Dear Grade 6 Parents,
We have had an interesting week fielding questions about the COVID-19 infection from students who have heard rumors or had concerns. We spoke about the importance of handwashing and avoiding touching your face, and worked to dispel some of the myths that often float around in a time like this. When a question was asked that we did not know the answer to, we looked to the Alberta Health Services website for information.
In math we have been looking at how to multiply and divide decimal numbers by powers of ten (10, 100, 1000, etc). The most effective approach to solving questions like these is to move the decimal either to the right to make a larger number (multiplication) or to the left to make a smaller number (division). With each question, we encourage the students to ask themselves, "is the answer I'm looking for going to be greater or less than the number I started with."
We concluded out Ancient Athens unit by completing our fictitious news article about an event in Athens. Students wrote about the Trial of Socrates, a war between Sparta and Athens or and important vote send by the Council of 500 to the Assembly. We also had our Athens unit test of Thursday and marks and corrections will be available next week.
The students have been learning about how to take a personal story that they have and turn it into a narrative written piece. Thinking about the pacing of their stories, the arc (conflict, climax, resolution) and how to add dialogue, helps take a personal experience and turn it into a story.
Have a great weekend!
Mr. Spriggs
Homework
-Jump Math Pg 31, 32, 33
-Athens Newspaper Article due Friday, March 13
-Weekly math sheet due Wednesday
-French Menu due now
-Science Sketchnotes due now
Quizzes/ Tests
-Social Studies Athens quiz was yesterday, Thursday, March 12th. Mark will be coming home next week.
Forms
-No forms due at this time
Junior High School
Please use the link below to learn which school your child is designated to attend next year. If you are interested in having your child attend a different Junior High, please contact that Junior High school directly. https://cbe.ab.ca/schools/find-a-school/Pages/default.aspx
Don't Forget
-Don't forget to return or renew your overdue library books
Upcoming Events
March 13: Winter Sports Day (Cancelled)
March 13: Dress like your teacher day
March 19: Parent-Teacher Conferences (2:30pm to 8:00pm) (Cancelled)
March 20: Parent-Teacher Conferences (9:00am to 12:30pm) (Cancelled)
March 23 to March 29: Spring Break
March 30: Classes Resume after Spring Break
April 3: Family Movie Night
Website
Don't forget to check out our class website for grade 6 resources
https://sites.google.com/educbe.ca/grade6svs/home
