Welcome to Grade 6!

Happy first day of  school everyone! Hope you had a great day, I know I did :) 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 rewarded. Have a WONDERFUL night! Looking forward to a great year :)
Mrs. Breau

***Remember, write a letter to Mrs. Breau introducing yourself! Tell me why grade 6 is going to be the best year yet! - due on Friday ***

Next Week

Hey Everyone,

Just a quick heads up on some of the events for the upcoming week

Literacy- We will continue finishing up our media assignment
-students will be analyzing a commercial using the format below - they will be presenting this in front of the class next week

Math- We are continuing to focus on numeration long division and multiplication
-dream house project (due Friday, June 21st)

Dance- students will be working on their dance routines next week - presenting them on Thursday

Science- We will be doing our flight unit in science - students will be participating in hands on experiments and creating a flying device

Health- Focusing on self concept and esteem

Agenda Items:
Summit Climbing- this activity will take place on Wednesday (Day 1) -please make sure your permission forms are handed in 
We are planning a walking trip to Tim Horton's on Thursday

 Media Format

Product Name:

What is the overt message? (What is the obvious message?)

What is the implied message? (What is the hidden message?)

Who is the target audience?

What are three strategies that are used during this advertisement? Support your thinking. 1. ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2.  ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

Weekly Update

Congratulations on finishing EQAO grade 6s! You have shown so much grit and perseverance this week, I am so proud of you. Here is a quick update on the week ahead.

Literacy- We will be focusing on media literacy this week

Math- measurement test Monday- We will be doing review of the numeration strand and working on our dream house project (see below)

Social Studies- We will be continuing to work on our social studies inquiry projects

Science- We will be starting our flight unit

Health- We will be starting growth and development

Agenda items:

-parent/student info session for Kandalore is 7-8 pm on Wednesday June 12th  

-Track and Field area competition on June 5th

-We Wellness Day - June 7th

 Dream House Project

As we begin our measurement unit, one of the concepts we will be focusing on is area and perimeter. You will now have the opportunity to apply your learning to a real life situation (well sort of); you will design your dream house! If you have more than one level in your house be sure to sketch a rough floor plan for each. The assignment has been split into 4 parts with specific minimum requirements on each part.  Please read the assignment completely before you begin.

Part 1: Room Sketch

·        To practice making a floor plan measure the dimensions of a room in your house or the classroom. Record all the measurements and then sketch the room (from a bird’s eye view)

·         Label all the dimensions

·         Use the following scale 1 cm= 1 m or 1 unit square= 1 m square 

Part 2:  Your dream house requirements:

·         At least 6 different rooms (bath, bed, kitchen, living room, dining room, family room, den, craft room, play room, etc.)

·         You may have more than one of each room (ex. 3 bedrooms)

·         Be sure to label each room on the floor plan

·         You must have a garage (size of your choice)

·         Each square on your graph represents one square meter

·         You must have a least 3 different types of angles and at least 3 types of geometric shapes in your house

·         Bedrooms should have closets

Part 3:  Decorating:

·         Choose at least one room to decorate

·         Draw the floor plan of that room- all furniture and appliances are included and drawn to scale

·         Calculate the cost of flooring for your room – calculate the area 

·         Calculate the cost of paint- calculate the surface area of your room – don’t forget to minus windows and doors

·         Each can of paint will cover 36 m2

·         Average cost of carpet is $10.00/ m2

·         Average cost for hardwood flooring is $17.50/m2 

·         Average cost of high quality paint is $33.50 / can

·         Determine how much money you will spend on decorating your room

Part 4:  Demonstration of math skills:

·         On separate paper, all math will be shown

·         Area and perimeter of each room

·         Calculations of flooring and paint for your room

·         Included the total area and perimeter of your house

Update

Math:
-We will be continuing with measurement focusing on 3D measurement
-Keep reviewing those EQAO terms

Literacy:
- We will be finishing our book Word Nerd
- We will be reviewing  the forms of writing

Science:
- We will be continuing with our Art Bot project

Social Studies:
- We will be beginning our Inquiry projects next week

Agenda:
 Jump Rope for Heart- May 13th
Track and Field Training - May 14th, May 17th, May 21st
TRACK & FIELD  EVENT MAY 23rd
EQAO Writing Dates May 27th, 28th, 29th  (Make up writing day May 30th)

Art Bot Project

Grade 6 S.T.E.A.M. ArtBot Project

Learning Goal: To design and create an object using 2 AA batteries and 1 motor. This object must move in some way to create “art”

Requirements (Success Criteria):

• You will work with a partner.
• Your bot must move on its own and somehow incorporate the motor provided
• Use found/recycled materials to build an artbot
• Moving might mean rolling, wobbling, bouncing, sliding, twirling, shaking
• It must somehow leave marks on the paper “floor” (that’s why it’s called an ARTbot).
• You will submit a report outlining your process and explaining your final product.
• You will present your ArtBot on the due date with the rest of the class, and we will create an AWESOME piece of collective ArtBot art.

Report Outline

Your report will resemble a scientific report, in that it will have sections and headings as follows:

Title: You may want to name your ArtBot

Student Engineers:  Your names here

Objective: What is the purpose of your creation?  What are you trying to do/accomplish?

Plan and Rationale: How are you planning on accomplishing your objective?  What method are you going to use to make your Bot move?  Why?

Materials: List all the materials and the quantity of each that you are using for your ArtBot.

Procedure: Provide step-by-step instructions for creating and operating your ArtBot

Observations/Modifications:  What happened along the way?  What worked? Why? What didn’t work?  Why? What did you do to fix it? Why?

Conclusions:  What have you learned from this project?  What scientific or technological or engineering or math or art concepts/principles are demonstrated by your ArtBot?  What did you learn about how things work? Can you think of other ways that you could apply what you have learned?

Agenda Items

Hi Everyone,
Here is a quick look at the week ahead:

Math- We will be starting our unit on measurement this week
- please sign and return probability tests
- we have also started prepping for EQAO and talking about key words and phrases that they need to know

Literacy- We are continuing to work APE answers for a variety of different texts
- Students are continuing working on writing demand pieces for a variety of different genres

Social Studies-
-Students will be presenting their Snap Shot Assignments this week
 -We will be talking about student inquiry projects this week- starting next week

AGENDA ITEMS
- Yard pick up will be on Tues. May 7th - Please bring gloves if you have them
-We will be working on our Art Bot assignment on Wednesday during class (please send AAA batteries if you are able)
-EQAO letter being sent home today - Grade 6 students will be writing on May 27, 28, 29th
-Jump Rope for Heart - May 13th

Probability Review

Quiz is scheduled for Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

Probability Review

1. Use the words impossible, likely, unlikely or certain to describe the following events:

a) If you flip a coin once, you will get a head and a tail: ____________________

b) If you roll a die once, you will get a number less than six:____________________

c) Eight metres of snow will fall today: ____________________

2. Dakota and Bryan count their coloured paper clips and record the results in the table below.

Colour	Dakota	Bryan
Red	14	18
Yellow	7	9
Blue	6	5
White	17	20

They put all of the paper clips in a box. Dakota chooses one paper clip from the box without looking.

Determine the probability that Dakota chooses a red paperclip.

Show your work.

3. A spinner has 12 equal sized sections. The sections are labelled 1 through 12. What is the probability that Eva will spin a multiple of 3 on her first spin?

Explain how you know.

5. Put these fractions into a percent. You may use a calculator.

1. 5/20    b) 9/10 c)  8/35 d) 6/50

6. Rori has a bag of 20 coloured blocks. Without looking, she reaches in and pulls one block out. Complete the table below to determine the probability of choosing a red, green, purple or yellow block.

Colour	Fraction	Decimal	Percent	Ratio
Red	6/10
Green		0.5
Purple				2:10
Yellow			0.7

7. Keenan places 3 green marbles, 4 yellow marbles and 1 blue marble in a bag. Keenan then adds 1 green marble and 1 yellow marble to the bag. Does the probability that Keenan will randomly choose a yellow marble increase, decrease or stay the same?

Justify your answer.

TREE DIAGRAM (We will do this next week)

8. Falynn goes to a fast food restaurant after cheering on the home team at a football game. Falynn wants to order a drink, fries and a burger. Here are her choices:

Drink	Fries	Burger
Lemonade	Small	Cheesy Burger
Water	Medium	The Bacon King
Dr. Pepper	Large

How many different combinations can Falynn choose from?