon with students whose families did not attend last Thursday's information session. Forms are due back by the end of February. Please contact us with any questions about outdoor school. Ratios unit tests need to be signed and returned. Our next basic facts / computation quiz is on Wednesday. Math night is Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we caught up on unfinished work from last week or did read to self or someone. In math, we did a practice basic facts / computation quiz. We went through the answers together and marked our own work so that we could review the process. The practice quizzes can be used to study for Wednesday's real quiz. In language arts, we finished up our notes on narrative writing by talking about revising and editing. Then we looked at an example of a level 3 story. We went through it in sections to look at each part of the story. We took a break for gym and went over some expectations for the story we are going to be writing over the next couple weeks. We talked about how we will need to do multiple drafts and that we are expected to show the revisions and edits we make throughout the process. We also looked at the planning pages we're going to start filling out tomorrow.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 5 - basic facts / computation quiz
Outdoor school forms should have gone home this afternoon with students whose families did not attend last Thursday's information session. Forms are due back by the end of February. Please contact us with any questions about outdoor school. Ratios unit tests need to be signed and returned. Our next basic facts / computation quiz is on Wednesday. Math night is Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00.
Morning Recap:
This morning after ignite, we caught up on unfinished work from last week or did read to self or someone. In math, we did a practice basic facts / computation quiz. We went through the answers together and marked our own work so that we could review the process. The practice quizzes can be used to study for Wednesday's real quiz. In language arts, we finished up our notes on narrative writing by talking about revising and editing. Then we looked at an example of a level 3 story. We went through it in sections to look at each part of the story. We took a break for gym and went over some expectations for the story we are going to be writing over the next couple weeks. We talked about how we will need to do multiple drafts and that we are expected to show the revisions and edits we make throughout the process. We also looked at the planning pages we're going to start filling out tomorrow.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Wednesday, February 5 - basic facts / computation quiz
Thursday, February 6 - math night - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday, February 13 - no school (teachers' convention)
Friday, February 14 - no school (teachers' convention)
Monday, February 17 - no school (Family Day)
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