March 24, 2023
Happy Spring Break! Enjoy your week! Have fun and see you on April 3rd.
We have had a busy few weeks and will continue to be super busy after spring break as we journey through the final three months of elementary school. We will be starting with probability in math, flight in science and the provincial government in social studies when we return.
Additional Information:
April 3 - First day back after spring break
May 4 - Spring Celebration
May 8-11 - Swimming
May 11 - Mandatory Outdoor School Parent Meeting
Classroom Update March 17, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math –Equivalency - We focused on equivalency using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Book Projects – Students continued reading their novels or working on their research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Writing – students continued writing newspaper articles.
Science – Air and Aerodynamics – we continued to run tests and experiments to prove the existence of air. We have now looked at “air takes up space”, “air exerts pressure”, “air can be compressed”, “air is affected by altitude” and “air has mass”.
Social Studies – Local/Municipal Government – our focus was on how students can have a role in government when they can’t vote.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Problem Solving – we will be solving multi-step problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
L.A. Reading – Book Projects – Students begin their 2nd project by reading of their current novel or research project as part of their Three Book Project.
Writing – students will be completing news articles.
Science – Air and Aerodynamics – we will be continuing with our experiments to prove the existence of air. Our focus will be on how air can be compressed and how much it dislikes being under high pressure. Air will always move from high to low pressure.
Social Studies – Local/Municipal Government – continue “action projects” showing how students can play a role in influencing local government.
Fish Creek Friday – weather permitting, Friday will be our next adventure in Fish Creek Park.
Additional Information:
Spring Break – March 27-31 (no school)
Spring Concert – May 4
Swimming – May 8-11
Bike Survey: To encourage Active School Travel, Woodbine has partnered with EverActive Schools to run a “Bike to School Day” on June 7th (weather dependent). This initiative will focus on increasing cycling knowledge and safety awareness. In preparation for this event we are looking to find out what students have bikes and helmets at home and other logistical items. We ask that you please complete the following quick survey (please follow this link or copy it into your search engine) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2JCPWNK If you have multiple children at the school, we kindly ask that you fill the survey out separately for each child. In addition, if there are any individuals who have cycling knowledge or know how to tune up bikes and would like to contribute their knowledge to this event, please reach out to Ms. Bignell at clbignell@cbe.ab.ca At a later date we will be sending out some details to ask for volunteers for this event! Stay tuned!
Swimming Volunteers: Thank you to all the parents/grandparents that have signed up to help with our swimming lessons in May. There are still a large number of spots to be filled. If you have a valid police clearance and have the time, please sign up
Timbernook Residency: In April, Woodbine school will be participating in an outdoor play residency. Please see the information below. More detailed information will be posted on the teacher blogs closer to the date.
Classroom Update March 10, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math –Ratio and Percent - We continued learning about ratio and how it ties to the work we have done with fractions, decimals and percent. Students were using fractions, decimals and ratio to find percent.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Book Projects – Students continued reading their novels or working on their research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Writing – students are writing newspaper articles.
Science – Air and Aerodynamics – we started a series of experiments that prove the existence of air. We primarily looked at the properties “air takes up space” and “air has mass”.
Social Studies – Local/Municipal Government – focus was on understanding how local governments play a role in our lives and the services they provide.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Balancing Equations and Preserving Equality - ensuring that an equation is balanced when there is a missing quantity.
Fractions / Decimals / Percent / Ratio Test – Wednesday, March 15th – study guide in Google Classroom
L.A. Reading – Book Projects – Students begin their 2nd project by reading of their current novel or research project as part of their Three Book Project.
Writing – students will be continuing to write news stories.
Science – Air and Aerodynamics – we will be continuing with our experiments to prove the existence of air. The properties of air we will be focusing on include “air exerts pressure”, “air can be compressed” and “air is affected by temperature”.
Social Studies – Local/Municipal Government – how students can play a role in influencing local government.
Additional Information:
Spring Break – March 27-31 (no school)
Spring Concert – May 4
Swimming – May 8-11
Classroom Update March 3, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math –Ratio and Percent - We began our study of ratio and how it ties to the work we have done with fractions, decimals and percent. Students were using fractions and decimals to find percent.
Problem Solving – multi-step problems using information from graphs to figure out fractions and percentages of each choice.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Book Projects – Students continued reading their novels or working on their research projects as part of their Three Book Project. Last day for reading current novels at school is March 3.
Writing – students started a writing unit on news and different ways news is delivered.
Science – Sky Science – Final review of sky science. Students received a study guide for their test on March 7. Prototype design projects are now due.
Social Studies – La Grand Paix de Montreal (The Great Peace Treaty of Montreal) – we completed our study of the historical treaty from 1701 that has led to the collective rights section of The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The treaty involved many groups of people including English and French settlers and the Haudenosaunee and Huron people.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Fractions / Decimals / Percent / Ratio – We will continue mashing everything together and moving back and forth between fractions, decimals, percent and ratio. Our key understanding is equivalency.
Calculation Quiz – students will review addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading – Book Projects – Students begin their 2nd project by reading of their current novel or research project as part of their Three Book Project.
Writing – students will be writing news stories.
Science – Air and Aerodynamics – we will begin our study of the air around us. We will begin to complete experiments that prove the existence of air.
Sky Science – test Tuesday, March 7
Social Studies – Local/Municipal Government - we will be beginning our study of Calgary's municipal government.
Additional Information:
Conferences – Thursday, March 9 (4-8) and Friday, March 10 (8-12)
Spring Break – March 27-31 (no school)
Spring Concert – May 4
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Classroom Update February 24, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math –Decimals – comparing decimals to fractions, multiplying and dividing decimals.
Problem Solving – multi-step problems using information from graphs to figure out fractions and percentages of each choice.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Book Projects – Students continued reading their novels or working on their research projects as part of their Three Book Project. Last day for reading current novels at school is March 3.
Figurative Language – we worked on finishing our figurative language projects/posters about personification, alliteration, hyperbole, synecdoche, metaphor, simile and idioms.
Science – Sky Science – We are close to wrapping up our study of sky science. This week we focused on constellations and the movement of Earth. We continued to work on our prototype design projects and some students were able to work on a constellation art project. Design projects are due next week.
Social Studies – La Grand Paix de Montreal (The Great Peace Treaty of Montreal) – we looked at a historical treaty from 1701 that has led to the collective rights section of The Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The treaty involved many groups of people including English and French settlers and the Haudenosaunee and Huron people.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Fractions / Decimals / Percent / Ratio – We will begin our study of ratio and how it ties to the work we have done with fractions, decimals and percent.
Calculation Quiz – students will review addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading / Writing Representing – Book Projects – Students will complete the reading of their current novel or research project as part of their Three Book Project.
Figurative Language – figurative language projects are due March 1.
Writing – students will be beginning a writing unit on news and different ways news is delivered.
Science – Sky Science – We will be wrapping up our unit with a review of all the things we have looked at in sky science. If the weather improves enough, we will be focused on creating and using shadow sticks to track the movement of the sun. Prototype design projects are due March 2. Students will continue working on either creating a planet or researching phenomenon like nebulas, supernovas etc.
Social Studies – finish La Grande Paix de Montreal and a study of collective vs individual rights in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Additional Information:
Fish Creek Friday – March 3 (weather permitting)
Conferences – Thursday, March 9 (5-8) and Friday, March 10 (8-12)
Spring Concert – May 4
February 15, 2023
In math we continued to work on converting between fractions and decimals. Many of the students now know the factors of 100 which is helping them find fractions with denominators of 100 which allows them to create decimals. We will be adding ratio and more percent work starting next week.
In language arts, we continued to work on understanding various literary devices like onomatopoeia and idioms. We also continued reading our novels.
In science, focus has been on understanding solar and lunar eclipses and the reason that Earth has seasons (at least in parts of the world like Canada). We have also worked on completing our design projects. There are some extremely creative ideas for buildings, spacesuits and spaceships. Here are a few examples.
Additional Information:
Thursday, February 16 and Friday, February 17 - no school for students
Monday, February 20 - Family Day - no school
Wednesday, February 22 - Pink Shirt Day - Anti - Bullying
Enjoy your long weekend! See you Tuesday!
Classroom Update February 10, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math –Fractions and Decimals – comparing fractions, improper fractions, mixed numbers to their decimal equivalent.
Calculation Quiz – students will be reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Book Projects – Students continued reading their novels or research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Figurative Language – we reviewed personification, alliteration, hyperbole, synecdoche, metaphor, simile and idioms. Students are working on a project that shows their understanding of each literary device.
Science - Sky Science – We continued to work on our prototype design projects with a focus on space suits and spaceships (students have been thinking very creatively about what humans need to survive in space. We took a closer look at objects that emit/reflect light in our night sky, the difference between rotation / revolution and how solar and lunar eclipses work.
French – We started working on vocabulary building in our new projects about Quebec Carnival or a topic of choice.
Grade Six Assembly – students did an incredible job teaching the school about humility and our solar system through songs, art and stories.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Fractions / Decimals / Percent – comparing fractions, improper fractions, mixed numbers and finding their decimal and percent equivalents.
Calculation Quiz – students will review addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing – Book Projects – Students will continue reading their new novels or working on research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Figurative Language – students will be completing their figurative language projects.
Science – Sky Science – We will be continuing with our prototype design projects. Some students are also ready to begin their next project either creating a planet or researching phenomenon like nebulas, supernovas etc. We will also be looking at the scientific reason Earth experiences seasons.
French – We will continue to work on vocabulary building in our new projects about Quebec Carnival or a topic of choice.
Additional Information:
Thursday, February 16 and Friday, February 17 – no school for students
Monday, February 20 - Family Day – no school
Classroom Update February 3, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math – Fractions – we continued to explore fractions / improper fractions / mixed numbers by comparing them, placing them on a number line and finding equivalent fractions.
Calculation Quiz – students continue to do a weekly review of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– New Book Projects – Students are reading their new novels or working on research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Figurative Language – we started reviewing various forms of figurative language including personification, hyperbole and alliteration, idiom and synecdoche).
Science – We continued to work on our prototype design projects with a focus on space suits and spaceships (students have been thinking very creatively about what humans need to survive in space. We also took a closer look at our Moon and the phases of the Moon and the effects Moon has on Earth.
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – We completed our exploration of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and what a consensus democracy looks like.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Fractions / Decimals / Percent - exploring how we find decimals and percent when we start with a fraction.
Calculation Quiz – students will be reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers
L.A. Reading – Book Projects – Students will continue reading their new novels or working on research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Figurative Language – we will continue reviewing various forms of figurative language including metaphor, simile, idiom and synecdoche).
Science – Sky Science – We will be continuing with our prototype design projects. We will also be exploring which objects in the sky emit/reflect light and the difference between rotation/revolution.
French – We will be working on vocabulary building in our new projects about Quebec Carnival or a topic of choice.
Additional Information:
Wednesday, February 8 – Grade 6 learning assembly 10:30am (families welcome to attend)
Classroom Update January 27, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math – Prime and Composite Numbers, Order of Operations and Fractions – we explored the order of operations and how we have to do certain calculations first when there is several in a problem. We also reviewed fractions and started looking at improper fractions and mixed numbers.
L.A. Reading / Writing / Representing– Worked on completing our novel projects (last class time to work on them is January 31st). Most students have chosen their next novel and have started reading.
Science – Sky Science – exploration of the universe beyond Earth with a focus on our Solar System (Sun, planets, moons, asteroids). Students have been researching interesting facts and information about various things in our Solar System. We also started a design project – students are deciding where it would be best to set up a colony in the solar system (they can choose a planet, moon or asteroid).
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – Explored the decision making process in the Haudenosaunee democracy with a focus on the roles of clan mothers and chiefs in creating a consensus democracy.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Fractions – comparing fractions, improper fractions, mixed numbers and finding equivalent fractions.
Calculation Quiz – students will be reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers.
L.A. Reading – New Book Projects – Students are reading their new novels or working on research projects as part of their Three Book Project.
Novel Projects Due January 31st – last class time to work on novel project #1 – sketchnoting, character comparison paragraphs and final rating project.
Figurative Language – we will be reviewing various forms of figurative language including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration and synecdoche).
Science – Sky Science – we will be continuing with our prototype design projects with a focus on space suits and spaceships. We will also take a closer look at our Moon and the effects Moon has on Earth.
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – Finish our exploration of the Haudenosaunee democracy with a focus on what a consensus democracy is.
Additional Information:
Thursday, February 2 - Junior High Open Houses at Woodman and Louis Riel
Friday, February 3 - PD Day - No school for students
Wednesday, February 8 – Grade 6 learning assembly 10:30am (families welcome to attend)
Classroom Update January 20, 2023
This Week in Grade Six
Math – Factors, Multiples, Prime and Composite Numbers – we reviewed multiples and factors and then identified what makes a prime vs. composite number.
Angle and Triangle Test – Results available Monday, January 23.
L.A. Reading – Worked on finishing our novels and completing projects.
Writing – Wrote reports comparing characters from The City of Ember and the novel currently being read. Students are writing about similarities and differences between characters of two separate novels and deciding who their favourite character is.
Representing – Storymapping and Final Rating Project about novels – students are rating their novel using a scale they have created and giving reasons (using information from the novel) why they liked / disliked the book.
Science – Sky Science – exploration of the universe beyond Earth with a focus on our Solar System (Sun, planets, moons, asteroids). Students have been researching interesting facts and information about various things in our Solar System.
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – studied the five nations that started the Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca).
Fish Creek Friday – we took advantage of the warm weather and made our way down to Fish Creek Park. We completed a mapping activity and talked about a little bit of the history of Fish Creek and how it is also known to the Tsuut’ina people as Wolf Creek.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Order of Operations and Fractions – we will be exploring the order of operations and beginning a review of fractions.
Calculation Quiz – students will be reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole and decimal numbers on a weekly basis.
L.A. Reading – New Book Projects – Students will be choosing their next book.
Writing – Finish working on character comparison reports. Due Date: January 31
Representing – Visually share main events from novels through writing and sketching. Work on Final Project for novel (due date: January 31)
Figurative Language – we will be reviewing various forms of figurative language including metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration and synecdoche).
Science – Sky Science – continue exploring our solar system with a focus on the potential our solar system has as we contemplate space travel. What is in our own solar system that could support humans. Students will be beginning a prototype design project based on supporting human life away from Earth).
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – Explore the Haudenosaunee democracy with a focus on the roles of clan mothers and chiefs in creating a consensus democracy.
Additional Information:
Junior High Open Houses at Woodman and Louis Riel – Thursday, February 2
Wednesday, February 8 – Grade 6 learning assembly 10:30am (families welcome to attend)
Classroom Update January 13, 2023
Math – Measurement – Naming and measuring triangles by length of sides and size of angles. Also reviewed addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals.
L.A. Reading – Continued reading novels and met with reading group to discuss what is happening in the novel.
Writing – Comparing characters from The City of Ember and the novel currently being read. Students have started a multi-paragraph report that compares main characters from two books. Students will be expected to find similarities and differences in the characters they choose.
Representing – Storymapping novel - continued to create sketches / short write-ups showing various parts of novels.
Final Projects - Some students have finished their novel and have started their final project which is all about rating their novel using a scale they have created and giving reasons (using information from the novel) why they liked / disliked the book.
Science – Sky Science – exploration of the universe beyond Earth. We looked at sizes of things in space and distances between things. We are now exploring a little closer to home and are researching planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids in our Solar System.
We also were very lucky to have a visit from three Canadian Border Patrol officers. Mackenzie, Gwen and Kodiak (chocolate lab) came to tell us about some of the investigations they do as part of their job and then gave a demonstration of how Kodiak detects goods that are not allowed across the border (todays item: apples). What an interesting and fun way to wrap up our evidence and investigation unit in science.
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – started exploring the Haudenosaunee culture by looking at The Great Law of Peace. This is the beginning of our exploration of the democracy the Haudenosaunee people created.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Multiples and Factors - Begin reviewing multiples and factors leading to an understanding of prime and composite numbers.
Angle Measurement Test – Wednesday, January 18
L.A. Reading – Finish reading novel (final day to read in class -Thursday, January 19).
Writing – Continue working on character comparison report. Due Date: January 31
Representing – Visually share main events from novels through writing and sketching. Work on Final Project for novel (due date: January 31)
Science – Sky Science – continue exploring our solar system with a focus on Sun, comets and asteroids. Students are beginning a project where they are searching for facts about the Solar System that impact us on Earth.
Social Studies – Haudenosaunee – Explore the Haudenosaunee nations and clan system. Find out the role of each nation (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora) in supporting the democratic confederacy of the Haudenosaunee.
Additional Information:
We know families are beginning to think about the transition to junior high. The designated junior high school for Woodbine students is John Ware School. However, there are many schools that may offer programs your child might be interested in. There will be opportunities in the next few weeks for your child to hear about the late French immersion program at Woodman School and the science alternative program at Louis Riel School. There will also be Open House nights where you as a family can visit the schools and find out more about their programs. Please see links below for more information.
January 19 – Woodman Late French Immersion Program presentation – in class
January 23 - Louis Riel Science Program presentation – in class
February 2 – Woodman and Louis Riel Open Houses – families can visit schools
Woodman Open House information - https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/woodman/Pages/default.aspx
Louise Riel Open House information -https://school.cbe.ab.ca/schoo...
Classroom Update December 22
This week we spent time finishing up projects in science, math and french. When we return after the break we will be beginning new units in science (sky science) and social studies (Haudenosaunee democracy) and finishing up our study of angles in math. We will also be continuing with reading novels (some students will be finishing their current novel and others will be beginning their next novel).
I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday. Please have a fun, restful break. See you on January 9th.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Your generosity in supporting our “café” during the Winter Wonderland of Giving is absolutely incredible. Thank you to everyone who donated baked goods, helped us run the café, and came out to enjoy some treats, music and hot chocolate. I know Emma House will be overwhelmingly grateful.
Classroom Update December 16, 2022
Math – Measurement – continued exploring angles with a focus on creating angles from a given measurement and the angles of a triangle and quadrilateral. Also started exploring how you figure out the measurement of angles when you don’t get to use a protractor.
L.A. Reading – Continued reading novels and meet with reading group to discuss what is happening in your novel.
Writing – Continued working on a project about a character from ancient Greek mythology - information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later. Some students also completed a Greek amphorae (Greek pot) showing the story of their character.
Representing – Visually sharing main events from novels in the form of writing or sketching (students will be doing a minimum of 20 entries for their novels).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Worked on forensic science projects. Thank you to all the pets, families and friends who have agreed to be “suspects” in our mysteries.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Measurement – Figuring out the measurement of angles without using a protractor. How do we use geometry concepts to figure out unknown angles? Continue solidifying addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals.
L.A. Reading – Continue reading novel (most students should be over half way through their book).
Writing – Finish working on a project about a character from ancient Greek mythology - information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later.
Representing – Visually share main events from novels through writing and sketching.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Finish study of forensic science by completing mystery forensics projects. Projects will be shared December 20/22.
Additional Information:
Monday, December 19 – PJ Day (optional – grade six only)
Thursday, December 22 – Ugly sweater / shirt day
-Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
Monday, January 9 – First Day of School after Winter Break
December 9, 2022 Update
Math – Measurement – Exploring angles (measuring angles, naming angles, creating angles). Continue practicing addition and subtraction of decimals and started exploring multiplication and division of decimals.
L.A. Reading – Continue reading new novel and meet with reading group to discuss the first part of the novel.
Writing – Continued working on a project about a character from ancient Greek mythology - information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later.
Representing – Visually sharing main events from novels (students will be doing a minimum of 20 entries for their novels).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Started forensic science projects.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - completed our unit on Athenian democracy – how citizens were involved in the Assembly, Council of 500 and Athenian Courts. Students role played what it would be like to be part of an Athenian court case. Students also completed a quiz on Athenian democracy.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Measurement – continue with angles with a focus on creating angles from a given measurement and the angles of a triangle and quadrilateral. Also continue solidifying addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals.
L.A. Reading – Continue reading novel and meet with reading group Tuesday and Thursday to discuss the first part of the novel.
Writing – Complete a project about a character from ancient Greek mythology - information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later.
Representing – Visually sharing main events from novels (students will be doing a minimum of 20 entries for their novels).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Continue study of forensic science by starting a forensics project. Projects will be shared December 21/22.
Additional Information:
Thursday, December 15 - Woodbine’s Winter Wonderful of Giving
Thursday, December 22 – Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
Monday, January 9 – First Day of School after Winter Break
December 2, 2022 Update
This Week in Grade Six
Math – Measurement – measurement conversion millimetres – kilometres and perimeter. We started to review addition and subtraction of decimals and started exploring multiplication and division of decimals.
L.A. Reading – Read new novel and met with reading group to discuss the first part of the novel.
Writing – Continued to gather research about a well-known character from ancient Greek mythology and complete a short research project including information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later.
Representing – Visually sharing main events from novels (students will be doing a minimum of 20 entries for their novels).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – continued our study of forensic science with a focus on observation, inference, fingerprinting and footprinting. Students started working on forensic centres (fingerprinting, chromatography, handwriting, soil analysis, graphology, etc).
Field Trip – We took a trip to Youthlink’s Calgary Police Interpretive Centre on Wednesday and solved a real life crime and took part in Safe For Life workshops.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - focused on the structure of Athenian democracy – how citizens were involved in the Assembly, Council of 500 and Athenian Courts. Role played Council of 500 and Assembly decision making.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Measurement – begin naming and measuring angles
L.A. Reading – Continue reading new novel and meet with reading group to discuss the first part of the novel.
Writing – Continue studying a well-known character from ancient Greek mythology and complete a short research project including information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later. Begin poetry
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Continue study of forensic science by starting a forensics project.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens – finish Athenian democracy – role play Athenian court processes
Additional Information:
Thursday, December 15 - Woodbine’s Winter Wonderful of Giving
November 25, 2022 Update
Math – Mental Multiplication and Division – students will use their understanding of basic multiplication and division to multiply and divide two and three digit numbers.
Place Value / Integer / Graphing Test – Tuesday, November 22 – results shared with students
Language Arts - Finish The City of Ember and start new novel (students are in groups reading different novels).
Writing – Finish character paragraphs for The City of Ember. Due Thursday, November 24.
Study of a well-known character from ancient Greek mythology (students chose a character and are completing a short research project showing how their character has been part of old and new stories for over 2000 years).
Representing – Finished final projects for The City of Ember. Any unfinished projects can be completed at home and handed in.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – continued our study of forensic science with a focus on observation, inference, fingerprinting and footprinting. Students started working on forensic centres (fingerprinting, chromatography, handwriting, soil analysis, graphology, etc).
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - focused on the structure of Athenian democracy – how citizens were involved in the Assembly, Council of 500 and Athenian Courts.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Measurement – measurement conversion millimetres – kilometres and perimeter. Continue to solidify division concepts.
L.A. Reading – Read new novel and meet with reading group to discuss the first part of the novel.
Writing – Study a well-known character from ancient Greek mythology and complete a short research project including information about the character and how their stories have been passed down to us thousands of years later.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Continue study of forensic science by completing centres about fingerprinting, chromatography, handwriting, soil analysis, graphology etc. Field trip to Youthlink’s Calgary Police Interpretive Centre Wednesday, November 30.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens – structure of Athenian democracy – role playing the part of a citizen and the responsibility involved in making decisions for a city of people.
Additional Information:
Wednesday, November 30 – Youthlink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre field trip
Thursday, December 15 - Woodbine’s Winter Wonderful of Giving
Our Winter Wonderland of Giving is fast approaching! As a grade six team, we are looking for your help. We are looking for all our families to make and donate some baked goods for the grade sixes to sell during the evening. All items need to be individually wrapped or packaged together in groups of four or six.
All proceeds from the bake sale will go to Emma House. For those of you who don’t know Emma House, it is a safe and supportive transitional housing program for expectant mothers aged 12+ who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness within Calgary and the surrounding area. They do incredible work in our community and appreciate any and all assistance.
Our wonderful Parent Council is working with us and have put together a form for you to sign up and help us with this work. Thank you to everyone who has already offered to contribute to our bake sale or any of the other wonderful charities on the list.
Please use the link below if you can donate to our Winter Wonderland of Giving.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a45a9aa29a3f58-woodbine
Winter Wonderland of Giving Update
We are starting to collect donations for our evening of giving. Below you will find a link that lists what each grade is collecting and lets you sign up for anything you feel you can donate.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0a45a9aa29a3f58-woodbine
November 18 Update
Math – Reading/Interpreting Graphs– students continued to explore negative and positive integers and reviewed bar and line graphs.
L.A. Finishing The City of Ember – most students have finished reading/listening to the novel. They also worked on completing character paragraphs and final projects for the novel. Many students have also finished their storyboards using sketchnoting to retell the main ideas in the novel.
Representing – Visual representation of the “key moment” from the City of Ember. Students are creating diorama’s, stop motion animations, coding projects and explanations of what moment they picked and why they picked it.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – continued our study of forensic science with a focus on observation, inference and fingerprinting. Students were also introduced to forensic centres they will be completing over the next two weeks.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - focused on the roles of men and women in Ancient Athens as well as specific vocabulary related to Ancient Athens.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Mental Multiplication and Division – students will use their understanding of basic multiplication and division to multiply and divide two and three digit numbers.
Place Value / Integer / Graphing Test – Tuesday, November 22
Language Arts Reading – Finish The City of Ember and choose next novel to read.
L.A. Writing – Finish character paragraphs for The City of Ember. Due Thursday, November 24.
Begin study of a well-known character from ancient Greek mythology.
L.A. Representing – Finish final projects for The City of Ember. Due Thursday, November 24.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Study of forensic science by completing centres about fingerprinting, chromatography, handwriting, soil analysis.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens – structure of Athenian democracy with a focus on citizens and their responsibilities and role in decision making.
Additional Information:
Thursday, November 24 – Parent / Teacher Conferences (in person)
Friday, November 25 – Parent / Teacher Conferences (online)
Wednesday, November 30 – Youthlink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre field trip (field trip forms due Friday, November 24).
Thursday, December 15 - Woodbine’s Winter Wonderful of Giving (further information to follow)
November 10 Update
Math –Integers and Reading/Interpreting Graphs– students continued to explore negative and positive integers and reviewed bar and line graphs.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – we continued to read the novel and continued working on character paragraphs.
Writing – Wrote stories and continued writing character paragraphs.
Representing - Many students have also started their final project for The City of Ember and decided how to represent “the most important moment”.
Science – Evidence and Investigation – began our study of forensic science with a focus on observation and inference. Students also completed their Trees and Forests unit test.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - focused on the roles of men and women in Ancient Athens as well as specific vocabulary related to Ancient Athens.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Reading / Interpreting / Predicting Graphs – students will continue to explore bar and line graphs as ways to display data.
L.A. Reading – Finish reading The City of Ember.
Writing – Finish character paragraphs for The City of Ember.
Representing – Making a final decision of how to represent the key moment/character/event in The City of Ember (final project).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – Study of forensic science with a focus on observation, inference, steps in solving cases and fingerprinting.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens – structure of Athenian democracy with a focus on the roles of men and women. Who was considered a citizen of Athens and allowed to participate in the democratic process?
Additional Information:
Fish Creek Park – Friday, November 18 – weather permitting
Thursday, November 24 – Parent / Teacher Conferences (in person)
Friday, November 25 – Parent / Teacher Conferences (online)
Thursday, December 15 - Woodbine’s Winter Wonderful of Giving (further information to follow)
Update – November 4, 2022
Math –Estimation and Integers– students explored rounding numbers, estimating amounts and expanded the known number line by adding negative numbers.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – we continued to read the novel and continued working on character paragraphs. We also talked about the final project for The City of Ember and discussed various possible ideas for how to represent “the most important moment”.
Writing – continued with paragraph writing including topic sentences, sentences that provide evidence for the topic and a concluding sentence.
Science – Trees and Forests – this week we completed our land use projects, our comic about an abiotic factor affecting the forest and completed a study guide in preparation for our test Tuesday, November 8.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens - explored where Greece is on the world map and where Athens is in Greece. Started a discussion of the factors leading to democracy.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Integers and Graphing - study of integers will continue
L.A. Reading – continue reading The City of Ember.
Writing – continue writing paragraphs about a character from The City of Ember.
Representing – Finding a way to represent the key moment/character/event in The City of Ember (final project).
Science – Evidence and Investigation – begin our study of forensic science with a focus on observation and inference.
Trees and Forests Test: Tuesday, November 8.
Social Studies – Ancient Athens – structure of Athenian democracy with a focus on the roles of men and women.
Additional Information:
Thursday, November 10 – Remembrance Day Assembly
Friday, November 11 – Remembrance Day – no school
Update - October 28, 2022
Math –Review of Place Value– we continued to explore place value using expanded and standard forms. We also completed a test on patterns and algebra. Results will be ready Monday.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – we continued to read the novel and continued working on character paragraphs.
Writing – paragraph writing including topic sentences, sentences that provide evidence for the topic and a concluding sentence.
Science – Trees and Forests – continued exploring land use issues and who should be included in land use decisions. Students also brainstormed the importance of biotic and abiotic factors in keeping the forest healthy.
Social Studies – The Charter of Rights and Freedoms – continued exploring the 6 main categories of rights provided to us via the Charter (fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, equality rights, language rights, mobility rights and legal rights). Students are creating a visual representation of the 6 categories. Began looking at Athens, Greece (the birthplace of democracy).
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Place Value Review continued – students will continue to review value of numbers in our place value system and start expanding the number line with a beginning study of integers.
L.A. Reading – continue reading The City of Ember.
Writing – continue writing paragraphs about a character from The City of Ember.
Science – Trees and Forests – We will be wrapping up our study of trees and forests. Land use projects will be due and we will be creating a study guide for our unit test the following week.
Social Studies – The Charter of Rights and Freedoms – finish visual representations of the 6 categories of rights. Beginning study of democracy in Ancient Athens.
Additional Information:
Monday, October 31 – Happy Halloween
Friday, November 4 – Fish Creek Friday
Update - October 21, 2022
Math – Pattern and Algebra and Begin Review of Place Value– we continued to explore using t-tables and algebraic formulas to predict patterns. We also reviewed number place value.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – we continued to read the novel and started working on character paragraphs.
Writing – paragraph writing including topic sentences, sentences that provide evidence for the topic and a concluding sentence.
Science – Trees and Forests – explored land use issues and brainstormed all the various stakeholders involved in our forest areas (many perspectives have to be included when we are considering land use). Completed adaptation projects and began working on a mini land use project.
Social Studies – The Charter of Rights and Freedoms – explored the 6 main categories of rights provided to us via the Charter (fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, equality rights, language rights, mobility rights and legal rights). Students are creating a visual representation of the 6 categories.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math –Place Value Review continued – students will continue to review value of numbers in our place value system.
Pattern and Algebra Test: Wednesday, October 26
L.A. Reading – continue reading The City of Ember.
Writing – continue writing paragraphs about a character from The City of Ember.
Science – Trees and Forests – continue exploring land use issues and the role of various stakeholders. Complete land use projects.
Social Studies – The Charter of Rights and Freedoms – finish visual representations of the 6 categories of rights.
Additional Information:
Friday, October 28 – No School for Students
Halloween Dance: The Halloween Dance is returning Thursday Oct. 27th from 6 to 8pm. Buy tickets online for $4 each until Tuesday Oct. 25th. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $5 (cash only)
Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/woodbine-elementary-halloween-dance-tickets-443851691357
We also still need a number of volunteers to help make this fun event run smoothly. Please consider signing up for a half hour volunteer role if you are attending. We could not have these amazing events without help from parents!
Sign up to volunteer here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409054EABA82DA0FF2-woodbine1
Gift Card Donations: The Woodbine School Council is asking for donations of grocery gift cards to help support families in our school community. Any denomination is appreciated and can make a big difference.
It is requested that, if possible, the gift cards be purchased for Superstore or Loblaws as these stores have other items such as clothing and can be used to meet more basic needs than simply food.
There will be a drop off box for these gift cards at the Halloween dance, or they can be dropped off at the school office at any point. Please indicate the value on the gift card.
October 14, 2022 Update
Math – Patterns and Algebra– continued extending patterns. Continued practice of long division.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember– started reading novel individually or with a partner. Continued to focus on character traits and main events.
Writing – finished short stories.
Science – focused on how we have used our forests in the past, how we use them today and what we could potentially use them for in the future. Continued working on forest adaptation project.
Social Studies – Focused on Canada’s constitution and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Patterns and Algebra – recognizing pattern and placing the information into t-charts, extending the pattern using algebraic expressions.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember– Continue reading and begin writing character paragraphs (choose a character from The City of Ember)
Writing – Focus on paragraph writing (topic sentence, 3 pieces of evidence backing up the topic sentence, concluding sentence)
Science – Trees and Forests with a focus on stakeholders and land use. Continue forest adaptation projects (project due Friday, October 21).
Social Studies – Continue studying the 6 categories of rights outlined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Additional Information
Thursday, October 20 – Fish Creek field trip
October 7, 2022 - Grade 6 Update
* Math – Patterns – repeating and extending patterns. Review of long division.
Coordinate Grid / Transformation Test – Tuesday, October 5 (tests will be handed back Tuesday, October 11)
L.A. Reading The City of Ember– continued focusing on important events and why they were chosen to represent a part of the book.
Writing – continued writing short stories. Stories are due Friday, October 14.
Science – focused on what is threatening our forests (invasive species, forest fires, tree diseases, negative human impact etc). Continued working on forest adaptation project.
Social Studies – focused on Canada’s three levels of government and some of the services they provide (federal, provincial, municipal).
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Patterns and Algebra – extending patterns and naming rules for how patterns are growing.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember– begin writing character paragraphs (choose a character
Writing – finish short stories and focus on paragraph writing (topic sentence, 3 pieces of evidence backing up the topic sentence, concluding sentence)writing short stories focusing on story critical characters, settings and objects.
Science – Trees and Forests with a focus on current, historical and future uses of our forests. Continue forest adaptation projects (project due Friday, October 21).
Social Studies – begin our study of Canada’s constitution and The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Additional Information
Monday, October 11 – Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday, October 12 – Picture Day
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
September 29, 2022 - Grade 6 Update
Math – Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid Transformations - rotations were our focus. Rotations are the final transformation we study in grade 6. There will be a test on the coordinate grid and transformations (translations, reflections and rotations) on Wednesday, October 5.
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – continued reading and storyboarding important details and continued gathering details about main characters in preparation for a multi-paragraph report.
Writing – looking closer at short stories and what is involved in creating an engaging short piece of writing. We have started our second story with a focus on story critical setting and a story critical character.
Science – Started looking at forests and interactions between all living things (producers, consumers and decomposers). Started our new project on a forest from somewhere in the world and the adaptations creatures and plants/trees have to have to survive in that environment.
Social Studies – classroom campaigns shared – candidates took part in debates, shared videos and gave speeches. Election held Thursday, September 29. Congratulations to all of the candidates and campaign teams.
Terry Fox Run and Orange Shirt Day (in support of Truth and Reconciliation)
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math – Patterns – we are beginning a new section of math that focuses on multiple patterns.
Transformation Test – Wednesday, October 5
L.A. Reading The City of Ember – continue reading and choose a character to begin developing a multi-paragraph report providing evidence of chosen character traits.
Writing – finish writing the second short story of the year.
Science – Forests – key interactions. Continue working on forest adaptation project
Social Studies – Principles of Democracy
Additional Information:
*Monday, October 3 – Grade 6 Vaccinations (for those students receiving them)
*Thursday, October 6 – Fish Creek (our second day in the park)
*Friday, October 7 – PD Day – no school for students
*Monday, October 10 – Thanksgiving Day
*Tuesday, October 11 – Photo Day
Wednesday, September 21 - midweek update on a few things
Next week is very busy at Woodbine School so wanted to update you on a few things:
1. Terry Fox Run - Wednesday, September 28 (we will be walking in Fish Creek Park)
If you would like to donate to cancer research, the link is https://schools.terryfox.ca/6347/donate
2. Orange Shirt Day - Thursday, September 29
3. No School - Friday, September 30 - Indigenous Peoples Day
Can't wait to meet all of you at conferences this week!
Weekly Classroom Update
September 16, 2021
* Math : Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid Transformations – moving shapes across the grid using translations and reflections. Review of multi-digit multiplication.
*L.A.: Reading - The City of Ember. Begin reading the book together and storyboarding key events. Quick Writes – completed a second round of short and quick writing and began developing vocabulary for the setting of a new story.
*Science – Trees and Forests - Continued looking closely at parts of the tree with a focus on some of the processes trees are involved in – nutrient cycle, photosynthesis.
*Social Studies – Principles of Democracy and Elections – started looking at the 4 main principles of democracy (representation, justice, freedoms and equity) and continued developing classroom campaigns for councilor and mayor.
Looking Forward to Next Week
*Math – Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid Transformations – focus on translations and reflections. Continue reviewing multiplication and division.
*L.A. Reading The City of Ember – continue reading and choose a character to begin developing a multi-paragraph report providing evidence of chosen character traits. Writing – looking closer at short stories and what is involved in creating an engaging short piece of writing.
*Science – Coniferous and deciduous trees and their role in photosynthesis and the water cycle. Tree project continued (due date: Monday, September 26) A close look at features, appearance, adaptations of chosen tree.
*Social Studies – classroom campaigns continued - recording candidate video/radio ads. Continue discussion of the Principles of Democracy (justice, equity, freedoms and representation).
FISH CREEK PARK – Thursday, September 22 (this will be our first day spent learning in a natural environment. Students will be eating lunch in the park)
NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – conference day
Additional Information
1. September parent/teacher conferences will be held in-person or virtually. Please sign up through MyCBE/Powerschool - Thursday, September 22 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm and Friday, September 23 8:00 am – 12:00pm.
2. Please return vaccination forms by Wednesday, September 21.
September 14 - Conferences
Parent / Teacher Conferences will be happening Thursday, September 22 (5:00pm- 8:00pm) and Friday September 23 (8:00am - 12:00pm). There will be an option to participate in an in person conference or virtual conference.
Conference bookings open at 6:00 am on Thursday, September 15 and bookings are made for conferences via your MyCBE account.
I look forward to talking to you and learning a little bit more about your child.
B. Bossenberry
September 9, 2022
Hello Grade Six Families. We had a busy week filled with beginning a bunch of new things in all of our subjects. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Classroom Update
*Math : Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid – we started looking at using coordinates to find a location on a grid. Calculation Review – we completed several games / activities using our skills with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
*L.A. : Reading Comprehension Activity and Story Writing.
*Science : Beginning of Trees and Forests unit – we have started looking closely at parts of the tree
*Social Studies : Canadian election processes. Students have selected campaign teams and identified a candidate for a classroom election for mayor and councillors.
Looking Forward to Next Week
Math : Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid Practice and Project. Review large number multiplication and division.
L.A.: Shared Reading of Class Novel – introduction to storyboarding. Quick Writes – complete a second round of short bits of writing about picture prompts.
Science – Parts of the Tree, Tree Project beginning - Continue looking closely at parts of the tree (role of the trunk and crown of the tree) and begin our first science project.
Social Studies – Principles of Democracy, Canadian Levels of Government and Elections – discuss foundational principles of democracy, continue developing campaigns
Additional Information
Google Classroom is available to find student projects and regular updates during the week
Parent/Teacher Conferences – September 22 and 23
Email me anytime at: bdbossenberr@cbe.ab.ca
September 2, 2022
Thank you to all our wonderful grade six families for a very successful start. Students were keen to try all kinds of different activities. Their energy is infectious and has made me even more excited about what the year can be.
Our First Week
*This week, we spent time reviewing expectations and discussing how our classroom works.
*Students took part in two Design Challenges. Ask them about what and how they did.
*We began a mini-project called All About Me. Posted in Google Classroom.
*Each student set up a grade six google folder. This is where online work will be stored and is a great place to look for ongoing assignment / project work.
*Google Classroom is up and running. Expectations are that the students will be checking 3 times a week for messages and updates. This is also the place to find project outlines and links to useful websites and information we are using in the classroom.
Looking Forward to Next Week
*Math : Cartesian Plane / Coordinate Grid, calculation review
*L.A. : Shared reading of The Giver, story writing, reading comprehension
*Science : Beginning of Trees and Forests unit
*Social Studies : Beginning a study of Canadian election processes.
*All About Me projects due Friday, September 9.
Please feel free to contact me anytime at bdbossenberr@cbe.ab.ca or at 403-777-8630. A class update will also come out weekly via our class blog which can be found using the following link:
https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/Woodbine/teaching-learning/classes-departments/teacher-pages-blogs/Pages/bossenberry.aspx
Important Dates
- Labour Day Monday – No School
- Meet the Teacher – Sept 22nd & 23rd – No School on Friday, Sept 23rd
- Truth & Reconciliation Day Sept 30th – No School
- Fish Creek Friday dates TBD
Have a wonderful long weekend,
B. Bossenberry
