Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone!
I hope you all had a restful holiday, filled with lots of love and laughter. I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Here is a quick update on the week ahead:

Math- Quick review of area and perimeter of 2D shapes & metric conversions - will be moving into volume and surface area of 3D shapes later in the week

Literacy- We will be beginning our new class novel " Undergrounders"
Writing- spending some time reviewing recounts and paragraphing through writing on demands

Health- we will be finishing up our menu assignment- we will review the success criteria and two work periods will be given to finish up the assignment - A friendly reminder that the cooking assignment will be due January 16th
-Personal safety will be the 2nd health unit for this term- this unit will be integrated with visual arts and drama

Science- Starting soon...Space!

See you in the morning!! Looking forward to seeing your smiling faces :)

Mrs. Breau

Health Assignment

Students will be bringing a feedback form home for this assignment.

Healthy Eating Unit Follow-Up Assignment: Master Chef Junior

As part of our Healthy Eating Unit, the grade 6 students have been asked to create a menu that includes one breakfast meal, one lunch meal, one dinner meal and one snack. As an extension of creating the menu, they will also be asked to cook or at least helping prepare one of the meals on their menu for your family! The meal can be modified in any way (ie. if the menu calls for raspberries and you do not have raspberries, please feel free to replace them with anything you wish). Students are asked to be an active part of the preparation, cooking and cleaning up process. You can assist them in any way that you see fit. They have been told to take into consideration any dietary needs or restrictions, and to make the meal as healthy as they possibly can. Please take a picture of final dish :)

Bon Appétit!

You have until January 16th, 2016 to complete this task. 

A BUSY week

Hello Everyone,
Just a quick update to let you know what is happening this week.

Monday: Elf on the Shelf - shopping and wrapping

Tuesday: Dress warm -we will be building our snow forts in the middle block - students were asked to design a floor plan that met a certain criteria and were asked to calculate the area and perimeter

Wednesday- SECRET SANTA - please ensure that your gift is here- if for some reason this isn't possible, let Mrs. Breau know  ASAP
-bring a mug for hot chocolate

Thursday: Character Assembly @11:35-a.m. Carol singing to follow

Friday : Carol singing @ 12:25 p.m. in the gym

Math Challenge & Agenda Post

Math- We are continuing with perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes
-students will be designing and constructing a snow fort that meets a certain criteria and will calculate the perimeter and area of their fort


Literacy- students are doing a procedural writing assignment through the creation of  a Santa Manual
- Students are working on the rough drafts right now- Rough drafts will be due at the end of the week


Science- Test is scheduled for Tuesday - We are continuing with our fungi lab and will be doing wrap up this week


Agenda Items:
-Donations for Christmas for Kids
-gently used items for Elf on the Shelf
-Secret Santa will take place on Wednesday December 21st -please let me know of any problems or concerns prior to the 21st :)



Math Challenge
Convert the following terms


 90 mm = _____ cm        6 cm = ______ mm      4 km = _________ m     1,000 m = _____ km    2,000 g = _____ kg        50 mm = _____ cm      400 cm = _____ m            4 L = _________ ml            3 km = ______ m         10,000 g = _____ kg   2 cm = ______ mm      10,000 m = _____ km       9,000 g = _____ kg     4,000 g = _____ kg        8,000 ml = _____ L




Calculate the area and perimeter of the shapes below

Weekly Updated

Hey Everyone,

I am so impressed how everyone is handling the “Secret Santa” activity. The random acts of kindness are so impressive and are spreading throughout our room. Remember, it doesn’t have to be something tangible. It might be some sort of encouragement, a note, including someone at recess or just saying or doing something kind. I am so proud of the acts I have seen so far, we have such kind and caring students in our classroom.

The Week Ahead:

 Agenda Items:

Don't forget to send in an unwrapped toy, canned food items, hats or mitts for the Christmas for Kids campaign  

Monday- Van Go art activity

Presentation @ 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday – Science Review coming home- Test will be the Tuesday, December 13^th

Math- Patterning Test was sent home on Friday for signing

-       We have started our measurement unit- This week we will focus on metric conversions, perimeter of regular and irregular shapes

Literacy- We are finished our novel Ghost Ride- students will be finishing up their summaries and doing a book trailer in small groups

We will beginning our unit on procedural writing this week –Students will be preparing a Santa Manual

Science- We will be wrapping up our biodiversity unit- We will be exploring the fungi and bacteria kingdoms this week – We will also be continuing to investigate human benefits and impact on biodiversity 

Science Review

Biodiversity Review Sheet

Classification of Living Things: The purpose of most classification system is to organize members into similar groups

Characteristics of Life:

1. Cells- all living things have cells
2. Metabolism- all living things eat, drink, breath, excrete
3. Growth- all living things take material in to enlarge
4. Reproduction- all living things are able to produce copies of themselves
5. Irritability- all living things are able to react to change in their environment
6. Adaption – all living things are able to compete with each other for food and space to survive
7. Movement- all living things are able to move

Structural Adaptations: Is the way plants or animals look in their habitat. The plant/animal uses its structural adaption to survive. For example, speed, camouflage, teeth, eyes, fur, hair, paws claws, hoofs, legs, long necks, noses.

Behavioural Adaption: Is the way plants and animals act in their habitat. The plant or animal uses its behavioural adaption to survive. For example, protection of young, feeding young, building nest or den, finding a mate, hiding predators

Review characteristics of the animal kingdom (notes from kingdom presentation)

Review five groups of the five kingdoms

Review the classification and the animal kingdom (vertebrates and invertebrates)

List and describe 2 benefits of biodiversity (will be covered this week)

List and describe 2 threats to biodiversity (will be covered this week)

List and describe 3 ways we can protect biodiversity (will be covered this week)

Math Challenge Round 2 :)

38÷ 10= 32 ÷ 0.001= 36 ÷ 0.1= 78÷0.1= 72÷0.1= 96÷10= 76÷0.001= 20÷10=

45 x 100= 3.45 x 10= 4.1 x1 000= 78.6 x 0.1= 432.1 x 0.001= 988.7 x 0.01= 12.5 x 0.001= 32 x 100=