Update March 17, 2020

Additional suggestions for Learning from Home K-9

Children are naturally curious learners and there are opportunities at home to engage their learning. We have created awebpage that offers a variety of educational ideas to support literacy, numeracy and wellness at home for this week. The resources are meant as suggestions only. You may choose to use the links and activities as needed over the next few days as more long-term educational programming is considered.

https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/6-9.aspx

Update for Monday March 16, 2020

Important updates to support school closures on March 16, 2020

Students/Parents,

In light of recent situations, we wish to make you aware of some of the following items that may be of help with students who wish to keep up with their schoolwork at this time. The first is a note from the school:

The purpose of teacher blogs is to inform students and their families of day-to-day learning and activities throughout the school year.  We will continue to communicate learning opportunities and will provide links to online learning resources through these blogs.  

Important information related to all school decisions will continue to be emailed to parents/guardians and can also be found on the CBE website (www.cbe.ab.ca).

Below is a list of resources that can be supportive to you during the upcoming weeks.

 d2l.cbe.ab.ca (This will take students to the math/science page that I have up that includes a number of links to review sites and information related to topics that we have covered or will be covering in class)

math-aids.com (multiple topics from which to view worksheets on numerous concepts that have been covered in class this year)

calgarylibrary.ca (if you do not already have one, you can sign up for a card online and access digital resources available through the library)

app.solaro.com/library/cpl (if you have a public library card this is an extremely comprehensive website that will provide students review materials on every core topic covered in grade 6. Simply add the grade 6 courses from Alberta after you have first logged in.)

readtheory.com (passages that students can use to practice reading comprehension. Students should be familiar with their log-in information from work done in class)

We wish for everyone to be safe and healthy during these upcoming weeks and look forward to being back to normal as soon as possible.

Mr. Thompson

Miss Brakke

Week ending March 13, 2020

Math - students are wrapping up their work with LCM (least common multiple) and GCF (Greatest common factor). This included work that involved finding both with given numbers and word problems where students needed to be able to identify key vocabulary in order to solve a given problem. Next week we will be working with improper fractions and mixed numbers.
Support/practice can be found through D2L

Science - Students have begun their work on the Sky Science unit. Students watched a video that explored our solar system and looked at what lies beyond it. They have begun work on completing a moon journal to track the phases of the moon over a period of 28 days. Work on this will continue through the break and students are encouraged to take a couple of minutes to try and observe the moon each night and record their information on the journal page.
In class, students have been working on gathering research to learn some of the basic features of the planets of our solar system. This work can be followed up at home by using links found on D2L
Next week we will be looking at sun safety and understanding how orbit and rotation affect the seasons on earth.

Week ending March 6, 2020

Math - Students spent this week learning about factors and multiples. They have been applying their understanding to additional related topics such as prime factorization and problem solving using these concepts.
Students are encouraged to continue regularly practicing their operational skills, particularly with numbers involving decimals.
We will be moving on to the topic of improper fractions and mixed numbers.

Science - Students wrapped up their Air and Aerodynamic and Flight topics with a unit test. We are now moving on to Sky Science and have begun by watching a documentary that outlines key features of our universe.
While the scope of our topic is very small compared to what is potentially out there, students are encouraged to investigate areas of interest on their own outside of the classroom.
Overdue air property/air pressure projects may still be handed in before the break.