Monday, 22 October

Reading Notes

Assessment Rubric

Today we began with a quick review of earthquake and fire response routines because many students were away on Thursday when we had the drill.  I also took a moment to check the science homework (the completed table from p. 9) from last week.  I still need to check the following people: Kassandra, Hannah, Simon, Landseer, Arif, Bowen, Avery and Braedon.  Next, I introduced a Remembrance Day poetry assignment.  Students are being asked to give a reading (memorized?) of Mcrae's "In Flanders Fields" to be assessed as part of the Language Arts "reading" and "speaking" curricula.  A research component to this assignment will come in the next few days.  Please encourage practice of this poem at home.  At 9:40 the students had band.

After recess we did math.  I started with a whole-class review of how to factor (ex. 12 = {1,2,3,4,6,12}) and then we split up.  The 6s were to complete pp 38-39, and pp. 40-41: this was started last week.  I also gave a review/study package covering each of the Unit One lessons we've done.  I will go over this tomorrow.  The pre-test will be Wednesday.  It was going to be tomorrow, but I think we could all use extra practice.  The 7s were to finish the review on p. 29 (also from last week) and then move on to their study package.  At the very least, p. 29 should be done for homework.  Any package work incomplete after tomorrow's class will be homework on Tuesday in preparation for Wednesday's pre-test.

After lunch we had a 60-minute power outage.  It was no big deal and the students dealt with the upset quite well.  We did some housekeeping and discussed the Sugar Bowl on Nov. 1 held at Ted Dixon Field, Sechelt: this is a day of soccer for the grade 7s from all of the elementary schools.  A permission slip with all of the details will be forthcoming (no parent drivers are required).  I also issued the permission slips for the Halloween dance scheduled for Thursday Oct 25, from 6-8pm.  The cost is $5; we've already discussed the safety/behaviour requirements for this event.

We then did a science lesson to outline the requirements of all living organisms.  I copied the information page from the text for the few students who didn't quite finish.  The assignment was to read about sun, water, temperature and soil, and write two bullet points to summarize two key ideas about each.  This comes from pp. 15-19 in the text.  Please complete this for homework.

Some students finished quickly and had some flex-time to work on what-have-you until some outdoor p.e., which ended the day.  I was pleased with the strong work ethic displayed today.  Keep up the good work.

ONLY one Grade 6 immunization form is outstanding.  Please try to bring it tomorrow so the nurse gives us a gold star for being ready on time. Immunizations are Nov 1.

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