Oral Competition Finals

We enjoyed listening to speeches in the Grade 6 oral competition yesterday morning. Well done to all for their fantastic presentations. Well done to Divyansh for placing first.

Students were challenged to plan their ‘Welcome to _____, Canada’ video by completing their storyboard. The storyboard required students to plan the order of information they will present, decide on images they will use to promote the PEPS features of their chosen province/territory, choose suitable titles for the different scenes in the video, and write a script to accompany each scene, i.e. the narration. Students who completed this work got to start working on creating their video. Laptops are needed on Tuesday as students continue working on their videos.

We continued working on IB portfolios yesterday. Students were called over individually to work on their IB portfolios. A couple of students still need to complete their portfolios.

Students attended math class with Ms. Joseph. In math, students took up the homework on polygons and congruent figures. Ms. Joseph introduced transformations and reviewed the coordinate grid. They discussed the three transformations: translation, reflection and rotation. Students practiced questions from the worksheet to complete the translation of a triangle. For homework they are to complete Q 3 b, c & d from page 258 and the worksheet.

Everyone should have received an about Year Ahead Day. This exciting day takes place on Monday, February 10^th. Let me know if you did not receive the email. Devices are needed for Year Ahead Day.

DRA graphs went home today yesterday.

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Homework and Reminders

Unit of Inquiry:

·         Devices are needed to work on the UOI summative project onTuesday

·         Update your country map work activity by adding Canada’s top ten trading partners. Study the locations of the following countries: Portugal, Croatia, the United Kingdom, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Japan, UAE, Kenya, Luxembourg, Canada, Aruba, Bangladesh, Germany, South Korea, USA, Russia, Italy, China, Tanzania, New Zealand, Madagascar, Mexico, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Norway, Thailand, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Australia, Cuba, Argentina, South Africa. Malaysia.

Math:

·         Q 3 b, c & d from page 258

·         Complete the worksheet.

French

Upcoming Dates

• Saturday, February 8^th
• Open House, 10 am – 2 pm
• Monday, February 10^th
• Year Ahead Day (Lower School)
• Thursday, February 13^th
• Valentine’s Spirit Day
• 100^th Day of School
• Friday, February 14^th – PD Day for teachers. No school for students
• Monday, February 17^th – Family Day (No school)
• Tuesday, February 18^th
• Jump Rope Kick-Off Assembly
• Reregistration deadline
• Wednesday, February 19^th 
• Grade 5 & 6 Ski Trip to Glen Eden
• Friday, February 21^st – Sibling & Graduation Picture Day
• Tuesday, February 25^th
• Casual Day
• Pancake Tuesday
• Bake Sale
• Wednesday, February 26^th 
• Pink Shirt Day
• Caribou Math Contest– Arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. Bring own charged device
• Bake sale
• Thursday, February 27^th 
• Oral Competition, SJA v Maples
• Friday, February 28^th
• Jump Rope for Heart Event
• How we organize ourselves unit of inquiry test
• March 2 – March 6: Spirit Week
• Monday, March 2^nd – Ambassador’s Tea Party
• Wednesday, March 4^th
• Grade 5 and 6 Ski trip to Glen Eden

• March 9 – 20: March Break