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Dear Parents & Guardians, 1) 2nd Walking Field Trip to Confluence Park I have emailed all listed parents & guardians with information about our upcoming field trip tomorrow. As usual, this walking field trip does not require any signatures. We will be staying in a 2km radius of the school. Please ensure that all students bring a jacket and good footwear. We will be leaving in the afternoon at around 1:15pm and be back before dismissal (2:30pm). 2) In math we have started to learn about integers. Students will be exposed to a number of word problems and have to solve addition and subtraction problems involving negative and positive numbers. Ex.: -7 + -3 = -10 -16 + +2 = 14 -9 - - 3 = - 6 (subtracting a negative = adding ) 3) Ask your child about their knowledge of air pressure. In the properties of air lessons we are conducting a series of experiments involving air pressure. Today we lifted 12 heavy textbooks using only a balloon and compressed air.
Dear Parents & Guardians, I hope you had a chance to enjoy the time off in milder weather with your children. We are back at school and will intensify the learning in the homestretch for this school year. This week, we are starting a few new topics such as: Air & Aerodynamics - Science News Article reading/ writing - LA Integers (negative numbers) - Math Important events and updates: Spelling Quiz this Friday (list has been posted below) Math Basic Facts test next week (We are doing this review test in a 3-week pattern) Artist in Residence is coming to BHS on the week of April 4th. In LA, students received their LA stories back and were tasked to edit and revise them based on the feedback I provided when marking them. Mind you that our first PAT in LA is coming up in 7 weeks in mid May on the 18th. I will send home the marked stories on Friday. Stay tuned for an upcoming Walking Field Trip (most likely next Monday, April 4th) to our Wellness Sit Spot in Confluence Park. I will
Dear Parents & Guardians, Tomorrow is our last day before March Break. School resumes on Monday, March 28th. We are having a Spirit Day - Twin Day - Dress up in pairs. We are also having our Pillars of the Month Assembly tomorrow. Below are our winners in the 5 Categories. Since this month's theme was Truth - represented by the Turtle in the the Seven Sacred Teachings - we learnt about Turtle Island and reflected on the importance of truth in our own actions, words and life. Tests are being sent home for review: Math Test on Transformation is being sent home today Science Quiz on Sky Science / Solar System is being sent home today as well => see below for the answer key Sky Science Answer Key: This time we familiarized students with a Scantron-style bubble sheet which will be used in the PATs. The quiz was entirely composed of old PAT questions that were released by Alberta Education for practice purposes. Our goal is to familiarize students with the test format and quest
Dear Parents & Guardians, Only two more days until Spring Break & our upcoming Twin Day and Pillars of Care Assembly. Check tomorrow's blog for this month's winners. Tomorrow is our final sky science unit assessment. This time it is in the style of the PAT questions to familiarize everyone with the format. Below are two more great links to content that were taught/ demonstrated in class: https://www.kurpinskisclass.com/sky-science-1 https://www.kurpinskisclass.com/sky-science-2 LA Also due tomorrow is the 2nd draft of the LA story. We want to start printing tomorrow and handing it in before March Break.
Dear Parents & Guardians, This week we will be having a number of due dates and assessments before the short Spring Break. 1) Final Unit Quiz in Sky Science on Thursday 2) LA stories are due by Thursday 3) Math Quiz on Transformations on Wednesday 4) Pillars of Care Assembly on Friday 5) School-Spirit-Day will be Friday(Theme - You and a class mate dress up as twins) Below are a number of resources and links that show you what we are working on. Sky Science Study Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lh0rRHCz3XatGS5qd1gzltpOljiaxGll/view?usp=sharing 2) Math quiz on transformations of shapes on a Cartesian grid (rotations, translations, reflections and combined transformations) Example of a combined transformation: Shape A (rectangle) was first reflected over the X-Axis and then translated (-4/+1) - 4 = 4 squares to the left (on the X-Axis) +1 = 1 square up (on the Y-Axis) 3. LA-Writing Project is due by Thursday. Students will have time in class to peer-edit each other's
Dear Parents & Guardians, Next week we will be having a number of due dates and assessments before the short Spring Break. 1) Final Unit Quiz in Sky Science on Thursday Sky Science Study Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lh0rRHCz3XatGS5qd1gzltpOljiaxGll/view?usp=sharing 2) Math quiz on transformations of shapes on a Cartesian grid (rotations, translations, reflections and combined transformations) Example of a combined transformation: Shape A (rectangle) was first reflected over the X-Axis and then translated (-4/+1) - 4 = 4 squares to the left (on the X-Axis) +1 = 1 square up (on the Y-Axis) 3. LA-Writing Project is due by Thursday. Students will have time in class to peer-edit each other's stories and type up their 2nd and 3rd (= final draft) on our laptops before handing in. This is the rubric that I have been using to mark their previous stories.
Dear Parents & Guardians, Updates and reminders: 1. Basic Computation Quiz tomorrow (every three weeks) 2. Science Presentations will be starting 3. Parent-Teacher Conferences this Thursday and Friday (morning) 4. No school for students on Friday 5. Jump-Rope-For-Heart Fundraiser Information 6. Updates on the story writing unit. (scroll down) As you know, we are having Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday and Friday. Please book an appointment time if you wish to receive an update on your child's learning. In class, we have started to revisit our IRIS goals which each student set in November. Students will be sharing them with you during the interview. Tomorrow and on Thursday we will reflect on these goals and see if we have progressed/ achieved them. Also, our school is once again participating in the Jump Rope For Heart fundraiser. Please click on the link below if you are interested in donating to the cause. Jump Rope For Heart - Link to the Digital parent letter: https
Dear Parents & Guardians, This Thursday afternoon and Friday morning you have the opportunity to book an appointment with me to discuss your child's learning. Our conferences can be booked via your MyCBE/Powerschool account. Thanks to all of you who have done so already. Important updates and reminders: 1) Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday (15:30-7:30 pm) and Friday (8:00 to 12:00). 2) Math Computation Quiz on long division & multiplication (this Wednesday or Thursday) This assessment is repeated every three weeks with varying numbers and also includes decimal and whole number addition and subtraction. I track each student's progress throughout the semester. Additionally, it functions as revision due to the spaced practice. 3. On Thursday our class will be attending some of the online courses and lectures from the City of Calgary Safety Expo. Hopefully this year will be that last year that we have to do it virtually instead of paying a visit to our Town Hall. This ev
Dear Parents & Guardians, Important updates: Sky Science project is due on Tuesday March 8th (Monday is the last chance to work on it in class) => I have posted the rubric & task design below Spelling Test will be this Friday on the words posted yesterday Today your children did a CBE survey and informed us how they feel about their learning, skill development and relationships & safety at school. In class we worked on transformations in math and I have posted two great links below which provided students with a way to check themselves. Math Practise on Translations: https://www.liveworksheets.com/vq1101844pc https://www.liveworksheets.com/iz1537713fh Sky Science Project outline and rubric:
Dear Parents & Guardians, Important updates and reminders: 1) ECO / Outdoor School - Our grade 6 classes are slotted to attend outdoor school on March 28th to March 31st. As of today I am not yet sure what outdoor school will look like due to the easing of Covid-restrictions. I am waiting for further clarification but am in contact with YMCA organizers at Camp Chief Hector and Mr. Hebert/ Our Area office of the CBE. I will let you know as soon as I get the green light to plan the program. 2) LA a) Spelling Test this Friday - see list below b) Update on story writing: In LA, students are writing personal narrative / fictional stories. I have returned the February story students wrote a few weeks back and gave each student specific feedback on it. Yesterday we wrote another story which I will mark and talk about during the parent teacher interviews. The student's goals are to write proper sentences, attend to punctuation, create plots that have a problem/conflict and resolution.