February 2, 2017- You Won't Learn This In Grade 6

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Please bring back envelope signed

Homework: practice multiplication facts
No school tomorrow- PD day

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What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their work from yesterday in math.  The grade 4s learned how tenths and hundredths can be similar and did an activity.  If we were done, we went to a site called Fraction Cafe.
• In gym, we played silent soccer in the classroom because the gym was being set up for their learning celebration.
• After recess, we finished our math work and then we went on the computers and did Mathletics.  There we had to finish two activities Ms. Jones gave us.
• Today in music, Ms. Stephure retaught Kumbya and Alice the Camel had Five Humps. Then we went off to practice it on our Ukeleles in partners.
• In health, we got to write about the Space Invader, who gets into your personal space. We had to write about a time we were a Space Invader or when we had to deal with one and what strategy we should of used.  We shared our strategies after.
• For Daily 5, we continued to work on our reading centers.
• At the end of the day, we went to the grade 5/6 learning celebration.  They sang us a song, then we went around to their projects and learned what they did in their sky science unit and learned more about black holes, different planets and phases of the moon.  We also learned about stars, moons, neutron stars, the ninth planet, constellations, different galaxies, gravity and the mythical stories around the planets and stars.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.

February 1, 2017- Snowy Winter Walk Wednesday

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Report cards sent home yesterday- please bring back envelope signed

Homework: math mystery due tomorrow, practice multiplication facts

What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their math assignment from yesterday.  The grade 4s learned how fractions and decimals are related, and worked on a task to show fractions as a decimal.  If we finished, we went into Mathletics and worked on fraction activities.  Some us worked on our heptathlon project.
• In gym, the gymnastic equipment was set up.  We explored the box horse, benches, the ramp and the ladders.
• After recess, in social studies we continued to work on our buffalo sheet.  If we were not done sketching our artifacts, we had today to finish them as they have to be returned to Fort Calgary.
• Today we participated in Winter Walk Day.  We went walking in a winter wonderland for 15 minutes around the school.
• In language arts, we continued to work on our Great Trash Bash journal.  We need to include three paragraphs of how we can reduce our waste at school and at home.  At the end, we should have seven paragraphs.
• In music, we played a song called Kumbya and we learned and sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  We also learned our F chord.
• We ended the day with our Daily 5 activities.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.

January 31, 2017- Shopping at the "Buffalo" Market

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Report cards sent home today- please bring back envelope signed

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Wear good gymnastic clothes for the week
Winter Walk tomorrow- be dressed to go outside

What did we do today?

• In math, Ms. Jones read us a book called Moira's Birthday.  While she was reading, we had to listen to where there could be fractions.  After, we had to work on an activity where we had to draw fractions using different shapes.  Some of us continued to work on a heptathlon project we started a few weeks ago.
• In gym, the gymnastic equipment was set up.  We explored the box horse, benches, the ramp and the ladders.
• After recess, we were able to continue working on our art from yesterday.  Mr. O also showed us how to do shading to make our hands and arms look more 3D and realistic.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones is keeping track of our work in a different way.  We have a chart to put stickers on when we are working on and when we have finished an activity.  We also had book exchange.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we got to label the parts of a buffalo that the Blackfoot people used, and what they made out of each one.

Questions:
1. What will we be doing in gymnastics tomorrow?
2. What other animals did the Blackfoot use?

January 30, 2017-Artistic Illusions

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Report cards go home tomorrow

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Wear good gymnastic clothes for the week
Winter Walk Wednesday- be dressed to go outside
Library tomorrow

What did we do today?

• In math, we finished our brain stretch which we have to estimate first before answering the question.  Then we practiced our ninja skills and Ms. Jones introduced us to our math case.  We have to CUBES the problem, draw a picture, solve it and write a sentence answer to get full marks.
• In gym, we set up the mats, then we practiced different balances, weight transfer movements, partner tricks and jumping and landing skills.  At the end, everyone was assigned a jump to do on the jumping and landing station.
• In science, we continued to work on our Great Trash Bash journal.  Ms. Jones showed us how to write in paragraphs and did an example to show us what we need to have in our work.
• After science, Mrs. Wilkens talked about the Space Invader villain and instead of pushing through people, you should look at people's faces to see if you are too close.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones showed us what she is expecting with our word work.  Then we started a choice if we were not in guided reading.
• At the end of the day in art, we got to start an illusion art project.  Tracing our hand, we had to add lines to it to make it look 3D.  We also have to choose a cool or warm colour scheme.

Questions:
1. How will our art projects turn out?
2. When will we change table groups?  Will any of our group members stay the same?

January 26, 2017- Learning in our pjs!

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Fresh Air Friday tomorrow- please dress to be outside.

What did we do today?

• It was another social studies morning. When we finished the centers we would go over our work to make sure we documented all the details.  We then got a picture of a buffalo.  We had to read what the Blackfoot used the buffalo for and where it came from.
• In gym, we continued practicing different weight transfer, jumping and landing and balancing skills.  This time we added partner tricks to every station except the jump and land one.  One partner trick was called the piggy back, another was the partner push up.
• In music, continued doing what we started yesterday.  At the end of the class, we played The Wheels on the Bus as a whole class.
• For computer lab, we went back onto IRIS and we wrote why what we took a picture about was our favourite work.  After that, we went onto a site called Dance Mat Typing.
• In Daily 5, today was our last day to finish our activities.
• Today in science, Mrs. Wilkens read us a book called The Great Trash Bash.  While she was reading, we had to think of ways we can reduce garbage at school and at home.  We also started to write some stuff in our journals about the book.

Questions:
1. What type of stuff will we do on the equipment next week?

January 25, 2017- Do you want it or need it?

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: Daily 5 activities, no math mystery this week, practice multiplication facts
Fun lunch and pajama day tomorrow- wear your pjs to school!

What did we do today?

• We did social, social and more social studies. Traveling to different artifact centers, we decided whether each artifact was a want or need to the Blackfoot.  Then on a lined piece of paper, we had to draw a sketch, record the name of the item, write down what it was made of, and listed the uses for them.  
• In gym, we continued practicing different weight transfer and balancing skills.  This time we added a jumping and landing station, where we got to jump from a height onto the crash mat safely.
• During health, we had to finish our Glassman moments, and we had to go back and check if we had a strategy to use if it happened again.  Then we shared some strategies in the learning commons.
• In music, we had to learn a two or three chord song like The Wheels On the Bus.  Once we mastered it, we had to record it as a video and put it in Ms. Stephure's dropbox.  We then as a class played Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
• At the end of the day in Daily 5, we worked to complete our Daily 5 activities for the week.  Ms. Jones went over her expectations of what she would like to see for the Work on Writing activity.

Questions:
1. How many of the artifacts will be considered a need or a want?

January 24, 2017- Special Artifacts

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: no math mystery this week, practice multiplication facts
Wear good gymnastic clothes for the week
Fun lunch and pajama day Thursday

What did we do today?

• In math, we finished our estimation activities and our brain stretch from yesterday.  If we finished those, we went on Mathletics.
• For gym, we practiced our Daily Dozen warmup to stretch and strengthen.  Then we moved around the gym to try a number of balancing and weight transfer centers.
• For buddies, we helped them get onto IRIS.  We helped them with typing out a goal. If they were done, we could go onto Starfall.
• After buddies, we logged into IRIS and we imported a picture showing our favourite piece of work this term.
• To start the afternoon we worked on our Daily 5/ language arts centers.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we got to check out special Blackfoot artifacts from Fort Calgary.  We have them for two weeks!  We started to discuss wants and needs and pretending we were a Blackfoot, we had to decide if each artifact was a want or need to survive.

Questions:
1. No time today.