Congratulations to all of the grade 6 students for their contributions and performances in the Show Must Go On! It has been weeks of work putting the pieces together and the reviews of both the Wednesday and Thursday night performances have been phenomenal. Also, congratulations to our grade six business team, whose Holiday Market raised over $700.00 for Inn From the Cold.
This week we have been learning how to classify triangles and polygons by looking at the lengths of their sides and their angles. The students learned that by combining these two characteristics we can identify a triangle (i.e. an acute-angled isosceles triangle or a right-angled scalene triangle). Next week we will be concluding this part of our geometry unit by learning to add up the angles inside triangles and quadrilaterals. We will be having a check-in quiz next Tuesday on measuring perimeter and the concepts learned in our geometry unit. Please look at the information under Quizzes/ Tests to see the review pages in the Jump book.
To kick off our Sky Science unit, the students started their Mars Colony project. Each group of 6 needs to research the technology, transportation, accommodations, food/ water, etc required to survive on Mars. The students need to know about the characteristics of the red planet (temperature, gravity, climate, atmosphere) and then research technology that NASA and other space agencies have developed to allow humans to survive in space.
Have a great weekend!
Mr. Cull
Quizzes/ Tests
-Measurement and Geometry quiz on Tuesday (Pg 75 to 88 and Pg 93 to 112 to review)
Homework
-Jump Math - Pg 108, 109, 110
SVS Christmas Hampers
The Christmas season is upon us! It is a time many families look forward to the gathering of family and friends, the sharing of gifts and a warm meal. Unfortunately, not all families are able to participate in many of these activities which most of us take for granted.
In previous years, the SVS staff and community have had the pleasure of being able to help some of our SVS families during this time. We will again be supporting a few of our families by providing them with gift cards. The most asked for are to SuperStore and Walmart but any card will be accepted.
You can show your support by purchasing a gift card and dropping it off at the office by Friday, December 13th. We will then distribute the cards to the families in the last week of school. Thank you for your generosity and care.
The Martian Movie
To kick off our next science unit (Sky Science), we would like to show the movie the Martian (2015), during the last week of school before break. One of NASA's next major missions will be to Mars and this movie accurately demonstrates many of the challenges facing astronauts. All of the teachers have seen the movie and there is some swearing and other scenes that parents want to be aware of. Please read the link below as it outlines these.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/the-martian
Please let us know if you do not want your child to watch this movie and we will make other arrangments for them.
Calgary Food Bank
From now until December 17th we will be collecting non-perishable food for the Calgary Food Bank. Foodbank boxes are now placed around the school to accept any and all donations.
Don't Forget
-Headphones: please bring an extra set of headphones to school if you have them
-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books
Forms
-No forms due at this time
Upcoming Events
December 18: Report Cards go home
December 19: Last Day of classes
January 7: Classes Resume
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High Daytime Tour
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High Evening Open House (6:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
February 27: Sir John A MacDonald Jr High Tour
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home
From now until December 17th we will be collecting non-perishable food for the Calgary Food Bank. Foodbank boxes are now placed around the school to accept any and all donations.
Don't Forget
-Headphones: please bring an extra set of headphones to school if you have them
-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books
Forms
-No forms due at this time
Upcoming Events
December 18: Report Cards go home
December 19: Last Day of classes
January 7: Classes Resume
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High Daytime Tour
January 15: Colonel Irvine Jr High Evening Open House (6:30 pm to 8:00 pm)
February 27: Sir John A MacDonald Jr High Tour
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home
