TMC 6-1 and 6-2: Friday March 8, 2019

Looking Back:

Math:
- Factors
- Prime Factorization
- Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
- Multiples
- Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)
- Using GCF to find LCM
- Algebra puzzles: what number does each picture represent?

Humanities:
- Continued reading dystopian novels to practice our Fluency Focus on "Pausing", practice in small groups. See Homework below.
- Added to T-chart with 'Vocab' on one side 'Unusual Rules' on the other
- Began Local Government, all students built a house and joined a 'neighbourhood', then added 3 'Features' to make their group's ideal neighbourhood.
- Vocabulary: Municipal Government, Provincial Government, Services, Urban, Rural

Science:
- Aerodynamics and Propulsion of birds and Insects presentation - Due Monday, March 11: students should have brought home the assignment description and rubric to ensure they are ready for Monday. They are working on these on Google Slides so they can access their work from anywhere.
- Flight Museum and Hanger, field trip preparation

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Order of Operations
- Algebra

Humanities:
What a busy week! Thank you for all the hard work and creativity this week!
- Novel Study:
- Students reading the Giver or City of Ember should complete reading Chapters 6 and 7 over the weekend (please don't read ahead).
- Students reading Among The Hidden, please read chapters 11, 12 and 13 and write the two paragraphs explaining two possible solutions to the main problem that your group discussed.
- Examining how decisions are made at the community and municipal level as well as the Services provided by local government. Students were asked to bring in a sticky note with a list of ten Services they use almost every day.
- Students are revisiting the three highlighted purposes of government (fulfil needs through access to services, lead and organize, protect all rights and freedoms)
- Home Journals - This week's home journal will be a little different, as they do not have to follow the usual criteria. They have been asked to research a city comparable to the one they have been constructing in class. See below for homework details.
-Vocabulary- Council, Councillor, Mayor, Premier, Infrastructure, Ward, Constituency

For Homework

Reflect on the process of building your house, neighbourhood and deciding on features. In your Home Journals, please list the five or six steps they have gone through so far in this task. Start with: #1.) we were all given the same amount of land (green paper)

After reflecting and recapping the process, they are to answer the guiding questions:
1 ~What 'comparable' Canadian city did your group choose to research and how is the Local Government organized?
2 ~ What should we name it? Why?

Sticky note with ten services
Complete the $1 sentence that summarizes all 5 chapters. This is one sentence that included all chapters, NOT one sentence for each (think 'theme' not retelling specific details).
Bring in any supplies like small boxes, stickers, popsicle sticks, plasticine, etc that you think would help you with the next steps of your 'City Planning' and building.

Science:
- Forces in flight
- Parts of an airplane
- Field trip to the Hanger: Tuesday, March 12
- History of flight

Important Reminders:

Mondays - open gym for Grade 6
Wednesdays at lunch - Just Dance club
March 12th - Field trip to The Hanger, a few forms have not been handed in; 2 in 6-1 and 1 in 6-2. Please pay online through your MyCBE account
Scholastic Book Orders are due Monday, March 11
March 21st - early dismissal for students
March 22nd - no school for students
March 21st (1:00pm-8:00pm) and March 22 (8:00am - 2:00pm) - Student Led Conferences