Isometric Drawings

The grade 6 class went out of their way to spoil me for my birthday. I was blown away with the way students made me feel special. Thank you to all. As a result of the student-initiated birthday celebration, we did not get work on adventure writing today.

In math, we took much class time to take up yesterday’s homework on nets. An area of weakness for the class as a whole is using hatch marks to show equal sides. We then began a new lesson on drawing figures. They drew the front, top, and side views of figures on grid paper. They used triangular-dot paper to draw isometric diagrams. Students are asked to complete practice problems on p. 104 & 105 of the MMS textbook.

Students met in groups to discuss chapter 7 of The Lightning Thief.  Students had class time and some used recess time to read chapter 8. For homework, they are asked to reflect on chapter 8 using the new role they were assigned today. We will have our next literature circles group meeting tomorrow.

I continued the second round of conferences with students about their electric cars. Three more students were ready to meet with me today.  There are still a number of students who have not brought their cars in this week. All students should bring in their cars and engineering design portfolios to show their progress. Students are to keep working on their cars. All students are asked to complete test 3 by Monday, November 2, at which point we will have conferences again to check on and discuss progress.

Our inquiry time took place at the end of the day. Grade 6s took the first bit of class time to complete a self-assessment on the work they did on ancient Egypt. We continued reading from The Greek Gods. Today we heard about Demeter and Persephone. We will continue this chapter tomorrow. We took up yesterday’s assigned activity pages on Greece. Students then sat with their new partner and researched ancient Greece using books and graphic organizers

The fundraising bake sale continues tomorrow. $1 - $2 should be enough to buy a treat.

Homework & Reminders

·         Science Fair: Keep working on your electric car. Have test 3 done by Monday, November 2

·         MMS p. 104- 105. Test on Monday, November 2

·         The Lightning Thief: Complete your literature circle response for tomorrow’s discussion on chapter 8

·         Complete Greece activity pages 80 & 81

·         Tomorrow -  Bake Sale

·         Friday, October 30 – Halloween Spirit Day, ROM trip forms and payment due

·         Monday, November 2 – Math test, Round 3 of electric car conferences

·         Friday, November 6 – PD Day – No school for students