Social Studies

Students are currently

completing an assignment
where they work for the
Canadian government and
teach new immigrants
about what it means to live
in a
democracy. Afterwards,
we will be starting our
investigation into Athenian
democracy.

Language Arts
Reading- students are finishing up
our Literature Circle novel study on

GRADE 6 NEWS “Hatchet”. We will wrap it up with a

poster or play project. Our first book
report is Due on November 29th.

Exciting things happening in Grade 6 Writing- students are currently

working on a Parts of Speech
As we enter our third month of school, everyone seems to be
poster to demonstrate their learning
settling in nicely! Routines have been set and the classes seem to throughout the unit. We will start
be learning and enjoying their time at school. Please read the working through the first unit in “6
Traits of Writing”- the ideas unit. As
newsletter and let us know if you have any questions about what’s
well as a review mini unit on
happening in Grade 6 “Punctuation & Capitalization”.

Math:
Word Work- we continue with our
weekly spelling tests throughout
We just completed our first unit Multiplication and Division of November. As well as a Making
decimals with a unit exam. Students were given a study guide to go Words activity on Mondays and
home and a study guide with answers was also posted on both using the spelling words in a word
work assignment each week.
Google Classroom and Remind. Extra time was spent on this unit to
ensure students had a good handle on their basic facts. All students .
are encouraged to continue to practice their basic facts throughout Science
the year as bob- calculator quizzes will continue to be a part of We are currently wrapping up
assessment. Our next unit is Numeration. Students will be our “Air & Aerodynamics” unit,
encouraged to utilize place value sheets to help solidify their students are working on a
understanding on whole numbers and digits in this unit. Please see
research project and a unit test
Google Classroom for the parent note that explains the upcoming
will soon follow. Our next unit
unit.
ties in nicely with this one,
“Flight”. We will learn about a
variety of flying devices:
airplanes, helicopters, rockets,
kites, parachutes, etc.
 Math
Religion:
We completed our first unit about friendship and students created a lantern as a symbol of light. We
are beginning to work though our second unit (Created in the image of God). Students will work on a
mini project, creating a mural for the story of Moses. We’ll begin our third unit this month as well (I
shall be your God; you shall be my people); where we’ll learn what a covenant is and study the 10
commandments

Options:
Coding 6: In Coding Option, students have been learning how to recognize tasks that should use
loops instead of just repeating the same code, learning how to debug programs and how to recognize
a pattern and use nested loops.

Art 6 – In Art, the students have been exploring a variety of mediums to create some beautiful and
interesting pieces. They painted watercolour pumpkins using their knowledge of line and value to
demonstrate a 3-D image. In our sculpture unit, students formed masks over balloons with paper
mache and embellished the painted product with feathers, glitter and jewels. The final results are
spectacular! Our next projects will explore print making and the variations within.

Robotics 6- In Robotics kids have been programing their robots to do a variety of tasks and
challenges. We will next be working on programing our robots to do more difficult tasks with multiple
steps.

Band 6: The students are off to a great start. We are working on playing in tune, using proper
embouchure, and the fingering for the first 5 notes. Students are encouraged to practice several
times a week with their method book to ensure continued results. The band room is open at lunch for
anyone that would like to practice or would like some one on one help.
French: The students in grade 6 will work on "My Health and Well-being", this month, by looking at
expressing feelings and emotions in French; feeling well and feeling ill; and healthy eating. In
addition, the class will also be introduced to Remembrance Day vocabulary.
Health: This past month, students have been working on the theme of “feelings” and “emotions. They
created a “Champions” poster.
Important dates:
Thursday, November 1st – Faith Day - NO SCHOOL
Friday, November 2nd : NO SCHOOL- in lieu of Remembrance Day
Friday, November 9th: Remembrance Day Liturgy @ 12:15pm
Tuesday, November 19th : First CTF Class Trimester 2
Friday, November 23rd -Report Cards go home
Thursday, November 29th- Parent/ Teacher Conferences 3:30-
7:30
Friday, November 30th- Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:30-1:30-
NO SCHOOL for students

Thank you and please contact us with any concerns.

Mrs. Wilson, Miss. Collison, Mrs. Walker & Mrs. Hansen