Update for the Week

Dear Grade 6 Parents,

*Correction* The Sir John A Macdonald Student tour and open house are on Thursday, February 27th, not Wednesday.

Student Tour - Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Open House - Thursday, February 27, 2020, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

This week we concluded our fraction unit with a look at word problems, writing a fraction as a division statement and finding the fraction of a whole number.  We worked to deepen our understanding of how to find the fractional amount of a whole number by drawing pictures but also learned that a quicker answer can be found by dividing the whole number by the denominator and then multiplying that answer by the numerator of the fraction.  Starting next week, we will be working with decimal numbers.

Students have started some research about the planets and had a chance to play their Athens Board Games that they created. We have started on an Ancient Greek news article page where students have an opportunity to create an article about something that would have happened during 770 BCE.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Reeve

Homework

-Jump Math (No Homework)
-Weekly math sheet due Wednesday

Quizzes/ Tests
-Math Quiz on Fractions was yesterday. Results next week

Forms
-Sir John A MacDonald Jr High Tour forms due Monday

Parent Math Resources
As students get older and start to move into the upper grades, math becomes more challenging for students and parents who are helping them.  Below is a grade YouTube resource for parents looking for a refresher.
https://www.youtube.com/user/PISDMathematics/featured

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
-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books

Upcoming Eve
February 26: Pink Shirt Day
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 6: CAD
March 11: Safety Expo field trip
March 19: Dress like your teacher day
March 19: Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 20: Parent-Teacher Conferences
March 23 to March 29: Spring Break
March 30: Classes Resume after Spring Break
April 3: Family Movie Night

Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home

Short but Busy Week!

Dear 6D Parents and Students,

   We had a short but enjoyable week skating on the rink beside the school.  A big thanks to all of the parent volunteers who came out to hand out skates and helmets, tie laces and console students who fell!  

   We have continued our look at fractions this week, learning how to compare them by making common denominators.  Using either division or multiplication, the students looked for the lowest common multiple between the two denominators and either changed one or both fractions. We also looked at finding the fractional amounts of whole numbers.  Next week, we will work on fraction word problems.  We will have a quiz next Thursday on all concepts related to fractions.

On Tuesday, the students participated in an Artificial Intelligence Workshop hosted by Kids Code.  We learned how computers are being trained and coded to recognize images, human gestures, and facial features.  Like a young child, a computer needs to see a variety of images and examples if it wants to understand and recognize an object in the future. The students played a card game that asked them to identify a common everyday object based on its characteristics (colour, shape, size, texture, etc).  After this, we used the website https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/ to teach a computer to recognize classroom objects and perform a task (i.e. show the computer a ruler and have it say your name.)

As part of kindness month, students created an art piece.  Yesterday, students wrote kind messages on the back of all of their peers’ art pieces as well as for various staff members who they encounter during the day.

Yesterday was the last day for our student teacher Miss D.  Our classroom will miss her and we wish her the best on her teaching journey.

Enjoy your long weekend,

Mrs. Reeve

Homework

-Jump Math Pg 159 - 164

-Weekly math sheet due next Wednesday (Very similar questions to what will be on the quiz)

Quizzes/ Tests

-Math Quiz on Fractions next Thursday (Use Pg 140 to 165 in Jump Math to review)

Forms

-No forms due at this time

Parent Math Resources

As students get older and start to move into the upper grades, math becomes more challenging for students and parents who are helping them.  Below is a grade YouTube resource for parents looking for a refresher.

https://www.youtube.com/user/PISDMathematics/featured

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

-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books

Upcoming Eve

February 26: Pink Shirt Day

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 6: CAD

March 11: Safety Expo field trip

March 19: Dress like your teacher day

March 19: Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 20: Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 23 to March 29: Spring Break

March 30: Classes Resume after Spring Break

April 3: Family Movie Night

Website

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

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

Weekly Update

BLOG

BJ

Blyth, Vanessa J

To:

Reeve, Laurie A

Fri 2/7/2020 2:33 PM

Dear 6D Parents and Students,

We completed our second newspaper article write this year on Thursday, as part of our preparations for the writing PAT in May.  The students were given a collection of facts about the invention of a hockey mask and used the knowledge they have gained about how articles are written, to create their own.  As we mark these articles we are looking for a catchy headline and intro paragraph with the 5Ws, well-organized paragraphs, quotes throughout, and a strong conclusion.  The students will be sharing the progression of their article writing at Parent-Teacher conferences on March 19 & 20.

Students are wrapping up their Athenian board games.  Students will sculpt their player pieces out of clay on Monday, review their Athenian knowledge on Tuesday, and play the game on Wednesday.  Students need to make sure their characters, travel cards, and ancient site cards are complete.  Resources are shared with the students on Google Drive if any work needs to be completed over the weekend.

Students learned about the phases of the moon using Oreo cookies and a diagram that they made.  Have your child explain the different phases of the moon using the picture below. Next week students will begin their research project for the Sky Science unit.

Quiz

Midpoint Sky Science Check-in on Tuesday, February 11 - Students will be assessed on which bodies emit and reflect light, the earth, moon, and sun, rotation vs. revolution, reasons for the seasons and the phases of the moon.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Reeve

Homework

-Jump Math - No Jump Homework this Weekend

-Weekly math sheet due

-Athens board game is due Tuesday, February 11th

     1. Character Cards

     2. Five Travel Cards

     3. Six Ancient Cite Cards

     4. Playing Pieces

     5. Game Board

Forms

-Skating forms are due now!!  Skating starts Monday.

Parent Math Resources

As students get older and start to move into the upper grades, math becomes more challenging for students and parents who are helping them.  Below is a grade YouTube resource for parents looking for a refresher.

https://www.youtube.com/user/PISDMathematics/featured

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.

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

-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books

Upcoming Events

February 10: 6C/D Skating at SVS

February 116C/D Skating at SVS

February 12: 6C/D Skating at SVS

February 26: Pink Shirt Day

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 6: CAD

March 11: Safety Expo field trip

March 19: Dress like your teacher day

March 19: Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 20: Parent-Teacher Conferences

March 23 to March 29: Spring Break

March 30: Classes Resume after Spring Break

April 3: Family Movie Night

Website

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

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

Grade 6 Teacher