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| Milk snake |
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| Ball Python |
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| Ball python |
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| Corn Snake |
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| Bearded Dragon |
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| Caiman |
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| Caiman closeup! |
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| Eldabra Tortoise |
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| White Rat |
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| Chincilla |
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| Rabbit |
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| Ferret |
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| Joey drinking from a bottle |
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| Joey displaying locomotion |
This week in the gym we have been working collaboratively with the parachute. We have done a wide variety of activities such as: cat and mouse, popcorn, and shark tank. We have even done warm-ups and cool downs with it! This is a good opportunity for leadership, communication, and cooperation! |
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Since we had our second math test today, our next math unit will concentrate on geometry outcomes. Grade six students have already learned a plethora of information before this year, but without regular use, it is likely that many facts have been forgotten. On the bottom of the Numeracy Anchor Chart Archives page of this site, please find seven separate attachments. These are review sheets that must be reviewed and/or learned by Friday November 1. In order to be successful in grade six geometry, you must know all of this information VERY WELL! You may open each attachment and read them directly off the site, or you may download them and print them off as well. After you have read all seven pages, please get your parent to write in your agenda, on Friday's area "Seven Page Geometry Review Completed" and sign it. I will be checking for signatures on Friday November 1.
Last week I modelled a book talk for our class using a narrative that I have read, to show the class an example of what they are to do. A book talk is an oral report about about a book that a student has read. The learning goals are that they will demonstrate that they understand what they have read independently and they do an advertisement of sorts so that their peers may become interested in reading the book also. They received an outline and two rubrics because they will earn a reading mark and an oral mark for their presentation. This book talk must be done on a book that has been read completely at school (from our classroom library), and the work must be done completely at school, therefore no work on it is allowed to be done at home. Students will have the opportunity to use the computer software "Audacity" to rehearse and revise their work at school. The students will work on this assignment during their independent reading time, after other work is complete, and likely in a future literacy workstation. Each student has already signed up for their presentation date on a calendar that is posted in our classroom. One of our students has requested that I post them on our classroom calendar on our web site also, so you will find them there as well. From time to time we may need to adjust the date due to illness, for example, so I will change them on our electronic calendar as well. Ask your child what their date is, what book they are reading, and how their work is going.
Congratulations to this week's Good News ticket winner: Ellen! Keep up the good work!
Don't forget that we have many pre-orders that are due on Monday: pizza, houseleague t-shirts, and picture.
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Yesterday Sergeant Mizuno visited us again to make the connection between the Windsor Police Service and our grade six students. The topic was values: personal values, societal values, and standards. During our discussion, Sergeant Mizuno gave us a little "quiz" of sorts. Both she and the teachers were surprised - and disappointed - by some of the students' responses. According to what some said, did you know....
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