What a crazy weather week!  The kids are wanting to wear shorts, when they still need snow boots!!  Let's hope spring truly arrives soon!

We have officially completed our class novel study this week.  Some students will need to write the test, or finish some poetry early next week.  We plan to watch the movie, Tuck Everlasting and students will complete a compare/contrast between the book and the movie.

We will begin a media unit on advertising next week.  Students will read about advertising and then do some writing with advertising as well. We are collecting brochures to use during this unit.  Thanks to those of you who have sent some in already!

Our science unit on Electricity is wrapping up as well and we should be ready for a unit test soon.  I have tentatively scheduled this for next Friday, Apr. 1st.  Students will be responsible for completing a proof of study, which we will start in class, but will be finished for homework.  They also need to complete their title pages by test day.

Several students are still struggling with multiplication of larger numbers, and this will impact their success when it comes to dividing.  We will be working on that in class next week and have a unit test early the following week.

I will send home their book report outline next week and students can then begin reading a novel that has been pre-approved by me.

Have a nice weekend!

CH

Oh my!  I have not blogged in a while!  Sorry about that!  Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing March Break.  I always find the weeks and months following this break fly by, as we begin to prepare for our "push" towards E.Q.A.O. There are many things to cover before the end of the year in Grade 6, and there always seems to be so many other school wide activities during the spring months.

Our novel study is wrapping up this week.  We will finish the novel tomorrow and the unit test will be this Friday.  The best way for students to be prepared is to read over their plot summary and character traits charts which they have been developing during the unit. Completed notebooks will also be due Friday. I think they have really enjoyed getting to know the Tuck family!  If you have not already done so, please ask your son or daughter about this unique story.

Students will work on a media unit for reading and writing next.  We will look at effective and ineffective advertising techniques.  This unit will culminate in the students creating their own bruchures to advertise either a real or fictional place.  If you have any brochures at home or in your workplace that would be suitable for us to use as examples, please send them in.

We are working on multiplication and division in math right now.  The students have looked at a few different strategies to multiply large numbers.  Many students can effectively use one or more strategies, but some students continue to struggle.  A way to help at home is to continue to push those one digit multiplication facts and to ask your child to show you the different strategies to see which one works best for them.

In science, we have begun our electricity experiments with bulbs and batteries. Students will explore ways to make a simple circuit, and both series and parallel circuits.  Safety is stressed during each and every lesson.

Look for book report assignments to come home in the next few weeks.  This will be an at home project, but will not be due for several weeks yet.  I would prefer that students not begin reading yet, as I have some criteria for them to follow in choosing and reading the book.  More info will come home shortly.

C.H