April 27th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. ***Ancient Athens Mini-Project due Monday, May 1st.  Here is a link to the Ancient Athens chapter in the textbook for use at home:   

http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/fishcreek/Grade6/Social_Studies_files/Ch3-DemocracyInAncientAthens.pdf
2. Outdoor School - we leave Tuesday, May 2nd.
3. No school tomorrow/Friday - Parent/Teacher Conferences - see you on Monday.
4. 5 facts for the news article (due Monday).
5. Sign and return 3 reading comprehensions.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We began to piece together a news article about the Velvet mites.
How did you show what you learned?
Together we discussed and then began to write a news article.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to input the facts after our lead paragraph on Monday.

April 26th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. ***Ancient Athens Mini-Project due Monday, May 1st.  Here is a link to the Ancient Athens chapter in the textbook for use at home:   

http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/fishcreek/Grade6/Social_Studies_files/Ch3-DemocracyInAncientAthens.pdf


2.  Please sign and return the Social Studies Quiz ASAP.

3. Parent/Teacher conferences are tomorrow (Thursday) evening and Friday morning.  Please book a time online.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about 'extended endings' in our story writing. 
How did you show what you learned?
We wrote an ending to a story today in class.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to be able to piece together all that we learned about story writing and produce a complete one with all the elements.

April 25th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. ***Ancient Athens Mini-Project due Monday, May 1st.  Here is a link to the Ancient Athens chapter in the textbook for use at home:   http://projects.cbe.ab.ca/fishcreek/Grade6/Social_Studies_files/Ch3-DemocracyInAncientAthens.pdf
2.  Please sign and return the Social Studies Quiz ASAP.
3. Please see the 'Week Before' Outdoor School letter sent home today.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the GCF in math.
How did you show what you learned?
We did an entry in our IMJ of the 'greatest common factor'.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to remember the difference between GCF and LCM (lowest common multiple).

April 24th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. Read for 15 min. at home (or longer).

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about 'stuck stories'.
How did you show what you learned?
We made up some story elements that would fit into a 'stuck story'.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to consider 'stuck stories' when we plan for story writing.

A Chilly F.A.F.!

Remember to do a Tick Check tonight at home!

1) Math Homework - complete page 2 (page 21) - Due Monday

2) Parent Teacher Conferences start next week

3) Countdown to Outdoor School is on. Be sure you are reviewing your package and start packing. 

Learning Intention

What did you learn today?

We went to Nose Hill today (even though the weather wasn't great - we were awesome possums)

We did not find any examples of the same red eggs at the base of any of the Aspen Poplar trees. 

How did you show what you learned?

We hiked up to Nose Hill and went into an Aspen Grove and each group selected  25 trees to investigate. We kept track of the 25 trees in various ways. We all came to the same conclusion that there are no red eggs on the bases of these particular Aspen Poplars

What do you need to learn next?

Why are the eggs only in Whispering Woods and not on Nose Hill?

Why do the trees in Nose Hill look different than our trees? More uniform bark colour, green moss at the base, the diameter of the trunks seemed smaller.

April 19th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. Dr. Fry questions due tomorrow.
2) Math - p. 21 (back of first page) of booklet - due tomorrow.
3) Edit Phunn!!  due tomorrow.
4) Dress appropriately to go down to Whispering Woods tomorrow.
5) We will be going to Nose Hill on Friday.  

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Ancient Athens. 
How did you show what you learned?
We started researching for our mini-project.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue our research.

at april 189 6 the lite of the anceint Olympic games was re-kindled at the first modern olympics in athens greece. The tradition was restart by Baron pierre de Coubertin of French. Athlete had not compeated in a olympics in 1500 years. Today thay ingage in summer and winter sports such as byking baskteball and hokcey. The ancient greeks could never have imagine sports such as them

April 18th, 2017.

Agenda:
1) ***Outdoor School Forms due TOMORROW: Wednesday, Apr. 19th. 
2) Math - p. 20 (first page) of booklet - due tomorrow.
3) Edit Phunn!!  due Thurs.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to write different parts of a story. 
How did you show what you learned?
We added a new page to our ILJ.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to know how to conclude our stories.

April 13th, 2017.

Agenda:

1) Outdoor School Forms due Wednesday, Apr. 19th.

2) No School Friday

3) PD Day Monday

4) Next Friday we would like to walk to Nose Hill to see if we can find the same red powder on the trees there. We will need a few parent volunteers to join us for the walk. Please let your classroom teacher know if you are able to join us. Thank you, in advance. 

5) April 20th - Fun Lunch

6) April 21st - Science Fair

7) April 22nd - Young Writers' Conference

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about buffalo and jumping pounds.
How did you show what you learned?
We visited the Gr. 3/4 Celebration of Learning today.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to appreciate how our First Nations never wasted anything they hunted.

April 12th, 2017.

Agenda:
1. Please fill out and return OUTDOOR SCHOOL FORMS ASAP***[payment online].
2. Edit Phunn!! due tomorrow (see below).
3. Destination conservation treats for sale tomorrow afternoon (please bring some $).

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned who to contact to solve what is on our Aspen trees (in WW).
How did you show what you learned?
We contacted the person.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to determine what is 'infecting' our trees.

as a young man, Theodore roosevelt spent tyme huntin in the hills of north Dakota. whenn he was President, roosevelt showed his love of the envyronment by creating fyve nationul parks. Thats why, after his deth, many acres of Northdakota was set a side as a nashunal memorial park named after him the park opened in april 1947. “i never would of been president if it had not been for me experiences in North Dakota, roosevelt once said

April 11th, 2017. OUTDOOR SCHOOL MEETING 5:00-6:00 THIS EVENING (Library)

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School THIS EVENING (April 11th) from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) ***Social Studies Quiz tomorrow.

3) Destination Conservation Treat Day - Thursday 1-3:00

4) Edit Phunn! due Thurs.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that air exerts pressure.
How did you show what you learned?
We did two experiments.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn that air is fluid.

From The Wright 3:

"A piece of writing on the wall explained that they were by a Japanese artist named Hokusai, and mentioned Frank Lloyd Wright as an adviser to the man who'd collected them." (p. 206)

April 10th, 2017.

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School on Tuesday April 11th from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) ***Social Studies Quiz this Wednesday.

3) L.A. - find an object.

4) Treat Day tomorrow

5) Destination Conservation Treat Day - Thursday 1-3:00

6) Ratio, Decimals, Fractions, Percents Project due tomorrow.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to write a 'critical setting'.
How did you show what you learned?
After a short lesson, we chose a picture of a setting to write about.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about 'critical objects'.

A Cool Fresh Air Friday!

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School on Tuesday April 11th from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) ***Social Studies Quiz next Wednesday - Monday - review.

4) Please get Reading Comprehension #2 (all 3 excerpts) signed by a parent.

5) Edit Phunn! - take up Monday.

6) Family Dance - this Friday - 6:00-8:30pm!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that the 'red infection' on the aspen trees are actually insects!!
How did you show what you learned?
We listened/watched a presentation by Shanith.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to begin to answer several of the NEW questions we now have.

April 5th, 2017.

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School on Tuesday April 11th from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) ***Social Studies Quiz next Wednesday - Monday - review.

3) Please bring in a donation for the Family Dance.

4) Please get Reading Comprehension #2 (all 3 excerpts) signed by a parent.

5) Edit Phunn! due tomorrow (see below).

6) We Day Club - bookmarks are due tomorrow.

7) Family Dance - this Friday!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how to elaborate on characters in a narrative.
How did you show what you learned?
We read over some good examples of how authors accomplish this.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to elaborate on settings.

On april 12 1934 a big wind blue in New hampshire? At 231 myles purr hour, it was the strongest wind ever measured on earth’s surface the wind were recorded during the morning hours at a weather observatory atop Mount washington. That observitory records hurricane-force winds more then 100 dayes each year. mount Washington, what is in the clouds about 60 percent of the time, is called the “Home of the Worlds Worst Weather.  I don’t like” one child said “that kind off wind”

April 4th, 2017.

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School on Tuesday April 11th from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) Please bring your INDOOR SHOES tomorrow.

3) Please bring in a donation for the Family Dance.

4) Choose a character from a novel that you relate to or have enjoyed.

5) Edit Phunn! due Thursday.

6) We Day Club - bookmarks are due Thursday.

7) Family Dance - this Friday!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that AIR TAKES UP SPACE.
How did you show what you learned?
We did an experiment to prove this fact.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn if air has mass.

April 3rd, 2017.

Agenda:

1) ****We will have a mandatory Parent Meeting for Outdoor School on Tuesday April 11th from 5 - 6pm in the Library.   Outdoor School is from May 2 - May 5th. You can be paying for this overnight field trip online and in installments over the next few months if you would prefer. 

2) Please bring your INDOOR SHOES tomorrow.

3) Please bring in a donation for the Family Dance.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the 8 properties of air.
How did you show what you learned?
We created a list.
What do you need to learn next?
We learned to experiment on the properties.