Dear Grade 6 Parents
Congratulations to all of the grade 6 students on their performance today at the Remembrance Day Assembly. Their hard work, commitment, and focus was apparent throughout the assembly. Special thanks to A.B. Dizon from the Royal Canadian Navy for his talk about the history of the Canadian armed forces and to Martin Cull for playing the Last Post and Reveille during the assembly.
This week we have been looking at using the CUBES method to solve math word problems. Following the CUBES steps ensure that important information is identified in the word problem and that irrelevant information is discarded.
The students did their first write of a newspaper article this week as part of our preparations for the written part of the PAT. With little background information about the important elements that are used in a newspaper article, the students wrote about the annual Pumpkin Regatta in Windsor Nova Scotia. Now that we have a base example of their writing, we will start lessons on including catch headlines, quotes, the 5Ws, etc into our articles.
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Cull
Artist in Residence
Please enjoy this stop motion video of our Artist in Residence, Ryan Willert, painting his mural.
https://youtu.be/MF9vXDn_MDk
Congratulations to all of the grade 6 students on their performance today at the Remembrance Day Assembly. Their hard work, commitment, and focus was apparent throughout the assembly. Special thanks to A.B. Dizon from the Royal Canadian Navy for his talk about the history of the Canadian armed forces and to Martin Cull for playing the Last Post and Reveille during the assembly.
This week we have been looking at using the CUBES method to solve math word problems. Following the CUBES steps ensure that important information is identified in the word problem and that irrelevant information is discarded.
The students did their first write of a newspaper article this week as part of our preparations for the written part of the PAT. With little background information about the important elements that are used in a newspaper article, the students wrote about the annual Pumpkin Regatta in Windsor Nova Scotia. Now that we have a base example of their writing, we will start lessons on including catch headlines, quotes, the 5Ws, etc into our articles.
Have a great weekend,
Mr. Cull
Artist in Residence
Please enjoy this stop motion video of our Artist in Residence, Ryan Willert, painting his mural.
https://youtu.be/MF9vXDn_MDk
Pack in Pack Out Lunch
Starting this year, we have been attempting to reduce our SVS ecological footprint by moving towards a “Pack In and Pack Out” philosophy. Once a student has eaten their lunch or snack, the packaging of that item will be put back into lunch kits and returned home for recycling/ composting. In continuing to support this positive change, please provide a locking baggie for items such as apple cores, yogurt tubes etc. The baggie will be returned home with the student each day for composting at home and then should be added back into the lunch kit for the next day. Help us make a difference!Homework
-Math Homework extended until now
-Jump Pg 69 all questions, Pg 70 all question
-CUBES Worksheet all questions
-Weekly Math Sheet due now (11 questions)
-Science Sketch Notes due Friday, November 8th (Many students did not turn this in today)
-Science Venn Diagram due Thursday, November 7th (Many students did not turn this in yesterday)
-Science Trees and Forests Unit Project will be due November 29th
Don't Forget
-Headphones: please bring an extra set of headphones to school if you have them
Quizzes/ Tests
-Math quiz next Friday on multiplication and division pg 55 to 74 in your Jump Math book
Forms
-No forms due at this time
Upcoming Events
Monday, November 11: Remembrance Day - No School
November 21 & 22: Student-Led Conferences
December 11: The Show Must Go On (Cast A)
December 12: The Show Must Go On (Cast B)
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home
