I am back!!!

I am SO happy to be back! Thank you for such a great first day!  Welcome to our classroom blog! This is a great way for you to stay up to date on what is happening in our classroom. Here I will post weekly updates, daily challenges, test reviews, as well as agenda notes. You should be checking the blog regularly.
Tonight, is your first challenge. See if you can figure out how to post a comment to this blog post, signatures will be awarded. Have a WONDERFUL night! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow:)

Mrs. Breau

MATH CHALLENGE- Solve the 4 riddles below. Put your answers into your agenda. Signatures will be rewarded :)

Use the digits below to answer each number in the riddle. You cannot repeat digits within a number

1                 2                 3                  4                5              6            7              8               9


a) I am the largest four digit odd number you can make. What number am I?  

b) I am the smallest 5 digit even number you can make. What number am I?

c) I am the largest 5 digit even number you can make that has a 3 in the thousands place.  What number am I?

d) I am the smallest 5 digit number you can make that has all odd digits. What number am I?



THINGS TO REMEMBER:
ODD NUMBERS END IN 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
EVEN NUMBERS END IN 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 

Some reminders for this week

Hi everyone,

Here are a few reminders related to important events, projects, and activities we have coming up over the next couple of days and weeks:

• Tomorrow, June 13, there is a Grade 7 Kandalore trip information meeting at the school at 7 p.m. All parents of grade 6s are encouraged to attend in order to be aware of details for next year's trip.

• Please bring newspapers to school for our math building project.

• Please collect empty plastic bottles and other recyclable materials that you could use for our flight STEAM activities.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Matheson

Hi everyone,

Congratulations on finishing the first day of EQAO!

Here's a reminder of what I mentioned at the end of the day:

• You have until tomorrow morning to submit the EQAO math review which I gave out on Friday (worth many signatures!!). Below, I will post a picture of the "Helpful Hints" that were up on the board on Friday.

• If you haven't yet handed in your dance permission form and paid (online or cash/cheque), please do so as soon as possible. Dance begins next week.

Have a great night!

Mrs. Matheson

Transformations video (tranSLations, reFLections, roTAtions)

Hi grade 6s,
Here's a video that recaps what we were doing this morning in math. It's an excellent review if you have a few minutes to watch it!

See you in the morning!

Mrs. Matheson

Equations, equations, equations!

Good afternoon, grade 6s!

As promised, here's a photo of your algebraic equations...anyone going to take on the challenge of solving them all?! (or as many as are possible to solve)

Also, this is a reminder of a few things I mentioned on Friday:

• math test - Tuesday
• please bring in any magazines you have that we could cut up for art
• yearbook orders are due Thursday (order online or bring the form and money to school)
• and please remember that the SMAC team is collecting toiletries until the end of the month to donate to homeless shelters in our area

See you in the morning!

Mrs. Matheson

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