BRAVO Graduation - Grade 6

On Monday March 3rd the Grade 6's will be having their BRAVO graduation.  Parents are welcome to attend the celebration that will be held in the gym at 10 am.  We are proud of all the hard work the students have accomplished.

Friday - Canada Spirit and Live Free day

On Friday February 21st please come dressed in your Canada spirit to help support our Men's Hockey Team.

We are also collecting $2 to help support the Halton Food for Thought and Live Free from something you normally use.

REPORT CARDS

Report Cards go home today.  Please sign the 3rd page and return it with the envelope.

Report Writing - due Tuesday March 4th

On Thursday, we will be starting our Report Writing unit.  Each student will be randomly assigned a Prime Minister (grade 5) or an Explorer (grade 6) to research.  We have discussed research skills and the students should be comfortable using a variety of reliable sources to find information.  Students will receive an outline detailing all expectations, name of Prime Minister/Explorer and due date.  

Expectations

• your Prime Minister/Explorer must be clearly identified, including full name and time of office/exploration
• you must include a detailed summary of your Prime Minister/Explorers history
• you need to include details regarding personal life, place and date of birth, place and date of death, where they lived, etc.
• you must also include some interesting facts or accomplishments
• you must include a picture of your Prime Minister/Explorer
• any additional information that you feel will be of interest ("fun facts")
• you must ensure all your information is accurate and complete and reference all sources used

Grade 5:  Prime Ministers - information will be presented on a bristol board (poster)

Grade 6: Explorers - information can be presented either on a bristol board (poster) or on-line presentation

Reports are due: Tuesday March 4th  

Grade 5

Daniel - Alexander Mackenzie

Hanna - Sir John Abbott

Matthew - Sir John Thompson

Marcos - Brian Mulroney

Sienna - R. B. Bennett

Christian - Willion Lyon Mackenzie King

Jeremy - Paul Martin

Aidan - Sir John A Macdonald

Jacob - Sir Mackenzie Bowell

Justin - Sir Robert Borden

Elisa - Kim Campbell

Luca - Louise St Laurent

Emma - Arthur Meighen

Sarah - Lester B Pearson

Michael- Sir Wilfred Laurier

Eric - John Diefenbaker

Carson - Jean Chretien

Lauren - Pierre Trudeau

Katerina - Joe Clark

Chase - Stephen Harper

Grade 6

Owen - Giovanni Caboto

Vanessa - Samuel de Champlain

Jason - Leif Eriksson

Cindy - Henry Hudson

Ashley - Jacque Cartier

John - William Baffin

Julian - Bjarni Herjolfsson

Aleksandar - Giovanni de Verrazano

Paige - Freydis Eiriksdottir

Book Order - due Thursday Feb 20th

Book orders are due Thursday.  Please make cheques out to Scholastics Canada.

Olympics Fever

Have you been watching the Sochi Olympic Winter Games with your kids? The Olympics provide a great opportunity for you to connect with your kids on topics like doing something you love and following your passion, rewards versus self-satisfaction, goal planning and role models.

Here are some potential conversation starters:

• How do you think people find something to be passionate about?
• What do you love to do?
• What’s more important to you, being recognized for doing well or the feeling you get when you do your best?
• What do you wish you could do and how do you think you can make that happen?
• Do you look up to the athletes? Why?
• When you grow up do you want to be a role model for kids? What does that mean to you?
• What are some ways you ‘are winter’?

Family Day

Monday is Family Day.  Here are some links of events happening that day.  Have fun!!

Family Day Events in Oakville

toronto4kids.com -Family-Day-2014/

ctvnews.ca-list of family day activities

www.toronto.com -family day fun

halton events

Valentines Day

Tomorrow is Valentines Day.  Please dress in Red, White and/or Pink.  Also, if you choose to bring in some valentines day cards, please make sure to bring one for everyone in the class or distribute them at your own time after school.

Student Government is also selling bracelets, key chains and necklaces.
$1 for one
$1.50 for two
$2.00 for three

Class Names:
Owen
Vanessa
Cindy
Paige
Julian
John
Aleks
Ashely
Jason
Elisa
Eric
Chase
Sienna
Aidan
Sarah
Lauren
Michael
Carson
Matthew
Marcos
Jeremy
Hanna
Emma
Daniel
Justin
Luca
Christian
Jacob

Math Unit Test - Thursday Feb 20th

Study Tips

Grade 5:  

• Volume of rectangular prisms made with centimetre cubes
• Time and distance relationship  ex.  80km in 1 hr....how far in 7 hrs? or Steve leave the house at 7am and walks 2km every hour.  Will Steve make the opening bell if school starts at 9am?
• Measuring mass - converting from kg-g or kg - t  ** memorize the chart **

Grade 6:

• Surface area and volume of a rectangular prism  **know your FORMULAS**
  
  surface area = L x W (for each of the 6 sides), then add together (cm2)
  volume = L x W x H (cm3)
• converting units of mass kg-g  or t-kg
• converting units of capacity  L-ml  or m3 - L
• How much it will cost to paint a room based on its surface area

Book Talk - due Feb 24th

Students have received an outline for their book talk. Please make sure to have your book at school on Monday February 10th.   We discussed the different types of ways that we can present and what additional pieces we could add to our presentation.

***PRESENTATION DATE:  FEBRUARY 24th ****

Your task is to do a book talk about a book of your choice.  You must include the points below and can add any additional information you feel that is relevant to your talk.  You can present it in anyway you would like. 

Some examples of how to present are:

• On-line presentation such as Prezi, Powerpoint, moviemaker, etc
• Drama or skit or puppet show
• Character acting (dress up as the character or author)
• Models of the main characters
• Diorama
• Poster or Collage or sketch
• Anything else you would like (approved by teacher)

Make sure to include:

• Title, author, publisher and date of book.
• Why you think the author gave the book this title?
• A summary of the book (use the Shape Go Map)
• Describe one exciting event in the story
• Which character is most like you and why
• Which character is least like you and why
• What happens in the story that you wish could happen to you and why
• What is your overall opinion of the book and would you recommend it to others and why
• Focus on Faith connection
• Anything else you feel is interesting and relevant to your presentation

Speeches

All of our speeches are ready to be presented.  On Monday February 10th we will be having our classroom competition of our speeches.  Students will be selected later in the week to move forward in the competition again the other grade level students for a spot in the school finals.

Good luck to everyone.

Sweater Donations

We are having a sweater drive.  If you have any lightly used sweaters that you would like to donate, please bring them in this Thursday February 6th.