Enjoy your weekend!

Hi everyone,

Here are a couple of things to let you know about for next week:

Monday

• Jump Rope pledges and forms are due
• Last work period for electricity reflection questions (see below)
• Last day to modify ArtBots (if the handout with the graphic organizer and write-up is complete)

Tuesday

• Electricity reflection questions due
• Artbot sharing day!

Friday

• Pitch-In day (first block)

Also, yearbook order forms went home today. Please remember to pay through School Cash Online.

Enjoy the weekend and see you on Monday!

Mrs. Matheson

Coming up this week (and math from last week)

Good evening grade 6s,

I hope you all had a great PD day and weekend.

As promised, here are all of the math questions from Thursday that you worked on in groups.

And...here's what's coming up this week!

• Monday: Character Ed assembly, Snap Circuits with Mrs. Warren

• Tuesday: Math ("Rate") Quest (word problems similar to the ones we've been working on together), introduction to "ArtBots" project

• Wednesday: presenting persuasive speeches

• Thursday: Jump Rope for Heart day (pledge forms due)

• Friday: last day of Floor Hockey

See you in the morning!

Mrs. Matheson

Social Studies Inquiry presentations

Good morning everyone,

I'm going to post below the list that was on the board yesterday, outlining the order in which you've signed up to share your Social Studies projects on Tuesday and Wednesday (and Thurs. if needed).

We'll have another 100-minute work period on Monday and I will be available to conference with any students I didn't have a chance to talk with on Thursday or Friday.

Please use some time this weekend, if necessary, to do the "at-home" parts some of you told me you were waiting to do (talking with family members, finding photos, etc.). I'm looking forward to learning some new and interesting things from all of you!

1. Evelyn
2. Stella
3. Rachael
4. James
5. Preston
6. Ava
7. Katana
8. Jake M.
9. Jacob
10. Parnell
11. Brandon
12. Evan
13. Abby
14. Rachel R.
15. Vanessa
16. Lachlan
17. Noah
18. Anthony
19. Josh
20. Lilly
21. Davis
22. Justus
23. Miguel
24. Sawyer
25. Jake D.
26. Oscar
27. Owen
28. Zoe
29. Matthew
30. Bella
31. Topper

Some updates

Hi everyone,

What crazy April weather we're having! I hope you've been enjoying a relaxing day off today.

Announcements you need to know about:

• The SMAC team is doing a one-week food drive, collecting non-perishable food for the Thornton Food Bank. Please bring in any items you would like to donate.

• Jump Rope for Heart forms will go home tomorrow. You can register at www.jumpropeforheart.ca . Our event is May 3, so all money and forms are due back that day.

Other important updates:

• The math test will be postponed until Wednesday. We will review together tomorrow.

• Social Studies inquiry projects will be due on Tuesday, April 24. If you want to be doing any work at home today, here is the assignment page. You could choose your 3-5 subtopics (smaller areas of focus within your larger inquiry), think of research questions and begin doing research online, create "interview" questions that you might want to ask family members, look for old family photos, etc.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Matheson

Math Review questions

Good morning grade 6s,
Here are some word problems that we're going to work through tomorrow together as we review for the Fractions/Decimals/Percent test on Tuesday. If you try them on your own first and then tomorrow show me the work you've done, I will give you signatures!

HINT:

For the first question, think about what operation to use when we're talking about "percent OF the total."

For the second question, think about what operation to use when we're talking about "an amount OUT OF the total."

Hi everyone,

Thanks for a fantastic week. There was so much going on! We had many students away throughout the week, so I thought I'd catch everyone up to speed about what's been going on.

First, we were so excited to hear that Mrs. Breau had her baby yesterday. We even got to see a photo and he is cute! Congratulations to Mrs. Breau and her family!

This past week in math, we...

• worked more with fractions, decimals, and percent
• reviewed for our math test coming up on Tuesday

In language, we...

• continued reading and responding to Fatty Legs (up to chapter 5)
• wrote about experiences in our lives when we have persuaded others to do certain things. Some of your stories have been quite entertaining!

During integration time, we...

• participated in an outdoor simulation activity to consider the experiences and interactions of First Peoples with explorers, fur traders, and early settlers (and had some great follow-up debrief/debate/discussion time)
• researched and talked about the experiences of other communities in Canadian history (Irish famine orphans, Chinese Railroad workers, Africville, Japanese Internment camps)
• began thinking about our personal Social Studies inquiry projects
• had our final "Mandalas" art work period
• began our Inuit Games competition

Next week...

• Art - Mandalas due Monday
• Math - Test on Tuesday (fractions, decimals, and percent...we'll review more together on Monday)
• Language - We're going to start writing persuasive speeches. Begin thinking of a topic that might be of interest to you.
• Social Studies - We'll be working on our personal inquiry projects. This weekend, you may want to talk to family members about your family's immigration stories, if you've chosen that as your project focus.

Stay tuned for some math challenges which I'll be posting soon to help you review!

Mrs. Matheson

Hi Grade 6s,

It was great to see you all again today after the long weekend. I loved hearing about some of your Easter stories. Thank you for working so hard to complete the math Practice Work, and for being focused and on-task while completing your language jobs today.

This week, there are a few things coming up for you to keep in mind:

• Math - This week we'll be creating some simple games to use to practice comparing fractions, decimals, and percents. On Friday, there will be time to move around to different stations and play the games. If you aren't finished today's practice work, it's important that you complete it to be sure you feel confident working with Fractions, Decimals, and Percent before we start creating these games.

• Fatty Legs reading responses - We'll be reading on in our class novel, and there will be more response questions to answer. If you haven't completed the response questions for chapters 1 and 2, please be sure to hand them in and then cross your name off the list on the board.

• First Peoples of Canada presentations - You'll have one more work period and will then be sharing your Google Slide presentations tomorrow. If you want to work at home, the website we used today was www.firstpeoplesofcanada.com. Your presentation will include
• Meaning of the name of your chosen group
• Living conditions (environment and types of homes)
• Food
• Clothing/Art
• Other interesting facts

• Inuit Games - We might have time this week for a bit of a competition, similar to the Inuit Games mentioned in our class novel! Be prepared to work your leg muscles!!

That's all for now! Have a great night.

Mrs. Matheson