This Week in Grade 6 - September 27

Orange Shirt Day – Monday, September 30

6C Families,

We have had a very physical week in grade 6.  Despite the chilly weather, the students had a great day on Thursday’s Track and Field event at the Foothills Athletic Park.  The students participated in the long jump, ball throw and either the 60m, 300m or 4 x 100m relay.  Thank you to Ms. Latham for all her hard work in putting this event together.

We have been reviewing our numeracy skills this week with a look at place value, numeric, word and expanded form and adding and subtracting.  We will be having a small quiz on these concepts a week Monday (October 7th).

In preparation for our field trip to the Apple store this upcoming Thursday, the students have been working on writing a fractured fairytale.  Using a classic fairytale as their guide, the students need to either, write the story from a different point of view, change the setting or introduce a "twist" in the storyline that fractures the events.  We will be learning to animate these stories using the Apple Keynote application next week.

Have a great weekend,

Ms. Blyth

Homework

-Week Math Practice sheet due next Wednesday, October 2nd

-City map project (map, laws, taxes, government) due on Monday, September 30th

-Parents need to sign the Patterns and Algebra test that came home today and return to the teacher

Don't Forget

-We will be sharing our City Projects with the grade 5 students on Monday afternoon (please bring materials for your iconic building).

-Apple Store field trip next Thursday, October 3rd

Quizzes/ Tests

-Math Number Sense Quiz on Monday, October 7th. Review with pages 21 to 42 in your Jump Book

Forms

-Please bring your forms and $5.00 for our Apple Store field trip

Upcoming Events

Monday, September 30: Orange Shirt Day

Tuesday, October 1: YMCA presentation

Thursday, October 3: Apple Store field trip to write Fractured Fairy Tales.  Forms coming home this week!

Friday, October 11: No School

Monday, October 14: Thanksgiving Day No School

October 15, 17, 25: Work with Calgary Rapper Transit

Friday, October 18: Student Vote and meet with Provincial Minister Josephine Pon

Monday, October 21: Junior Achievement working with grade 6

Wednesday, October 23: Grade 6 Vaccinations

Wednesday, October 30: Edmonton Legislature Field Trip

Website

Don't forget to check out our class website for resources

https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home

Track and Field Trip Tomorrow

Track and Field 

Just a reminder that we will be going on our track and field day, tomorrow. We will be going to Foothills Athletic Park. Please make sure that your child has warm clothes, extra socks, a water bottle, and peanut-free lunch and snacks.

Updates

• Today a math sheet came home for homework. This sheet is due on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
• A field trip form came home to go to the Apple Store on Oct. 3. Please have students bring it back signed by Monday, September 30th. 

This Week in Grade 6

Parents and Students,

Thank-you for taking the time to come in and meet with us.  If you were unable to attend, please feel free to contact us to make a time that works for you and your family. 

    This week we have been working on building our research skills and how to check for credible sources, especially on the internet.  The students learned that finding two or more sources that have similar information increase the likelihood that the facts are true. 

     We concluded the first part of our Patterns and Algebra unit with a quiz covering all of the lessons we have completed so far.  This quiz will be marked and returned early next week and we ask that you sign it and return it back to school.

     The students have been creating Federal, Provincial and Local Bylaws this week as part of our local government unit.  The entire class came up with three laws for our "country" and in groups of two cities created three provincial laws and then three bylaws for their cities.  Students have also been looking at how taxes are collected to pay for all of the services (police, transit, garbage/ recycling, etc.), provided by local governments.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Blyth

Homework

-No homework this long weekend

Upcoming Events

-School Pictures for grade 6 on Wednesday, September 25th

-Track and Field Meet on Thursday, September 26th

-We are collecting toonies for Terry.  The Terry Fox run will be on Friday, September 27th

- Orange Shirt Day on Monday, September 30

Don't Forget

-Sign up in the google forms for the running track events that you would like to participate in

Quizzes/ Tests

Forms

Please return your Track and Field form to me

Don't forget to return your Big Box Card boxes or the money if you sell it

Website

Don't forget to check out our class website for resources

https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home

This Week in Grade 6

Friday, September 13, 2019

Good Afternoon Students and Parents,

We have been learning about creating a "T" table to identify a pattern and how to write a rule for a series of numbers this week (i.e 2, 6, 18 Pattern Rule: Start at 2 and multiply by 3 each time).  We also learned how variables are used in algebra and how they substitute for a number (i.e n + 5 = 8, so n = 3).  We will be having a small quiz next Thursday to check the students' understanding of these concepts.

To kick off our unit on Local Government, the students have been drawing their own city maps in groups of 3 or 4.  Each city needs to be aware of residential, commercial and industrial land use, and must also include essential buildings and services including schools, hospitals, public transportation, recycling/ compost facilities, etc.  Next week we will be looking at city bylaws and how property taxes are collected and used to fund city services.

In Science, we will be looking at our Trees and Forests unit.  See our website for all of the unit outcomes and the study guide. 

We’re welcoming Ms. Dykema, a student-teacher from Ambrose University to our classroom.  She will be in our classroom until the end of September, then returning for 6 weeks at the beginning of January.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Blyth

Homework

-All About Me Sketch Notes due on Monday

-Notebook collage covers due on Monday

*students have been given a lot of in-class time to complete these assignments*

Quiz

There will be a math quiz next Thursday on Patterns and Algebra.  Review pages 9 to 20 in your Jump math books.

Don't forget to check out our class website for resources

https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home

Forms

Please return your Track and Field form to me

Don't forget to return your Big Box Card boxes or the money if you sell it

Coming Up

September 19: Parent Teacher Interviews (2:00pm to 7:00pm)

September 20: Parent Teacher Interviews (8:30pm to 1:30pm)

September 23, 24, 25: School Pictures

September 26: Division II Track and Field Day

September 27: Terry Fox Run

September 30: Orange Shirt Day