Attention Parents!!!

Hello to all of the parents of the awesome students in my class this year.  I was hoping to get some help from all of you. I was wondering what sort of things you would like to see on my blog?  I know what sort of things I would like to include and I would love your thoughts too.

Welcome to the 2016 - 2017 School Year!

Hi everyone. 

I hope that you are 

as excited as I am for the fantastic 

year ahead of us. I am looking 

forward to some amazing learning

 experiences and tonnes of fun. 

What are you looking forward to this school year?

When we WONDER, we learn...

To get the most out of your learning, you need to take a risk. When we take risks with our learning and think about big ideas, we tend to get more out it. When we take a risk, we get the reward of learning.





We have been looking at Wonderopolis. We have been able to look at some great examples of the Wonders of the day.  These questions are great examples of the things that people wonder about.

Now it is your turn to write a blog post that includes all of the ideas below.

What do you wonder about?
1. Make a list of 3 topics that you wonder about?
2. Write a question about your favourite topic from the above brainstorm.
3. If you were to research this topic, what search words/ phrases would you use the get your research started. (You need to list at least 3 search words or phrases).
4. When you are ready to post, please ask your readers to suggest different search words and phrases that will help you to find out the answer to you Wonder Question.

Remember the Success Criteria for Blogging.

Let's get our ideas and thinking out 

for the world to read. 

We need to remember to capture and keep our audience’s attention.

Success Criteria:

1.  Create an engaging introduction to hook the reader.
2.  Organize your ideas and make them flow using varying sentence lengths and paragraphs.

(Paragraphs are a minimum of 3 sentences and our blogs will have 3 paragraphs minimum)

3.  I can support my ideas with details, examples, thoughts and feelings.

4.  Use effective word choice for my audience:

• start with a strong introduction
• ask a question
• use strong descriptive words
• write a quotation 
• use strong verbs  e.g. said==> mumbled  or  went==> travelled
• use adjectives   eg. the gooey, delicious brownies
• use figurative language (or elements of style)  eg.  metaphor, simile, alliteration

5.  I can make my writing readable by checking reader fluency by reading my blog out loud before posting it.

6. Check for proper spelling and grammar and punctuation.

7.  Including a picture, quote, etc. to make it more visually interesting.

WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF!!!

As we come to the end of yet another year, we need to remember how important it is to take a look back. Often when we do this, we remember the mistakes that we made or the things that we did not get to do. However that is not what this post is about. Instead, I challenge you to look back at the first 4 months of your grade 6 year and find a least one task that you are proud of.

Here are the rules.....
1. Find a task that you are proud of.
2. Take a picture or attach the file if it is electronic
3. Post about why you are proud of the task that you chose.

Remember that you must do a rough plan in your books to ensure that you are planning our your writing before you build your blog.

Math Test Success!!!!!

Getting Ready For Our Math Test.

Your Data Management Test is

Tuesday Dec 1st.  

Yesterday we watched a movie about how to prepare for a math test.
How To Study Video
Your job is to make a plan to help you do well on your Math Test on Tuesday.

Things to consider....
What is your plan for being successful?
What does your action plan look like?
What are you going to do differently from the last test?


Remember if you want different results, then you have to make different choices,

2 more jobs...

1. Please ensure that you have the follow by email option on your blog
2. Please also add labels to your post. I will explain the reason behind this.

Remembrance Day

The students are busy memorizing their lines and finishing their art project for our presentation at the Remembrance Day Assembly on Wednesday at 9:30 am. The whole school will be remembering the sacrifices that our Canadian heroes endured for our freedom.  

This week, my students will are also working on a plan for Barrie's Future Memorial park as tribute to show their appreciation for our Troops, past,                                                                                         present and future. 

Look for their personal posts of what they feel would honour our soldiers later this week.