Spirit Day

St. Jude’s was buzzing with excitement today. Students were colourfully dressed in their costumes. We had a Halloween themed house game. Two of our class’ students participated and had to drink swamp water – uugghhh. Well done on being good sports, Carter and Abel! Ms. Goulart and “Mr. Sawatsky” chose students with what they thought were the best costumes. We heard that Kappa is in the lead for the house cup, with Zeta in second place. Theta students in Grade 6 are doing lots of jobs to help their house catch up.

Students attended Gym class with Ms. Lovan.

During writing time, students were again challenged to complete the first draft of their adventure story and to make it about 2 pages long. Students who did not get done stayed in during first recess to catch up. There are still students who are not done. We will keep using recess time to allow students to catch up. Students who have completed their first draft and have had it peer- and teacher-edited are asked to bring a device to begin typing up their second draft into a word document.

In math, Grade 6s were challenged to complete review questions 3 – 9 in class. I marked work and students corrected their work after it was marked. A number of students did not complete questions 3 – 9. They are asked to complete these for homework. Please return the review packages on Monday, as we will use class time to complete them then. The unit test will be written Tuesday, November 3.

Students met in groups to discuss chapter 9 of The Lightning Thief.  Students had class time and some used recess time to read chapter 10. For homework, they are asked to reflect on chapter 9 using the role they were assigned today. We will have our next literature circles group meeting on Monday.

Students are to keep working on their cars. All students are asked to complete test 3 by Monday 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. We continued reading from The Greek Gods where we read about the birth of the twins Artemis and Apollo. We took up yesterday’s assigned activity pages on Greece. We did some planning to prepare for our symposium which will place on Tuesday. Students will be bringing the following for Tuesday:

 

Grapes – Titus, Bhavya, Audrey

Olives – Rachel

Bread – Titus, Abel, Justin, Calvin

Figs (dried) – Rohan, Dev

Grape Juice – Siheon, Ibrahim

Cheese (goat & feta) – Bhoovi

Honey – Carter, Gurjas, Zain

Greek yogurt - Alika

 

Students then sat with their new partner and researched ancient Greece using books and graphic organizers.

Look out for Polar Expression writing competition entry forms coming home today. Students are asked to NOT complete the title of their poem or story as we will be using this form twice. The poetry deadline is November 6. We will submit poetry entries before that date. Stories are still being written. They will be submitted at a later date.

Look out for Scholastic order forms coming home today.

Homework & Reminders

·         Bring a device to type up your adventure story if you have finished your first draft

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

·         MMS Review questions 3 - 9. Test on Tuesday, November 3

·         The Lightning Thief: Complete your literature circle response for tomorrow’s discussion on chapter 10

·         Complete Greece activity pages 84 & 85

·         ROM trip forms and payment are past due

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

·         Tuesday, November 3 – Math test, Ancient Greece symposium

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

·         Tuesday, November 10 – ROM trip

·         Wednesday, November 11 – Remembrance Day – No School. Students are encouraged to visit the cenotaph