Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Homework and Announcements

Math Test on Thursday.  Review was given today.  Page 160 #6,10,11,13,14,15,16,18

Spelling due Friday

Return:

  • Pita Pit Lunch Form (Feb 2)
  • Valentine's Dance Form 
  • Armando's Form
  • Parent Teacher Interview Form
Reading for Literature Circles due tomorrow

Below are the book titles that were made available to the students.  They have placed themselves in their "Book Clubs."  

Today's discussion was around making predictions as to what you think will happen in your book.


 


The Book Thief

by 
Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Ruby Award.

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery ...

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scra ...more 



Jacob's Rescue: A Holocaust Story

 3.98  ·   Rating details ·  604 Ratings  ·  68 Reviews
Once Jacob Gutgeld lived with his family in a beautiful house in Warsaw, Poland. He went to school and played hide-and-seek in the woods with his friends. But everything changed the day the Nazi soldiers invaded in 1939. Suddenly it wasn't safe to be Jewish anymore.
Paperback, 128 pages
Published July 1st 1994 by Yearling (first published 1993)
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The Berlin Boxing Club

 4.15  ·   Rating details ·  4,079 Ratings  ·  649 Reviews
Sydney Taylor Award-winning novel Berlin Boxing Club is loosely inspired by the true story of boxer Max Schmeling's experiences following Kristallnacht.

Karl Stern has never thought of himself as a Jew. But the bullies at his school in Nazi-era Berlin, don't care that Karl has never been in a synagogue or that his family doesn't practice religion. Demoralized by attacks on ...more

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by 
 4.11  ·   Rating details ·  350,509 Ratings  ·  20,345 Reviews
Berlin 1942

When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the stra ...more

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Friday, 26 January 2018

Homework and Coding!

We coded today!  I had no idea how to use these programs but hey, this is the wave of the future!
We started out on code.org and from there chose our level (grade 6) and proceeded to choose one of a variety of coding activities.  Here are some shots of the kids coding.  I personally coded a minecraft game myself, and although I was super frustrated in the beginning, after about half an hour I started to get the hang of it!  The kids were light years ahead of me!  They did awesome!







Homework:  Advertisement due Monday!  Don't forget the write-up sheet that goes with it!



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Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Homework and the Day!

Spelling due Friday

Summary due Friday

Lifegiver paragraph due Friday

Advertisement due Monday

Bring materials for science!  Review the properties of air!

In Literacy today we discussed non-fiction articles.  We read an article about a young man that represents the Refugee Olympic Team.  We talked about what and who refugees are, countries in refugee crisis and the reasons for this, all under the umbrella of finding the main idea, summarizing, and  synthesizing information.

Below are some photos of our Math activity with the learning goal:
Students demonstrate an understanding of how to multiply a decimal number by a whole number.





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Tuesday, 23 January 2018

Homework, Math and a Spelling Story

Spelling work is due Friday

Summary is due Friday

Advertisement is due Friday

Spelling Story:
Here is an example of student work.  Students are required to use the spelling words they chose with their groups as they are defined in a piece of writing.  Here is one example of student work:

Spelling Week 2
Graduation Day

I woke up in the morning filled with happiness.  I was happy because it was graduation day.  I

worked very hard to get to this point and in my eyes I was a champion.  I was asked to speak in

front of the audience that was attending the ceremony.  This was a great gesture that was

given to me by my teacher.  At first I was nervous but became more comfortable as the days

went by.  I went downstairs and had my favorite bowl of  cereal and watched some sportsnet. I

sat there and could not believe that the day was finally here and I was finished grade school.  

Where did all the years go?

My mother was very happy for me and wanted to help me write some creative words for my

speech.  She has always been helpful and provided me with lots of encouragement throughout

my life.  She was very proud of me when I received honorable mentions in math.  This was my

best subject and it was also my largest improvement in marks.  I wrote my speech and headed

out the door.  I looked down at my dog and asked him for forgiveness as I would not be able to

play with him because it was graduation day.                                                                         
                    


Math:
Using a wipe board and playing cards:
Make the largest number you can
Multiply it by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001
Record your answer
Check your work.
Repeat but this time make the smallest number you can.















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Thursday, 18 January 2018

Homework

Spelling due tomorrow via google classroom

Know what product you're advertising for Monday

Here are some snapshots of our class!


















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Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Homework

Spelling work due Friday

Dance Presentations tomorrow!

Art is due tomorrow

Get your marks signed!

Social Studies test tomorrow


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Math Class in 6R

Today's concept was reviewing the multiplying and dividing of decimal numbers by 10, 100, 1000, 10 000.

We started out with using wipe boards and making numbers at the front of the room.  We had students physically go to the front and move the decimal in accordance with the question.

From there we worked on the educational website "Kahoot" and the students answered questions independently in game show format.

After that they answered questions in test form using google forms through their google classroom application.

Students used wipe boards while they answered the google forms test.

We had fun!















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