Grade 6s continued
learning about decimals in math class. Because most students have plans to be
out for Halloween this evening, we only did one math lesson today. The goal was
for everyone to complete all homework before recess. Some students used 1 or 2
of their recesses to complete and get caught up on their math homework. Today students
practiced multiplying a decimal by 1-digit whole number. Students received
their Geometry unit tests today. Please take time to review these, sign them,
and return them to school tomorrow.
We continued
working on our City of Ember novel
study. Students met in their literature circle groups and discussed the sixteenth
chapter using their assigned roles. Once discussions were completed, students
were assigned a new literature circle role for the seventeenth chapter. Everyone
was asked complete the reading and response before going out for recess in
order to have no homework today.
During
today’s inquiry time the class participated in an activity where they used
strings to represent trade between countries and students to represent countries.
We discussed how this activity represented economic links between countries.
Students further discussed what the slackness and tightness of the strings
might mean in a trade market. Students were surveyed about the country of
origin of their favourite sports team, musicians, and movies. Students
reflected on how these represent social connections between countries and that
there were many of these connections between Canada and the USA. Students
worked in groups to research the PEPS of these two countries.
In language, we learned about the form of an Action-Word Poem.
Ask your child what is recorded on each line of this kind of poem. Students
heard, wrote, and shared action-word poems with each other.
Grade 6s
attended a little bit of French and gym class today. Today’s French class was
cut short due to the Halloween Harvest costume judging. At the end of the day,
Grade 6s joined in with a Halloween Dance.
Remember to
memorise the Guy Fawkes Day poem by Monday, November 6th.
Homework and Reminders
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Math:
Review, sign, and return the geometry unit test that is coming home today
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Language:
What is the difference between a fairy tale and a legend?
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Science
Fair: Collect any materials you may need for your car construction
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Novel
Study: Chapter 17 & Reading Response due tomorrow
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Mon.,
Nov. 6 – Guy Fawkes Day Poetry Recitations
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Mon.,
Nov. 20 – Curling trip
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Dec.
1st – Curling trip
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