Tuesday, February 27

Reminders:

- Math 6 Unit Test tomorrow - do page 195 #10 - 13 to review and review the learning intentions
- Gym strip
- Writing Conference A
- Practise Speech
- Read 30 minutes
- Knitting samples due on Friday

Monday, February 26

Today, we learned about how the force of gravity is measure using Newtons. 

Reminders:

- Math 6 page 70 workbook, unit test will be on Tuesday
- Math 5, test tomorrow, page 115 #14-17, #20-21
- Book Club E (and Camron)
- Finish cue cards for speech (speeches will be presented next week)
- finish Science investigation on Newtons
- Read 30 minutes
- Knitting samples due on Friday

Friday, February 23

Reminders:

- Book Club D - come prepared with a summary, opinion, use some book club vocabulary and evidence from the text
- Music - bring headphones
- Knitting - finish sample 1 for Friday
- Math 6 - page 192 #1-4, Unit test on Tuest
- Math 5 - page 114
- Practise speech and record it and watch it

Thursday, February 22

Today, we started the day by participating in a chat with members of Team Canada with Classroom Champions.  It was so inspiring to hear the athletes talk about goal setting, perseverance and gratitude.  

This afternoon, we learned about the jobs available in the trades from Skills Canada BC and we learned how to do a little pipe fitting.  

Reminders:

- Math 6 p 192 #1-4

- Math 5 p 114

- read 30 min. 

- knitting tomorrow

- practise speech

- Book Club C

Tuesday, Februrary 20

We have been talking about how to give an effective speech.  We have watched a lot of example speeches given by other students.  The following TED Talk is a humorous look at how body language and gestures influence the effectiveness of a speech.

Reminders:
- Math 5 textbook p 44
- Math 6 workbook Stretch Your Thinking
- French ID card due
- S.S. finish looking at primary sources of information
- practise speech for a family member
- Book Club B

Monday, February 19

Reminders:

- Math 6 p. 188 # 1,2
- Math 5 p. 106 #2, p. 107 Reflect
- Social Studies - looking at primary sources for cause and consequences of immigraiton - Wednesday
- Book Club this week to add to FreshGrade (come prepared to be recorded)
- French ID card - Wednesday

Thursday, February 15

Remember to read a good-fit book for 30 minutes every day of this weekend.  We will do a Forty Book Challenge check on Monday.  Tomorrow is a Pro-D. Have a great weekend!

Reminders:

- Math 6 workbook page 66 - 67
- Math 5 textbook page 106 #1 a- l
- French identity card due on Wednesday
- rough copy of speech - Tuesday
- Pro-D tomorrow
- gym strip on Monday
- Music - headphones

Wednesday, February 14th

We had a fun Valentine's Day party and an energetic Jump Rope for Heart.  It's amazing how much our class and their very off key teacher like to sing together.  

Reminders:

- music headphones

- read 30 minutes

- plan out your speech on your sheet

Tuesday, February 13

We had great fun racing our gravity powered cars today.  We learned a lot about the role of friction in slowing our vehicles down. 

Reminders:

- Jump Rope for Heart tomorrow - bring your skipping ropes

- Math 6 page 182 # 1-3

- Math 5 workbook page 42 #1, page 43 #1

- gym tomorrow

- make sure you have decided on a topic for your speech tomorrow

Friday, February 9

Congratulations Division 6, on a job well done in the Multicultural Assembly today!

Here's a creative knitting project:

Reminders:

- Read 30 min. each day
- brainstorm ideas for your persuasive writing
- no school on Monday
- Science: car racing on Tuesday (finish decorating this week)
- practise your knit stitch and purl stitch (finger knitters, if your project is long enough start attaching it )

Here are videos to remind you of what to do:
Connecting finger knitting
Knit Stitch
Purl Stitch

Wednesday, February 7

Reminders:

-Learn how to say "hello" or say a greeting in your family's language
-Read 30 mins
-Candy apple order forms- due Friday
-Try to convince someone at home of your topic (if you don't know your paragraph topic, you can brainstorm)
-Where your cultural clothes proudly on Friday
- Make sure to remember your headphones for tomorrow!

Tuesday, February 6

Today, we had the Aboriginal worker come to our class and teach us about residential schools.  The students led the conversation with their questions and the responses took into account the age of our students. Please feel free to talk to your child about what they learned today.

Reminders:

  Math 5-WB Pg 41#
  Compare/Contrast good copy
  Gym strip for tomorrow
  Read for 30 minutes
  Candy apple order forms- due Friday
  Music- bring headphones for Thursday

Math 6: please upload evidence (a video) of the following learning intentions onto your Freshgrade portfolio. Just use the "add new" button and you do not need to choose an activity to upload to.

- cultural clothing for Friday

Monday, February 5

Friday, February 2nd

Happy Groundhog Day!

Here is the video for how to purl stitch:

Here is how to layer finger knitting:

Reminders:

- read 30 min.

- compare and contrast rough copy due on Monday

- Music

- finish the maple leaf art

Thursday, February 1st.

Happy February!

Phew!  I feel like we need to catch our breath.  We have been going ahead at full speed learning about forces and motion, coding using Ozobots, knitting and writing proper paragraphs.

Learning Intentions for math 6:

- I can describe a picture as an improper fraction and as a mixed number.
- I can convert between a mixed number and an improper fraction.
- I can compare fractions with like and unlike denominators.

Reminders:
- tableux props
- bring back any borrowed knitting needles
- Math 5 workbook page 39 #2ab
- Math 6 ordering fractions worksheet
- Read 30 minutes