Thursday, September 7, 2017

Being sent home today is a letter informing parents of the topics involved in Theme #1 of Family Life, which we will be starting next week. 

Students finished two editing stages for their quiz and worked on their good copies. The good copies, written out in their Literacy Resource book are due tomorrow. 

Today we read the book, "The Most Magnificent Thing" and discussed further how someone might feel through the creative process while having a growth mindset (excited, challenged, frustrated, energetic, mad, proud). We also realized that it takes determination and perseverance to succeed in a task which results in something magnificent. 

Each student took a learning skills self-assessment survey today. While examining their results, they chose one specific area that they want to improve. For Monday they have to:
1. Identify the area in which they need to improve.
2. Describe why you feel you need to improve in this area.
3. Describe what you hope will be the result of improving in this area. 
4. Explain how you plan to improve in this area. 

For math, students worked on a math challenge called "Ready Set GO!" During this challenge they have to complete a series of math calculations (ideally without a calculator), in sequence to arrive at a final total. They worked on this for 16 minutes today, and will finish this tomorrow. Two students completed the task today with the correct answers. 

In visual art, we continued to work on colour theory through the colour wheel. Students reviewed concepts from previous years (warm and cool colours, primary and secondary colours) and learned about tertiary colours (new in Gr. 6). 

Students also logged into our Math Prodigy classroom. We will be using this to practise math skills in a fun and exciting way.