This week in Learning:
Thank you to all the parents and students who came to the interviews. It was nice to put a name to a face. We are beginning our Food Drive campaign from now until October 4th. Please donate generously to St Luke Feed the Hungry. Thank you in advance.
Thursday is the Terry Fox run. Please consider sending a donation of a toonie to go towards cancer research. It is also Tacky Tie day...go into dad's closet and find his ugliest tie and wear it with pride. Since the grade 6ers are the leaders, I would hope that their participation is evident as these are the themes that won majority votes.
Friday is school picture day.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Students are asked to find their Ward and which candidates are running in their ward, as well as the candidates running for mayor. Please sent the information to my learn account by Wednesday Sept. 27. I have registered the class to vote in this election through Student Vote and need the number of ballots per ward so they can vote on Oct. 13th. I think it will be exciting for the students to vote for the candidates, even if their vote doesn't count yet. We are learning the process. Here is a link to calgary elections:
http://www.calgary.ca/election/Pages/information-for-voters/find-my-ward.aspx
MATH: quiz on Module 2, Lessons 1,3,4 on Tuesday Sept 26.
We are working on order of operations (PDMAS), integers, and ordering integers (anyone need a math lesson?)
ELA: chapters 1-4 have been assigned and will be working on those chapters and comprehension questions in class. Figures of speech can be reviewed each night.
FLA: students have been assigned a comic book that they need to write a resume on, have a glossary of more difficult words and a title page. We will be working on this for the next 2 full classes before it becomes homework. Also working on the verbs VENIR and FAIRE. A quiz on expressions with AVOIR will be on Friday Sept 29.
RELIGION: working on a plasticine scene about a time that they befriended someone. they had a difficult time with this, because it is easier to think of how we becaome best friends with someone. But I told them that it is more difficult to love our "ennemis" than it is our friends...so it is an exercise in going the extra mile.
MUSIQUE: still working on the music genre research.
ART: onomatopeia words in bold colors
