A Spirited Success! (am)

WOW - the grade six class blew me away with their costumes, cheers, and overall spirit at today's walk-a-thon! Our cops and robbers theme was a hit... I loved how everyone came together and did the whole circuit TWO times! Our success was topped off with receiving the spirit award for the junior panel. The students will be enjoying their movie prize a little later in the year. Thanks to everyone for supporting the day both with pledges and helping with costumes. The walk-a-thon is a great day for class and school spirit and I was proud of all the classes!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope that everyone has a safe, relaxing, and HAPPY thanksgiving weekend. I am planning on spending it with my family at our cottage - hiking, playing games, and reading student autobiographies :). Students have not been assigned any "formal" homework over the weekend as I hope they will use the time to spend doing things with their family; however, if they have time, students are encouraged to log onto Math Reflex a few times and read daily (remember to complete the book review form once a book is completed). See you next week at the Walk-a-thon!

Walk-a-thon next week! (am)

Just a reminder that the Walk-a-thon (our big school fundraiser) is coming up next Wednesday, October 10. Our class has decided on a police and prisoners theme. Students have already signed up for which role they plan to be. We will work on our cheer next week but students should ensure they have what they need for their costume. For those that didn't check their mailbox (or lost the form), they can download another copy of the walk-a-thon information sheet HERE and the pledge sheet HERE.

Sing, Sing, Sing (Grade 6)

The grade six students are in charge of the music for the upcoming mass (Friday, October 12). Mrs. Hurley (parent-volunteer) has been working with us on most of the music for mass. We will be having our final practice with Mrs. Hurley next Tuesday. We are also working on "You've Got a Friend" for our final song. This song was chosen to represent both our current grade six unit on friendships and relationships and October being Bullying Prevention month. I am asking the students to practice this song over the weekend. The YouTube link to the instrumental version can be found HERE and the lyrics that we are using can be found HERE.

Alice in Wonderland (pm)

As many parents have already heard, our afternoon class (drama) will be performing the play "Alice in Wonderland". So far, we have completed a read through of the script as well as a mini audition. Students are asked to use the character selection form (found at the bottom of this post) to select which role they would like to be in the play. Based on their read through and audition, I will be selecting people for roles next week. Our goal is to present the play at the end of November, but we will have to see how rehearsals are going before confirming a date :).

Click HERE to go to the form.

Classifying and Extending Patterns (am)

We have started our patterning unit, first with a patterning competition and then by learning about the three main types of patterns: repeating, extending, and recursive. Students were to complete the "exit card" before leaving but as we didn't have a lot of time left at the end of class, they were allowed to take home this work to complete at home. Just in case students left their sheet at school, a second copy can be downloaded HERE. This sheet is due tomorrow as we will be taking it up and continuing our pattern investigations.

Math Test - sent home (am)

Today in class, we took up our first math test (Multiples, Factors, and Divisibility). Students prepared their assessment duotang and completed an analysis of their answers. Overall, the test was well done. Multiple choice was a new concept for many students and we will continue working on strategies throughout the year for these, and other, types of questions.

Parents are asked to review the test and analysis with their child. Each student was asked to make goals on how to improve for future tests (e.g. attend help sessions, asks more questions, highlight important information in a question, etc...). We will be starting our second unit - Patterning - tomorrow.