News on our Ottawa trip. We have rooms for 52 people reserved at the University of Ottawa and a bus for 52 people with Premier Coach. The news is, it is a bit more expensive than we had hoped, but still a good deal. The room, breakfast Friday, and the bus costs about $100 per person. We will work next week on a museum plan and get full cost out to you by email. We will need to fill all of our spots to make this economically feasible, so please consider joining us. We will try to keep the cost under $150 per person. We need 11 parents to join and pay. We can provide scholarships for kids if you ask (but not for adults.) It is important that we know right away if a student cannot come. Don't worry if they are just nervous. We have successfully overcome many anxieties in the past. Stay tuned for more updates.
This week in math we began dividing fractions! A reminder that we have done this math before and these strategies in solving them! It feels different because of the year difference, but it's still the same math. Students are doing a wonderful job applying what they are learning to their work. This week there was more instructional time for modeling and number talks, so we are hoping for more individual work and practice time in the beginning of the week next week.
In science we continue our unit of Motion & Stability. Student's explored the idea of gravity this week with stations to complete, a lengthy reading with note taking, & we ended our science with an OK GO video that shows a Rube Goldberg machine that shows the laws of motion in action. Take a peek! (It is also a great idea for a snow day/ "feeling bored" activity.)
OK GO music video
Next week we will explore friction and air resistance and why these are very important when looking at the laws of motion. We will continue with stations (in the science lab), readings and applications. The idea is that we will be taking the Bend 1 assessment around the 14th of February. There will be a study guide and opportunity to use their growing resources!
We started our writing unit. We will first focus together on student activism, then segway to our personal research for National History Day. We will all learn to make a website this year. The timeline is approximately:
Monday - library intro to topics for NHD
Tuesday - website workshop with Mr./Mrs. Langdregin (District tech integrationists)
Wednesday to Friday - finish first essay on student activism
Next week, start reading and note taking for NHD
Two full weeks
vacation
Finish up Friday March 6th
Marking period ends February 21
Report cards mailed March 13
We will do our writing post assessment March 5/6
Present websites on Monday March 9 (this gives about a month for kids to prepare for the contest on April 4th (no one is required to do this)
Shwew... that was a lot. Keep reading. Don't forget to read for pleasure.
Check this out! Many of you have had questions about curriculum in 6th grade. Our district has been working endlessly on creating a webpage that will answer those questions. Click the link on our webpage (listed below) or the link attached here. Happy scrolling!
Friday due Math refection, math menu, math pages 2.1, 2.2., 2.3 (note: Ms. Roberge is emailing those with weekend homework due to extensions on this due date)
Work due next week: Student activism essay due Friday the 7th, word study due Thursday, NO MATH due this week, NHD topic decided
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