Electrical Safety

Today was a very busy day in Grade 6. We had our first literature circle session. Groups met to discuss Chapter 1 of The City of Ember. I sat with Group 1 today. Students then had a good chunk of class time to read Chapter 2. For homework, they should complete the reading of Chapter 2 and their assigned response. Our next discussion takes place tomorrow.

During today’s inquiry time, we got caught up on taking up past worksheets. Students then worked on completing yesterday’s troubleshooting letter. Later in the day we continued with our energy inquiry. Today’s focus was to learn about safe practices involving electrical outlets, devices, etc. Students watched videos and took notes. They will be creating an electrical safety poster tomorrow. The class brainstormed ideas on the criteria of an effective poster.

Students attended French and math classes today. In math, students reviewed square numbers and were introduced to square roots. Students are reminded that we can model a square number by drawing a square. Also, when we multiply a number by itself, we square the number. Squaring and taking a square root are inverse operations. We practiced questions to find the square and square roots. For homework students are to complete the last page of the mid unit review (GCF and LCM).

This class is taking lots of action. We had a number of students share their research about last Friday’s experiment on insulators and conductors. Sofia opened up a battery (with her dad’s supervision – don’t do this on your own kids) on the weekend in an effort to find the answer to our question “What is in a battery?” Vishva shared a video link about how a potato can be used to power a digital clock. Emana shared a PowerPoint she had made about the different forms of energy. A number of parents at today’s BBQ told me that their children were practicing mind mapping at home on their own topics. Well done Grade 6s!

In between all this work, students independently recorded a few more examples of idioms and their meanings.

It was wonderful catching up with families at the Welcome BBQ today!

Our class is responsible for the Bake Sale that will take place next week Tuesday and Wednesday. Students are asked to contribute bake sale items. These MUST be PEANUT and NUT FREE. Thank you.

Fall Fundraising payments can still be made. Golf trip forms are due this Friday.

October Lunches

Site opens today, September 13th at 7:30am 

Site closes Wednesday, September 25th at 3:00pm 

Special of the month: 3 pancakes with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $5.00 OR 1 pancake with vanilla cream with an option of syrup for $2.50 on Fridays. 

All payments are to be made through QuickBooks. 

 

Homework and Reminders

·         Math: complete the last page of the mid unit review (GCF and LCM).

·         Novel Study: Read Chapter 2 and complete your response for tomorrow

·         Fall Fundraiser payments can still be made

·         Keep working on your Energy Mind Map – add all you have learned so far

·         Choose 4 Zentangle designs for your pinwheel

Friday, September 20

·         Golf Trip form due

·         Fall Fundraiser Kick-Off

Wednesday, September 25

·         Casual Day

·         Energy Mind Map due

Monday, September 23 ^– Fall Fundraiser Pajama Day ($2)

Tuesday, September 24

·         Fall Fundraiser: Popcorn Day ($2)

·         Bake Sale

Wednesday, September 25^th

·         Casual Day

·         Fall Fundraiser: Ice Cream Sandwich Day ($2)

·         Bake Sale

Thursday, September 26^th

·         Fall Fundraiser: Whacky Wednesday ($2)

Friday, September 27^th 

·         Fall Fundraiser Electronics Party (Gr. 3 – 6)

·         Fall Fundraiser: Gr. 3 – 6 Snack Bar 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Monday, September 30 - Orange Shirt Day

Wednesday, October 2 – Energy unit test, Golfing Trip