A spooky Friday.  Wildcats filled out their invertebrate review (cheat sheet) on purple paper.  The review sheets will aid students on their animals tasks down the road.  Wildcats had a computer lab hour to work on their assignments.  Most students were working on finding information for their UN presentations that start next week.  The rest of the day was devoted to enjoying Halloween and the Halloween dance.  Homework- make a draft copy of your free verse poem for Monday.  Remember to start your poem within, use I, break for pauses, and that your last line is the most significant.  Happy Halloween!

Wildcats had English, Science, and French today.  Homework- review the five invertebrates we have covered for Science.  English:  Wildcats need a draft free verse poem for Monday.  Ideas for their poems should naturally derive from their 'hear map' exercise.

Dip in the Pool.  Wildcats had a blast today at Commonwealth Pool.  It was amazing to see the entire grade six population enjoy the day together.  Thank you to all the parents that taxied our classes to and from the pool.  No Homework.

Thank you to all parents that have volunteered their time to taxi students for our field trip to Commonwealth Pool tomorrow.  Drivers, please show up at Spencer at 10am to finalize the paperwork in the main office.  We plan on departing from the school at 10:30 after Recess.
Pickup/departure is set for 2pm to get students back to Spencer by 2:20pm.

Wildcats had P.E., Math, Socials, and a visit to the computer lab today. 

Homework- Math:  finish page 16, 17 in your new unit #2 homework package. 
Progress reports went out today.  Have them signed and returned for tomorrow.  Lastly don't forget your swim gear including a towel for tomorrows field trip!

Wildcat Monday.  Today Wildcats looked at the 3 forms of numbers, and explored large numbers up to a google.  Homework- finish your million task (how long would a million erasers (each 3cm) add up to in distance).  Science- class reviewed expectations for a lab report that is due Wednesday.  Six required headings:  Question, Hypothesis, Material, Procedure, Data & Observations, and Conclusion.  Homework- finish your 5 Echinoderm questions.  English- no homework, but a book letter is due Wednesday. 

  Spirit Week-Mon. Oct 26 - Fri Oct 30

    Monday 26-Crazy Socks

    Tuesday 27-Jersey Day

    Wednesday 28- Crazy Hair Day

    Thursday 29-P.J Day

    Friday 30- Halloween Costume Day

Unit tests back and worms.  Wildcats today got their first Math unit tests back.  Class review of the tests and correction took bulk of class.  A brief scan or overview of the next chapter took up the end of class.  Homework- page#48 q. 1-5.  English:  Wildcats had an introduction to Free- Verse poetry.  Homework- finish your heart map for Monday.  Science.  Class today took place in the Science lab as students observed worms for their second lab of the year.  Homework- finish your worm lab for Wednesday Oct 28.
***Call out to all parents, the Commonwealth field trip for Wednesday Oct 28 is at risk of being cancelled.  Many divisions, including div 6-7, need more parent volunteers.  Right now our class has spots in vehicles for 15 students or only half the class.  Three to four more volunteers are needed to make this trip happen. 

Wildcat Wednesday.  Students had Math, Science, Socials, Art, and Computer lab visit.  Homework:  Math- Enjoy a break finishing your first Math unit test today; preview chapter 2 in your textbook if you're interested were we're going next.  Socials- Homework-answer the following, "what does multiculturalism look and feel like to you?".  Keep on top of your assignments.  Book letter number one due Oct 28, Northern Gateway due Nov 5, and UN partner presentations start on Nov 3.

Wildcat Tuesdays; class had PE, Math, Socials, and French today.  Homework:  Math- Study your practice test and your Unit #1 concept review for tomorrows Unit test.  Socials- Finish question #2- Chapter 2- "Write out "The Convention on the Rights of the Child" neatly and clearly.  French- Pourquoi take French assignment (now overdue).  Study your numbers and greetings.

Wildcats had Math, Science, English and Art today.  Homework:  Math- finish your unit one practice test.  Tomorrow we are reviewing them and Wednesday will the real thing.  Science- finish your 5 questions on the Mollusk (many finished this during class).  Make a list of things important to you and that are close to your heart.

Wildcat weekend homework:  Math- Finish unit one review "Show What you Know" on page 40 in your textbook;  Science- Finish 'Worms' exercise questions for Monday (some hardworking Wildcats finished this feat during class.  Socials- chapter 2 questions 1-5.

Homework:  Math:  concept review task due tomorrow.  Science- finish Sponge & Cnidarian exercise.  English: Study for 'B' word vocab quiz.  Socials:  decide who you're voting for in the grade wide student election tomorrow.  Review your government notes.

Homework:  Math- finish long division exercise for tomorrow and unit concept review for Friday.  Science- answer five questions (white board questions) on Sponges and Cnidarians.  English- Have your memoir 2nd draft ready and study for 'b' word quiz Friday.  Socials cancelled today to accommodate vaccinations. 

Homework--> Math.  Finish Algebra Puzzle for tomorrow.  Start concept review assignment due Friday Oct 16th.  Wildcats are to explain the seven main concepts from the unit and provide an example with solution for each.  Socials- Vote for (your choice of political party) comic strip for tomorrow.  English--> memoir second draft due Thursday Oct 15th.  Tuesdays sans Science.

Friday October 9, 2015.  Wildcats had a very inspiring and entertaining assembly about making the right choices in life by Legacy One.  Peter Pot seemed to be the school favorite.  Wildcats had a modified morning schedule to accommodate the assembly.  Wildcats looked were introduced or reintroduced depending on former schools to long division.  Pre-Algebra expresions and balancing equations was also reviewed.  Homework--> finish Long Division exercises (side with fish only) and page 136&37 algebra.  Science:  Wildcats practiced classifying life and explaining their characteristics.  Homework-->1) finish your classification booklet page 9 titled "Diversity of Living Things:  Define the following words related to Animal Diversity." 2) Find a newspaper or online news article related to Life Science and bring it to class Tuesday.  Socials:  No class Friday b/c of assembly.  Homework--> finish if you haven't already your "why vote" ideas and be ready to share them with the class.


 

Wildcats had English, Math, French, P.E., and Music today.  Math:  Students wrote a quiz today on Pre-Algebra and multiplication.  Homework--> finish pre Algebra exercises handout with diagrams of scales on it page 136, 137.  English-  Student got their memoirs back with comments.  Class was given examples of how to write with purpose, and warned about falling into Journal like writing.  Homework--> complete a second draft of your memoir making the necessary adjustments for Wed Oct 14.  French--Class reviewed numbers and common French phrases.

The Spencer Annual Terry Fox run took place today.  It was great to see the entire school out running the circuit together.  Remember tomorrow is your last chance to bring in donations for the school Terry Fox fundraiser.  Wildcats today had Math Science, Socials, and Art.  Math homework--> finish your PreAlgebra "Chicken Farmer" puzzle.  Science--> class today put the 5 kingdoms together in a chart as a class on the board.  Class discussed differences under a microscope that would be evident between Monera, Protist, Animal, and Plant cells.  Homework--> review concepts in chapter two of your Science probe and from your notes; a quiz is due soon.  Socials--> class discussed the history of the vote and how it is only in recent times that everyone has had the right to vote.  Ideas on why it is important to vote and how to increase voter turnout were discussed.  Homework--> on your planning page 2.3 create a message on why voting is important and why you should always vote.  English--> no homework but get your memoir draft copy in tomorrow if you forgot today.

Wildcats today had P.E., Math, French, and Science.  In Math today students reviewed Pre-Algebra expression and had a Pre-Algebra puzzle they worked on in their teams.  Homework--> finish question 1 on page #136 of Pre-Algebra exercises.  During French class students learnt common French phrases like "I understand", "get up" and "stop".  Homework--> review and practice the phrases; you need to learn or remember them.  During Science Wildcats had the computer lab booked and started research for their Northern Gateway projects due on Thursday Nov 5th.  no homework.  Remember to bring in your Terry Fox donations, and your Entertainment book sale proceeds tomorrow.  Don't forget that your example Entertainment book needs to come back if you haven't sold it.  We will be ordering the Entertainment books as soon as we tally up the total sales.

Wildcats had Math, Science, English and Art today.  In Math class Wildcats were presented with a bunny multiplication pattern to solve in teams during start up.  Coordinates were reviewed.  Class ended with an introduction to Algebra or Pre-Algebra.  Homework--> finish questions 1-5 on your Pre-Algebra exercise sheet.  Science-  Wildcats had their next assignment introduced which is on the Northern Gateway Pipeline project.  Students finished class with a general look at categorization.  Homework--> finish page 5 in your science classifications package.  English-->  class had their first vocab quiz on 'A' letter words.  Class then moved into a reading comprehension exercise on ancient China, and finished with a look at the idea of  a 'writing audience'.  Homework--> get your memoir first copy submissions ready for Wednesday Oct 7th.  Art--> students were introduced to Symmetry and Mirrored Images to prepare them for their next task:  their name in block letters symmetrically mirrored.

On Friday Wildcats had Math, Science, and Socials.  Homework for Math--> finish upto question 18 in your Coordinates exercises.  Science--> construct an organism riddle and finish the 5 column invertebrates chart.  Science riddles example:  I hatch from an egg,I have an exoskeleton,I have 8 legs
Instruction for 'What am I' riddles

Include 3-4 of these:

How it breathes

What covers its body (fur,scales…)

How it moves

Body temperature (varies/same)

Backbone or no backbone 

Other Important Facts

To Answer  Name the species (ex. Spider).  Tell if it is a vertebrate or invertebrate

Socials--> No homework.

Wildcats had their first school assembly today during period three.  French class was cancelled as a result.  English class was split between reading strategy for comprehension and writing.  Students read a passage on the Mayans after which they had time to work their memoir writing piece.  In Math Wildcats continued with patterns and multiplication.  A very brief introduction to equations took place right before the assembly.  Homework--> pages 12&13 in your MMS practice and homework booklet.