Friday, June 7th, 2019

Looking Back:

Math:
- Measuring angles
- types of triangles (isosceles, scalene, equilateral, acute, right, obtuse)
- calculating area of a rectangle
- calculating volume of a rectangular prism
- finding angles and prisms around the school

Humanities:
- Thank you so much for all your hard work this week grade 6!  Be sure to get some REST this weekend.  Take care of your bodies, brains and hearts, and know that you are awesome!
- Government quiz, students are being added to PowerSchool.
- Completed "flip-book" and handed in, marks being added to PowerSchool
- Group review presentation to revisit the three units studied this year (Ancient Athens, Haudenosaunee, local and provincial Government) Well done! Don't forget to review the items you circled.
- Chocolate Baseball Game... without the chocolate. I forgot to give it out!  Monday will be 'Double or Nothin'!"
* please see google drive for "6-1 & 6-2 2019 Class Templates" for a short doc called "Helpful Web stuff" for a few suggested websites and study links
* Have an adult ask you questions "quiz style" from the second review booklet you got yesterday (I added it to the 6-1 & 6-2 2019 Class Templates file in drive)

Science:
- Sky Science review
- Sky Science test on Wednesday, June 5th

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Review for PAT
- See 'Links for Review' page in Blog

Humanities:
- Review for PATs
- Viewing of the Giver/City of Ember
- Comparing and contrasting two versions of the same story

Science:
- Review for PAT: Trees and Forests, Aerodynamics, Flight, Evidence and Investigation
- See 'Links for Review' page in Blog

Important Reminders:

• Yearbook payments due on MyCBE
• All books need to be returned to the Learning Commons
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• June 11th - SS PAT
• June 12th - Math PAT Part B
• June 13th - ELA PAT
• June 14th - Math PAT Part A 
• June 17th - Science PAT
• June 26th - last day of school for students before summer
• June 26th - report cards go home

Links for Review for PATs

All subjects

https://questaplus.alberta.ca/PracticeMain.html#

https://www.brainpop.com

(Code: Woolfrey6162)

http://gradesix.mrpolsky.com/index.html

Science

http://gradesix.mrpolsky.com/science.html

https://quizlet.com/ - sign up free for your own account

https://quizizz.com/

Sky Science:

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/sky-science-1

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/sky-science-1

http://www.skyscience.ca/

Trees and Forests:

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/trees

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/trees-forests-2

http://gsl.lethsd.ab.ca/documents/homework/5%20Trees%20and%20Forests%20Unit%20Review.pdf

Evidence and Investigation:

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/new-page-2

  

Aerodynamics and Flight:

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/new-page-4

http://www.kurpinskisclass.com/new-page-5

Math

All Math:

http://gradesix.mrpolsky.com/math.html

https://questaplus.alberta.ca/PracticeMain.html#

https://www.mathsisfun.com

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.JR.SHAP&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.SHAP.SHAP&lesson=html/object_interactives/shape_classification/use_it.html

https://www.mathplayground.com/grade_6_games.html

Measuring angles:

https://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

Survey link

Here is the link for the student survey for Twelve Mile Coulee. http://bit.do/CBETwelve

Friday May 31

Looking Back:

Math:
- Probability review
- Calculation with multi-digit numbers with decimals
- Angles: Straight, right, acute, obtuse, reflex
- How to use a protractor
- Parallel and Perpendicular lines
- Calculation quiz

Humanities:
- Finished up with research on local and provincial government for "flip book/cheat sheet"
- No Home Journals this week

Science:
- Astrodome experience
- Check out http://stellarium.org/
- Eclipses, Equinoxes and Solstices
- How the constellations, moon and sun appear to move and why
- Rotation, revolution, orbit
- The moon and the tides
- Awesome website for Sky Science review http://www.skyscience.ca/

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Angles, shapes and measurement

Humanities:
- Government quiz, students are to bring their completed "flip-book" to the quiz on Monday to aid them during the quiz and hand in as part of the quiz.
- Share Flip Books "Gallery style" in large class groups
- Group review circles and presentation of a focus question from one of the three units studied this year (Ancient Athens, Haudenosaunee, Canadian Government)
- Chocolate Baseball Game
* please see google drive for "6-1 & 6-2 2019 Class Templates" for a short doc called "Helpful Web stuff" for a few suggested wesites and study links

Science:
- Sky Science review
- Sky Science test on Wednesday, June 5th

Important Reminders:

• Yearbook payments due on MyCBE
• All books need to be returned to the Learning Commons
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• June 11th - SS PAT
• June 12th - Math PAT Part B
• June 13th   - ELA PAT
• June 14th - Math PAT Part A 
• June 17th - Science PAT
• June 26th - last day of school for students before summer
• June 26th - report cards go home

Space Review link

Sky Science test on Wednesday, June 5th. Here is a great link for review:
http://www.skyscience.ca/

Friday, May 24, 2019

Looking Back:
Math:
- probability: theoretical vs. experimental (dice, spinner, cards, coin, counters, etc)

Humanities:
- Debates presented on bylaw proposals
- Research, data collecting, and using persuasive
- Introduced government flip book Research assignment

Science:
- technology in space
- technology to view space
- planet locations - distance from sun (scale)
- constellations and how they appear to move in the sky
- moon phase assessments returned

Looking Forward:
Math:
- Probability review
- Geometry

Humanities:
- Debates completed with judges and timers
- Started outlining pages to set up and research for government flip book
- Home Journals were written as a reflection on their Art in The Park experience

Science:
- Space review

Important Reminders:

• Kindness Grant opportunity
• Please pay any outstanding field trip costs on mycbe
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• May 28th and 29th - Astrodome comes to TMC for Grade 6
• June 11th - SS PAT
• June 12th - Math PAT Part B
• June 13th   - ELA PAT
• June 14th - Math PAT Part A 
• June 17th - Science PAT
• June 26th - last day of school for students before summer
• June 26th - report cards go home

Space Websites

Nasa for Kids: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

Kids National Geographic: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/space/passport-to-space/

ESA for Kids: https://www.esa.int/kids/en/learn

Planets for Kids: http://www.planetsforkids.org/

Science Kids: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/space.html

Brain Pop: https://www.brainpop.com/
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Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

Friday, May 16, 2019

~Thank you to all the families that made it out to our annual TMC Celebration of Learning~  

It was great to see students working so hard to show off their creative integration of CTF skills as well as experimenting with new ideas.  

Important Notice: Field trip to Blackfoot Crossing Cancelled - by recommendation from our administration, related to many outstanding field trip payments

Looking Back:

Math:
- Probability (theoretical vs experimental) - all work from Wed (15th) and Thurs (16th) due Tuesday, May 21st
- Data (collection and graphing) - all work from Wed (15th) and Thurs (16th) due Tuesday, May 21st
- Estimation Jars
- Practice PAT Part A (computation) - assessment results on PowerSchool - were sent home for part signature
- Factors, Multiples, Integers and Order of Operations test results on PowerSchool - tests were sent home for parent signature

Humanities:
- Steps of basic a debate and using facts to persuade (Dihydrogen Monoxide) activity
- Learning about the positions, titles and roles within provincial government to review and support vocabulary cards from previous weeks.
- Students were assigned and researched a specific proposed bylaw
- In small groups, students developed three 'pillars' to frame an argument with at least three specific stats or details to support each pillar (three on three)
- Scripts are to be written and practiced to present on Tuesday and Wednesday

Science:
- Constellations - plotting on coordinate grid - were due Thursday, May 16th
- Planet Art projects - were due Wednesday, May 15th
- Moon phase project artist reflections - were due Tuesday, May 14th

Looking Forward:

Math:
- probability
- geometry

Humanities:
- Debates to be presented on bylaw proposals
- Research, data collecting, fact, fiction and persuasion
- Learning about public speaking skills and connecting to reading fluency/vocal work
- Reviewing 'To highlight, or not to highlight' and more jot note and study strategies

Science:
- technology in space
- technology to view space
- planet locations
- constellations

Important Reminders:

• Kindness Grant opportunity
• Please pay any outstanding field trip costs on mycbe
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• May 22nd and 23rd - Annie Performance (22nd daytime performances, 23- evening performances)
• May 24th - Art in the Park event morning 10-12 - Come join us!
• June 11th - SS PAT
• June 12th - Math PAT Part B
• June 13th   - ELA PAT
• June 14th - Math PAT Part A 
• June 17 - Science PAT

Phases of the Moon Art, DPA, Shave Your Lid for a Kid, Track Day and Hats On for Mental Health:

Monday, May 13

During CTF tomorrow (Tuesday) a small group of students who have identified the need to visit the Coulee in preparation for our 'Art in the Park' activity will be walking over with Mrs. Lowe.
If you have any concerns please let us know. 
We are heading over in the morning so, wear an extra layer.

Friday, May 10th

Looking Back: 

Math:
- Computation practice (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers with decimals)
- Graphing (best graph type to use for data type)
- Discrete and continuous data
- test on factors, multiples, integers, BEDMAS, algebra
- Math Part A PAT practice quiz
- Estimation Jars

Humanities:
- Finished the build of "Boxton", and it looks great!
- Developed the wording around an issue that will be put forward to the Boxton 'City Council' as a proposed 'Bill'.  We had a round 'Clock' debate around a few of the issues and practiced thinking about the 'Other Side' or perspective.
- We wrote our Language Arts part A Provincial Achievement Test this week.  Excellent job Grade Six!!!  You worked your hearts out this month, and the longest test is over.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Science:
- Final moon phases presentations
- Planets Art project
- Sky Science review

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Probability
- Data
- Estimation Jars

Humanities:

- Examining the structure and process at the local and provincial levels of government to create or change laws/bylaws in Alberta
- Learning about the positions, titles and roles within provincial government to review and support vocabulary cards from previous weeks.
- All students will have one period to research and learn about a topic (Transportation and Traffic, Curfew, Pet Ownership, Noise and Light, Fencing Property, or Waste Management).  They will then get one period to prepare opening and closing arguments.
- Class debates on the bill proposal they have prepared. Their topic and side of the argument will be assigned to them on Monday.

Science:
- Constellations
- Planet Art projects due Tuesday, May14th
- Viewing Apollo 13

Important Reminders:

• Students are coming home today with invoices for those families who have overdue fieldtrip payments. We cannot go on our final field trip until these payments are made. If your family is under financial strain, please contact Derek Rakowski (Principal) or Leslie McRae (Assistant Principal).
• CTF students involved in photography must have their photos uploaded into Google Drive before Tuesday, May 14th so they are able to work with Ms. Karen during CTF that day.
• Please check PowerSchool for recently added Math and Science assessments
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• Tuesday (May 14th) and Wednesday (May 15th) - Double CTF periods
• May 15th - CTF food group making food period 5
• May 16th - evening Celebration of Learning from 5pm - 7pm
• May 17th - PD Day (No school for students)
• May 20th - Victoria Day (No school)
• May 22nd and 23rd - Annie Performance (22nd daytime performances, 23- evening performances)
• May 24th - Art in the Park event morning
• May 28th for 6-2, and May 30th for 6-1 - Field trip to Blackfoot Crossing (8am-4:30pm). We will be sending paperwork home this week looking for two-three Volunteers per class. *Note, the hours of this trip are outside the regular school day. We are taking fancy coach busses equipped with bathrooms and a DVD screen, as the trip is 1.5 hours each way. Any parents interested in volunteering, please let me know.  
• June 11th - SS PAT
• June 12th - Math PAT Part B
• June 13th   - ELA PAT
• June 14th - Math PAT Part A 
• June 17 - Science PAT

Health and Human Sexuality

We will begin our Health unit on Human Sexuality this coming week. All students brought home an exemption form last week for those families whose children need to be excluded from this component of the Health curriculum for religious reasons. As it stated on the letter, the exemption forms need to be returned to homeroom teachers by Monday, May 6th.

Saturday, May 4th

Looking Back: 

Math:
- Computation practice (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers with decimals)
- Graphing (best graph type to use for data type)
- Discrete and continuous data

Humanities:
- Students have completed most of the writing 'Centres'  on each of the 5 elements
- One-on-one assessment of Writing.
- The city is coming along nicely and the sky-train is in place
- Inventory and organization of work that may or may not have been handed in throughout March and April

Science:
- Ongoing moon phases presentations
- Pale Blue Dot
- The Universe, galaxies, solar system, planets
- Planets art and information
- Sundials
- True North/Magnetic North
- Planets with moons
- Viewing the sun safely
- Movement of planets, moon, stars, and sun in space

Looking Forward:

Math:
- probability
- data
- test on factors, multiples, integers, BEDMAS, algebra

Humanities:
- Finishing the build or "Boxton"
- Debating an issue that has been put forward to the Boxton 'City Council' as a 'Bill'.  Students will sit with their 'Advisory Committee' to help decide if the 'Bill' should indeed become 'Law'
- Continue editing work and preparations for Wednesday's Writing PAT (LA Part A)
- News Paper article review with silly articles

Science:
- Constellations
- April 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and May 1st and 2nd Moon Phase projects due

Important Reminders:

• Please check PowerSchool for recently added Math and Science assessments
• Monday, May 6th - Math test
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• Wednesday, May 8 - ELA PAT Part A Written portion; Narrative picture prompt and Newspaper article based on info provided.  This is approximately 3 hours long (9am-12noon), so get lots of rest, and bring a healthy, silent, snack.
• May 16th - evening Celebration of Learning from 5pm - 7pm
• May 17th - PD Day (No school for students)
• May 20th - Victoria Day (No school)
• May 22nd and 23rd - Annie Performance (22nd daytime performances, 23- evening performances)
• May 24th - Art in the Park event morning
• May 28th for 6-2, and May 30th for 6-1 - Field trip to Blackfoot Crossing (8am-4:30pm). We will be sending paperwork home this week looking for two-three Volunteers per class. *Note, the hours of this trip are outside the regular school day. We are taking fancy coach busses equipped with bathrooms and a DVD screen, as the trip is 1.5 hours each way. We plan to watch The Giver or the City of Ember to compliment our dystopian novel study.  The movies are rated PG13 and PG so please let me know if you have any concerns. Any parents interested in volunteering, please let me know.  
• June 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 - PATs. These are all multiple choice.

Research Questions:

Our Solar System

1.   Draw our solar system – including the sun, 9 planets, asteroid belt, Earth’s moon and the rings of orbit. Label everything.

2.   Draw a sundial and explain how it works. Are there any other devices that can be used to plot the apparent movement of the sun over the course of the day? What is the difference between True North and Magnetic North?

3.   What are the planets, other than Earth, that have moons?

4.   Why can’t we view the sun directly or through a simple telescope or filter? What can we use to view the sun and how do we make sure it is a safe method?

5.   Explain how the phases of the moon cycle. Start with the New Moon and explain the 7 phases that follow. Draw these in a circle.

6.   How does Earth, Earth’s moon, the other planets and the stars move in our sky? How do they all appear to move from Earth’s perspective?

Friday, April 26, 2019

Looking Back: 

Math:
- BEDMAS review
- Algebra problems
- Word problems
- Computation practice (PAT Part A)

Humanities:
- Editing workshops 'Centres' style on each of the 5 elements of writing (Content, Organization, Conventions, Sentence Structure, and Vocabulary)
- Self and Peer assessment of the ability to apply criteria to their own work using the writing rubric (assessment of assessment).  This is a challenging, but extremely helpful task for students!
- Build, Build, Build!

Science:
- Ongoing moon phases presentations
- Seasons and the tilt of our planet
- What emits/reflects light
- Planets/Sun/Moon

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Test on BEDMAS, integers, factors, and multiples
- Computation practice
- probability
- data analysis

Humanities:
- Continuation of Editing workshops 'Centres' style on each of the 5 elements of writing (Content, Organization, Conventions, Sentence Structure, and Vocabulary)
- Feedback and one-on-one student-teacher conferencing to assess writing PAT practice prompt

Science:
- Constellations
- Pale Blue Dot
- The Universe
- April 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th Moon Phase projects due

Important Reminders:

• Please check PowerSchool for recently added Math and Science assessments
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• Friday, May 3 - Track Day
• Wednesday, May 8 - ELA PAT Part A (written portion)
• May 16th - evening Celebration of Learning
• May 22 and 23 - Annie Performance
• May 24th - Art in the Park event
• June 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 - PATs

Seasons Videos

Crash Course Kids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25g4nZTHvM&list=PLhz12vamHOnagseIgy26MoPI79NXiFBwN&index=5

Brainpop:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/seasons/

Bill Nye:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp21OUKsbgU

cawoolfrey@cbe.ab.ca

Other Relevant Crash Course Videos:

• Here Comes the Sun
• Earth's Rotation and Revolution
• Following the Sun
• Why No Polar Pineapples
• Seeing Stars
• Glow On
• Everything Revolves around You
• Orbits are Odd
• Weather in Space
• Gas Giants Weather
• Life on Other Planets

Friday, April 19th

Looking Back: 

Math:
- Factors, Multiples and Decimal Tests returned and sent home for parent signature. Marks on PowerSchool
- Algebra word problems and puzzles
- Decimal word problems
- Graphing minutes of daylight (assessed, returned and on PowerSchool)
- Integers review
- PAT Part A practice (one and two step computations)

Humanities:
- The focus this week started with the provincial election and guided research on the candidates
- Students cast their votes as part of the 'Studentvote.ca"
- Students wrote a PPPAT(Practice-Practice PAT) and a PPAT (Practice PAT) of the writing portion of the Provincial Achievement Test.  They were given a newspaper writing prompt and a narrative writing prompt. The purpose of this task was to help all grade six students and teachers prepare physically and mentally for the long sit as well as any nervousness associated with this testing environment.  It is rare for the class to sit still for 1.5 - 2 hour, and most students did great!  Any feedback from families about students reactions to this experience would be helpful as well. 
- Divisions have been organized by the mayoral council and the roads have been designed.

Science:
- Planet research
- Planning galaxy mural
- Phases of the Moon project presentations and data collection

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Algebra
- BEDMAS review
- Word problems
- Computation practice

Humanities:
- Editing workshops 'Centres' style on each of the 5 elements of writing (Content, Organization, Conventions, Sentence Structure, and Vocabulary)
- Feedback and one-on-one student-teacher conferencing to assess writing PAT practice prompt
- Self and Peer assessment of the ability to apply criteria to their own work using the writing rubric (assessment of assessment).  This is a challenging, but extremely helpful task for students!
- Build, Build, Build!


Science:
- Planets, sun, moon
- Constellations
- Moon Phase presentations due Tuesday, April 23rd: April 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th

Important Reminders:

• Please check PowerSchool for recently added Math and Science assessments
• Monday, April 22nd - PD Day (no school for students)
• Wednesday, April24 - Begin thinking about final CTF project while walking in the coulee. 
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• Friday, May 3 - Track Day
• May 22 and 23 - Annie Performance

Photos of Moon Phase Projects and Exercise before PAT practice:

Friday, April 12th

Looking Back: 

Math:
- Test on:

• Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing multi digit decimal numbers
• Factors, Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and Prime Factorization
• Multiples and Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

- Integers - all work due Monday, April 15th
- Estimations for rocks and beads due Monday, April 15th

Humanities:
- Novel Study - We finish reading our dystopian novels and have written 'alternative endings' to be finished for homework along with the completed 10 tasks from throughout the study.
- We will continue editing our stories.  Students will continue working with their stories using the narrative rubric from Alberta Ed with a focus on the first three elements: "Organization", "Vocabulary" and "Sentence Structure".
- The City Council of our city has met and discussed next steps for our city.  The delegation of responsibilities via departments and the building begins Monday.
- Vocabulary - CAO, MLA, Cabinet, Cabinet Minister

For Homework, due Monday:
LA: If not completed in class, finish alternative ending and touch up tasks (pages) 1-11 in novel study notebook
Home Journal, with a focus on 'best' conventions (COPS) and format
SocSt: Complete Research on Political Parties and candidates

Science:
- Minutes of Daylight Around the World (Responses, Chart and Graph due Monday, April 15th)
- Our First Mission (Responses due Monday, April 15th) - secret word is Pluto
- Phases of the Moon project - Those whose dates are April 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th will present Monday, April 15th

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Algebra
- Graphing review
- Integers review
- BEDMAS review
- PAT Part A practice

Humanities:
- Novel Study - Share alternative endings from the novel study for peer editing
- Divisions or Departments will plan and build according to the Mayors directions
- Student Vote - We will share our research on the political parties involved in the upcoming provincial election and on the candidates running in our province as well as our local candidates
- As part of the over 1500 students province wide, students will participate and cast their vote in the 'Studentvote' day on Monday.
- Vocabulary: Continue with CAO, MLA, Cabinet, Cabinet Minister

Science:
- Planets
- Constellations

Important Reminders:

• Please check PowerSchool for recently added Math and Science assessments
• Mondays - open gym for Grades 5/6 at lunch
• Wednesdays at lunch - TMC GSA - room 224
• Wednesdays at lunch - Horse club - room 201
• Friday, April 19th - Good Friday (no school)
• Monday, April 22nd - PD Day (no school for students)