Yesterday we had the privilege of learning from our Artist in Residence and Blackfoot elder Ryan Jason Aleen Willert. He spoke to the 6s about the importance of tobacco and the pipe for Blackfoot people, the significance of the law of the four colours and living like a Buffalo. The students learned that living like a Buffalo means, admitting when you have made a mistake, apologizing, even if it is hard to do, forgiving yourself for your errors and forgiving others when they have wronged you. As Mr. Willert moves into painting the mural that will be displayed in the Multi-Purpose Room, we will be working with him again.
In preparation for our work with Calgary Rapper Transit22 next week, the students have been researching the battle at Vimy Ridge and the D-Day invasion. These two heroic sacrifices from Canadian soldiers will make up two of the verses in the song we will start to write next week. Once the song is complete, we will be recording a music video that will be shared at the Remembrance Day assembly on November 7th (10:30am to 11:30am).
We have been looking at how continuous and discrete data can be interpreted visually using either a bar graph or a broken line graph. The students learned that by continuing the line in the broken line graph you can predict future information trends (i.e. what will the weather be next week based on the trend of this week.)
Have a great long weekend!
Mr. Spriggs
Homework
-No Jump Math Homework this weekend
-Science Nearpod lesson on Trees and Forests due on Tuesday. Go to the class website to find the work!
-One Perspective art project, draft #1 was due Tuesday.
Don't Forget
-Have your parents sign your number sense test. Students that earned a mark below 21/28 will have a chance to do a rewrite on Tuesday at lunch.
-We are starting to collect pictures and information about the family members of SVS students/ staff that have served in the armed forces, for our Remembrance Day assembly. Please forward pictures/ information to lareeve@cbe.ab.ca
-Headphones - please bring an extra set of headphones to school if you have them
Quizzes/ Tests
-Math Quiz on Thursday on Page 43 to 45 and 47 to 54
Forms
-Please bring back school picture forms with your order
Upcoming Events
Friday, October 11: No School
Monday, October 12: Thanksgiving Day No School
October 15, 17, 25: Work with Calgary Rapper Transit
Friday, October 18: Meet with Provincial Minister Josephine Pon
Monday, October 21: Junior Achievement working with grade 6
Wednesday, October 23: Grade 6 Vaccinations
Wednesday, October 30: Edmonton Legislature Field Trip
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home
