Quick Blog message today:
But an important one!

For anyone who would like some information on outdoor school here is the link to the presentation from
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7vfggulsber02n/ECOschool%20Winter%202019.pptx?dl=0
If you require a subsidy form please Mr Mueller tomorrow as I will be away from school.

Reminders:
Please submit all subsidy forms (with proof of eligibility) for outdoor school asap
Outdoor school field trip forms being sent home next week
Science retest Thursday at lunch
No School Friday
March 21st Telus spark $6
March 7 safety expo

Have a good evening!
Mr Lancee

Happy Tuesday Feb 25

Reminders:
Please submit all subsidy forms (with proof of eligibility) for outdoor school asap
Outdoor school field trip forms being sent home next week
Basic facts quiz Thursday
Science retest Thursday at lunch
No School Friday
Pink Shirt day Feb 27 (Anti bullying day)
March 21st Telus spark $6
March 7 safety expo

A huge celebration for the students in room 14... our class average for our basic facts quiz was 85%!
Way to go guys! Please correct, sign and return test tomorrow.

Today we reviewed some of the important aspects of the giver before our test tomorrow

In social we explored the charter of rights and freedoms origins and how important events in time shaped it.

Also, a bottle of perfume went missing from school the other day. Please ask your children if they know anything about it.

Happy Monday Feb 25

Reminders:
Please submit all subsidy forms (with proof of eligibility) for outdoor school asap
Outdoor school field trip forms being sent home next week
Basic facts quiz Thursday
Science retest Thursday at lunch
Funky Sock day Feb 27
No School Friday
Pink Shirt day Feb 27 (Anti bullying day)
March 21st Telus spark
March 7 safety expo

For any students that got below 75% on the science test, there will be a retest on Thursday at lunch.

Today the students began their day by continuing their exploration of BEDMAS and Orders of Operations. Check out Mathletics and Math antics for some great tips and videos.

After math, the students did a venn digram examining the differences between the play we saw on Friday and the Giver book we finished on Thursday. Tomorrow we will be going over some key terms for the quiz on the book on Wednesday.

In the middle block of the day the students went to Mr Mueller to explore their new science concept: Sky science! Today they learned about the distances in space.

In the afternoon the students had a large block in which we reviewed the charter of rights and freedoms through a junior friendly version of the document. We then explored a short story in which a child goes through their daily life and we summarized which charter sections were present.

Students finished off the day with a fitness session in gym.

Have a great evening everyone!
Mr Lancee

Happy Friday!

Today the students enjoyed a wonderful pillars of care of assembly to start the morning.
In the assembly we:
Acknowledged the land
Sang o Canada
Watched the February school spirit video
Gave out patroller of the month awards
Gave out pillar of care awards
Awesome assembly :)

Right after the assembly the students went straight to the story book theatre where we watched the giver play! Twas an amazing play put on for us that brought life to the book. On Monday we will be comparing the play and book, and later in the week watching the movie.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Ps do some mathletics over the weekend to keep those skills sharp!

Happy Thursday Feb 21!

Reminders:

Funky sock day Feb 27

Story book theatre Feb 22nd Please return all forms asap!

Pillars of care Feb 22 (Fri)

Mar 7 safety expo

Valentines dance Thursday Feb 22 cancelled.

Sir John A Macdonald meet and greet tonight.

Today the students began their day by heading off to music! I cannot wait to hear all the amazing songs I know they have been practicing.

After music we continued our work with Orders of Operations. The trick with this unit is to follow the steps of BEDMAS.

Brackets

Exponents 

Division

Multiplication

Addition 

Subtraction

Below is some sample questions for you to try at home

3 x 5 +6

17- 9 x 8

45/9 + 7

4 ( 7 - 6) + 12

(8 x 7) + (12-4)

Helpful math video on math antics that fully explains process of BEDMAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgfnK528RA

Today the students wrote their science test for flight and aerodynamics. I am still waiting on a few students to write the test so I will be sending it home to signed on Monday. 

In the afternoon we finished our Giver Novel and had a conversation about:
How the ending made us feel?
What do you think happened in the ending?
We also had some time to write some questions for the theatre tomorrow. Students will have a chance to talk to the cast and ask questions about the play.

Have a nice evening everyone!
Mr Lancee

Happy Tuesday Feb 19

Reminders

Funky sock day Feb 27

Sci Flight unit test Feb 21 (Thur)

Story book theatre Feb 22nd- Please return all forms asap!

Pillars of care Feb 22 (Fri)

Mar 7 safety expo

Valentines dance Thursday Feb 22

This week in Room 14:
Creating Documentation of Learning Boards (Thank you to all the students that helped with the creation of the board!)
Math: Exploring BEDMAS
Science: Test Review
Social: Charter storyboard project
LA: Reading the Giver novel study for our play on Friday

This form was sent home today:
































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Students will be having their Flight unit test Thursday and I strongly urge students to make sure they are prepared.

Here are the links for the flight review:

1 page of concepts/diagrams and overviews

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rmczhlbWYteAvFtrF0DPkVYXKEMNMJhH

booklet of 3 pages:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uhgJ87RNzU1eCEF0fWkyIgkggFTyQEFp

 Below are a few questions to help students be successful.

Flight Test Review / Topics

/25 Multiple Choice questions

1. How do airplane wings create lift?
2. Air time // parachute results
3. How do parachutes work?
4. Independent variable mean
5. Why does hot air make stuff float?
6. Streamlining
7. Word for word Bernoulli’s principle
8. Yaw ---where?
9. Which part controls the up and down movement?
10. Plane is rolling to the right, which parts allow that?
11. Where is the rudder?
12. Why does a hot air balloon rise?
13. Birds and airplanes are the same by 3 things
14. You throw a Frisbee, what force counteracts thrust
15. BP …where is airflow the fastest
16. Vertical and horizontal stabilizers are where?
17. Why can’t penguins fly?
18. This question answers number 7
19. How does air pressure work?
20. Label the 4 forces of flight
21. Which 2 gases make up 98% of air
22. Which part of the plane helps it descend?
23. Cup / water experiment (AP)
24. Which is not a property of air?
25. Thrust definition

Happy chilly Wednesday Feb 13

Reminders:

No school Thursday, Friday or Monday

Funky sock day Feb 27

Fun lunch order due Feb 15

Sci unit test Feb 21

Story book theatre Feb 22nd- Please return all forms asap!

Pillars of care Feb 22

Mar 7 safety expo

Science project is now officially late and is due Monday at 8:00 am!

Form sent home today regarding payment and understanding of who will be attending outdoor school. Please sign and return Tuesday.

Today the students began their day by writing their February Narrative stories. The picture prompt for this story was...



Looking forward to marking them over the 5 day weekend!

After our stories, we moved immediately into our patterns quiz. The tests were marked, and sent home to be returned Tuesday.

We rounded out our day by reading another chapter of the giver.

Have a great long weekend!

Happy chilly Tuesday Feb 12

Reminders:

No school Thursday, Friday or Monday

Funky sock day Feb 27

Fun lunch order due Feb 15

Sci unit test Feb 21

Patterns mini quiz Feb 13 (WED)

Story book theatre Feb 22nd- Please return all forms asap!

Pillars of care Feb 22

Mar 7 safety expo

Science project is now officially late and is due tomorrow at 8:00 am!

The students of room 14 had to take some time today to reflect on making better choices in grade 6. Their science teacher, Mr Mueller, gave them 12 hours of in class time to complete their science flight magazine projects. Some of the students finished their projects on time and to them I applaud and thank them for showing their growing maturity and responsible choices as learners. That being said, 2/3's of my class did not finish the project by the due date. This date was even extended one day for the students to ensure they finished on time. Students that did not finish their project on time will be expected to finish it tonight for homework, no exceptions. It is of the utmost importance that students finish this project so that Mr Mueller can mark the project and students remain responsible for their own learning. If the project is not completed by tomorrow morning at 8:00 am I will be phoning home to talk to parents about students work ethic and how they will be working to complete their projects on their 5 day holiday instead of doing the fun activities that should be taking place. 
Students, please carefully reflect on why you chose not to finish the project before the due date and come up with a plan on how to not let it happen again.
Students should own their learning.
Thank you.

Happy chilly Monday Feb 11

Reminders:

No school Thursday, Friday or Monday

Funky sock day Feb 27

Fun lunch order due Feb 15

Sci unit test Feb 21

Patterns mini quiz Feb 13 (WED)

Story book theatre Feb 22nd- Please return all forms asap!

Pillars of care Feb 22

Mar 7 safety expo

Science project is due tomorrow at 8:00 am!

This week:

Math: Input output patterns, tables and patterns
Science: Test prep (project due tomorrow)
Social: Finishing Charter of rights and freedoms
LA: The giver novel study

Today the students began their day by writing their bi-weekly basic facts and word problem. Class average this week is 75%! Down one mark from 76% but still a great mark! I will be sending these home to be corrected either tomorrow or Wednesday.

After the math quiz students were given time to finish their science project. This was the last chance to work on the project and it us due at 8:00 am. No exceptions :)

In the afternoon we took up the math test, marked it, and talked about the answers. 

We ended the day with the 7th chapter of the giver and some awesome basketball at the end of the day!

Have a great day everyone!
Mr Lancee

Happy Thursday Feb 7
Reminders!

1. Outdoor school meeting Tonight, February 7th, 6pm room 14/15

2. Spelling Test Friday

3. Input output machines pg's 1, 2, 3 due Friday

4. Science flight magazines due Feb 11.

5. Please sign, correct and return basic facts test for tomorrow.


In Math today we continued the creation and analyzing of our input/output tables. I realized that I forgot to add some examples so below are a few to practice at home.

Helpful videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycPd34cFX64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM1JDDe5P3E



As we progress through our Charter of Rights and Freedoms I know some concepts can be confusing...Here is some resources to help make things a bit clearer.

Charter of rights and freedoms video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAIM1qzO9_w

Explanation of Federal Gov structure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD-jb8odRNQ

Happy Wednesday Feb 6

Reminders!

1. Outdoor school meeting February 7th, 6pm room 14/15

2. Spelling Test Friday

3. Input output machines pg's 1, 2, 3 due Friday

4. Social provincial gov test rewrite tomorrow at lunch.

5. Science flight magazines due Feb 11.

6. Please sign, correct and return basic facts test for tomorrow.


Today the students began their with a busy math lesson on input/output machines. This type of math is similar to patterns, but uses two operations. We calculate the T table from left to right instead of down. Below are some examples to calculate at home.

After math, Students were given an hour to work on their science projects! Due date is approaching soon. Feb 11.

After recess students enjoyed a presentation from the YMCA. If they bring a report card to the YMCA they get free entry.

In the afternoon we continued with our novel study of the giver. We have just finished chapter 6 moving into chapter 7.

The last block of the day was spent learning about the charter of rights and freedoms in social. I will be covering the entire charter this week and starting a project in the next two weeks.

Have a great evening!
Mr Lancee

Happy Monday Feb 4
BRRRRR it was cold today!

Reminders!

1. Outdoor school meeting February 7th, 6pm room 14/15

4. Welcome back Mr Hebert!

5. Basic Facts quiz today. Marks will be sent home tomorrow

6. Spelling sentences due Friday

7. Spelling Test Friday

8. Be awesome!

9. Science flight magazines due Feb 11.

This week:
LA: The giver novel study and Narrative story feedback.
Math: Patterns (Input/output machines)
Science: Air and aerodynamics poster
Social: Federal Government: Structure and Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Today I sent home the provincial government unit test which I expect to be handed in tomorrow signed. If a student has failed they will be given the opportunity rewrite a version of the test on Thursday.

Thank you to all the students and parents that braved the cold and made it into school today!

Today several students wrote their basic fact and word problems quizzes. We will have the rest of the students write the quiz tomorrow and mark it.

In Social we did an overview of our next unit: Federal Government and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We talked about the structure of Federal Government to see how it relates to local and provincial. Tomorrow we will be talking about the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms and how it is embedded in the Canadian Constitution.

Students were given a big chunk of time at the end of the day today to work on science projects!

 Have a wonderful evening, stay warm, and get those tests signed and returned :)
Mr Lancee
Spelling words below:
(These can be used to get extra marks in your science project :)

Spelling List for Aerodynamics Magazine Glossary:

Words 2-4 are made up of two words => The control surface and the movement it controls.


1) controls
2) aileron / roll
3) elevator / pitch
4) rudder / yaw
5) flap
6) horizontal stabilizer
7) vertical
8) fuselage
9) cockpit
10) helicopter
11) rotor
12) propulsion
13) throttle
14) density
15) parachute


Glossary examples:

The controls of an airplane can change its movement direction in 3 axes (yaw, pitch and roll).

The rudder controls yaw (steering left or right).

Yaw – Moving left and right by using the rudder

Pitch – Moving up and down using the elevator

Roll – Moving side to side (one wing up the other down) using the aileron