November 4-8, 2019

Humanities:

• Students will be wrapping up their mysterious creature writing and presenting their slideshow to the class on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Students will be asked to choose 1 Right or Freedom, and create a blurb for the rest of the class to utilize.
• This week we are also starting some new routines. On Day A, as students have Humanities for only 1 block, this time will be dedicated to spelling, reading comprehension, editing writing and working with words (compound words, contractions, prefix/suffix, homonyms/synonyms, etc.). Today was their first spelling test, with words gathered from the "Sixth Grade No Excuse Words" list. This is our starting point!

Math:

• Students wrote their Number Concepts quiz this week and some have brought them home to be corrected, signed and brought back to me (any time this week is fine).  Those who scored below 9 on their test did not take it home, as they have the option to rewrite on Tuesday at lunch, but must be practicing their factors trees and multiples (tables) to improve their understanding.  I will not search for students or force them to come to the retest, but this is the only time offered to take it.  

Note *All grade 6 teachers have identified this topic as an area of growth for several students. Basic multiplication/division facts up to 81) are essential.  All students are strongly encouraged to continue working on this at home. Due to the importance of multiples/factors and applying place value number concepts to other areas of the math curriculum, we are offering support for Grade 6 students for would like additional assistance. The Grade 6 Math/Science team is going to offer weekly 'Math Support' sessions twice a week. They will be offered Monday at lunch in Mrs. Lowe's room during Lunch B M114(12:50 pm - 1:10 pm) and Thursday mornings in Mrs. Senholt's room, M116 (8:00 am - 8:20 am). Students may attend one or both sessions, no commitment. 

Here are a couple of websites that are helpful learning tools:
Math is Fun
Grade 6 is Math-tasitc
Spy Guys... Factors, Multiples and Prime Factorization

• We are starting theoretical and experimental probability and learning the language around ratios, 'likely', 'unlikely', 'certain', and 'impossible'.
• Favorable outcome: total possible outcomes
• Examining Theoretical versus Experimental probability through games and experimentation.

Science:

• We have finished our 'Tree Task' presentations and students did an excellent job!  Well done Grade 6!  They had a period to review and share any missing notes or handouts to study for Thursday's test.  All students have been given a copy of the questions from all 4 Tree Tasks to use as a study guide and to create a "cheat sheet" for the test.
• Trees and Forest test on Thursday Nov. 7

Art:

• 6-1 - Students will be working on artwork for the class Remembrance Day wreath as well as abstract collage art
• 6-2 - All classes are making Remembrance Day wreaths for the assembly, our focus will be on peaceful collaboration through the lens of collective identity, kindness and sacrifice.

Reminders:

• November 7th Science test
• November 8th Assembly
• November 11th no school - Remembrance Day
• Monday/Thursday Math extra-help group
• Check for unpaid field trip fees (Bowmont Park)