Dear Grade 6 Parents and
Students,
Congratulations to all of the
grade 6 students for their contributions and performances in the Show Must Go
On! It has been weeks of work putting the pieces together. The
reviews of both the Wednesday and Thursday night performances have been
phenomenal. Also, congratulations to our grade six business team, whose
Holiday Market raised over $700.00 for Inn From the Cold.
This week we have
been learning how to classify triangles and polygons by looking at the lengths
of their sides and their angles. The students learned that by combining
these two characteristics we can identify a triangle (i.e. an acute-angled
isosceles triangle or a right-angled scalene triangle). Next week we will
be concluding this part of our geometry unit by learning to add up the angles
inside triangles and quadrilaterals. We
will be having a check-in quiz next Wednesday on measuring perimeter and the
concepts learned in our geometry unit. Please look at the
information under Quizzes/ Tests to see the review pages in the Jump book.
To kick off our Sky Science unit,
the students started their Mars Colony project. Each group of 6 or 7
needs to research the technology, transportation, accommodations, food/ water, etc.
needed to survive on Mars. The students need to know about the characteristics
of the red planet (temperature, gravity, climate, atmosphere) and then research
technology that NASA and other space agencies have developed to allow humans to
survive in space.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Blyth
Quizzes/ Tests
-Measurement and Geometry quiz on
Wednesday (Pg 75 to 88 and Pg 93 to 112 to review)
SVS Christmas Hampers
The Christmas season is upon us!
It is a time many families look forward to the gathering of family and friends,
the sharing of gifts and a warm meal. Unfortunately, not all families are
able to participate in many of these activities which most of us take for
granted.
In previous years, the SVS staff
and community have had the pleasure of being able to help some of our SVS
families during this time. We will again be supporting a few of our families by
providing them with gift cards. The most asked for are to Superstore and
Walmart but any card will be accepted.
You can show your support by
purchasing a gift card and dropping it off at the office by Friday, December
13th. We will then distribute the cards to the families in the last week of
school. Thank you for your generosity and care.
The Martian Movie
To kick off our
next science unit (Sky Science), we would like to show the movie the Martian
(2015), during the last week of school before break. One of NASA's next major
missions will be to Mars and this movie accurately demonstrates many of the
challenges facing astronauts. All of the teachers have seen the movie and there
is some swearing and other scenes that parents want to be aware of. Please read
the link below as it outlines these. We will do our best to omit inappropriate
scenes (2) and bleep out the inappropriate language.
Please let us know if you do
not want your child to watch this movie and we will make other arrangements
for them.
Calgary Food Bank
From now until
December 17th we will be collecting non-perishable food for the Calgary Food
Bank. Foodbank boxes are now placed around the school to accept any and
all donations.
Don't Forget
-Headphones: please
bring an extra set of headphones to school if you have them
-Don't forget to
return or renew your overdue library books
Forms
-No forms due at this
time
Upcoming Events
December 18: Report Cards go home
December 19: Last Day of classes
January 7: Classes Resume
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High
Daytime Tour
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High
Evening Open House (6:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
February 27: Sir John A MacDonald Jr
High Tour
Website
Don't forget to check
out our class website for grade 6 resources
