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.