Tuesday, October 23, 2018

The Properties of Air


We started our day working on language. Students are busy inquiring into what makes a narrative a fable or a legend. They read samples of narrative writing and created a list of what made the samples effective. Students will be using this list to improve their own writing.
During our flight inquiry, students began investigating the properties of air. To do this we reviewed controlled, independent, and dependent variables. Variables are a difficult concept for students to grasp. Please ask your child to explain variables to you. In each investigation, students had to state a hypothesis, where they were required to include the independent and dependent variables. We will take up investigations in class tomorrow. Grade 6s will be writing a test on the properties of air on Tuesday, October 30th.































 
 
Grade 6s continued writing their book report on The City of Ember. Many students have still not completed this task.
The class is preparing to enter the Polar Expressions poetry competition. Today the chose one of their poems and started writing the poem out neatly.
Grade 6s attended music, French, and math class today. In math, the class discussed the unit review. They were introduced to exponents and practiced questions from the text book. For homework they should complete the worksheet. Those who were absent yesterday need to complete the unit review as well.
Homework & Reminders
·         UOI
o   Explain controlled, independent, and dependent variables to your family
o   Think about what today’s investigations tell us about the properties of air
·         Science Fair
o   All car building materials are due as we are building daily
o   Tell your family about the progress and struggles you are experiencing
·           Math
o   Complete the unit review
o   Complete the exponent worksheet
·         Thursday, October 25 – Picture Day, wear full uniform – no hoodies
·         Friday, October 26th – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip form and payment are due
·         Tuesday, October 30th
o   Properties of Air test
o   Casual Day
o   Bake Sale
  • Wednesday, October 31st
    • Halloween/Harvest Spirit Day
    • Bake Sale
·         Friday, November 9th – PD Day, no school for students
·         Monday, November 12th – Kindness Day
·         Friday, November 16th – Science Fair. Parents welcome from 2:30 – 3:15 pm
·         Tuesday, November 20th – Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum trip, 9 am  - 3:15 pm

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