Basic Skilll Monday

Students did a basic skills test on Division , multiplication and addition. The goal is to reveiw a few each day so that they get better each week.
Unit test tomorrow. Study booklet.

Fri Math 6

Finish R13 and start reviewing for Tuesdays Test.

Math Thursday

Finish R11 & R12 if not already done.

Math Thursday

Finish R11 & R12 if not already done.

Math Test Tues Sept. 19th

Covers Booklet on the objective Read and Write numbers greater than a million. Test format will be similar to workbook.

Quiz reminder

Don't forget to study your glossary words for Tuesday's quiz!

Wednesday, Week Two Already!

Just a quick post to inform you of a few upcoming events:

1) We hope you got the yellow note inviting you to have supper with us at St. Joe's this evening, Wednesday the 13th, from 6:
00 - 8:00 p.m., for corn-on-the-cob, barbecued burgers and hot dogs, potato chips and a beverage. All for no charge!

Just bring all your family and meet all of our extended St. Joseph's Family to kick off the school year.

2) The Scholastic Arrow Book order for September will be sent by Monday, 18th, so if you are interested in getting any of the choices from the September order please get your order form and cheque to Mr. Roth right away.

3) Spelling Test this Friday, 15th...(just the review words and unit 1 words...but that adds up to about 40 words, so study!)

4) Friday, September 29th is our Terry Fox Run here at St. Joseph's with the run beginning about 10:30 a.m.
Students and staff are invited to dress as their favourite hero, super or human!

What's happening in L. A. (Language Arts that is!)

TR-SIX, the Grade Six class is off to a rolling start, but quickly picking up speed in Language Arts with a number of assignments and projects that we've just begun:

SPELLING: We've started our weekly spelling units, and the first unit work is due on Wednesday, Sept 13th. The questions to complete are Obs. Patt. - 1,2,3
Disc. Patt - 1
Exp Patt. - 1,2
Chall. Wds - 1,4,5

BROWN BAG IT! - an activity where each student shares some information about himself/herself in an oral presentation by bringing objects to talk about collected in a brown paper bag. This activity is due this Monday, Sept. 11th, and each student will present their bag of objects to a small group of classmates, and then some, perhaps up to 10, will present them to the whole class.

GRANDPARENT'S DAY PROJECT - A project with lots of different choices where your son/daughter will try to celebrate and tell about one of his/her grandparents. We are using the website: http://www.grandparents-day.net for possible choices and examples of what has been done by other kids of all ages. Check it out. Grandparents Day is actually this Sunday, September 10th, but this project is due on September 28th.

BAG BOOK REPORT: This book report is still a ways off, not due till the second week of October, but it is important to be reading regulary from a fiction novel or a non-fiction book suitable for you so that you'll finish it in plenty of time to work on your 'bag', objects, and presentation. More details to follow later.

That sounds like a lot, but there will be plenty of time to get it all done, if you use your time well!

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, Ms Andrew, Mrs. Baron and Mr. Coupland, will be adding messages regularly to your blog. We hope you and your parents visit the blog often!

Summer's Here

Welcome to Grade Seven

Well you finally made it. Good for all of you. It has been my privilege to teach all of you these past two years and while I won't have day to day contact with you I will be watching you and want you to always do your best.

Have a wonderful summer and I'll see you in the fall.

Social PAT

Friday, June 16th Social studies PAT. Students have been reviewing notes and have a review sheet for the year. Make sure to study all notes and especially the review sheet. As well, review basic mapping concepts such as latitude and longitude, and study maps (ie. Canada, China, Greece0. Good luck, ask me any questions tomorrow morning before school.

Study Tips

Just a reminder of upcoming PAT exams. Students should be reviewing every night looking at old quizzes, experiments (and what the reason for them was), Exambank.com username hs.jose password coal.

Exam Date

Aerodynamics and Flight Exam date set for Monday June19.

June 12

Due to the technicians working on the server Iwas unable to post anything today.

A letter conserning the PATs will be going home tomorrow.

Students are currently working through some previous PATs for practice.

The exam bank website wwas working this evening. If you're still having troubles let me know.

P.A.T.'s Start Friday 16th!

*These are the last four school days before the Provincial Achievement Tests begin again for our Grade Six class.
The Social Studies test is scheduled for Friday, June 16th, followed on Monday, the 19th by the Part B (Reading Comprehension) of Language Arts, Math Part B on Tuesday, the 20th, and ending with Science on Thursday, the 22nd.
You will be getting a letter from us outlining how to help your son/daughter to prepare effectively for these tests.

*In Language Arts we are continuing to read and study the novel, Skellig, by David Almond. Chapters to be read, question sheets and other related activities will be assigned for homework on a regular basis for these last couple of weeks. I will be posting the chapters to be read, and assignments to be completed.

Math - Students completed a practice PAT today. We will correct it tomorrow and go over any areas students need to review. There are some sites that are especially good for students to be looking at as they review for the PATs:

learnalberta.ca Especially the Math and Science sections for grade 6.

Exambank.com

Copies of Previous released PATs:

http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/tests/previous_ach.asp

A new site with information on cyber predators was launched today. Its a good site to go over with your child:

http://www.weron2u.ca/home/

June 6

Math - Students are to complete the "Student Activity" pages 163-166 for class tomorrow. You may use a calculator if necessary for your calculations but you must show evidence of your work. Tests from last week were returned. I'm pleased to see the results. We're having a mock PAT test tomorrow afternoon. Again make sure all materials: pencils, protractors, rulers, calculators etc. are with you. Buy them for next year if you've broken or misplaced the ones you had in September.

Social ch. 1-3 quiz

There will be a social quiz on ch. 1-3 on Wednesday, June 7. As well, the review sheet will also be due on this day.

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.

Science Quiz Reminder

Quiz Monday May 1st

April 25

Math - No homework tonight.

April 24

Math - Welcome back after Easter. We corrected homework from the holidays in class this morning and the students are to question 1 in the "Problem Bank" on page 30 of the textbook and then create a problem like the one on page 30 for the class to solve tomorrow. Clear explanation and solution of the problem needs to be included. (neat)

Writing and lots more of it!

Welcome back! We'll be working intently on writng skills and practicing writing in anticipation of the first of the Lang. Achievement Tests, Part A, coming up on May 17th. Today's homework is to finish the 'file folder writing activities' on 'Precise Nouns', "Strong Verbs' and the 'Proofreading' pages for tomorrow, Tuesday 25th.

Greek Psychological needs exam and world in News

There will be a Psychological needs exam on Wednesday, April 26th. The students already have a review sheet. As well, the world in news will be due Thursday, April 27th.

April 12

Math - Please complete the booklet p38-44 for Monday April 24th. Due to school stations of the cross and other celebrations and good byes. We may have a shortened or even lose our math class tomorrow afternoon.

Please make sure all things go home tomorrow as school will be closed for the Easter break starting Friday. Make sure to take home lunches and have a look through lost and found for things that belong to you.

April 11

Math 6 - Sorry no posts for the last few days. Students will have their retest of their unit on measurement back to them tomorrow. On this one the students were given a second chance for one period to make changes to their test to improve their mark.

The grocery store price comparison activity will be returned to the students tomorrow. I'm most impressed with the efforts put forth by the students. I hope you take a chance to go over the work with your kids.

For tomorrow's class please have the "On Your Own" 1-3 and Practise Your Skills 1-2 on page 18 completed for class.

Science Quiz Reminder

Quiz Tuesday April 10.

April 5

Math 6 - Please complete "On Your Own" and "Practise Your Skills" on page 15 of the text for tomorrow. Pay close attention to your explanations in the "My Journal" question.

Very Important Notice Students will have the opportunity to improve their score on the test they took a few weeks ago. Students should prepare by going over the material in Unit 11 pages 275 to 290 in their textbook. Test will be on Monday April 10! Study Study Study!!!

Greek Myth and Play

The Greek myth and play will be due on Monday, April 10th. The play will be performed in class and the myth handed in.

April 4

Math 6 - Students handed in their advertising assignment today. Students are to look over page 13 in their text books and write in their journals about how growth patterns might be related to our study of population growth in Coaldale due tomorrow. Reminder corrections are also due tomorrow!

April 3

Math 6 - Students are to complete the "Consumer Advocate" assignment for tomorrow. Class time was allotted on Wednesday and Thursday for work on this assignment. Reminder as well about homework corrections due for Wednesday.

Science quiz reminder

Monday's quiz has been moved to Tuesday.

(Social) Greek god trading card

The Greek god trading card will be due on Monday, April 3rd. The students have a handout which will let them know what to include as well as a marking rubric.

March 29

Math 6 - Completed homework questions from yesterday. A special homework assignment that was handed in last week was returned. Students may correct their work and return it to me by next Wednesday, April 5th for extra credit. I just gave a total mark for students so it is up to them to figure out what needs correction.

For next Tuesday, April 4 students are to complete an assignment looking at how stores advertise prices and how wise consumers can get the best value for thier money.
Students also have an assignment due Monday posted on yesterday's blog.

Thursday's Math class will allow for working time to complete the assigned work.

Language Arts

On Monday we began a poetry unit in language arts. We are looking at all sorts of different kinds of styles, with the goal being to develop poetic enthusiasm and self-espression rather than an extensive analysis of poems. The students will be trying their hand at writing poems over the next few weeks, with a compilation of their best work to be collected and published at the culmination of the unit. On Thursday (March 31) they will be challenged to find a poem that appeals to them to share with the class on Friday.

The silent reading period continues on Fridays. The students have chosen a new novel for their individual study which will culminate in the form of a book report project after Easter.

Lent: Meagre Lunch on Friday 31st!

In conjunction with the season of Lent and the Junior High '25 Hour Famine' campaign, we'll be trying to build awareness of the plight of children, and adults, in the Third World, by having a "MEAGRE LUNCH" this Friday, the 31st. We are asking each student to bring a cereal-type bowl for a meagre lunch of rice and water. We have discussed the imbalance of the use of the world's resources and how blessed we are to be living here in North America. We hope you will discuss this at home over your supper table.
Our collection of non-perishable food for the Coaldale Food Bank continues all during Lent. Thanks for your support in this project!

March 28th

Math - For Monday April 3 please complete the "Problem of the Week on page 69 of the booklet

*** For tomorrow do Question 1 Activity #1 page 348. Remember to explain how you arrived at your answer in words on a separate sheet of paper because there isn't enough room to do it properly on the sheet.

March 27th

Math - Homework was corrected today and the assignment for tomorrow is to complete pages 63,66 and 67.

March 23

Math - metric system conversion. Please complet to page 62 in worksheet boolet for Monday.

Brain teaser "You asked for it."

What happened in 1961 and will not happen again until 6009?

Sky Science Title Page

Title page due Tuesday March 28

March 22

Math - Students are to complete page 58 of their booklets for class tomorrow! Think about the question: "Do stores advertise the price of their products fairly?"

March 21

Math - We finally finished all of the testing today so we should be ready to begin our next section tomorrow! Students need rulers, pencils and erasers at school in order to work on the Math activities. If some have been lost or broken over the course of the year they need to be replaced.

Greece (social needs exam)

Exam will be on March 23 (Thursday). The students have a review sheet.

Sky Science Exam

Sky Science Exam date: Monday March 27

Science Quiz Update

The upcoming Monday Quiz has been moved to Tuesday.

Thursday, March 16

Math- We didn't quite complete the test today. Assigned for Monday ( I know you have festival but I still want this finished) is your choice of four of the 8 problems assigned with explanations.

Have a great weekend!

chapter 11 fill in the blanks (social)

This sheet will be due on Monday, March 20. The purpose of doing this sheet is to further explore how the ancient Greeks interacted, thereby meeting their social needs.

March 14

Math - Today we took page 153 from yesterday and students worked on problems created by their partners. Page 154 and 155 for class tomorrow. Reminder of the test on Thursday.

Band info

Just a reminder that I need parent volunteers to drive the students to the festival. So far I only have 2 parents who have volunteered. I need at least 10 drivers.
Please call me at school or email me at dawn.leite@holyspirit.ab.ca
Dawn

Monday March 13

Math - Complete page 153 for Tuesday. Test on Area and perimeter on Thursday March 16th.

Groups continue to work on their perfect school.

Thursday March 9

Math - Please review work on page 151. Complete page 152 of handout and make up a question like either 5 or 6, solve it at least two different ways and explain in words how you solved the question. Give the question to your partner to work out over the weekend. ( Hope your partner doesn't make the question too hard) You can email each other to see if you are correct or if you need a hint. On Monday we will see if anyone has been stumped.

One other thing - Keep thinking about your perfect school and what you could include. Remember the conditions set down on pare 287. We'll start planning in our groups on Monday.

social 6 t-chart and quiz

Homework due monday, March 13th. Make notes on the famous Greek philosophers and make a T-chart comparing education in Athens with Sparta. Quiz on Wednesday the 15th on chapters 6-9.

Wednesday March 8

Math - Please make sure you have completed the questions on page 151 of the handout for tomorrow. Think about what you want in your ideal school plan.

Tuesday March 6

Math - review homework again and look at the answers to make sure they answer the questions.

News from Band

Hello All -Thank you again to everyone who came to the concert last week. I spoke to another esteemed mentor of mine and recieved more congrats on the kids work. Some of the kids asked if I could put Festival information on the blog - so here I am.

We will be going to festival on March 20th in Lethbridge to the Yates Memorial Center. We have a warm-up time at 9:30 and performance time at 10:00. I will also send home a newsletter asking if parents are available to drive the students into town.

If you have any questions or comments, please call me at the school or email me at dawn.leite@holyspirit.ab.ca
Thanks everyone and have a great day.

Monday March 6th

Math - Redo the questions assigned form last Thursday. Pleasr read each question over carefully and make sure your answer makes sense.

Night Sky Observations

A reminder to go out and observe the night sky. Use your star finder and see what constellations you can identify as well as any specific stars (Polaris), and planets.
What phase is the moon in? Is it getting bigger or smaller?

Science Quiz Update

We are back to Monday quizzes!

Language Arts

March 6/06
Today the students handed in homework for reading of ch 37 + 38 (Maniac Magee novel study) done on the weekend. They worked on a "word cluster" vocabulary activity, which is due tomorrow (Tuesday) for those who didn't finish it in class. They also had class time to begin working on their posters for the individual novel study assignment. During this time, the teachers (Mr. Roth and Mrs. Townsend) met with students individually and discussed their personal goals for the final term. Tomorrow will continue with time to work on the poster assignment and meetings with students.
The poster assignment is due Thursday March 9.
Reading homework: read chapters 39 + 40 for Wednesday March 8 The students need to write out one key sentence for each chapter and briefly explain why they think this sentence is important to the chapter.

Thursday March 2

Math - Complete the "On your Own Section" and "Practise Your Skills" on page 282 and 283 for Monday March 6th.

Wednesday March 1

Math - No homework tonight but practise skills at A Plus math. See Link. Bring clean shoes for tomorrow's class.

http://aplusmath.com

social Athenian notes

Notes are due Thursday for ch. 6 Athenian men, women and children.

Science Quiz

Due to the ski trip our science quiz will be re-scheduled for Friday.

Skiing on Monday, February 27th!!

If you have signed up to go skiing, remember to get your gear ready on Sunday evening and get up early Monday morning! *Be at the school by 6:30 a.m.
*Buses will leave at 7:00 a.m. sharp!

Regular classes for all students who are not going skiing.

Language Assignments Due after the week off!

* Work on the 'character sketch' writing assignment of GRAYSON from the novel, Maniac Magee. Make sure you have novel and the sheets(pink and blue) to help you search out info about Grayson to use in your writing. (4 paragraphs: intro, physical, personality, closer). Write a draft and have it ready for TUESDAY, February 28th.
The good copy of this character sketch is due WEDNESDAY, March 1st.


* Finish reading your individual novel and draw a plan for your POSTER with a draft of your written summary. Poster plan and rough draft of written summary is
due FRIDAY, March 3rd.

Have an enjoyable relaxing week off, but don't forget to leave time to do your school work!

A Plus Math

Math 6: For Tuesday February 28th please have completed the work that was originally assigned for Monday completed.

During the long week off if students would like to challenge themselves and sharpen their math skills they could go to the website:

http://aplusmath.com

Wednesday February 15

Math- Complete for Monday February 27th pages 279 and 280 in their textbooks.

Dress warm if you're on the ski trip tomorrow. If you are not going it is a regular day of school for you.

Tuesday Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day

Math - Complete "On Your Own" and Practise Your Skills" on page 277

Tomorrow is Flag Day. Wear your Canadian colours!

social archaeology dig and food (Feb. 15th)

Due on Wednesday, Feb. 15th is the chapter 5 assignment. As well, as part of our exploration of physical needs in ancient Greece we will be having a Greek food period. The students have all signed up to bring a food. This will take place during period 7 on Wednesday. If you have any questions please contact me at the school.

Language Arts

Feb. 10/06
Today we worked on vocabulary sheets that most students finished in class, though some may have taken them home to finish the work. The Character Trait Map assignment was due today. Assigned reading for this weekend is to finish chapter 24, then read chapter 25 and 26. There will be a short comprehension quiz on Monday morning, Feb. 13. The students have chosen their books now for an independent novel reading assignment. They have a reading period every Friday, and are expected to read at home as well. A "promotional poster" book report assignment will be due around the first week of March. The students recieved information about this assignment today.

Wednesday Feb. 8

Math Test tomorrow! Study tonight.

Language Arts

Feb. 8/06
Homework for tonight is to read chapter 22 and 23. The students need to find one favourite sentence and one key (important idea) sentence for each chapter, and explain why they chose these sentences.
A reminder that the character trait map assignment is due on Friday, Feb. 10/06.

Pinhole cameras and constellation boxes

Save your shoe boxes and challenge your kids to either build a pinhole camera or a constellation viewer using an old shoe box. Try it at home and then bring it in for the class to check out!

Science Quiz Update

Quizzes have been moved to Mondays! So, you get a break this Friday, but come Monday be ready for our next quiz in Sky Science!

Tuesday Feb 7

Math - complete questions 4 to 6 on page 220 and 221.

Test on unit 8 for Thursday.

Monday February 6th

Math - Students are to complete problems 1-4 on page 220 of their textbook. Materials to answer questions 3 and 4 were made available during class time and lunch hour for students to use.

Pizza orders need to come in tomorrow.

Language Arts

We have read up to chapter 20 now in our Maniac Magee novel study. Today (Mon. Feb. 6) the students worked on a vocabulary worksheet, which is to be finished for tomorrow. A character trait map assignment was explained and given out. This is due on Friday, Feb. 10.

We continue to be working on strengthening writing skills with short in-class assignments, and longer story assignments. The students have now handed in two assignments: The Lost Year story,which concentrated on descriptive writing, and a picture-prompt story about cowboys, which focused on writing dialogue.

Star Finders

Students should be observing the night sky using the star finders they made in science last week. Please encourage and help your kids find and identify constellations and asterisms.

Title page: Trees and Forests (Past due)

A reminder for student's who did not turn in their Trees and Forests title pages. Please get them in ASAP.

Social test ch. 1-4 on Tuesday

I forgot to give the date of the social test. It is on Tuesday, Feb.7

Social test ch. 1-4

The students have a social test on ch. 1-4. They have a review sheet from which to study. On Monday, I will go over the review sheet with them and answer any questions.

Have a great weekend

Thursday Feb. 2

For Monday students are to complete a coloured drawing following the instructions on page 218 of the textbook.

Happy Groundhog Day !!!

Thursday social homework

due Thursday, Feb. 2nd scale worksheet

Wednesday Feb 1

Students are to complete the following pages in the worksheet package.
P 118,119 and 122. Omit 120 as we will do this in class tomorrow.

Science Quiz

There will be no quiz this Friday Feb. 3. Friday quizzes will resume next week.