Mini Science Research Project

Sky Science - Research Information Sheet

Over your break you are encouraged to learn about a topic that is interesting to you but not necessarily in the curriculum.

You are welcome to work alone or with someone (max 3).

You will need to stick to this criteria:

1. Explain WHAT it is you are researching

2. Explain WHY it is important to share this information (maybe to you, maybe to society generally – this is more important)

3. Point out 2-3 interesting facts

4. You ONLY have 3-4 minutes to share with the class - SO practice and be succinct.

Yes this is part of your report card, everything is! =) It demonstrates your learning of science concepts, your ability to inquire, present, and learn outside of school independently.

Ways to present:

Think of those multiple intelligences….

-visually (slides)

-interesting speech with pictures

If you are collaborating with someone, it is suggested to use Google Docs or Slides so you can work on it together from your own home.

Please have this done for the first day after the break. We will begin our presentations on April 3 and do a few a day until we are done. Have fun learning!

Wednesday, March 22nd

Reminders
1. No school Thursday / Friday
2. Parent teacher interviews are student involved - meaning your child is expected to show you their learning and progress this year --- don't forget to sign up online please.
3. Science project due APRIL 3rd!  There was a handout yesterday.
4. Our Business World certification were sent home today :) Very proud of the grade 6s
5.  Farewell Assembly Letter to Parents sent home today (see next paragraph)

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR GRADUATION  / FAREWELL COMMITTEE 
-Tammy (Teagan's mom) is heading up the farewell committee for grade 6 this year.  She needs minimum  5 committed parents who are interested.
-Please can you meet Wednesday April 5th 630pm-8pm at the Tim Horton's by the Co-Op
-contact her anytime: Tammyt_79@hotmail.com

Today we had 'Our Business World' presentation, where students learned about running business, becoming an entrepreneur, how profit works, how to keep customers, and the list goes on.  We've sent home the work package they had to complete and learn about.  It was a very fascinating presentations and both classes were actively engaged throughout the entire morning!  

In the afternoon we cleaned the class, our desks, handed back marks, went over marks, and made sure each student is ready to go with a fresh 'spring' start after the break!

The only homework besides helping out at home, doing dishing, cleaning, making breakfasts/lunches/dinners ;)  is their sky science project.  A paper was sent home yesterday to explain it.  Presentations begin the first day back (April 3rd).

We hope to see you all tonight and tomorrow to catch up :)

WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A MARVELOUS MARCH BREAK!  BE SAFE ROOM 14 AND 15, & HAVE FUN!

Tuesday, March 21st

Reminders
1. No school Thursday / Friday
2. Parent teacher interviews are student involved - meaning your child is expected to show you their learning and progress this year --- don't forget to sign up online please.
3. 2-Cinquain poems due tomorrow
4. Science project due APRIL 3rd!  There was a handout today.

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR GRADUATION  / FAREWELL COMMITTEE 
-Tammy (Teagan's mom) is heading up the farewell committee for grade 6 this year.  She needs minimum  5 committed parents who are interested.
-Please can you meet Wednesday April 5th 630pm-8pm at the Tim Horton's by the Co-Op
-contact her anytime: Tammyt_79@hotmail.com

Today in class we practiced some decimal arithmetic (multiplication, addition, subtraction, division) before we moved onto to volume!  The students really started understanding the rules of decimal work.

In social we finished explored the federal government: sovereign, house of commons and the senate.  We also learned how laws start and become passed or abolished.

During LA we learned about the cinquain poem.  We learned about the rules, format and some literary devices.

In the afternoon we explored our new science project due April 3rd.

We hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

Monday, March 20th

WOW!

What a great presentation today from Mr. James D. The students were so enthralled with the planetarium visit and it was such a great show in the Learning Commons! Ask your child why we have seasons. It has something to do with 23 degrees!! Your child should be able to communicate this to you.

Measuring the area and perimeter is proving to be challenging for some so this work will continue. However, Tuesday we will be building on these concepts and talking about volume.

In Language Arts, students learned about Diamonte poems. A quick review with you as parents regarding nouns, adjectives, and verbs might help bring in some interesting vocabulary to these poems. For homework, there are 2 poems due for Tuesday.

Reminder that school clothing orders are due Wednesday, March 22. Parent Council will have a booth set up at conferences.

Happy Monday to all!

Friday, March 17th

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thanks for coming to the assembly today and celebrating with our Pillars of Care recipients!

Upcoming for Monday!

1. Homework due:
Acrostic poems
Math room design

2. Planetarium Presentation in the Learning Commons!

3. Signed green sheets

Have a lucky weekend!

Thursday, March 16th

Reminders
1. Jump Rope for Heart $ and forms due Friday, March 17th
2. March 17th early dismissal - 11am
3. School Clothes $ and order due March 22nd
4. Spelling Test #12 Friday AM
5. Book orders due Friday, March 17th
6. Science green sheets due ASAP
7. Pillars of Care assembly this Friday, 8:15am
8. Math Homework - measure your room and convert to grid paper due Monday
9. LA - 2 acrostic poems, 1 anything you want, the other one sky science or social due Monday
***See previous post for homework instructions

Today in math we worked hard on multistep word problems with diagrams solving for area and perimeter.

In science today we explored interesting facts about the Earth and its relationship to our solar system, the sun, and space itself; very cool stuff!

During LA we completed our group Haiku's on the 4 seasons, and presented them to the class.  For the most part each presentation is better than the next, and the students are learning how to work more effectively in a group setting.

In the afternoon, as always, our grade 6s were excellent reading with and listening to their reading buddies.  Its always a joy to see them to motivated to helping younger students read.

We hope everyone has a Thermal Thursday! 

Clothing Order reminder from Parent Council

“Our school Parent Council has sent out order forms for school apparel.  They are offering t-shirts, hoodies and sweatpants for all staff, students and family members of Beddington Heights to purchase.  Purchase of school apparel is not a requirement, but offered for those interested.  Sample sizes are available to try on at the school office, and will also be available during Student Involved Conferences, next Wednesday and Thursday.  Please note, there is a small pricing error on the order forms. The prices on the front of the notice are correct.  Thank you.”

Poetry and Math Homework due Monday

Poetry Assignment

2 acrostic poems due Monday - Choose from the 3 types

1 of your choice (theme)
1 on social or sky science

Must use a simile in each and another term of your choice
Should use 3 different literary terms
Could use 4+ different literary

****more marks if use use literary devices and it has to be on the same theme

WORDS must be at least 5+ letters big

MATH HOMEWORK

Design your bedroom or a room in your house to scale!

Wednesday, March 15th

Good evening all,

Today was a fairly intense math day.
Students needed a lot of review on multiplication of multi-digit numbers. After working with the area and perimeter of rectangles and other polygons, we soon realized that there was a lot of review work on multiplication that was required in order to put this other work into context.

Below are the 3 review videos:

https://www.mathantics.com/section/lesson-video/multi-digit-multiplication-pt1
https://www.mathantics.com/section/lesson-video/multi-digit-multiplication-pt2
https://www.mathantics.com/section/lesson-video/decimal-arithmetic

As well, there is extra math support offered at lunch hour and recess (when Mrs. Harris and Mr. Shackleton aren't on supervision - just make sure you tell your lunch supervisor).

Social Studies was also pretty heavy with discussion revolving around the federal government and how it compares to provincial and municipal.

We then completed the morning off on a lighter note with all students writing out their best Haiku poems for a group poster.

For this Friday:
There is a spelling test
A math quiz on area and perimeter (using multi-digit numbers with decimals)
Hand in Jump Rope for Heart money and forms
An assembly at 8:15 am
Early dismissal at 11:00 am
Book orders due

Upcoming:
SURPRISE!! Interesting planetarium visit on Monday in the Learning Commons
March 22 - School Clothing orders due

Tuesday, March 14th

Reminders
1. Jump Rope for Heart $ and forms due Friday, March 17th
2. March 17th early dismissal - 11am
3. School Clothes $ and order due March 22nd
4. Spelling Sentences due Wednesday March 15th ---- TOMORROW!
5. Spelling Test #12 Friday AM
6. Book orders due Friday, March 17th
7. Science green sheets due ASAP
8. Pillars of Care assembly this Friday, 8:15am

Today in class we continued exploring area and perimeter! The classes seem to have forgotten how to multiply decimals and 2x2 digits, which was a disappointment.  Practice makes perfect in math!

In sky science today we explored we already knew about space and came up with questions we wanted to dive deeper into.

During LA today we explored the metaphor and Haiku poetry.  Tomorrow we will be listening to some students' creations!

After reading and gym, the class continued to learn more about ourselves during health.

We hope everyone has a tasteful Tuesday! 

SJAM OPEN HOUSE INFO

**T SHIRTS will be sold for $10-$15 depending on size. 

Monday, March 13th

Reminders
1. Jump Rope for Heart $ and forms due Friday, March 17th
2. March 17th early dismissal - 11am
3. School Clothes $ and order due March 22nd
4. Spelling Sentences due Wednesday March 15th
5. Spelling Test #12 Friday AM
6. Book orders due Friday, March 17th
7. Science green sheets


Today in class we had a guest speaker about financial money and how to spot adds that are just trying to get us to spend more; it was a very useful presentation!

In social we put on our law maker caps and created some new municipal by laws for Calgary, provincial acts for Alberta, and laws for Canada.  Once in groups we picked some of our favorites to use for our made up countries, provinces, and cities.  

We also continued to explore the role and impact provincial government has on municipalities and their relationship with the federal government.

During LA we started a new unit: poetry!  We explored what is poetry, and how it is similar and different than prose writing.  We read some poems and quotes from famous others about what poetry is, and learned the rules of reading poetry.  Tomorrow we will be diving into our first type of poem. a haiku.

In the afternoon we had new spelling words (LA and social) and worked on discovering their definitions before we could use them in a sentence.

We hope everyone has a magical Monday!

Spelling Test #12

Spelling Test #12

1. Poetry *

2. Haiku*

3. Consonance

4. Assonance

5. Repetition*

6. Patterns*

7. Rhyming*

8. Diamanté

9.  Federal*

10. Parliament

11. Legislature

12. Assembly*

13. Premier *                 -proper noun

14. Prime Minister*  -proper noun

15. Territory*

Sentences Due Wednesday

Test Friday

Friday, March 10th

Reminders
1. Book orders due March 17th
2. Jump Rope for Heart $$ and form due March 17th
3. Parent Council school clothing orders sent home today!  
4. Science green sheets to sign and return

Optional*
-Create more bylaws for your municipality, and acts for your country's province.

Today we continued our exploration of area and multiplication facts.  A challenge was to measure and create shapes with different perimeters that have the same area. 

In social studies we explored how to pass a bylaw and provincial act, as well as the chain of power in a municipality and province.

During LA we had our genius hour project.  Today was day 8/16.  We are half way through, so students should be done their research and are starting to build their presentation.

In the afternoon, we read, played hockey in gym, had spelling test #11 (marked by peers), and cleaned up the classroom for our guest speaker Monday morning.

We wish everyone a safe and happy weekend, and of course, a fabulous Friday! 

School Clothing Line Info

Youths
T shirts $12
Hoodies $25
Sweatpants $16

Adults
T shirts $14
Hoodies $28
Sweatpants $20

All sizes are available in S M L XL
*Sweatpants have elastic bottoms

Orders due by March 22nd

Thursday, March 9th

Reminders
1. Book orders due March 17th
2. Jump Rope for Heart $$ and form due March 17th
3. Spelling test #11 - due Friday!
4. Genius Hour materials / research for Friday
5. Parent Council school clothing orders sent home today!  
6. Science green sheets to sign and return

Today we started off with science, reviewing our aerodynamics and flight unit test.  Students made a plan how to achieve greater on the next assessment.

In math we had an introduction / review of area.    Rectangles and squares Area = Length x Width 

In social studies today we started to learn about the provincial government process and how a bylaw comes into pass in the municipal government.

During LA groups completed their newscast presentations!  For the most part, they were excellent! 

In the afternoon, the grade sixes demonstrated excellent leadership reading with their grade 2 buddies before music for both classes.

We hope everyone has a tubular Thursday! 

Wednesday, March 8th

Thank you all of the students who help out in other classrooms during our indoor recesses!

LA

News broadcasts are well underway and the students are loving it.

Spelling test Friday.

Art

Students finished up their details on their community buildings and tomorrow in math we will continue with the perimeter and area of some of the buildings.

Science

Green sheets will come home for signing on Thursday.

Social Studies

Students will be looking into the 3 levels of government and their responsibilities.

Please remember that money raised for the jump rope fundraiser is due March 17th.

Tuesday, March 7th

Reminders
1. Book orders due March 17th
2. Jump Rope for Heart $$ and form due March 17th
3. Spelling sentences due tomorrow!
4. Spelling test #11 - due Friday!
5. Genius Hour materials / research for Friday
6. LA newscasts script practice!!

Today in math we started our review of perimeter by measuring our buildings we built for the upcoming math night next month.

In science we started our new unit about space and solar system.

During LA groups put the finishing touches on their newscasts and some presented -- they were great!

After lunch we worked on our definitions and sentences for spelling, as well as, worked on our documentation of learning boards.

We hope everyone has a tremendously fun Tuesday!

Monday, March 6th

Hope you all had a great weekend!
It will be chilly all week so please dress for the weather.

L.A.
News broadcasts are happening all week. Make sure you are prepared, rehearsed and ready!

Spelling
Back on this week
Test this Friday

Social
Questions due tomorrow

Upcoming
March book order due March 17th
Jump Rope for Heart due March 17th
Band Practice tomorrow after school

Science
New unit starting this week - Sky Science

Math
We continue to work on perimeter and area of shapes and will do this all week.

Spelling Test #11

*Perimeter

Centimeter

*Kilometer

*Area

*Volume

*Citizenship

*Compassion

Appreciation

Perseverance

*Collaborates

*Responsible

Advocate

*Expectations

Confidence

*Contributions

GP Vanier Visiting Information - Please call the school for more information

Thursday, March 3rd

Jump Rope for Heart!

Reminder that the money raised is due to the school on March 17th.
Who are you jumping for?

Science
Final test tomorrow on Air, Aerodynamics and Flight

Math
What is perimeter?
What is area?
Be prepared to talk more about this as we will be measuring our constructed buildings.

Social
Can you explain how and what the government has regulated in our schools for safety?
-think....fire regulations, recycling, garbage
-What else does the government have a say in?

L.A.
Genius hour tomorrow
News broadcasts begin on Monday

Basketball Tournament Update

Good morning everyone!

Angela, Greg, and I wanted to say thank you to the parents, admin, and students showing such interest in the grade 6 developmental tournament last Friday!

We finished 4th out of 10 teams with a record of 3-1-1! Outstanding work!

Here are the scores from Friday:

Beddington vs Conaught     W 12-0

Beddington vs Sherwood     W 18-16

Beddington vs DMC 1         W 23-14

Beddington vs West Ridge 1 T 14-14

B Consolation final                L 23-28

Again thank you for the support!  We look forward to having a few more of these we hope!  

Wednesday, March 1st

Reminders
1. Science test Friday - links to review posted on previous post
2. Jump Rope for Heart - $$ raised due Friday March 17th
3. Book orders due Friday March 17th
4. Genius Hour project - bring materials / research Friday March 3rd
5. Newscast presentations due MONDAY!  

Newscast:
-master scripts for all (and 1 for the teachers)
-props
-set design / classroom layout
-commercial script
-practice, practice, practice

Today we started off with a fire safety presentation from the Calgary Fire Dept.  It was an excellent presentation about fire safety.  Remember to have your own escape plan in your own home and to check the smoke detectors regularly.

After the assembly we had a bit of time to start some work in social about government rules and regulations,  and the services levels of government provide communities. 

In LA we continued to work on our newscast project!  The students are really into it and we look forward to seeing them Monday!

In the afternoon we had library, gym, music.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!