Happy Monday Sept 17

Today is a long but very important blog message.

Reminders:
Silhouette project due Wednesday
Fingerprint poem project due Wednesday
Still looking for volunteers for nose hill park trip!
Meet the teacher night is Sept 20th. Form sent home today with instructions on how to sign up.

Educational Considerations for team-teaching with Room 15

 

Last year, grade 6 students experienced a lot of success thanks to our team-teaching between both classes.  This was measurable in our growth over the year and resulted in a high level of students doing well in the Provincial Achievement test in June of 2018.

Our plan for this year is to instruct the students in Math and LA as a whole class on Mondays, Wednesdays and parts of Friday. This allows for more personalization, a wider range of activities and more in depth, specialized delivery of knowledge (e.g. focus on current events and issues) between two teachers and our educational assistant Mrs. Ruiz.  On Tuesday and Thursday, students will work in their own space for educational reasons, as well as due to our music and P.E. schedule. This will benefit our students in regards to focusing on finishing work tasks and gives each homeroom teacher a good understanding of their own students’ strengths and areas of growths on these days.

Mr. Mueller, my teaching partner in room 15 is an amazing LA and Science expert. Therefore he will instruct room 114 students every Tuesday and Thursday in Science in the afternoon. I will teach his class Social on said days.

We have noticed from past experiences, that teaching these two subjects in a smaller setting allows for more discussion and time for inquiry based learning.

Today the students began weekly spelling words in LA. Each week 15 words related to one of the subjects will be assigned on Monday. Throughout the week students must write a sentence that follows the rules we recorded in their spelling books. The students will be quizzed on the Friday in the same week (Occassionally the following Monday depending on the week and how busy we are). 

The purpose of the grade 6 spelling program is to:

1. Develop students overall spelling
2. Research and reinforce terms learned in LA, Math, Science and Social
3. Develop and practice proper sentence structure

This weeks words are:

Spelling Week 1: Poetry Words

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Personification

4. Rhyme

5. Rhythm

6. Verse

7. Stanza

8. Onomatopoeia

9. Scheme (rhyming scheme)

10. Symbol

11. Alliteration

12. Poetry

13. Abstract

14. Expression

15. Concrete (poem)

The rules of the spelling book:

1. Capital letters to start sentences
2. Periods at the end of a sentence
3. No questions, dialogue or calculations
4. Write words on one page in spelling book
5. Skip a line
6. Sentences on a separate page in spelling book
7. Underline term in sentence when applicable
8. Ask yourself “Is this a sentence? Does it make sense?”
9. Sentences must be 6+ words
10. Proof read alone/with a friend/parent

Friday September 28th is our annual Terry Fox run.  It will immediately follow our Pillars of Care assembly (approximately 9:00am).  Everyone is welcome.  We are collecting Toonies for Terry from Monday September 24th to Friday September 28th.  You can also go to:  http://www.terryfox.ca/BeddingtonHeights  to donate online.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather and wearing appropriate shoes to run (running shoes).  Thank you for your support.