Will the Real Potato Please Stand Up?

We found this at the back of the classroom yesterday and it made Mrs. McCrea and I laugh! Thanks for making us smile, anonymous potato artist!!

Fun with Curling!

Choose your Difference Maker

Use these links to help you choose your difference maker to write a biography on.

Modern Day Hero

Biography Online

Moral Heros

Academy of Achievement

Canadian Heros

Eco-Heros

Chrome Apps

Follow this link to add fantastic learning apps to your Chrome browser!  I am so excited about the new opportunities these apps will open up for learning in our classroom. Yahoo!

Science Update!

Here are a few things that we have accomplished and things that are in the future for grade 6 science:

For our "Living Things" unit there have been many classroom assignments up to today.  They have completed research for invertebrates and vertebrates.

On Thursday November 22nd there will be a quiz on all we have learned for this unit.  The students have received a unit review.  Here is a link to the review as well: . This review is everything the students should know for this unit.  If they complete and study this review they should be ready for the quiz.  We will have time in class Friday November 16 and Monday November 19th to work on the review.

The majority of their mark for the "Living Things" unit will be on an Inquiry/Research project that the students are working on.  They have just started this project.  It will take the students a couple of weeks to research and create a presentation on two living things of their choice. 

Special Visitors!

Today, Mrs. McCrea's Mom and Dad, Mrs. and Mr. Krogsgaard, came to visit our classroom and share their experiences living in Africa.  It was a special morning and students were challenged to think about "fairness" in new ways. If you want to check out more on Zambia Mission Fund Canada, here is the link.

Check out our "kwacha"!

Mathletics!

Hi, everyone! I'm excited to introduce you to Mathletics- an interactive website that allows students to practice their Math skills.  Each student has been given a username and password so that they can log-in and get started.  Also, next week there is a competition called the Maple Leaf Challenge- on Tuesday and Wednesday students can sign-in and compete against students all over the country.  

Fare Thee Well

The Grade 6 students did a fantastic job of performing their interpretive dance to the song Fare Thee Well.  I have uploaded the video and you can view it by going here.  It will ask you to type in a password.  The password is "smarties".  Enjoy!

Remembrance Day Service

Hi, everyone!  Tomorrow, beginning at 11am, is our Remembrance Day service.  It will be a special morning and parents are especially welcome to join.  The Grade 6 classes will be performing a dance to the song, "Fare Thee Well".  I previewed it yesterday and it is wonderful.  I will also record it and attempt to post it.  Students are to wear dark pants with either a black, red or white shirt.

Quote of the Week!

This week for our classroom "quote of the week" we watched a clip from The Pursuit Of Happyness and the students had to create their own quotes for the short clip.

Grade six classroom quotes:

"Never let anyone get you down, just follow your dreams"
- Matthew

"Don't let your dreams crah down on you just because someone says you can't do it, pursue your dreams and take action."
- Emily

"Don't give up on yourself, even when everyone says you can't do something.  When you give up on yourself, you have already lost."
- Kyle