Next Week

I hope everyone has a fabulous Teachers' Convention and an outstanding Family Day!

Thank you for all that you do!

This coming week we are beginning an asynchronous music program with the Royal Music Conservatory. We will continue to work through our understanding of fractions, and begin our air and aerodynamics investigations.  

Agenda for February 16th  - 19th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Family Day - No School

Tuesday:

• Black History Month - Read Aloud

• Math - Representing Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers - I and J

• Science - Word Seeker 

• The Middle - The Magic of 3 - Groups

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Wednesday: 

• The Middle - The Magic of 3 Independently

• Math - Converting Mixed Numbers - the Long Way (Part K)

• Science - A Windy Day

• Social -  Ancient Greece Vocabulary

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Thursday:

• A String of Sentences - Groups

• Social - Where is Ancient Greece?

• Math -  Converting Mixed Numbers by Multiplying - (Part L)

• Music - YouthBeat/MathBeat

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

Friday:

• Fiction Fitness with Harry

• Math - POTW - Cookies

• Reading Comprehension 5

• A String of Sentence - Independent

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by February 22nd except Fiction Fitness and YouthBeat as they are due on the 26th. 

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do for you!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton

Research and Sky Science

 May everyone have a restful and delightful Teacher's Convention (Thursday and Friday, February 11th -12th) and Family Day (Monday, February15th)!

As we move from studying our government structures and systems, we were building knowledge of democracy so that we can explore Ancient Athens and the Iroquois Confederacy. We will be delving into these topics after Family Day. In mathematics we are exploring more deeply into the meaning of fractions to help us understand the processes of converting mixed numbers to improper fractions, and improper fractions into mixed numbers. In Science we are preparing to conclude or Sky Science investigations as we look forward to moving into air and aerodynamics. 

Here is our upcoming weekly schedule:

Agenda for February 8th  - 10th

Classes will be run Monday to Wednesday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 (Mon- Tues)

·  Afternoon recess: 1:00 (Wednesday - chatwithmat) 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Sky - Science: Constellation Investigation

• Dialogue - Part B

• Fresh Start Fitness

• Math -  4 Types of Fractions - Part F

• MLA presentations and Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday:

• Sky - Science: Planet Commercial

• The Middle - Part A

• Valentine’s Day Messages

• Math - Fractions Close to 0, ½ or 1

• Fresh Start Fitness

Wednesday: 

• Solar System Art

• Math - Comparing Fractions

• Reading Comprehension 4

• Class party

• Sky Science - Continue working on Planet Commercial

• Fresh Start Fitness Reflection

Thursday:

• No School - Teachers Convention 

Friday:

• No School - Teachers Convention

• FAMILY DAY on MONDAY - No School

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. Please submit all assignments by February 16th. 

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to further support you and your child in their learning. Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton 

End of Term and a New Beginning

As of February 1st, we will be starting a new term, which means we have a fabulously fresh start to our learning adventures! 

Thank you for all of the work and learning that has been taking place! It is exciting to see the depth of thinking shift as students begin to explain more in their thinking and giving more evidence to support their ideas and perspectives. Please keep up the outstanding work!

On Monday, we will have a new Google Classroom. Everyone has been sent an invitation to the new Google Classroom, and there is also a link to enrol within our current (soon to be old Google Classroom), just in case. Our current Google Classroom will be closed by the end of next week, but students will still have access to all of their work, as it is all current within their Google Drives, not to worry. 

Over the last two weeks students have created star watchers, modelled and ate a moon phase cookie adventure, and learned about a new artist to design creative, humanistic, and cartoon like cities based on work by James Rizzi. Here are a few photos of student work:

Here is next weeks agenda:

Agenda for February 1st  - 5th

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Sky - Science: Constellations Webquest

• Prep for presenting Sky Science Timelines

• Setting - Part B

• Math - POTW

• Fresh Start Fitness

Tuesday:

• Sky - Science: Ancient Perspectives

• Timeline Presentations

• Setting - Part C

• Math - Word Seeker - Part A

• Provincial Debate

• Fresh Start Fitness

Wednesday: 

• Dialogue Part A - Grab your book!

• Math - Fraction Human - Part B

• Reading Comprehension 3

• Galileo Movie

• Fresh Start Fitness

Thursday:

• Dialogue - Part B

• Indigenous Sky Science - A and B

• Math - Representing Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers - Part C & D

• Structures of Provincial Government Research

• Fresh Start Fitness

Friday:

• Fresh Start Fitness

• Math - Representing Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers  Fractions - Part E

• Provincial Test

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it. February 1st is the start of the new term, please submit all assignments by February 8th. 

Thank you for all that you do, and for all of your support in helping to bring the grade six curriculum alive for your child. I deeply appreciate your efforts, endeavours and helping enthusiasm and guidance you provide for your grade six student. Thank you for being apart of this journey!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton

The Upcoming Week

Happy New Year!

It is a pleasure to continue to work with your children and to help support them in their learning journeys. Please do not hesitate to connect with me, if you have any questions or concerns. I appreciate the notion of working in a team to help encourage and support students to do their best work and learning. 

Thank you for your flexibility this last week, as Mrs. Matikainen and I shifted a few learning activities and lessons around to accommodate student learning and the time we were spending in class.

Announcements:

For this upcoming week, students will need a package of Oreo type cookies to complete a visual concrete representation of a moon phases on Friday. Students will also need a paper plate and an unused pencil to complete a sundial experiment on Tuesday.  

Here is our agenda for the coming week.

Agenda for January 18th - 22nd

Classes will be run Monday to Thursday:

 

For Mrs. Matikainen’s Class - Meet code: chatwithmat

For Mrs. Easton’s Class - Meet code: learningwitheaston

·  8:30

If you need further support with your work, please come to drop-in:

·  Morning drop-in: 10:00 – 10:30 (unless we are still in our Google Meet)

·      Afternoon drop-in: 1:00 - 1:30 

Assignments for this week:

 

Monday:

• Plotting - Teams

• Sky Science - Revolve and Rotation

• Municipal and Local School Boards

• Math - POTW - Reflecting on Your Design

• Fit Flow Yoga 

Tuesday:

• Beginnings 1

• Sky Science: Sundial

• Math - Rotations

• Rizzi Cities

• Fit Flow Yoga

Wednesday: 

• Municipal Test

• Math - Translations

• Beginnings 2 and 3

• Sky Science - Moon Phases 1

• Fit Flow Yoga

Thursday:

• Intro to Provincial Government 

• Settings Part 1

• Math - Transformation Quiz

• Sky Science: Moon Phase 2

• Fit Flow Yoga

Friday:

• Sky Science - Moon Phases Oreo

• Vocabulary - Prime and Composites

• Fit Flow Yoga Reflection

As soon as you’ve completed an assignment you can submit it.

Some of the assignments are due: January 25th.

Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to help you in any way!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Easton