May 30

Math - Students have an exam on their unit tomorrow morning. I didn't get around to posting yesterday.

**** Reminder of our Wall of Fame dedication tomorrow followed by our Penny Carnival in the afternoon. Students should bring money to participate in the events that will be going on in the afternoon. ****

Novel Study: Skellig -Chapters 1-5 and other things...

* Grade Six students worked extremely hard to prepare for the Writing Achievement Test which they wrote last Thursday morning. Our other Lang. Arts Achievement Test is about a month away at the end of June, and is a Reading Comprehension Test. We will keep working to improve our skills in this aspect of the Language Arts.

*We are beginning a novel study on the British novel, Skellig by David Almond, which is a rather mysterious novel. Students should finish reading Chapter 5 and complete the question page on chapters 1-5 in complete sentences. This is due tomorrow, Thursday, May 25th.

Other Important Info...
This Friday, May 26th, is Junior High Track and Field Day and our Grade Six students will act as 'helpers' at the various track/field events and canteen.

Living Rosary and Children's Liturgy at St. Ambrose this Saturday Mass, May 27th.

May 23

Math - We corrected the work from last week today. Students started work on simple equations. For Wednesday students must complete page 121 of the handout given. A test is scheduled for Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Social 6 chapter 1 quiz

Ch.1 quiz on wed. May 24th.

May 17

Math - Students wrote their part A Provincial Achievement Tests this morning. I know they are getting ready for Language Arts tomorrow.

Because of the student retreat tomorrow there will be an assignment over the long weekend. Students are to complete pages 7-10 for Tuesday May 23rd.

Reminder about the concert tomorrow evening at the church. Tickets are $10.00 and students under 17 are free if accompanied by an adult.

May 15

Math - Students are to complete the "Skill Bank" questions on 32 and 33 for class on Wednesday.

Reminder 9:00 Wednesday is Part A Math Provincial Achievement Test Please bring an HB pencil and eraser for the test. No calculators for this one but they are permitted for the June Part B.

Quiz Update

Due to Long weekend our next quiz will be on May 29th.

May 11

Math 6 - We corrected our parctice test today and msot students showed some improvement in their work. Students are to write a similar question to one that they did not answer correctly as a review of the material. As weel there are practice Part A exams on the internet through exambank.com. Students should have the username and password necessary to access these materials.

For Monday May 15, have the following questions done: #2 to 5 on pages 30 and 31.

Social (environment posters)

The environmental sustainability posters are due on Monday, May 15th.

May 9

Math Complete "On Your Own" page 27 of your textbook. Make sure you've corrected all of those multiple choice questions from the practice Part A test which we will be having a another go at tomorrow.

Monday May 8th

We'll be writing our 'practice test' for the PAT Part A Writing Test this Wednesday, the 10th.
We will try to simulate the actual test situation and I will choose a narrative story picture-cue and a 'news story' cue from a previous PAT and we will try to complete both well in the time suggested (110 minutes).
We will evaluate these using the scoring rubric used by Alberta Ed.
Ask your child about it.

Quiz Reminder

Quiz Monday May 8th. Study words up to and including weight, previous quizzes and lab write-ups.

May 4

Math 6 - We corrected a review for the part A of the PAT test to be held May 17. I'm asking students to look at the questions that they got wrong and create a new question that is similar and of course to answer the question themselves. This should be completed for next Wednesday May 10.

For Monday May 8 please have "On Your Own" page 24 done.

PAT Prep

We have been working hard to prepare well for the Provincial Achievement Test: Part A (Writing) which the Grade Six class will write on Thursday, May 18th. That's two weeks from today!

The test has two parts: a narrative writing component ( students write a story from a picture cue) and a functional writing component (students write a 'news story' from a situation presented and a list of facts), both in 90 minutes. We have been working on improving our writing and composing and editing skills, as well as on 'creating' under time pressure.

Tonight's homework is to write a eulogy for the Calgary Flames hockey team...no just kidding! Actually it is to complete a worksheet (Lesson 49 -both sides) on 'Quotation Marks', due tomorrow, Friday the 5th.

May 2

Math - Complete work assigned on page 23 of text book and pages 5 and 6 of the worksheets.

Monday May 1

Math 6 – Please complete pages 1,2 and 3 of the Practice handout for class tomorrow.