Check out this great math dictionary: http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic Science Show today. Everyone LOVED our Space 62 Odyssey. We should all feel very proud!
Sept. 4th - Please read through the YELLOW duotang "Home" with your child which includes: timetable, newsletter, reading log INFORMATION. Please sign the newsletter and fill out the info. form for Ms. Fleming's files. Thanks!
Sept. 5th - MATH - Worksheets are given out in ORANGE duotang & students have a math workbook. ADDITION & SUBTRACTION of whole numbers is our focus to start. Use the PROPER PROBLEM SOLVING METHOD. Students can take home math notes to practice & review!
Sept. 7th - LINE ART, please sign & return to portfolios! MATH QUIZ on addition & subtraction of whole numbers TUESDAY. Please bring in all of your forms. GREAT to see our students bond this week with intro. welcoming activities such as "SELFIES" and "GRADE 6 GAMES". Have a great weekend everyone.
Sept.10th - MATH QUIZ tomorrow, study! Read 15 min and log each night. Starting addition & subtraction of decimals this week! Check agenda for due dates, quiz dates, etc..
Sept.11th - Students are working on addition & subtraction of decimal numbers, including some EQAO sample questions (yellow duotang & math duotang). Also, we have been practising our READING SKILLS: prediction, vocabulary finder, summary & inference using an EQAO short story "Nobody Knows the Difference". Please have Quiz #1 on whole numbers signed & returned to portfolios when it is marked. Students are also doing a FANTASTIC JOB on their selfies!! (see pics)
Sept.13th - Please correct your math quiz in your notebook and get it signed, and return to your portfolios. LEARNING SKILLS goals chart - get signed & return. Review DECIMAL work (addition & subtraction & problem solving) in math notes. Bring outdoor shoes and clothes for outdoor gym from now on!
Week of Sept. 18th - 21st: MULTIPLICATION Students in gr.6 multiply 4-digit by 2-digit numbers (3452x66) first with a calculator, then independently. Do you know your timestables up to 12x FAST & ACCURATELY? Practise at home using flash cards, games, and songs. We are also practising READING ALOUD for our fluency test, and students should record themselves to improve! We are also starting SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES this week! FUN times & HARD WORK at TJS! Gotta love Grade 6. :)
Canada & the World: Do you know your maps? Oceans, continents, provinces, territories... review your notes!
Sept.25th - Practise your multiplication (7895 x 89) without a calculator. Also work on speed & accuracy up to 12x. Get Quiz #1 signed for multiplication, and also sign "Mad Minute" work and goals.
WRITING - Warming up with personal journal entries, & reviewing what a proper paragraph looks like: topic sentence, descriptive body sentences & a conclusion. Students are self-editing their work, making sure they have no spelling errors, correct grammar & rich vocabulary!
MAPPING QUIZ will be Mon. October 1st. It ties in with our first unit of study about Canada's identity & how we all got here in this amazing country. BUT FIRST we need to know: where is Canada in the WORLD? What are its provinces, capitals and territories? Oceans? North, South, East & West: where are we?? What continent are we in? Students did a pre-quiz to test their knowledge, now STUDY!! :)
DIVISION is our next topic of study: 4-digit by 2-digit using a calculator to start. We will come back to more difficult multiplication questions when everyone has time to know their 12x timestables. PLEASE get word problem quiz #2 for simple numbers in multiplication signed & corrected (when you get it back), back to our PORTFOLIOS!
SEPT 28 is TERRY FOX RUN - Please donate using the following link for our school: http://www.terryfox.ca/TigerJeetSinghPSMilton
WED OCT 3rd - ASSEMBLY - Grade 6 Student Council & Class 62 are helping out with our first big TJS assembly!! WEAR WHITE SHIRTS!!
MAP QUIZ - Correct, sign & return! Now, how did your family make its journey to Canada?? Think of DEEP questions to ask your grandparents and parents, aunts & uncles, about how they ended up here in CANADA!
Oct.2nd - OCTOBER newsletter coming home, please read and sign. RESEARCH QUESTIONS - students will be asking a family member about their journey to Canada: due after Thanksgiving weekend! DANCE-a-THON basket theme: FUN SCHOOL STUFF & STICKERS - please see newsletter sent home!
Thursday MATH QUIZ on long division 4-digit by 2-digit using a calculator. Keep practising on your own time with no calculator. Do you know your timestables?
- DANCE-a-THON THEME: Fun Stickers, Sticker books, colouring stuff, FUN school supplies a kid would want!! Please start donating items. Newsletter was sent home. PLEASE buy treats for dance online (we do not take $$). Thank-you for your support.
Oct.9-12th - Students are practising all of their 'Number Sense' skills with NO calculator for a final unit test this week. Also, we will be reviewing Place Value (millions to thousandths) & BEDMAS for Order of Operations (65+45 (5x2) -3) Please have your child review notes every night & redo questions, and catch up on any questions still not completed. Yellow duotang questions will also be sent home for practice. MATH is about review & practice every day!
UNIT ONE MATH TEST - this THURSDAY! Complete and correct your REVIEW sheet to study. No calculators.
October 15th - Did you correct your math test, get it signed and return all your signed items to your portfolio? LEARNING SKILLS: self & teacher observations sent home Friday: set a GOAL for this month before Progress Reports. Please return your slip with your CONFERENCE time and date in November. UNITED NATIONS REPORT on CLIMATE CHANGE - what can we do now to lessen the impact of climate change on earth? Interview a Relative about their JOURNEY to CANADA: due Monday. 'Order of Operations': did you explain BEDMAS to your parents?
Oct.16th - FIELD TRIP form coming home, please sign and return and pay online. PORTFOLIO in Yellow Duotangs needs to be signed. Order of Operations quiz Wed. Try the homework questions on the worksheets for practice, we will take them up in class. Have you brought in DANCE BASKET items? Busy days here at TJS!
October 17th - BEDMAS quiz today. Students are also working on their Canada presentations which will be presented Monday: rehearse over the weekend! We are also doing experiments in class with balloons to show air has mass in our FLIGHT UNIT, review your science notes! Health Journals due Thursday.
Oct.22nd - GREAT job on today's oral reports using a media slideshow for our Social Studies Inquiry about how are families arrived in Canada! Pls sign & return to your portfolios! PATTERNS: review the EQAO examples we completed in class. Create your own patterns using numbers and using shapes. Get ready for our TRIP Friday outdoors all day long! Dress in layers and bring lots of snacks and drinks. HALLOWEEN is next week, dress in black & orange or a costume if youw ant for the parade.
BUSY WEEK AHEAD: Oct. 29th - Patterns Quiz for math, Tues is CUPCAKE SALE for Grade 6 Student Council members, Wed is DANCE and Orange & Black day parade, you need to also have your info. and ideas for a written piece on the UN Report on Climate Change: what can we do as a nation to help our planet? Be ready with your sources. Did you try out moving an object in your sink to see what happens for SCIENCE? Write down your observations.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Grade 6 Student Council - Cafe today, fabulous teamwork serving staff tea and coffee and desserts for donations towards the Halton Women's Shelter. You should be proud of your volunteer work & your efforts to help people in need. Thanks to all who donated.
Nov. 12th-16th: We have completed our PATTERNS unit with an introductory lesson and activities on algebra & integers. Please sign algebra multiple choice check-in EQAO questions completed last week. Our new unit of study is GEOMETRY and students usually love working with shapes! The are many terms and formulas to memorize, so students should review their notes and examples at home nightly. We have also begun another INQUIRY project where students have chosen an immigrant group who has contributed to Canada's identity: stay tuned for details. In science we had PILOTS Carson & Matt tell us all about flying and our local airport. You can be 14 yrs of age and fly: did you know that? In LANGUAGE we are starting our literature circle NOVEL STUDY to be read in class and some work done at home. Busy times in Class 62!
Nov.19th-23rd: Return Report Card envelopes. Sign & return all math/paragraph work to portfolios. Confirm your conference time for Wed/Thurs/Fri this week. Design your paper airplane! Reading logs for November will be due Dec.3rd. Correct your angle work & review REFLEX ANGLES in math. In Language class, we are done Chapters 3/4 & looking at "conflict" to start the rising action in our stories. In Social Studies, we are continuing to ask good questions and jot note our resources properly with RESOURCES cited. Lots of work this week, keep up the GREAT efforts Class 62. You are the BEST!
Nov.22nd - You should have 16 signed items that have been marked in your portfolios, along with all your Reading Logs, and extra items. Your duotangs should be organized with all of your subject notes: are they in order with titles and dates? Student Led Conferences all this week: do you know your time? It should be written in your agenda book. Research your immigrant group at home, jot notes due by Monday. This weekend, get a bristol board or display sheet so you are ready to create your visual for your project next week. At home, practise making your paper airplane design: do you see the geometric angles in your design? We have completed creating & measuring angles, incl. reflex, for now: get your assessment signed and returned to your portfolio. We will come back to angles soon. We are currently looking at plotting points on a Cartesian Grid, as well as a bird's eye view of structures, both EQAO-based questions: check your yellow duotang for the handout.
GREAT TO MEET everyone this week. Nice to talk about what we are so PROUD of, and to set goals for the rest of TERM ONE. Remember the BOOK FAIR is coming so save your $$... Wed. December 5th at 12:15pm, we can go down and you can purchase items from the book fair. Stay tuned for details.
Nov.27th - Science/Math Assignment due Thursday: 4 sketches of your airplane design from bird's eye view, front, side, back, labelled with measured angles. Do a professional job! Reading: we completed the non-fiction "Leaf Cutters" article today with multiple choice questions, review how we did it, quiz tomorrow. Cartesian Grid assignment done today, please correct (see your notes) and sign & return to portfolios. Have you brought in your Social Studies board for your project? "Works Cited" should be typed up. Lot's of work this week, please check agenda books as always :)
Reading multiple choice exercise done in class for simple non-fiction text, please look it over, talk to your parents on how we do multiple choice! Sign & return. PLANE MATH-SCIENCE assignment due today. PLANE competition tomorrow! Do you know your regular & irregular polygons? What is a triangle? a decagon? a parallelogram? Review your math vocabulary!
CONGRATULATIONS Ronak & Olivia, winners of our mighty airplane flight competition. Their stream-lined designs, combined with stiff body and aerodynamic wing set enabled them to beat all the other planes. Way to go!
Dec.7th: PBL Inquiry Projects - Visual Display & Oral presentations due Tuesday, Dec.11th - practice your oral presentation and answering questions at home. You must be prepared for an audience on Tuesday! In Math, we are using angles, side lengths & shapes to build figures: review your math notes to ensure you remember what each polygon is. There are practice sheets in your math duotang & in your Yellow Weekly Work Duotang. In LA, we are reading our in-class novels & completing our Plot Graph. Remember to bring in a mug and spoon next week for a "Book Club" chat with your group. In Science, we are having a quiz on Monday: complete the review sheet & look over your notes. Check your agenda book to stay on top of timelines.
Dec.10th - Please get your science paragraph & 8 questions signed on "Living Things & Flight" assignment done in class. If you did not complete it properly, please fix it up. Remember to always give your BEST effort in everything you do! Also, return math quiz on "Creating a Shape", a quadrilateral with certain properties, signed, to portfolios. In your YELLOW DUOTANG this week you have another non-fiction article to read & answer the questions for Thursday. HOT CHOCOLATE BOOK CLUB: bring in your mug and spoon and a treat for Friday this week. Exciting times today with the "Miracle on Main" trip for gr.6 Student Council, and we also have a Xmas concert on Wed. end of the day. So much to do at TJS! Keep your focus keen & spirits high.
Dec.17th-21st: Students are busy in class reading their novel and discussing plot, character and analyzing theme. As well, in Science students are studying their choice of a living thing that flies: project is to be completed in class & presented Friday. Students also started to look at data collection & graphing with an in-class assignment for Data Management. All geometry work should be signed and returned, and notes put away safely at home; we will revisit Geometry in late January. APE: answer, proof, explain - students are working hard examining answers in the APE format for EQAO. Always check the yellow duotang each week to see new EQAO practise questions. Assembly for the dance-a-thon was today, Tues, and PJ Friday is our last day before the holidays. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE & SEE YOU IN 2019.
January: WELCOME BACK! We hope you had a relaxing holiday with friends & family. Now, back to work.... in LANGUAGE we will be finishing reading our novels, studying the plot graph, and particularly writing reading responses to character development and theme. What message is the author giving the readers? This requires inference skills, which we are practising in class each week. We are also writing a super short 2-page short story, to learn how to create an exciting title, setting, a key protagonist, rising action and a climax, with a lesson learned at the end. Students also are working on improving their grammar, spelling and punctuation skills with centre work. In SCIENCE, we will start the exciting unit on SPACE. In MATH, we are continuing to look at DATA MANAGEMENT with how to make fractions into % for our pie graphs, and working on EQAO data management questions for practise. CHECK AGENDAS weekly to see what's new in our class, and what students should be working on at home. December Reading Logs were optional, so hand one in if you read over the busy month of December. Students can start their own reading logs for January! PORTFOLIOS should be up-to-date with signed work: please check our list of items, as these are learning skills for the upcoming report card. Please call anytime you have a question or, write it in the agenda book. HAPPY NEW YEAR CLASS 62.
Jan.8th: Please 1.) Bring in indoor shoes 2.) make sure you have gym clothes 3.)get January newsletter signed 4.)look up videos and websites for SPACE info to share with the class 5.)start a new January Reading Log 6.)check YELLOW duotang for EQAO math questions to practise
Jan.9th - POLICE program Bravo starts next week, please sign permission form. Students are reviewing vocabulary and math notes on Scatter Plots for math. Students are also conferencing on their reading skills & refocusing on what needs to be improved upon. Keep looking for SPACE videos & articles to share! "Learning Skills Checklist" - please discuss this checklist as your child talks about how they feel they are doing in class, and the areas they can improve upon (due Monday)
SUPER ECLIPSE happening this weekend: check out the articles and videos for our SPACE UNIT https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/world/lunar-eclipse-January-2019/index.html
Jan. 21st - We are starting TRANSFORMATIONAL GEOMETRY where we move shapes on a grid. Practise using your shapes at home! We have completed our novel studies and are working on our Literacy Centres: reading & writing short stories, learning about dialogue, practising spelling and capital work, and researching SPACE websites to share. Check weekly agenda messages to stay up to date. HOMOPHONES: what are they? Which ones do you NOT know? Can you spell them correctly? Ask your parents if they know the list. Practise at home.
Jan.25th - HOMOPHONES quiz today, Sentences quiz Monday. Please practise moving your shapes on a grid, try the EQAO questions in your YELLOW duotangs, get your check-in signed & returned to portfolios. January Reading Log due Feb. 4th. Continue to read articles, check out websites and videos on today's SPACE topic for Science. Research project coming shortly: check daily agenda messages. Continue practising reading your short story aloud: are you clear, loud, and expressive in your voice?
Jan. 28th - Look over your Australia paragraph: rewrite in your journal, noting capitals, periods, commas, phrases that don't fit, and spelling. PLANET research for Science due Thursday: works cited page included with jot notes. Have you watched videos? documentaries? have you looked into unique websites on space? Indoor recess: bring in something to do (cards, games, drawing book, reading, etc etc). Correct your Homophone quiz when returned & put in portfolio when signed.
Jan.31st - MATH MEASUREMENT UNITS: please review your notes on the different units (m), (g), (L), and know the order in which they go. Practise with your flashcards. Quiz next week. Monday music & french tests. Science: get your jot notes "Met/Not Met" for Planets work signed. Enjoy your long weekend!
Feb.4th - Return your theatre form if you are going. Bring in materials for your SPACE model. We are starting work on the written-media portion, SPACE MAGAZINE, very exciting! Lots of music and french tests this week, as well as memorizing the order of the Metric -m- -g- -L- system, in order to complete conversions: use your flashcards, write it out twenty times, say it out loud, write a test for yourself. Move the decimal left or right: you can do it! Is your portfolio up to date? WE are now starting Term 2 Learning skills on our checklist, for Organization & Initiative & Responsibility. January Reading Logs were handed in yesterday. Start a new log for FEBRUARY. Please bring in indoor shoes to avoid tracking mud all through the hallways and classrooms. Please have gym clothes to change in to as it is part of your participation mark. Thanks for everyone's ongoing support! Class 62 is the BEST!!
February 11th - MATH TEST this week on conversion. Study your math notes & EQAO practise sheets. Bring in your materials to build your visual display on SPACE Monday. Article was handed in Friday and listen to the feedback to improve it for your magazine! All work to be done in class this week. Presentations will hopefully happen Thursday morning. Stay tuned! Are you reading each day and logging it in your February Reading Log? Make sure you have indoor shoes and proper gym clothes in your locker. Check agenda books daily and sign. Return all marked work signed to your portfolio! Go Class 62 go!!
Feb.14th - HAPPY LONG LONG WEEKEND! Remember to bring in all of your finished science SPACE work for Tuesday!
Feb.25th - Students are asked to review what they know about measurement concepts such as PERIMETER, AREA and VOLUME. What formulas do you know? What videos can you share on these ideas? We will be studying how to calculate the total surface area of a rectangular prism. We are almost done our SPACE unit, with a written assignment on the benefits of studying space & how space exploration has helped us here on Earth. This will be completed in class. Make sure you have 3 ideas you can write about! February Reading Logs are due Feb.28th this week. Please sign the agenda book Report Card Reflection as we look at setting goals for Term Two. All other items marked should also be signed & returned to portfolios (see our on-going list on 'ABOUT').
March 4th - Check out this great math dictionary http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html PLEASE sign the Parent Newsletter (yellow duotang), Total Surface Area (TSA) quiz: corrections should be done in notes, then signed and returned. We are moving on to other shapes, and will have a unit test on TSA before the end of the week. Students should feel VERY proud. We just completed our first 5-paragraph essay in class using a tech program to edit called Read&Write. Students thoroughly enjoyed this experience, and students are encouraged to use this free program whenever they write! We are done Space now, and starting our next unit on ELECTRICITY. After the break, we will start our Social studies unit on Canada's connections to the Global World. We are waiting to hear word about our trip: 70% of all gr.6 students seem interested, so we will send any information along to you as we hear it. Thanks for your patience. One more week then MARCH BREAK :)
March 6th - Study your VOLUME and Total Surface Area (TSA) notes for a final quiz Friday. Try the sample EQAO questions in your notes with different numbers. Let's get all this math finished up before we head off for a relaxing holiday next week! Safe travels to all our classmates & families as people travel to Dubai, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Las Vegas, China, Florida.... this class is definitely well travelled! Ms. Fleming is travelling to Burlington LOL. My son is travelling to Switzerland & Italy with Milton District High School, so we wish him all the best as well. Take care and see you after March Break folks! :)
March 18th - Bring in to class your Master List of formulas and shapes and info. on Measurement (perimeter, area, volume, etc.) & we will review. We will also be making a STUDY GUIDE for ourselves, a little notebook of tips and formulas and info. to help us remember all of the things we have learned thus far in Math & Language to help us on our EQAO exam at the end of May. Probability is our next Math unit. We will also be starting Electricity in Science, Poetry in Language, and Dance for Term 2. Stay tuned for details! Time is flying. Work hard. Have fun. Enjoy the rest of Term Two!!
March 25th - Probability in Math: make sure you are reviewing the notes, knowing how to calculate percentage and decimals and fractions using a calculator, and using equal fractions (ie. 2/25 = 8/100 = .08 = 8%), and read over those tricky EQAO questions, as the actual language can sometimes be challenging! Your probability spinner is due next week, and your SAFETY posters for ELECTRICITY are due as well. No lates accepted, as you have had a lot of time to complete these assignments. Remember our rotary Dance & Electricity workshops for 5 Mondays start next week. Wear proper clothing and footwear. Are you reading every night and logging it in your March Reading Log & getting it signed? Also, research some NGO's on the internet to see what you might like to do as a future project for Social Studies: stay tuned, details to follow. Make sure you are getting your agenda signed, so parents know what we are doing in class. HAPPY SPRING!!!
March 29th - Poetry Drawing for "The King of the Forest" due today, remember to bring all signed quizzes/assignments/trip forms & letters back to your portfolios. Congrats 62 on an AWESOME BRAVO video. Please check agenda books regularly for daily updates on timelines, due dates. Finish up your March Reading Log (due April 2nd). "NGO" research and ideas on child labour can be done at home for Social Studies. In Science, we are looking at building circuits on Mondays workshop time, and studying static electricity. Have a wonderful weekend!
April 2nd - Our NGO SS research project has started in class only. Students are also continuing their study of building circuits & static electricity in Science class. RATIO (2:3, 2/3, etc.) is one of our last topics in Probability: stay tuned for our unit math test (Friday). We are also practising comparing fractions with unlike denominators! Please review Math notes & attempt work sheets to study. Come to class ready to ask specific questions & participate in Math Talks. In Poetry, we are finding our fav poems, thinking of creating 'mental pictures' using evidence from the text (stanza #, line #). In Art, students are finishing up their Grid Enlargements which are due this Thursday (no lates). Work hard & play hard in Grade 6 at TJS! Join one of the many many clubs our school offers at break times! MONDAY APRIL 15th 5pm-8pm: Indigo Book Store in Milton (20% of proceeds go to our school).
Hey Folks: Join us at Indigo next Monday April 15th! This week is busy at TJS: Students have to hand in their good copy typed up SCIENCE LAB REPORT on their balloon experiment for Static Electricity which we completed in class. Follow the proper organization of a lab report (ie. Question, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, etc.) from your science notes. Mondays are exciting as Mr.C teaches the kids how to build electrical circuits in the science lab. Poetry is in full-swing, as students read, share, and analyze in order to improve their INFERENCE skills in class each day. NGO PROJECTS for Social Studies are being presented on Wed & Thursday, so be prepared: no lates! Please check our "About" list on this website to ensure you have had all items signed & returned to your portfolios. In Health, we are covering our Growth & Development Unit for Grade 6 in the month on April: letters to parents were sent home in yellow duotangs last week. In Math, we had our Probability Test which was a challenging one, as students had to APPLY their skills, and think and communicate by solving word problems. Application forms were sent home for the FREE Math Course offerred by HDSB this summer: I encourage ALL students to sign up for this, as it is free & transportation is provided. It is the first time being offered to grade 6's. Take advantage of this great offer, as it will help prepare our kids for the big jump to Grade 7. First come, first served, so return those application forms asap!! Have a great week everyone.
April 15th - Come on out tonight for the Indigo Bookstore Fundraiser for TJS! This week students are finishing up their study of fractions: practice changing unlike denominators into same denominators, then compare the fraction (which is bigger? smaller?). Quiz will be at the end of this week! Students should also review the different polygon shapes they know (ie. parallelogram, decagon, etc.) and know how many lines of symmetry they each have? Retests for Probability were also handed back on Friday. Students are asked to pick a song with poetic lyrics to present to the class. Please get your NGO partner presentations signed and returned to your portfolio. We collected the science labs on static electricity last week. Students are enjoying building circuits in Monday workshops. We are also heading to the library to start a study of a famous collection of Canadian artists called "The Group of Seven". In PE, we are playing hockey, learning how to handle a stick! Much excitement at TJS, we are on a roll....
April 18th - Mr. Cuthbert wants you to check out this website... https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html
April 23rd - Hope everyone had a relaxing EASTER weekend. Spring has sprung. Make sure you have indoor and outdoor shoes for inside & outside activities, as well as a sweatshirt or light jacket for PE outside any day. Please get your Fractions test /10 signed, corrected and returned to your portfolio. We will start our review next week of Place Value (we did this back in Sept/Oct), Prime & Composite numbers, add/subt/mult/long division of whole & decimal numbers in word problems.We are keeping an updated EQAO Tips booklet, as well as sending home worksheets in our Yellow Duotang for review as well for each unit. Students should have kept ALL their notes for math for the entire year, as we will now be using them for review. Poetry Lyrics from a song - due next week. Please get your Health worksheet signed and returned to your portfolio. Students have also started a research assignment on Group of Seven: which artists' paintings do you like BEST? I love Emily Car & Lawren Harris.
April 25th - Students handed in their poetry song lyrics today, and are to refine their analysis to make sure they have all of the figurative language & poetic tools covered for next Wed. May 1st when they will present! Group of Seven jot notes were also handed in today: stay tuned for details on presentations. Students also participated in small group scenerios of dealing with peer pressure, and various other topics covered in Health. In Math, we reviewed our first notes from September: any questions? Bring them to class, so we can redo them together! Have you watched Mr Cuthbert's electricity video? Have a great weekend & let's hope for sunshine. Get those bikes out, running shoes, rollerblades, scooters, and get ACTIVE!
May 6th - Three science lab reports were handed back Monday, please sign & return them to your portfolios. Electricity will finish with a unit test, so please review your notes and ask questions. Teams will also be building a device next week using the lab cart. Our next unit of study is everyone's favourite: Biodiversity! Dance rotary workshops have also come to an end, and our celebration will be Wed. period 1. Please get your assessment from Ms. Catalfamo signed & returned to your portfolio as well. Can't wait to see your dance performances! We are now reviewing volume, capacity, Total Surface Area (TSA), perimeter & area of shapes: check your EQAO Booklet for study notes & ask questions. Small groups are also presenting Human Rights cases from around the world this week: we feel fortunate to live in Canada, and have a government who believes in helping it's people with equality & justice. Be ready to run outside as weather permits with shorts, tees, light jacket and running shoes: SPRING is finally here! Grade 6 Student Council is also hosting the Monday assembly to learn about our new school common expectations, share our BRAVO video, and promote Bike Week May 27th-31st. Busy times here at TJS! Oh to be young again.
Friday, May 10th - CAMP FUN: rock climbing, campfire, survival building lean-to shelters with logs, archery with bows & arrows, ropes course....FUN!
May 16th -TRACK MEET tomorrow, dress appropriately. Theatre trip forms due back asap, as well as BRAVO video permission slips. Do you have your EQAO Survival Kit? Please sign & return Geometry lines of symmetry worksheet. You have several science labs to also return signed. We are building our electrical car next week: are you ready with your design ideas? BIODIVERSITY will be starting in science shortly, it is an amazing unit! EQAO review booklets should be reviewed regularly with all of our hints & tips for reading, writing and math! Time is flying in Class 62. FUN FUN FUN
May 20th - WONDERFUL inquiry project by 62 on the most famous Canadian art group in the history of Canada's fine arts: "The Group of Seven"... students researched the group, chose their favourite painter, then created both a famous painting & their very own interpretation of the style of their chosen artist. This was a very sophisticated assignment & the results were absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Students were AMAZED at the talent of our class painters, and the creative frame designs they presented. Well done! Tom Thompson & Emily Carr would be proud of you. This week: theatre trip Thursday, Jump Rope outside period 4 Tues (switch day Mon), final review week for EQAO math and language, check your 'study guide' and notebooks for nightly review. Portfolios should be signed & up to date, as we do a reflection for our Learning Skills for the report cards coming soon: organization, initiative, and responsibility. Track & Field results are in and Class 62 was a player in EVERY category. I am so proud of personal bests and how hard the kids pushed themselves to take risks, try a new event, and be a part of our team. The judges asked if our class was sponsored, as we cleaned up on the podium LOL. PROUD of Class 62.
May 28,29,30 EQAO test dates, please be at school. Track Meet is Thurs, so makeup day is Fri 31st.
June 4th: Congrats to everyone for working so hard through our exams. We can now focus on Science and Social Studies, and many other subject areas. Our Biodiversity & Fair Trade assignments have been moved to next week, due to absences this week & the PD day Friday. Stay tuned to agenda book messages. Congrats to our track team who did well at last week's meet, we are proud of you.
JUNE 10th - Work day today on projects... Biodiveristy & Human Impact Gallery Walk Presentations tomorrow (Tues) p.2 for a Grade 5 audience. Have your slideshow or visuals and art ready to go! Wednesday FAIR TRADE CAFE in small groups. Thursday Ms. Cat's dance video p.5/6, Friday (rain date) for Walking Trip to the park, return your permission forms by Wed. and bring outdoor wear to get wet in fountains! Lots of snacks too!! Friday DANCE project - teach the class about your dance & show a video. Lots of exciting things happening at TJS in Room 201 :) GO RAPTORS!
June 17th - TALENT SHOW! We are having our own class talent show, so get ready kids! Then we will be joining 61 & 63 next Tuesday for a BIG Talent Show if you feel inclined. Play Day is next Tuesday as well, p.5/6. Biodiversity: we live in a plastic world is our theme this week, students will be thinking of ways to solve this problem... please sign & return the bio assignments handed back last week. FAIR TRADE: great work on our cafe! Hopefully YOU will now buy things that are fair trade! DANCE: partners are to research and teach us a dance this week. We had an awesome walking trip to the park & students were so well-behaved and had so much fun, WE ARE HOPING to do it again this week (Wed or Thurs)... please sign the trip form and return! Check the weather for which day is sunny! So many wonderful learning experiences happening in Class 62. Only 10 days left. We are going to miss this class, what a YEAR!
Due to weather, our trip this week will be Wednesday, if Mr.Dy's class can join us. Stay tuned. Check agenda books for key dates coming up!!
ANOTHER fantastic day at the water park! Stay tuned for Dance presentations & more Splash Pad fun at our picnic p.5/6 on Friday!
LAST WEEK: It has been a privilege to see everyone thrive this year, so many MEMORIES! Thanks for an AWESOME year. This week, Monday & Wed. we are finishing Dance presentations & getting ready for the Talent Show on Tuesday. Also, p.5/6 Tues. is the PLAY DAY! Wear old clothes Thursday, we are moving! This week will fly by. Hold on. :)