Quiz Date Changed

Due to feedback from students and respect for their wanting to be prepared and do their best, the quiz has been pushed to Monday, Dec 4th. Many students have oral presentations and French tests this week and so with the new date, students will have the weekend to help prepare them as well.

Any questions please dont hesitate to ask!
Happy Monday,
Mrs. B:)

Week In Review & Homework

Hello Everyone,
Homework:
We will have a "Celebration of Learning " for Math (AKA quiz/assessment) on Thursday, Nov 30th. The homework this week is designed to prepare students for what to expect:
Below are the expectations we are celebrating :)
- represent, compare, and order decimal numbers to 0.001
– demonstrate an understanding of place value in whole numbers and decimal numbers to 0.001
-add and subtract decimal numbers to thousandths
-identify composite numbers and prime numbers, and explain the relationship between them

Homework is posted on Hapara Workspace

Math:
This week we began Algebra:
We started by looking into what does it mean to be Numerate and looked at this quote from National Numeracy:
"Being numerate means having the confidence and skill to use numbers and mathematical approaches in all aspects of life - at work, in practical everyday activities at home and beyond, as consumers, in managing our finances, as parents helping our children learn, as patients making sense of health information, as citizens understanding the world about us.
Numeracy complements literacy and is sometimes called ‘mathematical literacy’. Both skills are needed in order to function fully in modern life."

To highlight the importance of  Numeracy the following video was shared, which is a recorded call between a Verizon Telephone Customer and staff.  It highlights the importance of being mathematically literate.

From there, students were posed with the question What is equality? A great discussion was had and many links to the word equality were made to the real world ( lots of connections to our recent read aloud Iqbal, and our present inquiry into Food Insecurity). I asked them to then think Mathematically about what would equality mean and then we looked at the following definition.

In mathematics, equality is a relationship between two quantities.

We did a "pre-assessment" to see where we are as learners around the concept of Equality and from there we will move each learners understanding further. We investigated the concept of Algebra through a fun puzzle came called Arithmagons.

We are discovering that Algebra is like being a Math detective, challenging ourselves to find the unknown numbers or creating expressions to represent unknown quantities. The below video will be shared as we inquire more into the concept of Algebra.

Literacy
We are creating persuasive texts about topics we are passionate about and going through the process of writing. We are at the beginning stages of planning and researching facts and ideas to support our persuasive arguments. Students have chosen topics they feel are important to them, like persuading people that Cheerleading is, in fact, a sport, that children should be active after a concussion, that female athletes should be paid as much as males, that the price of sporting equipment and coaching should be more affordable so more children can access sport outside of school.
As a whole group, we are inquiring into Food Insecurity and learning many alarming facts about this ongoing crisis in Canada. We have talked about using credible resources  ( ie Wikipedia vs Huffington Post newspaper) to back up our arguments and are doing a shared piece of persuasive writing around our Food Inequality in Canada, to help model the format of a persuasive piece and some of the strategies good writers use to persuade the reader. Below are some are some resources we agreed were credible for our argument.

Food Insecurity: University of Toronto
5 Things to Know about Food Insecurity In Canada: Huffington Post
Food Security: Government of Canada

This past week was Bully Awareness week and we took the following pledge daily as a class. It inspired some class members to write a script to perform a "social experiment" on the yard ( with Mr. Kelly's approval of course), to help highlight the importance of standing up to bullying and saying something.

Here was our pledge: As a student at St. Philip Catholic, I promise to respect and to treat with kindness all other students attending this school. I will not purposefully tease, annoy, exclude, hit, kick, or push other students. I will not say unkind or untrue things about other students. I will not laugh at them or say hurtful things about them or to them. I pledge to STAND UP to bullying! If I see another student being mean or hurtful to any student in the school I will do the right thing and ask them to STOP!

Info for this Week:
Oral Presentations are being presented this week see the scheduled posted last week
Monday: Gift Card donations due
Thursday: Celebration of Learning in Math/ Library day

Homework and Week in Review

Hello Everyone,
 Homework has been posted on the Hapara Workspace- entitled Prime & Composite Numbers. Again if your child should have questions about the homework please have them email me. As well attached is the student schedule for presenting the upcoming book report-
Schedule

This past week we have discussed the skills students will need in the 21st century and those that will help them fulfill our Catholic Graduate Expectations. The following "6C's" are skills that students should have the opportunity to practice and develop throughout the activities and learning within the class.

From that discussion, students decided to develop their creativity, collaboration, and communication skills by creating "How To"  mini projects around the addition and subtraction fo decimals.
Some students created a poster, some developed a rap song and infused technology to strengthen their mini projects. We will use these "How To" tools in the class as references in our learning.

In Literacy, we finished our read Aloud Iqbal and were shocked to learn that Iqbal Masih's voice against Child Labour was silenced at the age of 12.  If you have a moment please take a look at the article about the life of Iqbal Masih.

Inspired by the courage of Iqbal to use his voice to create change and persuade others to join him in the fight against Child Labour, students have begun the beginning stages of writing persuasive pieces around areas they feel strongly about. We have uncovered the parts of a persuasive piece of writing and have discussed some strategies that help create a strong persuasive piece.

Upcoming This Week:

• Parent Council Monday Night
• This week is Bully Awareness Week
• Gift Card donations being accepted
• Friday is a PD day
• Nov 24th deadline to order school spirit wear https://stphilip.hotlunches.net/admin/?sid=&un=0

Gr 6 Fundraiser

Hello !
Today your child will be coming home with an information letter about our upcoming Gift Card Tree fundraiser.

Please note students are asked to volunteer an hour of their time selling tickets at Kings's Independent Grocer in Richmond on Dec 9th or 10th.  Parent volunteers are needed on these days as well.
As schedules are tight for people that time of year we advised you go on to the sign-up volunteer sheet right away and secure a spot that works for your family.

Any questions please don't hesitate to ask. 
Mrs. B :)

FUNDRAISER LETTER

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP LINK

Math Homework & Agenda Notes

Hello Everyone,
Math homework has arrived.
It will be delivered weekly online through Hapara Workspace and students have the week to complete/submit their work electronically ( or if they wish to print out and submit hard copies- student preference).

Students will access their homework through the Student Portal on the school website.
We reviewed the process in class today and I will give a breakdown here as well in case there is a step they are uncertain of :)

1. Go to Student Portal on school website

2. Click HaparaWorkspace

3. It will open to either a drop down menu or the title of the homwork assignment Intro To Decimals. If the title is there click it. If it is the drop down menu chose Math, then click the title.

4. It will take them to the Workspace which is broken down by goal and colour.
Example Goal 1 is Green- they follow along the columns until they have completed all of the Green/ Goal 1- then press submit. Then they can move onto the next goal/colour.

5. Students have till the end of the week to submit all practice work.
If you or your child has any question please feel free to drop me an email:
margie.butler@ocsb.ca

Also please check your child's agenda for this weeks coming events !

Happy Monday!
Mrs. B

Parent Resources For Math

Hello,
Below are some great parent Math resources- enjoy!

Inspiring Your Child To Learn and Love Math

Math Learning Today: What Parents Need to Know

Week In review

Here is a reflection of our learning over the past week:

Math:
We inquired into the Math Terms; multiples, factor, prime and composite numbers.
We partook in the below 100s chart activity- which students were totally engaged and challenged with. It created great Math discourse! It helped us deepen our understanding of the differences between prime and composite numbers and how multiples are connected to this concept.

Literacy:
We continued on with our Read Aloud Iqbal; recording new vocab, reflecting on character traits, and practicing our inferring skills. We have been using the skill of visualization as well to help us make inferences about characters, author's intent and the setting.
We also investigated some Newspaper articles around Remembrance  Day. We determined the elements of a newspaper: photos, activities/puzzles articles etc) and determined the criteria of a newspaper article:

1. A headline- a title that makes people want to read the article
2. A byline- the writer who wrote the article
3. The use the 5 W's and H of journalism: Who What When Where Why and How
4. Illustration to provide more information (maps, graphs, photograph etc)

Students chose 2 articles that spoke to them and wanted to share about and completed an Article Map- a template that elicited the title of the article, the author,  a description of the persons/characters of the article and a summary of the important/interesting facts/message of the article.
See the link below of the Newspaper provided to the students from Veterans Affair Canada.

Tales of Animals in War

Other:

• Monday- we had a power outage - the Gr 6s gathered together and worked on our Movie Knights fundraiser- reviewed the elements of Visual Media and designed posters to promote our fundraiser
• Wednesday we participated in the 67s game which was a great fun- thank you to all the volunteers for joining us. As well, it was  Take Your Child To Work Day and so my daughter Lauren, a grade 9 student from All Saints, joined us for the day!
• Thursday, we celebrated Mass and introduced our new Gospel value for the month of November-  Justice- which aligns wonderfully with our present read aloud as the central theme/author message is the issue of child labor in the world.
• Friday- we had our first Movie Knight in the parish hall.

Upcoming:

• If you haven't already, please sign up for Parent-Teacher interviews with myself this week
• Nov 7th  Nov 8th
• Remembrance Day Sevice this, Friday Nov 10th- all are welcome