Dear Grade 6 Parents and Students,
*Important Message from the CBE*
Schools have received information from Calgary Board of Education Communications in regard to gatherings from now until Spring Break.
Please note:
- Events including the school and regular staff population of the school MAY continue. This includes events such as after school clubs, practices, etc. Schools with scheduled field trips may still continue at this time.
- Events that expand to include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members should be postponed and further information will be provided after March break if they will be rescheduled or canceled. This includes events such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, school athletic competitions, drama/musical performances, etc.
We have chosen to postpone the following:
- March 19th and 20th - Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thank you to all parents who have offered to volunteer for the book fair. We will create a new signup sheet when we reschedule the Scholastic Book Fair.
We will reschedule our Parent-Teacher Conferences at a later date. Dismissal for Thursday, March 19th will continue to be EARLY DISMISSAL at 1:30 for Grades 1-6 as well as SKILL. Kindergarten there will be NO SCHOOL.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your support as we all share in these unique times.
We have had an interesting week of fielding questions about the COVID-19 infection from students who have heard rumors or had concerns. We spoke about the importance of handwashing and avoiding touching your face, and worked to dispel some of the myths that often float around in a time like this. When a question was asked that we did not know the answer to, we looked to the Alberta Health Services website for information.
In math, we have been looking at how to multiply and divide decimal numbers by powers of ten (10, 100, 1000, etc). The most effective approach to solving questions like these is to move the decimal either to the right to make a larger number (multiplication) or to the left to make a smaller number (division). With each question, we encourage the students to ask themselves, "is the answer I'm looking for going to be greater or less than the number I started with."
We concluded our Ancient Athens unit by completing our fictitious news article about an event in Athens. Students wrote about the Trial of Socrates, a war between Sparta and Athens or and important vote send by the Council of 500 to the Assembly. We also will have our Athens unit test on Monday and marks and corrections will be available next week. Students have a Google slide in their Google Drive and a review sheet to study from.
In Science, we did our final unit test on Thursday for Sky Science. Students will receive their marks, next week. We will be starting our Air and Aerodynamics unit where students will learn about how the properties of air contribute to flight.
The students have been learning about how to write narrative stories. We have been focusing on how to create an effective ending. Next week, we will work on how to plan for a story and put all of the parts of a story that we have been working on together, to create a final writing piece.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. Blyth
Homework
-Jump Math Pg 31 to 36
-Weekly math sheet due Wednesday
Quizzes/ Tests
-Social Studies Athens quiz is on, Monday, March 16th. Marks will be coming home, next week.
Junior High School
Don't Forget
-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books
Upcoming Events
March 19: Parent-Teacher Conferences (2:30pm to 8:00pm) (Cancelled)
March 20: Parent-Teacher Conferences (9:00am to 12:30pm) (Cancelled)
March 23 to March 29: Spring Break
March 30: Classes Resume after Spring Break
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
