Thursday, April 3, 2025

Thursday, Apri 3 - Day 6

 HOMEWORK

Math
Ratio assignment is due today

ELA
Cycle 18 Centers are due on April 11

Science
No homework

Social
Map Skills is due April 4
Current Event on Tariffs is due on Turesday


French
No homework


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Conditioning
3. Ratios
    - Students were introduced to ratio today.  They watched a video, completed a reference page, worked through a Smartdoc and then completed a booklet.


Period 2 - DRAMA
Students started a new drama activity - they have been assigned a courtroom caper that they will practice and perform

Period 3 - ELA 6B
Today was Cycle 17 Handin day
Cycle 18 was introduced to students

 Period 4 - SCIENCE 6B
1. Reset
2. Electricity 
        - History of Electricity Timelines were due today
        - students were introduced to static electricity with a series of labs.  It was a fun class!

 Period 5 - Grade 6 Band

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Wednesday, April 2 - Day 5

 HOMEWORK

Math
Comparing Fractions Word Problems are due tomorrow

ELA
Cycle 17 centers are due April 3

Science
History of Electricity - questions and timeline are due tomorrow

Social
Map Skills is due Apri 4
Current Event Tariff story is due on Tuesday
Atlantic Country climate assignment is due on Friday

French
No homework


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Conditioning
3. Comparing Fractions - Word problems
        -we worked through a set of word problems together
        - students completed an exit slip

Period 2 - ELA 6B
1. Reading Buddies/Create and Write
2. Read Aloud - Maniac Magee

Period 3 -ELA 6B
Today was full of descriptive writing activities which included:
1. Sense Booklet
2. Spice it up task cards
3. Exploring Figurative Language


 Period 4 - SOCIAL 6B
1. Current Events 
    - students worked on their current event, "A Neighbourly Dispute Over Trade" - questions were completed in table groups on Google Classroom
   2. Climate 
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was completed

 Period 5 - SOCIAL 6A
1. Current Events 
    - students worked on their current event, "A Neighbourly Dispute Over Trade" - quuestions were completed in table groups on Google Classroom
   2. Climate 
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was completed


Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Tuesday, April 1 - Day 4

  HOMEWORK

Math
Comparing Fractions assignment is due tomorrow

ELA
Cycle 17 Centers are due on Thursday

Science
Planet Projects were presented today

Social
Map Skills is due March 27

French
Calendars are due Friday


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Mad minute
3. Comparing fractions
        - students learned a variety of strategies for comparing fractions
        - a practice booklet was assigned


Period 2 - French 6A
Students began their look at conjugating ER verbs

Period 3 - ELA 6B
Today was Day 4 of cycle 17 centers.  Centers are due on Thursday.

 Period 4 - SCIENCE 6B
1. Reset
2. Electricity 
    - students finished the text questions on the History of Electricity
    - a timeline of historical events was assigned.  This is due Thursday

 Period 5 - Grade 6 Band

Monday, March 31, 2025

Monday, March 31 - Day 3

 HOMEWORK

Math
Comparing Fractions Booklet is due tomorrow

ELA
Cycle 17 centers are due April 3

Science
No homework

Social
Map Skills is due Apri 4

French
No homework


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Mad minute
3. Fractions on a number line
        - students finished and corrected the booklet from Friday
        - an exit slip was completed
4. Comparing Fractions
        - students did a table activity on comparing fractions
        - a practice booklet was assigned

Period 2 - FRENCH 6B
Students began their look at conjugating verbs today.  They learned how to conjugate an er verb.

Period 3 -ELA 6B
Today was day 3 of cycle 17 centers.
Centers are due on April 3


 Period 4 - SOCIAL 6B
1. Current Events 
    - students began a new current event, "A Neighbourly Dispute Over Trade" - we read the story together.
    - we will work on the questions next day.
2. Climate 
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was given.  We will work on this more next day

 Period 5 - SOCIAL 6A
1. Current Events 
    - students began a new current event, "A Neighbourly Dispute Over Trade" - we read the story together.
    - we will work on the questions next day.
2. Climate 
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was given.  We will work on this more next day

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Thursday, March 27 - Day 1

 HOMEWORK

Math
Comparing Fractions assignment is due tomorrow

ELA
Cycle 17 centers are due April 3

Science
No homework

Social
Map Skills is due Apri 4

French
Calendars are due TOMORROW


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Conditioning
3. Comparing Fractions
    - students continued their look at comparing fractions
    - we worked through yesterday's booklet 

Period 2 - FRENCH 6B
Students had a bonus class to complete their calendars
The students that were done assisted with drama clean up

Period 3 -ELA 6B
Today was day 1 of cycle 17 centers.
Centers are due on April 3


 Period 4 - SOCIAL 6B
1.  Map Skills - students corrected 4 Letter Geography and were assigned Cross Country
2. Climate 
    - students wrote their climate quiz today
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was given.  We will work on this more next day

 Period 5 - SOCIAL 6A
1.  Map Skills - students corrected 4 Letter Geography and were assigned Cross Country
2. Climate 
    - students wrote their climate quiz today
    - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was given.  We will work on this more next day

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wednesday, March 26 - Day 6

  HOMEWORK

Math
Comparing Fractions assignment is due tomorrow

ELA
No homework

Science
Planet Projects were presented today

Social
Map Skills is due March 27

French
Calendars are due Friday


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Mad minute
3. Equivalent fractions
        - the booklet was corrected together
4. Comparing fractions
        - students learned a variety of strategies for comparing fractions
        - a practice booklet was assigned


Period 2 
Drama students were excused to get ready for their performance
Non-drama students went to Mrs. Unch

Period 3 - ELA 6B
Students attended the grade junior drama performance.

 Period 4 - SCIENCE 6B
1. Reset
2.  Planet Projects - students finished presenting their planet projects today
3. Electricity Intro - we began our unit on our electricity today. No homework was assigned.

 Period 5 - Grade 6 Band

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Tuesday, March 25 - Day 5

 HOMEWORK

Math
Equivalent Fractions assignment is due tomorrow

ELA
Cycle 16 centers were due today

Science
Planet Projects were due yesterday

Social
Map Skills is due March 27

French
Calendars are due March 28


Our Day in a Nutshell

Period 1 - MATH 6B
1. Bell work
2. Conditioning
3. Equivalent Fractions    
    - students watched a review video
    - the booklet pages from yesterday were corrected together
    - students continued working through the booklet

Period 2 - ELA 6B
1. Cycle 16 handin and marking
2. Cycle 17 introduction
3. Zentangles - students had the rest of the class to work on these  They are due on Friday

Period 3 -ELA 6B
We kicked off our look at descriptive writing 
    - students coloured an assigned creature
    - we did a vivid vocabulary walk, writing descriptions for our classmates creatures
    - student ideas were turned into sentences.  Students were to write 10 descriptive sentences for their creatures


 Period 4 - SOCIAL 6B
1.  Currents4Kids
2.  Climate 
        - we reviewed the climate zones and factors that affect climate (There will be a quiz on Thursday)
        - students completed a climate graph of Tokyo and handed it in
        - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was introduced

 Period 5 - SOCIAL 6A
1.  Currents4Kids
2.  Climate 
        - we reviewed the climate zones and factors that affect climate (There will be a quiz on Thursday)
        - students completed a climate graph of Tokyo and handed it in
        - an Atlantic country climate graph assignment was introduced