Ms. Blyth 6C: January 2020

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Thursday, January 30

Dear Grade 6C Parents and Students,

*Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow (Friday, January 30)*

This week we have been completing mini-lessons and practice sessions on writing newspaper articles, focusing on writing catchy headlines and organizing our facts into paragraphs.

We had an introduction to fractions this week. Students learned the difference between mixed and improper fractions and how to convert one to the other.

We continued to work on our board game about Athens. Students have had time to complete their Character Cards, Travel Cards and Ancient Sites cards.

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Blyth

Homework

-Weekly math sheet due Wednesday

-Athens board game parts now due

1. Character Cards

2. Five Travel Cards

3. Six Ancient Cite Cards

- Glooscap drawing – due Monday

Skating

During the week of Monday, Feb 10 to Wednesday, Feb 12 the students in grade 6 will be skating at the ring, weather permitting. We are looking for volunteers to help put on skates and helmets during those three days. A more detailed schedule will be coming out soon.

Used Skates

Sandstone MacEwan Community Association has been collecting used skates for kids in the community who cannot afford to skate. If you are a family who would like to receive or who would like to donate skates, please contact info@sandstomemacewan.com. As well, if you are interested, there is a family willing to do some sharpening and some intro lessons! What a great opportunity!

Junior High School

Please use the link below to learn which school your child is designated to attend next year. If you are interested in having your child attend a different Junior High, please contact that Junior High school directly.

https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx

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 are due at this time

Upcoming Events

January 31: PD Day (No School)

February 5: G.P Vanier Open House (6:30 pm to 7:30 pm)

February 10: Mindfulness Monday Yoga - 9:15

February 10: 6C/D Skating at SVS

February 11: : 6C/D Skating at SVS

February 12: Artificial Intelligence Workshop

February 12: 6C/D Skating at SVS

February 27: Sir John A MacDonald Jr High Tour

February 27: Sir John A MacDonald Jr High Parent Information night (5:30 pm to 7:00 pm)

March 11: Safety Expo field trip

Website

Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources

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

Friday, January 24, 2020

Friday, January 24

Dear 6C Students and Parents,

On Tuesday, students and a teacher from G.P Vanier school visited the grade 6’s to talk about the late French immersion program, which is an option for all SVS students next year. The grade 7 students spoke about how quickly they were able to learn to speak and understand French, and about many of the options and clubs available at their school. If you are interested in learning more about this program there will be an open house on February 5th (6:30pm to 7:30 pm) at G.P. Vanier School.

We wrote our quiz on Factors, Multiples, and Order of Operations. The quizzes have been marked and sent home with students. Please review the quizzes and sign them and return the quizzes to school. We started to look at fractions today. Next week, we will be looking at how to name, model and convert fractions to improper and mixed.

In groups of four, the students started the creation of their Ancient Athens board game. The students will create "character cards" (Citizen, Metic, Slave, Female) and "travel cards" that will be picked up as the teams move around the game board. Categories such as chance, physical activity, memorization, consequence, and knowledge, will be randomly chosen to "level up" or "level down" their character.

Ask your child to act out the difference between rotation and revolution. Next week, we will use this information to understand the reasons why we have seasons.

Have a great weekend, and enjoy the nice weather!