Hello,
Today we had some fun in Math class. We spent some time talking about acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex angles and the steps for measuring them using a protractor. Then we went out on a scavenger hunt, looking for different angles in the school, taking pictures of them with our iPads and classifying and measuring the angkes. We came back to class and shared our findings with other groups in the class. We will wrap up our discussion tomorrow, and correct the angle sheet that was for homework last night.
In Language, we made revisions to our 67's and Cake Raffle announcements with a partner, and read the announcements to the other students who created similar announcements. From the 67's group, Carter was selected to read his announcement today. Ethan will read his announcement tomorrow, Samantha will share her announcement on Monday and Alex and Anthony will be reading their announcements together on Tuesday. Everyone made very good changes today, to make their writing more interesting and energetic.
We will select the readers for the Cake raffle announcements next week. Don't forget that there is still time to buy tickets for the 67's raffle. Tickets are on sale until Tuesday.
Finally, don't forget to complete your jobs for tomorrow's literature circle. Your group members are counting on you. Please remember to bring your novels and all necessary materials to school tomorrow morning.
For my three volunteers for the first round of article summaries, if you feel that you need more time to improve your work, after discussing our example summary and response to the questions yesterday, please let me know tomorrow and I will give you until Monday. However, I will not mention this in class, so you will only know about this option if you have read the blog!
Get well soon Samuel. We hope to see you tomorrow, or next week!
Have a great night.
Mr. Skinner
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Lockdown Practice
Hello,
This morning we had a lockdown practice and the students did a fantastic job. Everyone took the exercise very seriously and did exactly what they are supposed to do.
We also started to examine angles and different ways to describe the characteristics of shapes. Don't forget to finish your math worksheet for homework tonight. In Language, we looked at examples for our article summaries. Please remember to have your job for the literature circle completed for Friday.
Please excuse the brevity of my post tonight. I am on a break at a leadership course I am taking.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
This morning we had a lockdown practice and the students did a fantastic job. Everyone took the exercise very seriously and did exactly what they are supposed to do.
We also started to examine angles and different ways to describe the characteristics of shapes. Don't forget to finish your math worksheet for homework tonight. In Language, we looked at examples for our article summaries. Please remember to have your job for the literature circle completed for Friday.
Please excuse the brevity of my post tonight. I am on a break at a leadership course I am taking.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Finishing our projects
Hello,
Today, most of the groups from the two classes finished their surveys and graphing projects. I look forward to displaying your great work in the hallways of the school. If you did not complete your work, please finish it at home tonight, or at school, during recess, tomorrow.
The students who finished their projects had a chance to read their novel and work on their literature circle jobs. Some students also started to work on the newspaper article assignment that I passed out on Monday. Each week, three students will be asked to select an article, summarize the main points, answer questions about the article and present it to the class,
Finally, I noticed that the blog's page views spiked last night. I hope you enjoyed watching the different commercials the students filmed. Tomorrow, we will be watching the videos in class and offering feedback about what we liked, and possible improvements that could have been made.
Thanks to the early bird students who brought in money for the 67's raffle today. Raffle tickets will be sold all week. I bought mine already. Good luck to everyone!
Have a good night.
Mr. Skinner
Today, most of the groups from the two classes finished their surveys and graphing projects. I look forward to displaying your great work in the hallways of the school. If you did not complete your work, please finish it at home tonight, or at school, during recess, tomorrow.
The students who finished their projects had a chance to read their novel and work on their literature circle jobs. Some students also started to work on the newspaper article assignment that I passed out on Monday. Each week, three students will be asked to select an article, summarize the main points, answer questions about the article and present it to the class,
Finally, I noticed that the blog's page views spiked last night. I hope you enjoyed watching the different commercials the students filmed. Tomorrow, we will be watching the videos in class and offering feedback about what we liked, and possible improvements that could have been made.
Thanks to the early bird students who brought in money for the 67's raffle today. Raffle tickets will be sold all week. I bought mine already. Good luck to everyone!
Have a good night.
Mr. Skinner
Monday, 27 January 2014
Posting our Posters
Hello,
Today we did some self and peer editing of our posters, after creating a poster as a class for the 67's raffle.
Once we were satisfied with our finished products, we began to decorate the walls of the school with our posters for the raffle.
Here are the exciting details:
Today we did some self and peer editing of our posters, after creating a poster as a class for the 67's raffle.
Once we were satisfied with our finished products, we began to decorate the walls of the school with our posters for the raffle.
Here are the exciting details:
WIN A CHANCE TO SEE THE 67’s STOP THE ATTACK!
Have you ever wanted to watch a hockey game at Canadian Tire
Centre in a box suite? Well, here is
your chance!
The students of Holy Redeemer have the opportunity to win
tickets to cheer on the 67’s from a box suite this Family Day!
The 67’s are facing the Owen Sound Attack that afternoon.
The family of a Grade 6 student has generously donated the use of their box
suite for the game. The winner of the draw will receive 10 tickets for the box
suite located in section 113B. Two parking passes will also be provided. The
tickets are for Monday, February 17, 2014 at 2 p.m.
Starting Tuesday, January 28th, students will
have an opportunity to buy raffle tickets, for the chance to win this amazing
prize.
Students can buy 1 raffle ticket for $2.00, 3 raffle
tickets for $5.00 or 7 tickets for $10. The raffle tickets will be sold in Mr.
Skinner’s classroom at 11:30 (the start of lunch recess) each day.
The ticket raffle will be raising money for the Grade 6 end
of the year trip to the Y Camp in June.
The draw will be held on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
Good luck.
During second block, the students worked with their partners on their surveys and graphing projects. Each group is expected to have their survey and three graphs displayed on a large piece of construction paper that we have provided. On Tuesday, the students will be given one more block to work on the project. They will be expected to hand in their completed work on Tuesday.
Finally, here are the fair trade commercials we have been working on in class. Enjoy.
Fair Trade Coffee - NS
Fair Trade Chocolate - WC
Fair Trade Chocolate - AM
Fair Trade Chocolate - JJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - ACJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - AJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - KA
Fair Trade - ES
Have a good day.
Mr. Skinner
During second block, the students worked with their partners on their surveys and graphing projects. Each group is expected to have their survey and three graphs displayed on a large piece of construction paper that we have provided. On Tuesday, the students will be given one more block to work on the project. They will be expected to hand in their completed work on Tuesday.
Finally, here are the fair trade commercials we have been working on in class. Enjoy.
Fair Trade Coffee - NS
Fair Trade Chocolate - WC
Fair Trade Chocolate - AM
Fair Trade Chocolate - JJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - ACJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - AJ
Fair Trade Chocolate - KA
Fair Trade - ES
Have a good day.
Mr. Skinner
Friday, 24 January 2014
Our First Literature Circle
Hello,
Today was a very successful day, as everyone completed their Fair Trade chocolate commercials (I will post the links later this weekend) and we had our first literature circle.
All of the students were enthusiastic and participated very well in the discussions with their groups. It was a great start. A reminder to make sure that your work is completed on time for next Friday's literature circle. Most students were ready, but a few had to scramble to finish and this has a negative effect on the quality of your group's discussions. Please remember your assigned reading and your role for next week and do your best to make sure you are prepared to participate. Give your best effort and you will get so much out of this experience.
We had a good start, but I believe the coming weeks can be even better.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. Skinner
Today was a very successful day, as everyone completed their Fair Trade chocolate commercials (I will post the links later this weekend) and we had our first literature circle.
All of the students were enthusiastic and participated very well in the discussions with their groups. It was a great start. A reminder to make sure that your work is completed on time for next Friday's literature circle. Most students were ready, but a few had to scramble to finish and this has a negative effect on the quality of your group's discussions. Please remember your assigned reading and your role for next week and do your best to make sure you are prepared to participate. Give your best effort and you will get so much out of this experience.
We had a good start, but I believe the coming weeks can be even better.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. Skinner
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Buddy Day!
Hello,
I was away this morning at a workshop, but upon my return, the supply teacher told me that the class was very productive.
Today was a Buddy Day for the students at our school, as they were treated to a presentation from Mrs. Koss, the youth group coordinator at Holy Redeemer Church. Then, they had the opportunity to make cards for Mrs. Maxwell to celebrate her retirement at the end of the month. The school would like to present her with a memory book, so that she can know what a big difference she made in the lives of so many children. If your family would like to add to the book, please send your cards and letters to the school by Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
Also this morning, the students had the opportunity to finish up overdue work (the advertising posters, announcements and the Math Centres), get started on their jobs for tomorrow's Literature Circles, and continue to work on their Math surveys and graphing projects with their partners.
Just in case you weren't able to access the documents for the Literature Circles that I shared last night, here is another link to the jobs: Literature Circle jobs for Friday.
Have a great night.
Mr. Skinner
I was away this morning at a workshop, but upon my return, the supply teacher told me that the class was very productive.
Today was a Buddy Day for the students at our school, as they were treated to a presentation from Mrs. Koss, the youth group coordinator at Holy Redeemer Church. Then, they had the opportunity to make cards for Mrs. Maxwell to celebrate her retirement at the end of the month. The school would like to present her with a memory book, so that she can know what a big difference she made in the lives of so many children. If your family would like to add to the book, please send your cards and letters to the school by Tuesday, January 28, 2014.
Also this morning, the students had the opportunity to finish up overdue work (the advertising posters, announcements and the Math Centres), get started on their jobs for tomorrow's Literature Circles, and continue to work on their Math surveys and graphing projects with their partners.
Just in case you weren't able to access the documents for the Literature Circles that I shared last night, here is another link to the jobs: Literature Circle jobs for Friday.
Have a great night.
Mr. Skinner
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
Working on Surveys and Deciding on Jobs
Hello,
This morning we started the day with some review of mean, median, mode and range. The we explored converting fractions to percentages. The students were given a worksheet that featured all of these concepts, which is to be completed tonight.
The students used the final 20 minutes of the block to complete a variety of tasks. Some finished up their advertising posters and announcements, some worked on their story summaries for Three Monks, No Water, while other continued to work on their math worksheet, to ensure that they would not have it for homework.
During second block, we continued our work on the Graphing and Survey project with the other Grade 6 class. The students made great progress, with many of the pairs beginning to ask students their survey questions. To wrap up the block, the students selected their job for this week's literature circle on Friday. Most students have finished their assigned reading for this week, and they can spend tonight and Thursday working on their role for this week.
Each student has one job to complete, with some students in smaller groups having two jobs from the following list: Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Word Wizard and Illustrator/Mapper.
I have shared a pdf of the job sheets with each of you on your Google Drive, for your reference.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
This morning we started the day with some review of mean, median, mode and range. The we explored converting fractions to percentages. The students were given a worksheet that featured all of these concepts, which is to be completed tonight.
The students used the final 20 minutes of the block to complete a variety of tasks. Some finished up their advertising posters and announcements, some worked on their story summaries for Three Monks, No Water, while other continued to work on their math worksheet, to ensure that they would not have it for homework.
During second block, we continued our work on the Graphing and Survey project with the other Grade 6 class. The students made great progress, with many of the pairs beginning to ask students their survey questions. To wrap up the block, the students selected their job for this week's literature circle on Friday. Most students have finished their assigned reading for this week, and they can spend tonight and Thursday working on their role for this week.
Each student has one job to complete, with some students in smaller groups having two jobs from the following list: Discussion Director, Literary Luminary, Connector, Word Wizard and Illustrator/Mapper.
I have shared a pdf of the job sheets with each of you on your Google Drive, for your reference.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Making Plans
Hello,
This morning the students took out new books in the Learning Commons, then had the opportunity to work on their advertising posters and announcements, as well as their graphing centre work. I have received the complete Math centres work from almost all of the students now, and I hope to receive the final four assignments in the morning. Students who completed all of those tasks, worked on their summaries for the "Three Monks, No Water" story.
For the second block, we were invited by the other Grade 6 class to participate in the entrepreneurship program with them. We had a guest speaker from the business world, Mr. Lemieux, who will help guide us through the completion of our project over the next few months. He told us a little bit about himself and then we got down to work. This year our goal is to set a World Record! We are going to coordinate and publicize an event that will feature the biggest group to ever get together to make sandwiches at one time, in one place. All of the sandwiches will be donated to the Shepherds of Good Hope at the conclusion of the event. Today, as part of the planning stage, the students got into groups, brainstormed ideas and discussed all of the steps we would have to take to ensure the event will be a success. It was the first step of a very exciting journey.
Working with Mr. Lemieux.
Please remember to complete your posters and announcements for the raffles tonight!
Also, just in case the note from last week did not make it home, there is a confirmation information meeting tonight for parents and students at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. The meeting will take place from 7 pm to 9 pm. If you intend to have your child celebrate this sacrament at the church this year, you must attend tonight's information session, or the session being held on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
This morning the students took out new books in the Learning Commons, then had the opportunity to work on their advertising posters and announcements, as well as their graphing centre work. I have received the complete Math centres work from almost all of the students now, and I hope to receive the final four assignments in the morning. Students who completed all of those tasks, worked on their summaries for the "Three Monks, No Water" story.
For the second block, we were invited by the other Grade 6 class to participate in the entrepreneurship program with them. We had a guest speaker from the business world, Mr. Lemieux, who will help guide us through the completion of our project over the next few months. He told us a little bit about himself and then we got down to work. This year our goal is to set a World Record! We are going to coordinate and publicize an event that will feature the biggest group to ever get together to make sandwiches at one time, in one place. All of the sandwiches will be donated to the Shepherds of Good Hope at the conclusion of the event. Today, as part of the planning stage, the students got into groups, brainstormed ideas and discussed all of the steps we would have to take to ensure the event will be a success. It was the first step of a very exciting journey.
Working with Mr. Lemieux.
Please remember to complete your posters and announcements for the raffles tonight!
Also, just in case the note from last week did not make it home, there is a confirmation information meeting tonight for parents and students at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. The meeting will take place from 7 pm to 9 pm. If you intend to have your child celebrate this sacrament at the church this year, you must attend tonight's information session, or the session being held on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
Monday, 20 January 2014
Working on our Graphing Projects
Hello,
This morning I collected all of the ski trip and pizza order forms. Thanks to everyone for being so organized! It was the first year that I can remember that everyone listed their height in metric form.
Next, we continued to work on our posters and announcements for the cake and 67's suite raffles. That will be the last block of class time given for this task. Please share your poster and 30-second announcement with me by Wednesday.
During second block, some of the students handed in their completed graphing station work from last week. Unfortunately, half the class did not have the work completed. I am hopeful that all students will hand in their completed work to me on Tuesday, or they will need to stay in at recess to complete their work.
Finally, the students were given the criteria sheet for the culminating task for this graphing unit. Each student worked with their partner, came up with a survey question, and discussed which students they should ask for the survey. We will continue this work on the project on Tuesday morning.
Sorry about another late blog post. I had to take my daughter to the doctor for a flu shot and then we went out for a celebratory dinner because she was so good. Not a tear was shed, not even by her Dad!
Have a good evening.
Mr. Skinner
This morning I collected all of the ski trip and pizza order forms. Thanks to everyone for being so organized! It was the first year that I can remember that everyone listed their height in metric form.
Next, we continued to work on our posters and announcements for the cake and 67's suite raffles. That will be the last block of class time given for this task. Please share your poster and 30-second announcement with me by Wednesday.
During second block, some of the students handed in their completed graphing station work from last week. Unfortunately, half the class did not have the work completed. I am hopeful that all students will hand in their completed work to me on Tuesday, or they will need to stay in at recess to complete their work.
Finally, the students were given the criteria sheet for the culminating task for this graphing unit. Each student worked with their partner, came up with a survey question, and discussed which students they should ask for the survey. We will continue this work on the project on Tuesday morning.
Sorry about another late blog post. I had to take my daughter to the doctor for a flu shot and then we went out for a celebratory dinner because she was so good. Not a tear was shed, not even by her Dad!
Have a good evening.
Mr. Skinner
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Time to Advertise
Hello,
This morning we used the netbooks to begin advertising campaigns for upcoming Grade 6 fundraisers. The Grade 6 students will create a poster, on the computer, and an announcement for the morning announcements, about the Cake raffle or the draw for the Family Day 67's suite.
We went over the information about both events and the students chose which event they would like to advertise. We discussed effective advertising techniques and the students went to work, creating their announcements and posters. We will continue to work on these projects next week. The students are encouraged to work on these two tasks over the weekend as well.
During second block we finished up our work on the Math centres. Now, the students are asked to make sure all of their work is complete, organized and ready to be handed in on Monday.
Remember to refer to the questions and examples. They can be found here.
Don't forget to bring in your pizza orders and ski trip forms.
Have a great long weekend. See you on Monday.
This morning we used the netbooks to begin advertising campaigns for upcoming Grade 6 fundraisers. The Grade 6 students will create a poster, on the computer, and an announcement for the morning announcements, about the Cake raffle or the draw for the Family Day 67's suite.
We went over the information about both events and the students chose which event they would like to advertise. We discussed effective advertising techniques and the students went to work, creating their announcements and posters. We will continue to work on these projects next week. The students are encouraged to work on these two tasks over the weekend as well.
During second block we finished up our work on the Math centres. Now, the students are asked to make sure all of their work is complete, organized and ready to be handed in on Monday.
Remember to refer to the questions and examples. They can be found here.
Don't forget to bring in your pizza orders and ski trip forms.
Have a great long weekend. See you on Monday.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
More Math Centres
Hello,
Today we continued to work with our groups, as the students completed the final four math centres for graphing. The students worked very hard, and I was able to give some good feedback to students as they worked on their graphs. Tomorrow morning, the students will have an opportunity to work with their groups to finish up any centres that they didn't have time to complete in class.
Working on the Math Centres.
The students also had the opportunity to continue to explore summaries and inferences today, as they worked with a partner to summarize Three Monks, No Water and to infer the author's intended message.
All student's are expected to continue reading their literature circle novel tonight for up to 30 minutes.
Have a great night.
Mr. Skinner
Today we continued to work with our groups, as the students completed the final four math centres for graphing. The students worked very hard, and I was able to give some good feedback to students as they worked on their graphs. Tomorrow morning, the students will have an opportunity to work with their groups to finish up any centres that they didn't have time to complete in class.
Working on the Math Centres.
The students also had the opportunity to continue to explore summaries and inferences today, as they worked with a partner to summarize Three Monks, No Water and to infer the author's intended message.
All student's are expected to continue reading their literature circle novel tonight for up to 30 minutes.
Have a great night.
Mr. Skinner
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Literature Circles and Math Centres
Hello,
Today was a great day, as the Grade 6 students got together to work on graphing Math Centres and to plan for their literature circles.
First, our class finished our graphic organizers for the various types of graphs, then we got together with the other class to complete four of the eight graphing centres. The students examined bar graphs, double bar graphs, pictographs, line graphs, stem and leaf plots, scatter plots and circle graphs. Some of the activities involved creating their own surveys, while others required the students to examine pre-existing data. We will give students the opportunity to finish this morning's centres tomorrow morning, then we will move on to the next set of centres.
Finally, the students were given their literature circle novels and they got together with their groups to decide how many pages they will read each week, in order to finish the novel by February 14. The students are asked to read 30 minutes each evening. Each student is reading one of the following novels: The Lightning Thief, Wonder, City of Ember, Star Girl, Ruby Kingdom, Gregor the Overlander, Holes and Chomp. The groups of 4-5 students will get together to share their thoughts about their books on Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. We hope everyone enjoys their books.
Have a good night.
Mr. Skinner
Today was a great day, as the Grade 6 students got together to work on graphing Math Centres and to plan for their literature circles.
First, our class finished our graphic organizers for the various types of graphs, then we got together with the other class to complete four of the eight graphing centres. The students examined bar graphs, double bar graphs, pictographs, line graphs, stem and leaf plots, scatter plots and circle graphs. Some of the activities involved creating their own surveys, while others required the students to examine pre-existing data. We will give students the opportunity to finish this morning's centres tomorrow morning, then we will move on to the next set of centres.
Finally, the students were given their literature circle novels and they got together with their groups to decide how many pages they will read each week, in order to finish the novel by February 14. The students are asked to read 30 minutes each evening. Each student is reading one of the following novels: The Lightning Thief, Wonder, City of Ember, Star Girl, Ruby Kingdom, Gregor the Overlander, Holes and Chomp. The groups of 4-5 students will get together to share their thoughts about their books on Jan. 23, Jan. 30, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. We hope everyone enjoys their books.
Have a good night.
Mr. Skinner
Monday, 13 January 2014
Stem and Leaf plots
Hello,
Today we spent some time working on Stem and Leaf plots. We worked on an example together and then the students were given some time to complete questions 3 to 5 in their Math notebooks. If the questions were not completed in class, the students are asked to complete them tonight for homework.
We also started to work on a graphic organizer for different types of graphs we will be working with this unit. Our focus was on bar graphs, line graphs, scatter plot graphs and circle graphs. We will complete our work on this task on Tuesday morning.
In Language, we continued to hone our summarizing skills. We looked at our summaries from Square and Fair and then we read a new story called Three Monks, no water, and began to summarize this story as well.
Today, the students also received the permission forms for the ski trip. Please return the forms and cheques by Monday, January 20, 2014. The pizza orders also need to be returned on the same day.
Finally, Ottawa 67's tickets are available from our sponsors on the following dates: Friday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 pm, Sunday, Jan. 19, at 2:00 pm, Saturday, Feb. 1, at 2 pm, and Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 pm.
Please send in a note if you are interested in tickets for one of these games. A maximum of 4 tickets can be given per family.
Have a good evening.
Mr. Skinner
Today we spent some time working on Stem and Leaf plots. We worked on an example together and then the students were given some time to complete questions 3 to 5 in their Math notebooks. If the questions were not completed in class, the students are asked to complete them tonight for homework.
We also started to work on a graphic organizer for different types of graphs we will be working with this unit. Our focus was on bar graphs, line graphs, scatter plot graphs and circle graphs. We will complete our work on this task on Tuesday morning.
In Language, we continued to hone our summarizing skills. We looked at our summaries from Square and Fair and then we read a new story called Three Monks, no water, and began to summarize this story as well.
Today, the students also received the permission forms for the ski trip. Please return the forms and cheques by Monday, January 20, 2014. The pizza orders also need to be returned on the same day.
Finally, Ottawa 67's tickets are available from our sponsors on the following dates: Friday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 pm, Sunday, Jan. 19, at 2:00 pm, Saturday, Feb. 1, at 2 pm, and Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 pm.
Please send in a note if you are interested in tickets for one of these games. A maximum of 4 tickets can be given per family.
Have a good evening.
Mr. Skinner
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Why Buy Fair Trade?
That is the question.
Hello,
Today, the students completed their summaries of Square and Fair and made their inferences about the intended message of the author.
Now, they are working on commercials, with the aim of convincing people to buy fair trade items. We discussed different advertising techniques and then the students were given the opportunity to create a script with a partner for a 30-60 second commercial.
We will be filming the commercials on Friday morning, so any groups that did not complete their scripts in class will be expected to finish them tonight.
In Math, we continued to look at ordered pairs. Next, we will be looking at the many different graphing options there are for displaying data, then we will look specifically at scatterplot graphs.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
Hello,
Today, the students completed their summaries of Square and Fair and made their inferences about the intended message of the author.
Now, they are working on commercials, with the aim of convincing people to buy fair trade items. We discussed different advertising techniques and then the students were given the opportunity to create a script with a partner for a 30-60 second commercial.
We will be filming the commercials on Friday morning, so any groups that did not complete their scripts in class will be expected to finish them tonight.
In Math, we continued to look at ordered pairs. Next, we will be looking at the many different graphing options there are for displaying data, then we will look specifically at scatterplot graphs.
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Happy New Year!
Hello,
I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to 2014.
The week definitely got off to an interesting start on Monday, with the Snow/Ice Day. I hope that all of you had safe travels, or were able to stay off the roads and enjoy the day at home with your families.
It has been great to have everyone back in the classroom over the last two days. On Tuesday, we worked with the other Grade 6 class on problems involving mean, median and mode. Then we played Redeemer Battleship, which involved learning about plotting ordered pairs on a graph. Next, we went to the learning commons to exchange our library books. Finally, during lunch, the students watched the announcement of Team Canada's Men's Olympic hockey team on the SmartBoard. Everyone was excited to see who would be selected for the team. We can hardly wait for the puck to be dropped in Sochi.
Today, we wrapped up our lessons on mean, median and mode and completed an exit card activity. Then we read a story called Square and Fair. The students were asked to make notes as they read, summarize the main ideas of the story and infer what the author's intended message was for his audience. We will continue to work on this task in class on Thursday morning. Ask your children what the story was about - I really hope they can tell you more than just "Chocolate."
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
I hope everyone has had a wonderful start to 2014.
The week definitely got off to an interesting start on Monday, with the Snow/Ice Day. I hope that all of you had safe travels, or were able to stay off the roads and enjoy the day at home with your families.
It has been great to have everyone back in the classroom over the last two days. On Tuesday, we worked with the other Grade 6 class on problems involving mean, median and mode. Then we played Redeemer Battleship, which involved learning about plotting ordered pairs on a graph. Next, we went to the learning commons to exchange our library books. Finally, during lunch, the students watched the announcement of Team Canada's Men's Olympic hockey team on the SmartBoard. Everyone was excited to see who would be selected for the team. We can hardly wait for the puck to be dropped in Sochi.
Today, we wrapped up our lessons on mean, median and mode and completed an exit card activity. Then we read a story called Square and Fair. The students were asked to make notes as they read, summarize the main ideas of the story and infer what the author's intended message was for his audience. We will continue to work on this task in class on Thursday morning. Ask your children what the story was about - I really hope they can tell you more than just "Chocolate."
Have a great evening.
Mr. Skinner
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