The Solar System is Really Big.....

Today in Science we learned that the distances between the planets are much more than we could have imagined. We used this website (we weren't able to finish it - it takes a very long time) to scroll through the planets. If you have a moment - albeit a very long moment - you may be interested in checking it out. It definitely gave our class an appreciation for the distances between the planets!

Here is the link:  If the Moon were only one Pixel

Transition Day for Grade 6!

The Transition Day for Grad e6's to visit Holy Trinity and see what it is like will be on April 19th this year. Students will leave St. Anne in the morning around 9:30 and return before 1PM. Please see the image below for more information.

Save the Date for Family Math Night!

On Thursday, March 30th, St. Anne will be hosting a Family Math Night from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Come and see how math is taught in today's classrooms and play some math games that will help challenge your whole family! Invitations with more information will be sent after the March Break, but please save the date for now.

I am Canadian Poem Brainstorming Ideas

Here is a picture of the brainstorming we did in class to write our "I Am Canadian" Poems. We are writing a list poem about everything that makes us Canadian.

Math Test Friday!

This Friday we will have a math test to finish up our unit on Measurement. For this test, students need to:

• understand the difference between linear, square and cubic units.
• find the perimeter of shapes
• convert between units of length, capacity and mass
• find the area of rectangles, parallelograms and triangles
• find the surface area of rectangular prisms and triangular prisms
• find the volume of rectangular prisms and triangular prisms
• when given the area or volume (of any of the above shapes), find  the value of a missing dimension (eg. If the area of a rectangle is 24 square cm, and the base is 4cm, what is the height?)
• convert between square meters and square centimeters (1 square meter  = 10,000 square cm)

Here are links to all of the blog posts I have done during this unit so that students can study for the test. We will be doing review sheets in class as well. Students can study at home by doing Prodigy (I will force out measurement questions), or by dong any of the activities in the Blendspace units. 

http://mrpgrade6.blogspot.ca/2017/02/a-review-of-some-of-measurement.html

http://mrpgrade6.blogspot.ca/2017/02/how-to-find-surface-area-of-triangular.html

http://mrpgrade6.blogspot.ca/2017/02/calculating-surface-area-of-rectangular.html

http://mrpgrade6.blogspot.ca/2017/02/area-of-triangles-and-parallelograms.html

Math Homework March 2

Science - Outer Planet Notes from Class