Riddle of the week: I’m known as a tocsin. Think hard, then ding, ding, ding, you’ll have the answer.
REMINDERS
Report Cards: Please remember to return the brown report card envelopes as I will reuse them for the June summative progress report.
Skating: Our next skating day is this Thursday, February 22nd.
Pro-D day: Monday February 19th is a professional development day for teachers. No school for students!
Student-led conferences: March 6 & 7, 2-6pm
WEEKLY WORK
Math
Math Notebooks will be due for all three grades on Friday this week.
4s: Problem Solving – Fraction and decimal work due on Friday
5s: Problem Solving – Fraction and decimal work due on Friday
6s: Problem Solving – Fraction and decimal work due on Friday
Language
Etymology will be due on Friday. Grade 6 test will be on Friday.
Students will continue their novel study presentations this week with their Book in a Box projects!
Culture
Every two week we will be studying a new body system. Students will be required to create a representation or model of each body system. This week we will continue studying the Respiratory System. This could be in the form of a detailed drawing, a poster, a muscle book, brochure, a comic strip, or a story all about the heart and the circulatory system. Please bring materials from home if you feel inspired!
Every two weeks students will have a test on the two body systems we have studied. Our next test will be March 2nd and will cover both the circulatory and respiratory systems. The test will be written and will only focus on the main functions and details covered in class. Students are expected to study the notes they have taken. Students should use their time in class and at home to study.
French
We will continue reading The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. We will read chapters 19-21 in English and study some of the more famous quotations from those chapters in French. Through this study, students will be learning common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures