Room 14 Daily Agenda

Monday, April 22, 2024

Today we:

finally came to a consensus on a theme for our Grade 6 Farewell, we learned that consensus has many pros but it is also very difficult
had gym class
made thank you cards for the support workers in our school
worked on finishing our short stories, they have to be complete this week
learned how to simplify fractions

Don't Forget

Bring a water bottle and indoor runners for Tennis tomorrow
Camp forms due by May 1

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Today we:

worked on revising and stretching out the details in our own short stories, Mrs. Bradley is trying to keep up with writing conferences and students can work on reading while waiting for feedback
worked on rainbow themed paper table cloths for the Volunteer tea
collaborated on a giant three circle Venn Diagram to compare and contrast democracy in Ancient Athens, the Iroquois Confederacty and Canada
read aloud two chapters from our class novel
played a Kahoot with review questions from our fractions unit and from our Iroquois unit
had a Grade 6 meeting about expectations for behaviour at recess and during interactions with supervisors

Don't Forget

Camp forms due by May 1
We still need volunteers for tennis on April 23 and May 7

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Today we:

did group edits on two short stories to model revision strategies
worked on revising and stretching out the details in our own short stories, Mrs. Bradley is trying to keep up with writing conferences and students can work on reading while waiting for feedback
had a choice between volleyball, floor hockey, and free choice in gym class
continued our extended role play, using a Iroquois consensus making model to determine the theme of our Grade 6 farewell.
learned about how to convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions using division and multiplication

Don't Forget

Camp forms due by May 1
We still need volunteers for tennis on April 23 and May 7

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Today we:

worked on revising and stretching out the details in our own short stories
had a choice between volleyball, floor hockey, and free choice in gym class
worked on a Social Studies assignment answering questions about Haudenosaunee decision making
continued our extended role play, using a Iroquois consensus making model to determine the theme of our Grade 6 farewell.
learned about how to represent mixed numbers and improper fractions

Don't Forget

Camp forms due by May 1

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Monday, April 15, 2024

Today we:

worked on a whole class edit of a story starter
worked on revising and stretching out the details in our own short stories
practiced bumping and serving in volleyball during physical education
had a lesson to learn about how the Grand Council of the Iroquois was structured and how it operated
started an extended role play, using a Iroquois consensus making model to determine the theme of our Grade 6 farewell.
read aloud a chapter from our class novel
learned about how fractions are actually division statements for equal sharing and found quotients to go with them

Don't Forget

Camp forms due by May 1

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Friday, April 12, 2024

Today we:

had an Awesome Acadia Assembly
read the beginning of Gregor the Overlander for First Chapter Friday
worked on finishing out missing social studies assignments for this week in preparation for our Haudenosaunee government role play next week
had a question and answer time about Outdoor School for students who missed the presentation
had gym class outside
had a class sharing circle

Don't Forget

Camp forms due by May 1

Upcoming Dates:

April 19 - No School
April 23 - Tennis Lesson
May 7 - Tennis Lesson
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 & 11, 2024

Today and yesterday we:

practiced serving volleyballs in gym class
went to work on our collaborative cookbook with our Grade 8 buddies at David Thompson
did our translations quiz for the coordinate plane
started learning more about Haudenosaunee government
worked on a visual journal page about the Hiawatha Wampum and the Great Law of Peace
did non-fiction reading comprehension about the solar eclipse
started learning about fractions
worked on our short story writing
learned another affix to support our vocabulary development
had routine immunizations for those with signed permission forms

Don't Forget

Outdoor School Meeting this Thursday at 6 pm.

Upcoming Dates:

April 11 - Outdoor School Parent Information Meeting @ 6pm
April 19 - No School
May 17 - No School
May 20 - No School / Victoria Day
May 28 - 30 - Outdoor School
June 19 - Social Studies PAT
June 20 - Science PAT