Tomorrow is 👚Pink Shirt Day! It is an anti-bullying day all across Canada!
If you have a pink shirt, please remember to wear it to show we are not okay with bullying!
Category Archives: Notes
🧮Math League Contest! Home Stretch…
The Math League Contest is on February 18th! It’ll be here before you know it!
Please check on how many practice tests your child has completed. Ask them to show you how they practice! Encourage them to practice as much as they can!
🔢Algebra Test on Friday
On Friday, we will be having a math unit test on algebra.
The test will include:
-the difference between expressions and equations
-writing expressions in words and words into expressions
-collecting like terms
-substitution to solve expressions
-one and two step equations (including checking your work!)
-solving and graphing inequalities
-using algebraic expressions to represent a linear pattern
Study using work posted on the Google Classroom, but also try the questions at this link:
https://pages.nelson.com/school/elementary/mathK8/math6/studentcentre/studtryout.html#ch1
🔢Algebra Tiles
We are continuing to learn about algebra this week. Today, we learned about how the equal sign means things must always be balanced in an equation – like a scale! Using manipulatives, we solved various one-step equations, balancing both sides.
Daily Agenda
| Important Upcoming Dates | Daily Agenda |
| Science Test (Tues, Dec 2) Winter Concert (Wed, Dec 17; 12:15) Winter Holidays (Dec20th-Jan4th) Long Term Assignments: -Scratch Coding Project due Nov 30th -Food Truck due Mon, Dec 1st -Data Management Bottle Flipping Project due Thurs, Dec 4th | Thurs, Nov. 28th Must Do: -Potato Famine Worksheet due ASAP May Do: -Science Practice Tests 1 & 2 -Line/Dot Plot worksheets (will continue working on them on Monday in class) -any other unfinished work -silent reading -Knowledgehook -Math League practice |
🍎Meet the CREATURE – Thursday 4:30-6pm
You are invited to come to the school to Meet the Teacher on Thursday, September 18th, from 4:30-6:00 pm. The purpose of this event is for you and your family to come to the school and have your child(ren) tour you through their school and their class and introduce you to their teachers in an informal setting. Please drop by Room 106 for a visit and to have your child take you on a little tour of our learning space! Just a reminder that if you wish to speak to me about your child’s learning needs, we can certainly arrange for a separate meeting on another day. Teachers will not be available to have private meetings with parents during Meet the Teacher night.
Hope to see you and your family on Thursday!
🁅The Impossible Domino Bridge🁅
After we completed some place value work today in math, I challenged the students to build the ‘Impossible Domino Bridge’.
Carp Fair Submissions🎡🎪
The Carp Fair is coming up!
Every year, students at WEJ enter the art competitions. Last year, my Grade 6s won 5 of the top 6 ribbons for the split-portrait! We’re going to enter again this year and cross our fingers to take home a few ribbons once again.
The school pays the registration fee for the students to enter the contest!
Here is a few examples of winners from last year:
While we will be doing the split portrait at school, there are other contests Grade 6s can enter. I’ve copied and pasted the list below. Students have the option of making these at home or during their free time!
Anis from our class, who is very keen on fighter planes, found out that that is one of the contests, and he rushed home last night and ALREADY built a model to enter!
📜My Family’s Story Project📜
In Social Studies, we are looking at the history of Canada’s peoples. As an introduction to this unit, we are going to share each of our family’s stories.
Due Date: Monday, September 22nd
Students will have to include:
WHO – who are you talking about?
WHEN – when did they travel to Canada?
WHERE – where did they come from?
WHY – why did they come to Canda?
WHAT – what happened on the journey? What did they think of Canada when they got here?
HOW – how did they get here?
🫶Team Building🫶
During the first week of school, we were working on team building activities and discussing what is essential for collaborative groups!
On Tuesday, we had to work together to put puzzles together with no idea what the picture we were trying to build was!
On Wednesday, we had to ‘Save Fred’. Only using paperclips, we had to get Fred the gummyworm into a life preserver, fix his capsized boat, and get him to safety. We weren’t allowed to use our hands!
On Thursday, we had to stack cups only using four pieces of string and an elastic band. Again, we weren’t allowed to use our hands!
