Christmas Story:
The Grade Six classes are working on writing/editing/proofreading a story with a Christmas connection...a Christmas setting, characters or somehow Christmas figures in the sequence of events of the story. We have been working on this in computer class, but students may work on it at home...(they may email it home to work on).
Christmas Wish List:
Grade Six students are working on composing a Christmas Wish List, with explanations/ reasons
The Christmas Wish List has two parts: Gifts I Really Want and Deserve for Christmas and
Gifts I Would Really Like to Give for Christmas
We set a limit of 10 gifts on each list. Five may be "material things" and five should be "intangible" gifts. On the second list, they should specifiy to whom the gift will be given and why.
I am looking for some imaginative, thoughtful, persuasive writing.
We hope to share some of these stories and lists aloud and have all handed in by Friday morning(21st).
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Christmas Concert Preparations...
The Grade Six students are very busy these days in Language and Music classes, preparing for the Christmas Concert that is fast approaching on Thursday, December 13th. Of course, the Grade Sixes have the character roles and speaking parts of the play and this year our play is entitled Christmas in the Country. We are spending a lot of our class time learning new songs, memorizing lines and even doing a little dancing!
The Concert play has a definite 'western-country' atmosphere and our Grade 6 characters will need to dress Western...so we ask your help with costuming, props, and set. Do you have any western duds ( hats, shirts, etc) lariats, etc. that you could lend to us for the concert? Also, we have some typical farm animal characters: sheep, pig and a cow. If you have any costumes that could pass for these animals, please send them along as well.
Thanks! It looks to be a great concert, with lots of great singing and acting from all the classes in the school. See you there!
The Concert play has a definite 'western-country' atmosphere and our Grade 6 characters will need to dress Western...so we ask your help with costuming, props, and set. Do you have any western duds ( hats, shirts, etc) lariats, etc. that you could lend to us for the concert? Also, we have some typical farm animal characters: sheep, pig and a cow. If you have any costumes that could pass for these animals, please send them along as well.
Thanks! It looks to be a great concert, with lots of great singing and acting from all the classes in the school. See you there!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
thursday
Language Arts - Study for spelling tomorrow. Students worked on writing letters as if they were characters in the book we're reading.
Math - Complete the booklet on perimeter and area for tomorrow.
Science - Used D cell batteries to test the proper configuration for making a bulb light up.
Tomorrow we are dedicating our prayer area at 12:30. Please come if you are able.
Math - Complete the booklet on perimeter and area for tomorrow.
Science - Used D cell batteries to test the proper configuration for making a bulb light up.
Tomorrow we are dedicating our prayer area at 12:30. Please come if you are able.
Math
We are working on Decimals in math class. A test is coming up possible next week (Dec. 3 -6).
Review 9 is due Fri. Nov. 30th.
Review 9 is due Fri. Nov. 30th.
Science
In science we have started the second unit called Trees and Forests. They have had one quiz and should expect the next one next week (Dec. 3 - 6). This unit has a lot more diagrams and definitions to understand. Review at home is essential.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
October Going Fast!
October seems to have whipped right by us like the wind we somedays have.
Anyway, in Language Arts we have been working on these areas/ skills:
Reading: Using the Reader's Workshop concept we have been reading novels chosen by the students, responding to each chapter by writing in Response Logs, and discussing the elements of narrative fiction. We are now moving on to a whole class novel study.
We have just begun our Novel Study using the novel, "Maniac Magee." Title pages are due Monday, 22nd.
Reading Comprehension: Each week we read a couple of reading selections drawn from narrative, factual articles, cartoons, recipes, etc. and answer multiple choice questions that test comprehension of these passages.
Writing: We are working on improving our skills of descriptive writing: The first draft of a description of a celebration meal will be due Wednesday, 24th.
Sentence Combining; Each week we try to work on improving our composing of good sentences by doing sentence combining exercises: Next week we will be working on "Goal" and "Fish Story" due by Monday, 29th.
Spelling: There will be a new spelling word list and unit work for Units 4 and 5.
Anyway, in Language Arts we have been working on these areas/ skills:
Reading: Using the Reader's Workshop concept we have been reading novels chosen by the students, responding to each chapter by writing in Response Logs, and discussing the elements of narrative fiction. We are now moving on to a whole class novel study.
We have just begun our Novel Study using the novel, "Maniac Magee." Title pages are due Monday, 22nd.
Reading Comprehension: Each week we read a couple of reading selections drawn from narrative, factual articles, cartoons, recipes, etc. and answer multiple choice questions that test comprehension of these passages.
Writing: We are working on improving our skills of descriptive writing: The first draft of a description of a celebration meal will be due Wednesday, 24th.
Sentence Combining; Each week we try to work on improving our composing of good sentences by doing sentence combining exercises: Next week we will be working on "Goal" and "Fish Story" due by Monday, 29th.
Spelling: There will be a new spelling word list and unit work for Units 4 and 5.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Bring the Family!
Just a quick post to inform you of an important upcoming event:
1) Many of you may not have received the yellow note inviting you to have supper with us at St. Joe's tomorrow evening, Wednesday the 12th for our St Joseph Family - Meet and Greet from 6 -8 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and meet the Staff and All of our St. Joseph School Family. We will provide corn-on-the-cob, barbecued burgers, potato chips and a beverage. All for no charge! After you've eaten, you'll have the opportunity to meet your chidren's teachers in the Gathering Space:
Division 1 (K-3) 6:30 p.m
Division 2 (4-6) 6:45 p.m.
Division 3 (7-9) 7:00 p.m.
*Each student is encouraged to bring a picture of himself/herself or their family enjoying their favourite summer day so we can fill a bulletin board of seet summer memories of our St. Joseph School Family!
Please print their first and last names, plus their homerooms on the back of the pictures, and bring them to the office first thing on Wednesday morning.
Bring all your family and meet all of our extended St. Joseph's Family to kick off the school year!
1) Many of you may not have received the yellow note inviting you to have supper with us at St. Joe's tomorrow evening, Wednesday the 12th for our St Joseph Family - Meet and Greet from 6 -8 p.m. Everyone is invited to come and meet the Staff and All of our St. Joseph School Family. We will provide corn-on-the-cob, barbecued burgers, potato chips and a beverage. All for no charge! After you've eaten, you'll have the opportunity to meet your chidren's teachers in the Gathering Space:
Division 1 (K-3) 6:30 p.m
Division 2 (4-6) 6:45 p.m.
Division 3 (7-9) 7:00 p.m.
*Each student is encouraged to bring a picture of himself/herself or their family enjoying their favourite summer day so we can fill a bulletin board of seet summer memories of our St. Joseph School Family!
Please print their first and last names, plus their homerooms on the back of the pictures, and bring them to the office first thing on Wednesday morning.
Bring all your family and meet all of our extended St. Joseph's Family to kick off the school year!
Welcome to Grade Six!
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL AND YOUR NEW BLOG, that you can check regularly to keep posted on daily homework assignments, projects and other information about upcoming special events, days in our classroom or whole school.
WHY TR-SIX? Well, TR-SIX, that's you, the Grade Six class, and the name of the blog was chosen from the name of a sleek and stylish British sportscar, but also just happens to be your homeroom teacher's initials, TR! If you are interested in finding out more about these cool little British sportscars, try doing a Google-search of images to see pix of TR-Six cars over the years.
All of your core subject teachers, Mr. Roth, Mrs. Baron, and Mr. Saler, as well as Mrs. Fujita, Mrs. Brodie, and Mr. Chmielewski will post messages regularly to your blog. We hope you and your parents visit the blog often!
WHY TR-SIX? Well, TR-SIX, that's you, the Grade Six class, and the name of the blog was chosen from the name of a sleek and stylish British sportscar, but also just happens to be your homeroom teacher's initials, TR! If you are interested in finding out more about these cool little British sportscars, try doing a Google-search of images to see pix of TR-Six cars over the years.
All of your core subject teachers, Mr. Roth, Mrs. Baron, and Mr. Saler, as well as Mrs. Fujita, Mrs. Brodie, and Mr. Chmielewski will post messages regularly to your blog. We hope you and your parents visit the blog often!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
The End Is Near!
The month of June is already upon us and flying by as well.
Much work that needs to be completed very quickly before the last day on the 27th...
the Colour Poem assignment is due Friday, June 8th,
the Book Talk is due on Friday, June 15th
and that same day the PAT's start again with Lang Arts Part B (Reading Comprehension),
with Social Studies on Monday the 18th,
Math on Wednesday the 20th,
and Science on Friday the 22nd,
all beginning at 9:00 in the morning.
The Exambank website is useful for practice exam questions in Math and Reading Comprehension, so ask your son/daughter to check it out for Reading practice too!
Our TR6 class will be going to Stafford Lake on the 27th with the Grade 7's and 8's...sort of an 'warming up' to Junior High. Pray for a warm, sunny day.
As always, please contact me at school, 345-3373, if you have any questions, suggestions, or even complaints.
Much work that needs to be completed very quickly before the last day on the 27th...
the Colour Poem assignment is due Friday, June 8th,
the Book Talk is due on Friday, June 15th
and that same day the PAT's start again with Lang Arts Part B (Reading Comprehension),
with Social Studies on Monday the 18th,
Math on Wednesday the 20th,
and Science on Friday the 22nd,
all beginning at 9:00 in the morning.
The Exambank website is useful for practice exam questions in Math and Reading Comprehension, so ask your son/daughter to check it out for Reading practice too!
Our TR6 class will be going to Stafford Lake on the 27th with the Grade 7's and 8's...sort of an 'warming up' to Junior High. Pray for a warm, sunny day.
As always, please contact me at school, 345-3373, if you have any questions, suggestions, or even complaints.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Unit Test and Provincial Achievement Test
Make sure to study for your upcoming Aerodynamics and Flight exam as well as those PAT's,
When you study glossary make sure you can use the word in a sentence. Look at old labs and what the inference was, and how that relates to the learning outcome. Study old quizzes. Use Exambank.com. Know your diagrams.
When you study glossary make sure you can use the word in a sentence. Look at old labs and what the inference was, and how that relates to the learning outcome. Study old quizzes. Use Exambank.com. Know your diagrams.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Space Unit Test
Tuesday March 20th. Study glossary words, old quiz questions and handouts. exambank.com can also be used as a good study resource and prep for the provicial ach. test. username: hs_jose Have your child ask me for the password.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Check your childs understanding
Ask them:
What is the difference between a constellation and an asterism? Give an example of each.
Explain the difference bewtween a meteor, meteorite and an asteroid?
Define shooting star.
What does the Earth have to protect it from meteor, meteorite and an asteroid?
If your child can't answer these questions its back to the books!
What is the difference between a constellation and an asterism? Give an example of each.
Explain the difference bewtween a meteor, meteorite and an asteroid?
Define shooting star.
What does the Earth have to protect it from meteor, meteorite and an asteroid?
If your child can't answer these questions its back to the books!
Friday, February 16, 2007
For Monday, Feb. 26 (a whole week)
For the week off, let's get everyone caught up!
Language Arts
Maniac Magee- reading and questions ch.14-18, any corrections/unfinnished questions from ch. 8-13.
Social Studies
Complete "Latitude and Longitude" booklets, and do any corrections that still haven't been fixed up.
*This is a difficult skill and some students might want to have an adult/older person help them.
Language Arts
Maniac Magee- reading and questions ch.14-18, any corrections/unfinnished questions from ch. 8-13.
Social Studies
Complete "Latitude and Longitude" booklets, and do any corrections that still haven't been fixed up.
*This is a difficult skill and some students might want to have an adult/older person help them.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
For Monday, Feb. 12
Language Arts
1. Lost Year stories- good copy.
2. Maniac Magee questions- ch. 10 & 11, corrections- ch. 8 & 9 (please use pencil).
Social Studies
Latitude and Longitude booklet- first 5 pages (1-4 should have been done for today).
(please use pencil)
1. Lost Year stories- good copy.
2. Maniac Magee questions- ch. 10 & 11, corrections- ch. 8 & 9 (please use pencil).
Social Studies
Latitude and Longitude booklet- first 5 pages (1-4 should have been done for today).
(please use pencil)
Monday, February 05, 2007
Social Studies
If possible, please bring an atlas that can be left at school for a couple of weeks.
The students will be working on mapping skills such as, latitude and longitude.
The students will be working on mapping skills such as, latitude and longitude.
Language Arts
DUE DATES
TUES. FEB. 6 (tomorrow): 1) Week 3 spelling- pre-test corrections.
- fill in the blanks activity.
2) Maniac Magee- Vocab. and Study Questions: Ch. 1-7,
including ALL corrections.
WEDS. FEB. 7: Maniac Magee- Vocab. and Study Questions: Ch. 8-10.
THURS. FEB. 8: "Lost Year" story- completley edited (see checklist).
FRI. FEB. 9: Spelling Test- Week 3.
MON. Feb. 12: "Lost Year" story- good copy.
TUES. FEB. 6 (tomorrow): 1) Week 3 spelling- pre-test corrections.
- fill in the blanks activity.
2) Maniac Magee- Vocab. and Study Questions: Ch. 1-7,
including ALL corrections.
WEDS. FEB. 7: Maniac Magee- Vocab. and Study Questions: Ch. 8-10.
THURS. FEB. 8: "Lost Year" story- completley edited (see checklist).
FRI. FEB. 9: Spelling Test- Week 3.
MON. Feb. 12: "Lost Year" story- good copy.
Feb. 5 Math
Review worksheet page due tomorrow.
Lime green booklet due next Monday. Feb. 12th.
Students should continue to practice times table skills.
Lime green booklet due next Monday. Feb. 12th.
Students should continue to practice times table skills.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
Language Arts Update
For my first Blog posting, I would like to say hello to all who are involved in the lives of the TR-SIX students. Thanks to Mr. Roth for introducing me on the Blog earlier this month. In addition to Language Arts 6 and Social Studies 6, I will also be teaching Health 6 for Mr. Coupland until the end of April.
Language Arts:
1. SPELLING TESTS will take place every Friday (or Thursday, if it is a short week). Reviewing/studying for these spelling tests is important.
Each Monday, the students will be given a pre-test of 20 spelling words, as well as an activity (crossword, fill-in-the-blanks, etc.) that will help them practice spelling and using the words correctly. The activities will be due for the following day (Tuesdays).
-Generally, the spelling words will come from the novel we are studying or will be words that are commonly misspelled.
-Note: Due to the short week with skiing and a PD day, there will be no spelling test this week.
2. We have now started reading Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli and will continue with this novel study unit for several more weeks. The students should have already read chapters 1-5 and done the corresponding vocabulary and study questions.
-For Thurs. Feb. 1, they have been assigned to read chapters 6 and 7 and there will be a short quiz on those 2 chapters.
-It is expected that students will keep all of their Maniac Magee materials (spelling lists and activities, handouts, assignments, activity sheets, etc.) in their Maniac Magee duotangs.
3. Last week the students started writing stories about Maniac’s “Lost Year” (see green assignment sheet), with a focus on characterization (see blue handout). The rough copies were due last Fri. Jan. 26th. If they have not been handed in, it is critical that these rough copies are completed and brought to school this Thurs. Feb. 1, as we will be moving on to the editing and revising process.
Language Arts:
1. SPELLING TESTS will take place every Friday (or Thursday, if it is a short week). Reviewing/studying for these spelling tests is important.
Each Monday, the students will be given a pre-test of 20 spelling words, as well as an activity (crossword, fill-in-the-blanks, etc.) that will help them practice spelling and using the words correctly. The activities will be due for the following day (Tuesdays).
-Generally, the spelling words will come from the novel we are studying or will be words that are commonly misspelled.
-Note: Due to the short week with skiing and a PD day, there will be no spelling test this week.
2. We have now started reading Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli and will continue with this novel study unit for several more weeks. The students should have already read chapters 1-5 and done the corresponding vocabulary and study questions.
-For Thurs. Feb. 1, they have been assigned to read chapters 6 and 7 and there will be a short quiz on those 2 chapters.
-It is expected that students will keep all of their Maniac Magee materials (spelling lists and activities, handouts, assignments, activity sheets, etc.) in their Maniac Magee duotangs.
3. Last week the students started writing stories about Maniac’s “Lost Year” (see green assignment sheet), with a focus on characterization (see blue handout). The rough copies were due last Fri. Jan. 26th. If they have not been handed in, it is critical that these rough copies are completed and brought to school this Thurs. Feb. 1, as we will be moving on to the editing and revising process.
Friday, January 26, 2007
MathTest
Math Test Monday on perimeter and Area. Orange booklet due. It will get marked Thurs. due to skiing and PD day. No new booklet this week.
Next topic is volume.
Next topic is volume.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Introducing...
*I would like to introduce Miss Teryn Garberg, an intern teacher from the University of Lethbridge, coming to our class to teach Language Arts 6 for me, and Social Studies 6 for Ms. Andrew, until the end of April. Miss Garberg will bring lots of great ideas and enthusiasm and we will work together to provide the best learning activities for our TR-SIX students. While Miss Garberg is teaching the class as a whole, I will be working with a small group of TR-SIX students to assist them in improving their reading and writing skills.
*This week Miss Garberg is introducing activities leading up to the novel we will be studying, "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli, which is an entertaining and thought-provoking tall tale about a boy 'on the run', and trying to find a real 'home'. You should start to see this novel coming home for regular chapter reading later this week.
* TR-SIX students have watched clips of "Big Fish", a motion picture tall-tale, and will be writing a tall tale of their own this week as well.
*This week Miss Garberg is introducing activities leading up to the novel we will be studying, "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli, which is an entertaining and thought-provoking tall tale about a boy 'on the run', and trying to find a real 'home'. You should start to see this novel coming home for regular chapter reading later this week.
* TR-SIX students have watched clips of "Big Fish", a motion picture tall-tale, and will be writing a tall tale of their own this week as well.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Welcome Back!
This week in math they have practice on basic skills in the pink booklet. It is due Monday. In class we are working on perimeter concepts. We will then move on to area.
Students should be bringing a calculator to class to help speed up some calculations and to do some problem solving.
When they write teheir achievement tests in june. One part of the test is without calculator and the other part allows calculators. They should get familiar with them.
This week in math they have practice on basic skills in the pink booklet. It is due Monday. In class we are working on perimeter concepts. We will then move on to area.
Students should be bringing a calculator to class to help speed up some calculations and to do some problem solving.
When they write teheir achievement tests in june. One part of the test is without calculator and the other part allows calculators. They should get familiar with them.
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