Students received their math tests back today .Nov. 17th. This was the first big test and covered all work from the beginning of the year.
I have gone over the test with the students. They are asked to take it home and bring it back signed.
Their purple review booklet is due Monday. This booklet reviews basic skills.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Thursday Before Remembrance Day
Just a quick reminder of the work in progress in our TR-Six class:
We're writing a 'crime' story, really a type of "whodunnit" story, which is a project shared with Mr. Coupland's 'Investigation and Evidence' unit in Science 6. So, some due dates for this assignment:
*the First Draft was due today, Thursday, 9th,
*edited (improved) Draft is due Tuesday 14th
*proofread/rewrite good copy is due Thursday 16th.
This story will be marked by both of us, Mr. Coupland and myself, with Mr. Coupland assessing the use and understanding of the concepts of Investigation and Evidence, and me looking at the skills in creating an interesting story.
We're writing a 'crime' story, really a type of "whodunnit" story, which is a project shared with Mr. Coupland's 'Investigation and Evidence' unit in Science 6. So, some due dates for this assignment:
*the First Draft was due today, Thursday, 9th,
*edited (improved) Draft is due Tuesday 14th
*proofread/rewrite good copy is due Thursday 16th.
This story will be marked by both of us, Mr. Coupland and myself, with Mr. Coupland assessing the use and understanding of the concepts of Investigation and Evidence, and me looking at the skills in creating an interesting story.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
MathTest
Math Test on Nov. 15
Covers all topics from the start of the year.
Read and write numbers
Multiples
Factors
Prime and composite numbers
Lowest common multiple
Greatest common factor
prime factorization
Covers all topics from the start of the year.
Read and write numbers
Multiples
Factors
Prime and composite numbers
Lowest common multiple
Greatest common factor
prime factorization
Friday, November 03, 2006
It's November Already!
*Thanks to all the parents who provided food for our Hallowe'en party on this past Tuesday. It was delicious and we had plenty!
*Going home today in an envelope is the 'Work Habits Assessment" rubric that the students and teachers completed. One side of the rubric, (labelled 'student') shows you how your son/daughter 'assessed' their work habits and effort in Grade 6 up to this point. On the other side is the assessment of the core teachers in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts, of your son's/daughter's work habits and effort so far. Your child has seen both, and I have discussed with him/her how the teachers view his/her performance so far. After discussing it with your child, you will have a chance to meet with us at Parent Teacher (and student, if you wish) next week on Wednesday or Thursday evening, November 8th and 9th. Please call the school to arrange a time.
Just a few reminders of homework and ongoing assignments in Language Arts:
*We will continue with our Bag Book Report presentations on Monday and all students should be ready to present.
*Spelling Unit work on Unit 6 is due on Thursday.
*We will continue work on our "Crime Story" which is an activity of both Science and Language Arts. Your child should have a 'plan' and perhaps a 'rough draft' of a story in the works.
As always, you can contact me at the school at 345-3373, or at home at 345-4543.
*Going home today in an envelope is the 'Work Habits Assessment" rubric that the students and teachers completed. One side of the rubric, (labelled 'student') shows you how your son/daughter 'assessed' their work habits and effort in Grade 6 up to this point. On the other side is the assessment of the core teachers in Math, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts, of your son's/daughter's work habits and effort so far. Your child has seen both, and I have discussed with him/her how the teachers view his/her performance so far. After discussing it with your child, you will have a chance to meet with us at Parent Teacher (and student, if you wish) next week on Wednesday or Thursday evening, November 8th and 9th. Please call the school to arrange a time.
Just a few reminders of homework and ongoing assignments in Language Arts:
*We will continue with our Bag Book Report presentations on Monday and all students should be ready to present.
*Spelling Unit work on Unit 6 is due on Thursday.
*We will continue work on our "Crime Story" which is an activity of both Science and Language Arts. Your child should have a 'plan' and perhaps a 'rough draft' of a story in the works.
As always, you can contact me at the school at 345-3373, or at home at 345-4543.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Evidence and Investigation Title page
Students are finishing their first unit and as a closing activity are creating a title page for the unit. Students have now written the exam so they can clear out their binder in preparation for the next unit. Students need to save their work so they can use it to study for the Provincial Achievement test at the end of the school year. As a suggestion they could glue their title page to a folder or use a second binder for completed units at home.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Friday, October 27, 2006
HALLOWE'EN and Bag Book Reports!
A couple of reminders:
Halloween!
*The TR-SIX Grade Six class will have a Hallowe'en class party during the afternoon of Hallowe'en Day, Tuesday, October 31st. We are going to begin our party at lunchtime with a lunch organized by our classroom parent reps, Mrs. Cale and Mrs. Allen. They will be contacting some of our TR-SIX families to bring food for our lunch, which I'm sure will be delicious. So, TR-SIX students will only need to bring a drink ( pop, juice, milk) for the lunch.
* Their will be a costume parade in the gym at about 12:30 followed by a special Halloween assembly where the School Family Teams will participate.
*Then the class has decided they want to watch a suitable video for the remaining party time.
Bag Book Reports!
We have just begun our presentations of our Bag Book Reports, and each student will have the opportunity to present their book report to the class in the next 2 weeks. Ask your son/daughter to rehearse their talk on you!
Halloween!
*The TR-SIX Grade Six class will have a Hallowe'en class party during the afternoon of Hallowe'en Day, Tuesday, October 31st. We are going to begin our party at lunchtime with a lunch organized by our classroom parent reps, Mrs. Cale and Mrs. Allen. They will be contacting some of our TR-SIX families to bring food for our lunch, which I'm sure will be delicious. So, TR-SIX students will only need to bring a drink ( pop, juice, milk) for the lunch.
* Their will be a costume parade in the gym at about 12:30 followed by a special Halloween assembly where the School Family Teams will participate.
*Then the class has decided they want to watch a suitable video for the remaining party time.
Bag Book Reports!
We have just begun our presentations of our Bag Book Reports, and each student will have the opportunity to present their book report to the class in the next 2 weeks. Ask your son/daughter to rehearse their talk on you!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Math Quiz Rescheduled
Math quiz on multiples rescheduled for Thursday.
Math basic skills. ( 2 digit muyltiplication on grid) 10 questions due Friday
Math basic skills. ( 2 digit muyltiplication on grid) 10 questions due Friday
Friday, October 06, 2006
Thanksgiving and A Long Weekend!
Our Grade Six class has a number of Language Assignments that are due, coming up after the long weekend, or in the more distant future!
* the Grandparents' Project was due on Thursday, Oct. 5th, but if your child's has not been handed in, please help your child get it completed and handed in by Wednesday, 11th.
* "Thanksgiving Meal Descriptive Writing" assignment is due on Wednesday, Oct. 11th.
* "Bag Book Report is due on October 19th, so students should finish reading their novel, get a bag from me, and find objects to represent characters, setting, plot etc, and work on their presentation.
Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving weekend!
* the Grandparents' Project was due on Thursday, Oct. 5th, but if your child's has not been handed in, please help your child get it completed and handed in by Wednesday, 11th.
* "Thanksgiving Meal Descriptive Writing" assignment is due on Wednesday, Oct. 11th.
* "Bag Book Report is due on October 19th, so students should finish reading their novel, get a bag from me, and find objects to represent characters, setting, plot etc, and work on their presentation.
Have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving weekend!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Oct. 5 - Band
Hello Everyone,
On Oct. 25, we will be having a "multi-culturally" themed concert. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. here at the school and will feature the Gr. 5 Band, Gr. 6 Band and the Jr. High Band. In attendance, will be special guest Dr. Howard Cable who is a world-renowned composer and arranger.
Gr. 6 students are asked to practise #71, 80, 83 and Montego Bay in their Standard of Excellence Books. This is in preparation for the concert.
If anyone (students and families) would be willing to assist me in planning for this event, I'd greatly appreciate it!
Mrs. Fujita
On Oct. 25, we will be having a "multi-culturally" themed concert. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. here at the school and will feature the Gr. 5 Band, Gr. 6 Band and the Jr. High Band. In attendance, will be special guest Dr. Howard Cable who is a world-renowned composer and arranger.
Gr. 6 students are asked to practise #71, 80, 83 and Montego Bay in their Standard of Excellence Books. This is in preparation for the concert.
If anyone (students and families) would be willing to assist me in planning for this event, I'd greatly appreciate it!
Mrs. Fujita
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
September Practise Sheets for Band
Just a reminder to everyone that the practise sheets for the month of September are to be handed in this week. Also, Grade 6 band students have been asked to practise the letter "X" this week.
Thanks!
Mrs. Fujita
Thanks!
Mrs. Fujita
Math Multiples
Continue working on basic skills.
Can you identify multiples?
Can you list the rules?
Quiz Oct. 11th when they get back to school.
Can you identify multiples?
Can you list the rules?
Quiz Oct. 11th when they get back to school.
Math Miltiples
Please have students continue to practice basic skills. Work on ones they have gotten wrong.
The topic this week is multiples. Can they list multiples. Can they stat the rules for some multiples?
They will write a quiz on this topic when they return on Wed. Oct. 11th
The topic this week is multiples. Can they list multiples. Can they stat the rules for some multiples?
They will write a quiz on this topic when they return on Wed. Oct. 11th
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Math Sept 28
On Mondays we work on basic skills. Ask your student haw they are doing. Where necessary, try to help them work on a few facts per night. Addition is the best. Subtraction needs a bit of work. Upper times tables need practice. Division is the weakest area.
We will extend this to +,-,* and / with larger numbers.
IN the other classes we are working with multiples. This ties back in with multiplication and division skills.
We will extend this to +,-,* and / with larger numbers.
IN the other classes we are working with multiples. This ties back in with multiplication and division skills.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
L.A. this week!
Just a 'heads-up' about the various things we're doing in Language Arts right now:
1) Spelling Unit Two (Long Vowel words) unit work assigned on Friday, the 15th, is due tomorrow, Wednesday, the 18th.
Assigned work includes: Obs Patt - 1.2.3.4
Disc Patt - 1,2
Exp Patt - 2,3,4
Chall Wds - 2,3,4
Spelling tests on these unit words and others are on Fridays, so this Friday the 22nd is the test on Unit 2.
2) The 'Grandparents Project' is still ongoing. We haven't given much class time to this project, but we will try to give more to it in this coming week. The website we're using as a reference and for examples is www.grandparents-day.net. Your son/daughter should have a topic picked, and done some work on this.
3) D.E.A.R.- Drop Everything And Read! - Students will be given time to read each day, at the beginning of the Language period...hopefully from a fiction or non-fiction book appropriate for their reading levels, one that they can use for their "Bag Book Reports" we will be doing next month. Parents, please remind your child to take their book with them to school.
4) Read-aloud - We're reading RUN by Eric Walters, a book about Terry Fox. Our St. Joe's Terry Fox Run happens on Friday, the 29th, but we will have a speaker from the Terry Fox Foundation speak to the school this Friday the 22nd, to set the tone and purpose for upcoming run.
As always if there are any questions, suggestions or whatever, please feel free to call me at the school, 345-3373.
1) Spelling Unit Two (Long Vowel words) unit work assigned on Friday, the 15th, is due tomorrow, Wednesday, the 18th.
Assigned work includes: Obs Patt - 1.2.3.4
Disc Patt - 1,2
Exp Patt - 2,3,4
Chall Wds - 2,3,4
Spelling tests on these unit words and others are on Fridays, so this Friday the 22nd is the test on Unit 2.
2) The 'Grandparents Project' is still ongoing. We haven't given much class time to this project, but we will try to give more to it in this coming week. The website we're using as a reference and for examples is www.grandparents-day.net. Your son/daughter should have a topic picked, and done some work on this.
3) D.E.A.R.- Drop Everything And Read! - Students will be given time to read each day, at the beginning of the Language period...hopefully from a fiction or non-fiction book appropriate for their reading levels, one that they can use for their "Bag Book Reports" we will be doing next month. Parents, please remind your child to take their book with them to school.
4) Read-aloud - We're reading RUN by Eric Walters, a book about Terry Fox. Our St. Joe's Terry Fox Run happens on Friday, the 29th, but we will have a speaker from the Terry Fox Foundation speak to the school this Friday the 22nd, to set the tone and purpose for upcoming run.
As always if there are any questions, suggestions or whatever, please feel free to call me at the school, 345-3373.
Monday, September 18, 2006
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.
Unit test tomorrow. Study booklet.
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