WEEKLY WORK
Math
Math Notebooks will be due for all three grades on Thursday this week.
4s: Problem Solving – Fraction work will be due on Friday
5s: Problem Solving – Fraction work due on Friday
6s: Problem Solving – squaring binomials work due on Friday
Language
Etymology work will be due on Friday and students will be having an etymology test every second week.
Grade 6 students will be having a test this Friday.
Students will begin a novel study project this week with a novel of their choice. The written portion of this project will focus on the writing traits we have learned so far in our Writer’s Workshop. This project will be due and presentations will start February 13th.
We will begin listening to the CBC podcast “The World this Hour” (4 minutes) to learn how to pull important information out of a news broadcast. This skill requires time and we will be spending Tuesday and Thursday afternoons learning how to take notes and listen for important stories.
Culture
Every 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 begin studying the muscular 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 muscles. Please bring materials from home if you feel inspired!
Students will also be attending a body science lecture/lesson at the end of the week.
Every two weeks students will have a test on the two body systems we have studied. Our first test will be Tuesday January 30th. 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 7-9 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.
Physical Education
This past month in PE we have been learning about basketball and practicing our skills. This week we will be starting track!
Classroom Community
All year students have been working on having a growth mindset. This month, we have put our growth mindsets to the test by learning about setting goals. This week we will be reflecting back on the last two activities, what makes us happy, and what is unique to who we are. With those images in mind, we are going to imagine what we would do if nothing stood in our way. Next week we will be learning how to set achievable goals by using our dreams as a compass and we will write short-term goals that are designed to bring us closer to our dreams.