Update

It has been so great meeting with all the families over the past couple of weeks during our student led conferences. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy lives to attend. I apologize for not posting an update this week until now.
Here is a quick overview of the next week:

Math- We are finishing up patterning next week - There will be a review posted to the blog on Wednesday

Literacy- We have been working on some writing on demands
- Next week, students will be introduced a procedural writing assignment - They will be creating Santa manuals, which are really fun and allow them to show their creativity
-We will also be reviewing the parts of speech

Social Studies- Students are finishing up their "Community Snap Shot"  assignment- They be giving a brief summary of their findings to their classmates
-Students should be thinking about what they would like to do for their independent inquiry project - They will be picking a topic under the umbrella of "Canada Past and Present"

-"Family Story" Assignments are due on Monday, December 2nd


Agenda Items:
-Christmas for kids
-Class pictures are coming home today

Daily Challenge

Daily Challenge- Explicit Patterning Rule

Term Number= First Term + ([term number -1] x common difference)

Solve the following questions

a) 21, 26, 31, 36 ...... Find the 44th term

b) 2.2, 4.4, 6.6, 8.8 ... Find the 32nd term

c) 215, 212, 209.... Find the 23rd term

Christmas for Kids:
We are collecting NEW items such as:
-Toys for all ages
-gift cards
-jewellery
-toiletries
-books
-outdoor wear
-hats
-mittens
-gloves
-scarf
-clothing
-make up
Final  Collection December 15th

Introduction to Patterning

Here is  a daily challenge to kick off our patterning unit.

Daily Challenge

a) I am the seventh number in the following sequence of numbers: 1,4, 9, 16.....
What number am I?

b) I am the sixth in the following sequence of numbers: 1, 3, 7, 15.......
What number am I?

c) Edgar does sit-ups daily. On Monday, he did 20 sit ups. On Tuesday, he did 30. He did 50 sit ups on Wednesday and 90 on Thursday. If he continues this pattern, Edgar will do an impressive number of sit ups on Saturday. What number of sit ups will he do?

Your Family Story

As we explore our great country Canada, you are being ask to explore your family background. This assignment will be completed at home. There are two parts to this assignment. First you must complete a "family tree" using a similar template to the one below. You will also be using the prompts below to create a paragraph.

DUE DATE: Monday, December 2nd, 2019

Weekly Update

Hey Everyone!
Here is a quick update on the upcoming week:
 
Literacy- We are wrapping up our Halloween Narratives. Draft copies are due on November 11th. Students have done a great job adding supporting detail and words that allow his or her reader to visualize their story. This week we will be working on a Remembrance Day letter and writing through different points of view
Reading -We are continuing to work on different reading strategies and using evidence from the text to support your thinking

Math- Students will be completing a math test on Thursday (topics include: multiplication, division, BEDMAS, adding and subtracting with decimals, metric conversions and choosing an appropriate measurement) I will be adding a review to the blog on Monday to help students prepare.

Social Studies- We will beginning our social studies unit this week. We will be focusing on Canada's Past and Present. This week will be exploring the terms diversity and inclusion.We will also be focusing on the topic of immigration. (There will be an at home assignment posted this week for Social Studies focusing on their heritage)

Health- Menus and short answer responses are due November 11th. Most students completed this in class, but if they need more time to please just talk to me. I have also posted their at home cooking assignment. Due November 29th.

Agenda Items:
-I will be sending conference reminders home this week
 -Progress reports will be coming home on Friday
-Prologue Performance on November 13th last block

Master Chef Junior- Health Assignment

*Students will also be provided with a hard copy of this assignment at school ***  

Healthy Eating Unit Follow-Up Assignment: Master Chef Junior

As part of our Healthy Eating Unit, the grade six 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 help prepare one of the meals on their menu for your family! 
The meal can be modified in any way (for example: if the menu calls for raspberries and you do not have
raspberries, please feel free to replace them with anything you wish). Parents 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. You have until Friday, November 29th, 2019 to complete this task. 

_________________                                _________________
Parent Signature                                Student Signature 

Please complete the following information.

Menu Choice: 

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Number of People Served:_____

Date of Meal:____________________

*Please bring a photo of your final dish. You may also include any other photos of the cooking process, 
family enjoying the meal*

To be completed by the student:

What is your previous experience in the kitchen?
 (E.g. do you help with dinner? Preparations? Cooking? Setting the table? Dishes? etc.)

Describe some of the tasks that you completed during this experience.
 (e.g. chopping vegetables, cooking, setting the table, clean up etc.)

What was your favourite part of this experience?

What challenges did you run into during this experience? 

What are some things you learned during this experience?

To be completed by the parent:

What was your role during this assignment?

What was your favourite part of the meal?

What was some of the new learning that took place through this assignment?

Any other feedback