Today at school, we:
- played revenge dodgeball in gym
- learnt about recording fractions and recording the quotient as well as converting decimals/fractions
- worked on our affix word work
- started our consensus making activity with Ms. Bradley's class
- had boomwhackers for music and played a bunch of different songs
- worked on our reading race genre challenge
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- NO SCHOOL FRIDAY APRIL 19
- Camp Forms are Due by May 1st
- Outdoor School May 28-30
Today at school, we:
- learned about handwriting analysis and what to look for in order to match samples
- also learned the difference between tire tracks and tire treads and how they can have class and accidental characteristics
- worked on solving word problems in math using decimal division
- worked on our short stories
- got to start phase 2 in our gymnastics unit
Important Information
- Field Trip on March 14 to Youthlink
- Parent Conferences March 21-22 (no school March 22)
- Spring Break March 22 - April 1 (return to school on April 2)
- Mandatory Parent Meeting for Camp - Thursday April 11 @ 6pm
Today at school, we:
- continued to work on long division
- did a journal page on classifying and identifying fingerprints
- learned about footprints/shoe prints
- had gymnastics today and worked on balancing and body control
- learned how to add suspense to our writing using red flag words, magic 3 and questions
Important Information
- Field Trip on March 14 to Youthlink
- Parent Conferences March 21-22 (no school March 22)
- Spring Break March 22 - April 1 (return to school on April 2)
Today at school, we:
- went to library (there will be no library next week)
- played bench basketball in gym
- learned about the Assembly from Ancient Athens
- had time to finish our greek gods/goddesses research and our visual journals on gender roles in Greece (we will be making our iMovies on Thursday).
- had a presentation about the late french immersion program at David Thompson
- had guided reading and reading challenge
Important Information & Dates:
- Crazy Hair Day - February 14
- Grade 6 Teachers Presenting at Parent Council on Feb 14 @ 6pm
- No School February 15-19
- Texas Donut Day - Thursday Feb 22 (orders due in by Feb 8)
- Pink Shirt Day & Friendship Dance - February 28
Today at school, we:
- played tag games in gym
- learned how to do 3x2 digit multuplication (using lattice method and decimal numbers)
- started to learn about the Greek Gods and Goddesses
- had time to work on our reading race challenge
- worked on a journal page about how the geography of Greece led to the creation of City States
Important Information & Dates:
- French Discovery Day Field Trip - Wednesday January 24
- Twin Day Thursday January 25
- Report Cards go live online January 30
- No School February 15-19
- Texas Donut Day - Thursday Feb 22 (orders due in by Feb 8)
This week at school, we:
- learned about the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and collective rights in Canada
- worked on case studies around our rights and freedoms
- learned about discrete/continuous data and experimental probability
- practiced revising sentence fragments
- played floor hockey and tag games in gym class
Important Information & Dates:
- No School Monday January 15, 2024
- French Discovery Day Field Trip - Wednesday January 24 (Volunteers are needed)
- Report Cards go live online January 30
Today at school, we:
- had free choice in gym
- learned about complimentary and supplementary angles
- had french class. some people finished their presentations
- finished up our research and started to write our information reports on our planets
- had reading race/guided reading
Important Dates & Information:
- No School Friday December 8
- Grade 6 Silent Auction Tickets $0.50 each on Sale Dec 4-15 (will be for sale at Christmas Concerts as well)
- Christmas Concert (grade 4-6) Thursday December 14 @ 6:15pm (doors open at 6pm)
- Christmas Spirit Week:
- Christmas Hat Day - Monday Dec 18
- Christmas Sock Day - Tuesday Dec 19
- Red & Green Day - Wednesday Dec 20
- Pyjama Day - Thursday Dec 21
- Christmas Sweater Day - Friday Dec 22
- Last Day of Classes: Friday December 22
- Return to School on: Monday January 8, 2024