Day 5
Sorry for
the late blog posting everyone. I was in an in-school workshop again today. Ms.
Bannon took my place with the Grade 6s.
The class
began the day attending French with Mme. Stella. They had math next, where they
took up last Wednesday’s math homework on dividing decimals. They then did a
strategy lesson. Everyone should have completed all their work in class. Ms.
Bannon handed out the review package for the Decimal Unit test that is taking
place this Thursday, December 1st. Students were asked to start
working on the review and to complete the first 10 questions. Any incomplete
work must be done for homework. Please ensure that the review is returned to
school tomorrow in order for me to check on progress.
After recess
the class had gym with Mr. Slyk. When they got back from gym, it was time to
work on the short story competition entries for the Polar Expressions Writing
competition. Students chose one of their tales to submit. The counted the
number of words to ensure they were not over the limit. They then rewrote an
edited, neat version of the story for submission. They also completed their
entry forms. This will be mailed off this week.
The last
segment of class time was used for students to work on the preassessment piece
for this term’s Ontario Writing Assessment. We will be working on persuasive
writing in December. This work will prepare students for the annual SJA speech
competition which takes place early next year. Grade 6s will be expected to
write and recite a persuasive speech from memory. Today, students wrote a
persuasive essay where they took a position ‘for’ or ‘against’ uniforms. Students
who completed their work early worked on their math review packages.
Look out for
Scholastic order forms coming home today.
Please
remember to return parent-teacher conference forms.
Homework & Reminders
· Math review Q. 1 – 10
· Tuesday: Music
· Wednesday: Casual Day
· Thursday: Decimals unit test, music
· December 8: Parent-Teacher
conferences
· December 21: Christmas Concert,
Casual Day
· December 22: Spirit Day
· December 23: Christmas Break begins
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