June is going to be a busy month in Grade 6! Here are some important dates to keep track of for this month:
May 31 - June 7th - EQAO testing. We will be doing one test each morning. Please encourage your children to get lots of rest, relax, and have some fun in the evenings while we are testing to take the stress off!
June 2 - Confirmation for Mr. Pouliot's class at St. Patrick's at 7PM. Please have students and sponsors there for 6:30 and gather in the Parish Hall.
June 10 - St. Anne Fun Fair - begins at 5PM.
June 17 - grade 6 retreat day. BBQ hosted by Knights of Columbus in Peace Garden.
June 23 - Year end trip to Y-Camp in Dunrobin. Permission notes will be coming on Monday, June 6th.
June 27th - Leaving Ceremony at 1PM. Coffee, cake and juice in the Parish Hall afterwards.
If you have any questions about the many upcoming events this month, please do not hesitate to contact me at school.
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Monday, 16 May 2016
Transformations and Self Assessment
Today in math we created anchor charts for the three types of transformations we have learned about - translations (slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns). We learned how to reflect a shape over a diagonal line, and how to rotate a shape around any point on a coordinate grid.
Both of these tasks are challenging for many students. To rotate around a point, I ask students to use a piece of tissue paper, trace the original shape, then put their pencil tip on the point to be rotated around. Then they rotate in the correct direction and degrees to place the image. When they are sure they have the image in the correct place, I ask them to record each vertice.
When performing a reflection over a line, I ask students to count the units away from the line for each vertice, and then simply do the same in the opposite direction from the mirror line.
Here is a blendspace unit with resources for learning and reviewing the different transformations.
In Language, we reviewed what a level 1 through 4 would look like for a writing assignment we did last week, and then we self assessed our written work. Then I had students re-write their letter to make it a level 4. I am always impressed by students ability to improve their work when they see a good model. As EQAO testing is beginning in the next 2 weeks, we will be doing a great deal of practice tests and then assessing our work and finding out how to improve it. The goal is for students to be able to achieve their best work without the use of a model, as there will not be one available when writing the assessment.
Both of these tasks are challenging for many students. To rotate around a point, I ask students to use a piece of tissue paper, trace the original shape, then put their pencil tip on the point to be rotated around. Then they rotate in the correct direction and degrees to place the image. When they are sure they have the image in the correct place, I ask them to record each vertice.
When performing a reflection over a line, I ask students to count the units away from the line for each vertice, and then simply do the same in the opposite direction from the mirror line.
Here is a blendspace unit with resources for learning and reviewing the different transformations.
In Language, we reviewed what a level 1 through 4 would look like for a writing assignment we did last week, and then we self assessed our written work. Then I had students re-write their letter to make it a level 4. I am always impressed by students ability to improve their work when they see a good model. As EQAO testing is beginning in the next 2 weeks, we will be doing a great deal of practice tests and then assessing our work and finding out how to improve it. The goal is for students to be able to achieve their best work without the use of a model, as there will not be one available when writing the assessment.
Information for Confirmation
A letter from the parish giving information about Confirmation was sent home today with students. It should be in their agendas or bags.
Confirmation for our class will be on June 2. In the letter, they request that students arrive with sponsors at 6:30 PM and gather in the Parish hall. Parents and guests are asked to find a seat in the church. Seating will be first come first served basis, and the parish has requested that seats not be saved.
As far as dress is concerned, there is no need to buy a fancy dress or suit. A nice sundress is appropriate for girls, and a shirt, tie and slacks is good for boys. If you have already bought something, that is great, but there should be no need.
If you have any questions about the ceremony, please feel free to contact me at school and I wil try to answer questions for you, or you can try the Parish.
Looking forward to seeing everyone June 2!
Confirmation for our class will be on June 2. In the letter, they request that students arrive with sponsors at 6:30 PM and gather in the Parish hall. Parents and guests are asked to find a seat in the church. Seating will be first come first served basis, and the parish has requested that seats not be saved.
As far as dress is concerned, there is no need to buy a fancy dress or suit. A nice sundress is appropriate for girls, and a shirt, tie and slacks is good for boys. If you have already bought something, that is great, but there should be no need.
If you have any questions about the ceremony, please feel free to contact me at school and I wil try to answer questions for you, or you can try the Parish.
Looking forward to seeing everyone June 2!
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Confirmation for Our Class - June 2nd
The students in our homeroom (Mr. Pouliot's) will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on June 2nd at St. Patrick's Church in Fallowfield. A letter will be coming soon giving more detail about the evening. Looking forward to seeing students and families there!
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Family Life and Ultimate Frisbee!
Today during our Open House we began a math lesson on probability using the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. We played the game a number of times to determine if we could think of a strategy that would help us to win every time. Then we calculated the experimental probability of the actual outcomes and saw that there was no real strategy that works. We spent a little bit of time talking about the difference between experimental probability and theoretical probability.
We also began our first lesson in our Family LIfe unit, Created Sexual. We talked about human sexuality being more than just about our bodies, and more about our whole being. We talked about some of the things that we identify with as being male or female, and how as Christians we believe our sexuality should be cherished. As we go through this unit, I have asked students that if they are uncomfortable asking questions in class, to write down their questions on a piece of paper (with or without their name) and place it into a question basket. For questions that are age appropriate, we will discuss in class. For those questions that fall outside the scope of our unit, I will ask students to speak with their parents.
In our afternoon class for gym we began playing Ultimate Frisbee outside. The students first practiced throwing the frisbees, and then we played a game with the whole class. In our next sessions, we will play with proper seven person teams. In health we learned a little about reading nutrition labels. We will be comparing two nutrition labels in our next health lesson on Thursday. FInally, in music we learned about dotted half notes, and that they are held for three beats.
Thank you to all parents who attended our open house this morning. It was great to have you in our class, and I hope you had a chance to see how we approach learning math in grade 6. If you ever have any questions about our methods, please feel free to ask.
On Friday, the afternoon class will be participating in our Clean the Capital event. Our class will be going down one of our local streets to help pick up any trash that we can find. A few parents have volunteered to assist us. If there are any parents who would like to join us on our walk, please feel free to join us on Friday at 1:15 PM. Thank you!
We also began our first lesson in our Family LIfe unit, Created Sexual. We talked about human sexuality being more than just about our bodies, and more about our whole being. We talked about some of the things that we identify with as being male or female, and how as Christians we believe our sexuality should be cherished. As we go through this unit, I have asked students that if they are uncomfortable asking questions in class, to write down their questions on a piece of paper (with or without their name) and place it into a question basket. For questions that are age appropriate, we will discuss in class. For those questions that fall outside the scope of our unit, I will ask students to speak with their parents.
In our afternoon class for gym we began playing Ultimate Frisbee outside. The students first practiced throwing the frisbees, and then we played a game with the whole class. In our next sessions, we will play with proper seven person teams. In health we learned a little about reading nutrition labels. We will be comparing two nutrition labels in our next health lesson on Thursday. FInally, in music we learned about dotted half notes, and that they are held for three beats.
Thank you to all parents who attended our open house this morning. It was great to have you in our class, and I hope you had a chance to see how we approach learning math in grade 6. If you ever have any questions about our methods, please feel free to ask.
On Friday, the afternoon class will be participating in our Clean the Capital event. Our class will be going down one of our local streets to help pick up any trash that we can find. A few parents have volunteered to assist us. If there are any parents who would like to join us on our walk, please feel free to join us on Friday at 1:15 PM. Thank you!
Monday, 2 May 2016
Open House at Holy Trinity
For anyone who would like to have another look at Holy Trinity, they will be having an open house on Thursday, May 5. See the flyer below for more information.
Probability, Education Week Mass and My Weight on Mercury
Today in our morning class we started learning a little about probability. We watched a short video from Khan Academy about what probability is, and briefly discussed the difference between experimental probability and theoretical probability. We talked about flipping a coin as a simple example. If I flip a coin once, my chance of getting heads is 1 out of 2, or 1/2. If we flip the coin ten times, we would expect to get heads 5 times. That is the theoretical probability, or what we would expect. I we actually flip the coin, however, we might get 7 tails and only 3 heads instead. The outcome gives us the experimental probability. We will be exploring this more in our lesson tomorrow - the Rock, Paper, Scissors Challenge.
Our block was very short this morning so that we could get ready to go to Mass at St. Patrick's. During Mass we sat with Madame Lepage's kindergarten students. The grade 6's were excellent helpers and did an excellent job of setting a good example during mass.
For Science, we took up the worksheets from Friday, and then used some of the information on them to figure out our weight on the different planets. The information on the sheet gave us our weight as a fraction of that on earth. We had to multiply the fraction by our own weight to determine our weight on other planets. Since we have not learned how to multiply fractions, I reminded students to convert the fraction into a decimal and then multiply that. For example, we learned that to find 2/5, we can figure out 2 divided by 5, then multiply our weight. Next in science we will be learning about the characteristics of systems, before going more in depth about the solar system itself.
Here is a blendspace unit for probability to assist students in practicing concepts we will be learning in this unit.
Our block was very short this morning so that we could get ready to go to Mass at St. Patrick's. During Mass we sat with Madame Lepage's kindergarten students. The grade 6's were excellent helpers and did an excellent job of setting a good example during mass.
For Science, we took up the worksheets from Friday, and then used some of the information on them to figure out our weight on the different planets. The information on the sheet gave us our weight as a fraction of that on earth. We had to multiply the fraction by our own weight to determine our weight on other planets. Since we have not learned how to multiply fractions, I reminded students to convert the fraction into a decimal and then multiply that. For example, we learned that to find 2/5, we can figure out 2 divided by 5, then multiply our weight. Next in science we will be learning about the characteristics of systems, before going more in depth about the solar system itself.
Here is a blendspace unit for probability to assist students in practicing concepts we will be learning in this unit.
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