jeudi

As of today, it looks like Sports Day will be going ahead tomorrow; however, that may change!
Please listen to the radio tomorrow morning and come prepared should Sports Day go ahead. You will need sneakers, sunscreen, water, a jacket/sweater, and sunglasses if you would like!

le 26 mai

Merci, merci, merci beaucoup for the surprise birthday party vendredi! It was very thoughtful of all of you! :)

* Remember to bring in your baby picture and year-end activities permission slip as soon as possible.
** Tickets for Spring Concert go on sale this week as well.
*** Remember to listen to the radio jeudi, le 30 mai, to see if Sports Day will be going ahead. Wear lots of sunscreen! If the weather is unpleasant on jeudi, listen again vendredi, le 31 mai.
**** You will need your costume for the concert next Thursday, June 6th, and for the rehearsal and Matinee during the day.

***** Finally, there will be an important memo sent home this week regarding St. Pierre, what to bring, what not to bring, payment, etc. Please ensure someone at home receives it!

lundi, le 13 mai

Bonjour,
I have updated the homework page for this week. I have also added new links for Math and Science and I will continue to add more as we move through the unit.
I will be adding pictures from our Ocean Sciences presentation soon!
Mme. Reid

 Here is the link to view the pictures of our Planet projects.   "http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/MadameReid/library/"

lundi

I would like to congratulate Faith on winning the top project for the Avalon Region at the Heritage Fair this past weekend. Your hard work has certainly paid off!

- Please ensure you have passed in your Etcetera permission slip for our field trip on Thursday.
- A reminder to have your agenda signed for tutoring tomorrow as well.

- Check out the sidebar as I have added new links for some of our new units.
- Remember to review your Math and your poetry terms for the upcoming assessments.

* Finally, I will be adding pictures of your planet projects soon.

Wishing Faith and Amy the best of luck at the Heritage Fair Regionals today and tomorrow!

mardi, le 23 avril

Parent Breakfast is tomorrow morning, starting at 7:30am.
                        
Nous allons à la bibliothèque demain.

Due to the Heritage Fair in the gymnasium Friday and a presentation in the morning session, our Science test will be moved to lundi, le 29 avril. Remember to study throughout the week as much as you can!

Les filles - Bonne chance ce soir et jeudi pour le récital de danse!

Identifying Angles

http://www.mathopenref.com/angle.html Great site that explains definitions and allows you to see images and change the degree of the angles.
http://www.toonuniversity.com/6m_angle_d.html Fun game with spaceships on angles!
http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-760s.html Video with an explanation and examples
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch08/ch8_01.htm Review worksheet
Ensure you can define : acute angle, right angle, obtuse angle, etc.?
http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Angles.html Game that lets you drag a protractor and measure the angles.

Health Websites

There are many great websites online related to our Health curriculum. I have listed some of them below. We will be studying the body systems in class this week, you can use these websites to read and review or to help you complete any activities.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/ Excellent site, pick a part of the body and find out how it works. There are a few activities for each section.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/#cat20449 Puberty and growing up
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/how_the_body_works_interim.html#cat20580 Videos on how the body works (body systems)

The Skeletal System

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.html#cat20580 Your bones

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_skeletal.html
http://www.healthyteeth.org/ information about our teeth

The Muscular System

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_muscular.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html#cat20580

The Circulatory System

http://www.globalclassroom.org/hemo.html

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_circulatory.html information and a quiz

 The Digestive System
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_digestive.html
www.KidsHealth.org/kid/htbw/digestive_system.html information and a quiz

The Endocrine System

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/endocrine.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/endocrine.html#cat20580

The Nervous System
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_nervous.html
http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/brain.html#cat20580 Your brain & nervous system

These sites are excellent for your use at home! They have diagrams, information, quizzes, etc. Remember there is a video on each system at the top of the page.

Les animaux

http://lexiquefle.free.fr/animaux.swf Choose an animal section (farm, sea, insects,etc), click on each animal individually and hear the pronunciation of each word then test your recall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1m9zwbwpSk Youtube video that shows an image of an animal and says the vocabulary word.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0JBUEiLYXI Excellent video - les animaux (anglais et français)
http://www.pendu.learningtogether.net/animaux/ Le pendu (I know how much you enjoy playing this game!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ms7e7O7TRk Chanson - Dans la ferme
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Animals.htm les animaux - game
http://fslactivities.ca/quiz/parts/index.html les parties du corps d'un animal
http://www.learningtogether.net/animaux/ farm animals, how well do you know each animal? (you may need to use www.wordreference.com) to help you

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/pf2/pets/cartoon_flash.shtml Answer with a complete sentence. Par exemple : J'ai un chien.

New websites

Here are two other links for our unit on Space. Many of the websites listed in a previous post have various topics listed, the sun, the moon, the solar system/planets and information about the universe. Be sure to check them out!

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/space.html
http://kids.discovery.com/tell-me/space Exploring Science with pictures, games and quizzes.

This site allows you to represent numbers using base ten blocks, click on the button on the side to put in a decimal.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_2_t_1.html?from=category_g_2_t_1.html

Saturday update

Remember to study for your Math test this weekend and complete your interview and venn diagram for Monday.

As I mentioned in class several times, IXL (http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6 ) and the Math Focus 6 website are the best two links for this unit as most sites do not model multiplication and division like you have been learning it in class. The youtube video below does model multiplication with base ten blocks.
Please review your worksheet as well, it is important! Remember the difference between hundredths and thousandths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPqXyPmzXVs

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch09/ch09_1.htm
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch09/ch09_2.htm
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch09/ch09_3.htm
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch09/ch09_5.htm

Estimating / Multiplication and Division with decimal numbers

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/estimate-products-of-decimal-numbers
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathFact.htm
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/multiply-decimals

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell01.swf
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/divide-decimals-by-whole-numbers

Sunday update

* Refer to memo from last week for schedule.

Tomorrow, Monday March 25, we are hoping to finish our Process Writing piece. We will be having an early lunch (11:30) for an early dismissal at 12:00pm. You have gym Monday as well.
If you have not already done so, please bring in your Heritage Fair sheet that was due Friday and your permission slip/money for the Planetarium on Tuesday!

Social Studies Links

Time to explore!

http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world
http://www.exploreandmore.org/world/default.htm Explore places in the world
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/ Pick a destination and learn about the country. Interactive website.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/ Choose any country or continent. Very informative.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Information on several subjects (Click on Our World for Social Studies and Religion links)

Space

Here are some links for our new Science Unit on Space. There are many great sites out there, if you find one that could be added to the list make a comment below and I will check it out!

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/ Solar System exploration
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/solar-system Solar System
 http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm Great site, explores the sun, planet, moons, asteroids, comets, etc.
 http://www.astronomy-for-kids-online.com/ Astronomy for kids
 http://www.ingenuityworks.com/fun_&_games/innies_outies/index.html Interactive website on planets
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eAaUycwSHo Chris Hadfield in space Q&A
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weY2BPjOsTo Suni Williams in space discussing how astronauts live there
 http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/ Constellations and stars
 http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases.phtml Phases of the moon
 http://nineplanets.org/overview.html Very informative website.. there are links on the bottom for all topics
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/ National Geographic all about space

Just a reminder that permission slips for the Johnson Geocenter field trip on Wednesday are due Monday! Be prepared to visit the planets and to learn how each one is different and to explore the constellations in the night sky and lots of other fun things!

Unit 7 - Fractions

Here are some links for our unit on fractions. There is a lot to choose from.
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch07/ch07_1.htm Modelling fractions
http://www.aaamath.com/fra16_x2.htm Beginning fractions
http://www.visualfractions.com/IdentifySets/identify_sets.html What is the fraction?
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch07/ch07_2.htm Fractions greater than 1
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html Several links on fractions (every part of unit)
http://www.visualfractions.com/MixedLines/mixedlines.html Improper Fraction to a mixed number
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6 Fractions and mixed numbers
http://www.visualfractions.com/MixtoFr/mixedltofrlines.html Mixed number to an improper fraction
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.JR.NUMB&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.NUMB.FRA&lesson=html/object_interactives/fractions/use_it.html Exploring fractions, interactive with video
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell02.swf Improper fractions, mixed numbers / number line... excellent site
http://www.learningbox.com/fractions/index.html Flowering fractions

Update February 24th

There are a lot of important things to keep in mind this week. Here is a quick reminder:

Monday, February 25 - fee for the trip to St. Pierre is due.
- We will be creating a t-shirt design for anti-bullying week using paint, please bring in a white t-shirt that you can use for this.
- I will be having tutoring Monday from 3-4 pm. Remember to get your agenda signed for this :).
- Study, study, study tonight because you have two tests coming up. Bonne chance!

 Tuesday, February 26  - Your Math test is on Tuesday. 
Remember to bring your library book as well, if you need another novel for your reading assignments, this would be a good day to get one.

Wednesday, February 27 - It is pink shirt day. Please wear pink today, we will be having an assembly in the morning.
Your Science test is also today. Good luck!
Full Band- bring your instruments!

Friday, March 1 - Presentation on goodlife fitness by Silken Laumen at 1:30 pm, remember there is no skating on Friday of this week.

Monday, March 4 - No school for students, Day 2 of our internal review at school.

Kidblog Link

 

www.kidblog.org/laclassedeMadameReid

* Remember to finish your entry at home if you did not get it finished at school. There are two students who need to post their wordle's again as they did not show up, you can do this from your account at school. 

jeudi le 21 février

As a result of the school closures both tests are moved!  Your Math test is now scheduled for MARDI, le 26 février as a result of the snowstorm. I will be having tutoring Monday after school as we missed it on Thursday. Please remember to get signed permission stating that you can attend tutoring.
Your Science test will take place on MERCREDI, le 27 février.

Ratio and Percent

Here are some links on equivalent ratios as well as fractions and percent.

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/equivalent-ratios Equivalent ratio practice work http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_2.htm Equivalent ratios
http://www.studyzone.org/mtestprep/math8/e/ratioequal6l.cfm Ratios and Equivalent Ratios
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractions/index.html Fractions
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-7/understanding-ratios Ratios
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma17frac-game-fractions-of-something Making fractions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma18comp-game-percentages-and-fractions-side-by-side Comparing fractions and percents
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_3.htm Percent Review
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_4.htm Percent as fractions or decimals (multiple choice quiz)
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_6.htm Solving percent problems (number line)

Unit 6 - Ratio and Percent

http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U2L1GL.html Ratios
hthttp://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell03.swf Great interactive video on ratios
http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/ratio.html First few sections explain ratios and how to write one
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch06/ch06_1.htm Multiple choice ratio activity.. Good practice!

http://www.edhelper.com/math/ratios202.htm Sample ratio worksheet! Get a pencil and piece of paper. See how many you can get right!
http://www.edhelper.com/math/ratios201.htm Writing ratios using the shapes in the images provided
http://www.helpingwithmath.com/printables/worksheets/ratio_proportion/wor0601ratio02.htm Another worksheet on writing ratios
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/write-a-ratio-to-describe-objects-in-a-picture Look at the picture and write the ratio
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/ratios-word-problems Ratio word problems..challenge yourself!

Friday, February 8th

Please remember to bring your skates, helmets and gloves tomorrow, Vendredi!! You will not be permitted on the ice without these items.  For those of you who have not yet passed in your permission slip, please ensure that I receive it tomorrow morning.  Have fun!

Sunday update

I hope you enjoyed the surprise celebration on Friday! Tomorrow we will be starting our second half of the year, with Social Studies, Language Arts as well as Health and Religion this week. Remember we have gym and music tomorrow, Day 1!  We will be starting our new unit on Ratio and Percent in Math tomorrow. I will be posting new links later this week.

Magic School Bus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOD6xFT_Cl0 Taking Flight episode

Reflections and Rotations

http://www.learningtoday.com/player/swf/Geometry_Transformations_L4_V1_T1a.swf  Interactive video/game on transformations. It gives definitions as well.  (Translations, Reflections and Rotations)
http://www.mathopolis.com/questions/q.php?id=839&site=1&ref=/geometry/rotation.html&qs=839_840_2133_2134_3340_3341_3342_3343  Rotations
http://www.misterteacher.com/abc.html#Flip Transformations (Alphabet Geometry)
http://www.active-maths.co.uk/whiteboard/3transform/index.html Several activities on the same website (All three transformations)
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_297_g_2_t_3.html Reflections
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/reflections-graph-the-image Reflections (Challenge yourself)
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_299_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_3.html Rotations

Science Links - Flight

http://scdolinski.weebly.com/ A lot of information about flight. (history of flight, achieving flight)
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/wonder_of_flight/how_things.html How do things fly? (Choose one and find out more information)
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/vocabulary.html NASA website. Great information and vocabulary related directly to our unit on Flight. There are also games, etc.
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/dynamicsofflight.html  Dynamics of flight (4 forces, pitch, yaw, roll, elevators, ailerons)

http://library.thinkquest.org/2819/forces.htm The four forces (Drag, Thrust, Weight, Lift)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ltjFEei3AI&feature=related Very interesting video on four forces, it explains each force in detail and discusses Bernoulli's principle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Hgckch-oA&feature=fvsr Video on pitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYSXWy7nzY0&feature=channel Video on roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ddwm4_CaYE&feature=channel Video on yaw
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/webct/science/6science/secondphysicalscience.htm Several links on Flight

Motion Geometry

Last Wednesday, we started our new unit in Math - Motion Geometry. We will be looking at transformations: translations, reflections and rotations in the first quadrant of the Cartesian plane.
We started with translations (Keep in mind SL for slide) and we will be moving on to reflections this week.
Here is an introductory video on Motion Geometry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVtz55mIuz4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Here are a few links that you can browse at home.       
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell17.swf Translation and Reflection
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_301_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities&from=category_g_2_t_3.html Translations
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/translations-graph-the-image Translations (Challenge yourself; we only work in quadrant one)
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch05/ch05_1.htm Multiple Choice Worksheet on Translations
http://www.math-drills.com/geometry/translations_3points_3units_002.html Translations (Make your own worksheets), you can use wax paper or parchment paper if you do not have tracing paper.

Nelson resources.. practice (good review for mardi)

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch04/ch04_6.htm Multiple choice questions on line graphs, great review!
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch04/ch04_5.htm Interpreting line graphs - multiple choice as well
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch04/ch04_4.htm Cartesian plane and ordered pairs... see if you can get them all right!

Coordinate Planes (more links)

Happy learning!  
http://funbasedlearning.com/algebra/graphing/points/default.htm Game that helps you plot points on the Cartesian coordinate plane and also allows you to find the “mole” using the proper coordinates
http://funbasedlearning.com/algebra/graphing/default.htm Same game as above; available in medium and hard versions
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/cartesian-coordinates.html Cartesian coordinates
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SimpleMazeGame/?version=disabled&browser=MSIE&vendor=na Game with “Mines” using Coordinate geometry
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell18.swf Ordered pairs
http://www.softschools.com/math/geometry/graphing_ordered_pairs/ Graphing ordered pairs
http://www.xpmath.com/forums/arcade.php?do=play&gameid=90#.UObAjYHy3oA Game of soccer using coordinates

Coordinate planes

Here are some websites for extra practice and review. It would be a good idea to spend a small amount of time each night.

http://www.funbrain.com/co/index.html What's the point? - Coordinates
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BillyBug/bugcoord.html Fun game with coordinate planes
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U4L1GL.html Detailed descriptions of coordinate planes! Great site for review or if you were absent.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/coordinates.swf Coordinates are given and you plot the points (See how many you can get right!)
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/coordinates2.swf Only positive numbers. The X is already marked and you state what the coordinates (ordered pairs) are.

*Some activities involve all 4 quadrants; however, for you it is the first quadrant that is most important.

If you have any questions, write them down and I will help you.



Please ensure that you review the following terms and that you are able to define them:
Coordinate plane, origin, horizontal and vertical axes, ordered pair and quadrant.
 

le 3 janvier

School re-opens tomorrow, le 3 janvier. (Jour 7)
I hope you all had a fantastic holiday and enjoyed your break from school!

Here are some links for Math on bar graphs and double bar graphs, for review of what we did before Christmas holidays.
 
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/interpret-double-bar-graphs Interpreting Double bar graphs
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/create-double-line-graphs Creating double line bar graphs based on information provided
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/grapher.html Create your own graph
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/interpret-bar-graphs Interpreting bar graphs
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/choose-the-best-type-of-graph What graph would you use in each of these cases?
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell10.swf Interpreting graphs with detailed explanations
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol11.html Information on different types of graphs

We talked about line graphs before Christmas as well; however, we will be looking at them again when we return.  Here are some links for review and practice with line graphs.

http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/graphs/line_graph_part2.html Great site to help you review line graphs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg0t8ThqGOM Line graphs (Video ...start it at about 2:15)
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/interpret-line-graphs Interpreting line graphs by answering questions
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/create-line-graphs Creating line graphs based on information provided

We will also learn about the Cartesian Plane once we are finished with line graphs.