Monday, October 30, 2023

 Today we:

• started with Choice Writing stations
• had reading race time while Mrs. Bradley worked with a small group
• read two chapters from our class novel
• worked on a factors and multiples review
• worked on the second draft of our persuasive essays
• had gym class 
• finished our Google slides with information for our Social Studies projects

Don't Forget

• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1 - There is a review posted in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 2 - David Thompson visit
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Friday, October 27, 2023

Today we:

• had our Awesome Acadia Assembly
• read two chapters from Racing In the Rain (Young Readers Edition) as part of our First Chapter Friday
• did factors and multiples review with a locked room mystery
• had some time to catch up on missing work from the week
• had gym class 
• had a class-sharing circle

Don't Forget

• Three notices went home this week, one for the Parent Council Purdy's Fundraiser, one about a Grade 6 Fundraiser, and one about our trip to David Thompson next week
• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1 - There is a review posted in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 2 - David Thompson visit
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Thursday, October 26, 2023

   Today we:

• started the morning with Choice Writing stations
• read two chapter from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger, the first chapter was too much of a cliffhanger to end off on
• had 30 minutes of Reading Race time while Mrs. Bradley met with students for fluency work
• continued working on our initial drafts of our persuasive essays
• worked on our Social Studies project, finishing up our by-laws to help our community run smoothly and safely and starting our presentation slides to promote our community
• did more work with factor trees, identifying prime factors
• had French class

Don't Forget

• Three notices went home yesterday, one for the Parent Council Purdy's Fundraiser, one about a Grade 6 Fundraiser, and one about our trip to David Thompson next week
• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1 - There is a review posted in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 2 - David Thompson visit
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Wednesday, October 24, 2023

  Today we:

• started the morning with Choice Writing stations
• read one chapter from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• played floor hockey in gym class
• had some catch up time to finish missing work
• worked on our initial drafts of our persuasive essays
• worked on our Social Studies project, creating by-laws to help our community run smoothly and safely
• learned about how to use a factor tree to identify the prime factors of a number
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Don't Forget

• Three notices came home today, one for the Parent Council Purdy's Fundraiser, one about a Grade 6 Fundraiser, and one about our trip to David Thompson next week
• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1 - There is a review posted in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 2 - David Thompson visit
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

 Today we:

• read two chapters from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• played basketball in gym class
• had time for our Reading Race while Mrs. Bradley met with students for fluency work
• went to the library to renew and exchange novels for our Reading Race
• worked on our Social Studies project, we completed our budgets for our services and property taxes and began creating by-laws for our communities
• learned about prime and composite numbers
• went to French class
• learned about the Greek roots graph/gram and found words that use that root

Don't Forget

• Have Science tests signed and return them to school
• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1 - There is a review posted in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Monday, October 23, 2023

Today we:

• read two chapters from Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• started our morning with Choice Writing stations
• had time for our Reading Race while Mrs. Bradley met with a guided reading group
• did group revision and editing of our whole-class persuasive essay
• had free choice activities in physical education
• started our new Social Studies 
• used factors to solve real-life and story problems
• practiced our song and poem for the Remembrance Day assembly 

Don't Forget

• Have Science tests signed and return them to school
• Students may wear costumes to school on October 31, however, masks, scary makeup, and weapon props are not allowed
• Factors and Multiples Unit Test - Wednesday, November 1

Upcoming Dates:

• October 31 - Costume Day
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 1 - Factors and Multiples Test
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Thursday, October 19, 2023

       Today we:

• read two chapters from our newest class novel, Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• went outside for an extra morning recess when we needed a body break
• learned the Greek root word bio, and defined it
• learned about how local governments are structured and how people can be elected as mayors or councillors
• had time for our Reading Race while Mrs. Bradley met with a guided reading group
• did group revision and editing of our whole class persuasive essay
• had Choice Writing time
• continued working with Factor rainbows to identify the GCF (greatest common factor) of a set of numbers
• practiced our song for the Remembrance Day assembly and took some time to learn about what the highway of heroes is 

Don't Forget

• No school tomorrow

Upcoming Dates:

• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

      Today we:

• read two chapters from our newest class novel, Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• had a choice of basketball or floor hockey in gym class
• learned about how by-laws are passed and how city council uses advisory committees to help them make decissions
• had time for our Reading Race while Mrs. Bradley met with a guided reading group
• worked on creating a group graphic organizer for a whole class persuasive essay, we also wrote the first draft of an essay together
• had Choice Writing time
• used Factor rainbows to identify the GCF (greatest common factor) of a set of numbers

Don't Forget

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Upcoming Dates:

• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

     Today we:

• started a new read-aloud novel, Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
• had a choice of basketball or floor hockey in gym class
• wrote our Science test for Trees and Forests
• had time for our Reading Race
• learned about the Greek root word "auto"
• looked at an exemplar of a persuasive essay and used a graphic organizer to determine the argument, the three main reasons, and the supporting details
• learned how to use factor rainbows to identify all the factors of a number, after doing questions together on white boards we moved to independent practice on a worksheet.

Don't Forget

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Upcoming Dates:

• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Monday, October 16, 2023

    Today we:

• finished our read-aloud of Masters of Disaster
• had Choice writing time
• started learning about finding the factors for a number
• took notes on how local governments get money for services and began learning about by-laws
• had free choice activities or basketball in the gym
• worked on the Reading Race while Mrs. Bradley and Ms. Sid met with small groups for vocabulary and phonics support
• voted on a song for the Remembrance Day assembly
• had a practice lockdown with the Calgary Police Service
• started talking about persuasive writing, we are beginning a persuasive essay assignment this week
• had a quiz for Figurative language.
• had a whole Grade 6 meeting about using kind and appropriate language at school, there have been complaints that some students have been using racist and pejorative language, so we explained expectations and how to show respect at Acadia School

Don't Forget

• Trees and Forests Test tomorrow, students have a study guide and can do a practice test in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 17 - Trees and Forests Unit Test
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Friday, October 13, 2023

   Today we:

• had a First Chapter Friday read-aloud, we read The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
• went to the Awesome Acadia Assembly, someone from our class got their first puzzle piece for kindness
• worked on using LCM (least common multiples) to solve real-life problems, we did some together as a class and then worked in pairs or on our own on solving word problems
• took notes on the different kinds of services that are provided by local governments in Alberta
• had combined Grade 6 gym class
• had a sharing circle to end the week

Don't Forget

• Trees and Forests Test next week, students have a study guide and can do a practice test in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 16 - Figurative Language Quiz
• October 17 - Trees and Forests Unit Test
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Thursday, October 12, 2023

  Today we:

• had a read-aloud from our class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• had French class
• spent time on Choice Writing
• wrote second drafts of our paragraphs, focusing on increasing variety in our sentence patterns
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• had the second part of our vocabulary for the week, learning about the Greek root tele and how it can help us understand words like telescope, television, telegram . . . 
• started our Local Government unit, we learned about the different kinds of local governments in Alberta and who their leaders are

Don't Forget

• Trees and Forests Test next week, students have a study guide and can do a practice test in Google Classroom

Upcoming Dates:

• October 16 - Figurative Language Quiz
• October 17 - Trees and Forests Unit Test
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

 Today we:

• had a read-aloud from our class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• played floor hockey in gym class
• had vaccines, this definitely threw off our morning so we had an hour of quiet time with review games on Prodigy while we waited for our classmates to be done
• wrote paragraphs, focusing on using proper paragraph structure
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• finished our dichotomous key assignments from yesterday
• played a Kahoot to review Trees and Forests concepts for our test next Tuesday

Don't Forget

• Vaccines tomorrow for students with parent permission, make sure to eat breakfast and wear something with short sleeves
• Trees and Forests Test next week, students have a study guide and can do a practice test in Google Classroom
• Texas Donut Fundraiser forms are due this Thursday

Upcoming Dates:

• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 16 - Figurative Language Quiz
• October 17 - Trees and Forests Unit Test
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Today we:

• had a read-aloud from our class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• played Pop Dodgeball in gym
• had our addition and subtraction test
• learned about analogies during our work on Figurative Language
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• completed a survey for the CBE
• used dichotomous keys for classification
• started our new vocabulary program, we are learning about Greek and Latin root words to help us understand unfamiliar words when we are decoding

Don't Forget

• Vaccines tomorrow for students with parent permission, make sure to eat breakfast and wear something with short sleeves
• Trees and Forests Test next week, students have a study guide and can do a practice test in Google Classroom
• Texas Donut Fundraiser forms are due this Thursday

Upcoming Dates:

• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 16 - Figurative Language Quiz
• October 17 - Trees and Forests Unit Test
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Thursday and Friday, October 5 & 6, 2023

   Today we:

• had a read-aloud from our class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• played Pop Dodgeball in gym
• did decimal subtraction questions with money
• worked on our Addition and subtraction review for our test on Tuesday
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• spent 25 minutes building our writing stamina with our Choice Writing Centres
• created dichotomous keys to classify a set of super heroes
• had a sharing circle

Don't Forget

• Parent Council is doing a Coco Brooks fundraiser
• Texas Donut Fundraiser forms 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving
• October 10 - Subtraction and Addition Test
• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

  Today we:

• had a read-aloud from our class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• played basketball in gym class
• learned about why it is essential to add variety to our sentence beginnings and patterns, we practiced writing sentences with different sentence starters
• practiced subtraction with re-grouping 
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• spent 25 minutes building our writing stamina with our Choice Writing Centres
• learned about hyperboles
• learned about how to use a dichotomous key to classify and object or organism

Don't Forget

• Parent Council is doing a Coco Brooks fundraiser
• Texas Donut Fundraiser forms 

Upcoming Dates:

• October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving
• October 10 - Subtraction and Addition Test
• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

 Today we:

• had a read aloud from our new class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• went outside for gym class
• worked on fixing run-on sentences using conjunctions
• practiced subtraction with re-grouping on worksheets
• worked on our Great Reading Race
• had our individual and class pictures taken
• learned about idioms, and how to understand what they mean
• went to French class

Don't Forget

• Parent Council is doing a Coco Brooks fundraiser, forms went home on Friday
• Texas Donut Fundraiser forms went home today

Upcoming Dates:

• October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving
• October 10 - Subtraction and Addition Test
• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Monday, October 2, 2023

Today we:

• started a new class novel, Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulson
• played Secret Doctor Dodge Ball in gym class
• worked on finding the theme for the book Suki's Kimono 
• reviewed subtraction when working with decimals and regrouping
• started our Great Reading Race, we worked on taking notes during out independent reading
• started our new writing centres, to build our writing stamina
• took notes on leaf types, margins, branching patterns in Science

Don't Forget

• Please return Digital Citizenship Forms as soon as possible
• Parent Council is doing a Coco Brooks fundraiser, forms went home on Friday
• Picture Day is tomorrow

Upcoming Dates:

• October 3 - Picture Day
• October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving
• October 10 - Subtraction and Addition Test
• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break

Thursday, October 28, 2023

    Today we:

• finished our class novel and wrote a final reflection
• worked on multi-digit addition with decimal numbers
• had a parts of speech quiz
• finished on our visual journal pages to explain how tree cookies can tell us about the age and growing condition of trees
• had time to play Prodigy Math or English while Mrs. Bradley did reading testing
• played Jeopardy as a class to review concepts from Trees and Forests, Parts of Speech, and Figurative Language

Don't Forget

• Please return Digital Citizenship Forms as soon as possible
• Parent Council is doing a Coco Brooks fundraiser, forms went home on Friday

Upcoming Dates:

• September 29 - No School - Truth and Reconciliation Day
• October 3 - Picture Day
• October 9 - No School - Thanksgiving
• October 11 - Grade 6 Vaccinations
• October 20 - No School
• November 1 - Retake Picture Day
• November 9 - 14 - No School - Fall Break
• November 24 - No School - Conferences
• December 8 - No School
• December 22 - Last Day of class before Winter Break