May 2018

CLASSROOM NEWS!

Can you believe it...only two months left! May will be jam packed with finishing up our remaining units, Part A of the LA P.A.T., and beginning out review for the remaining P.A.T.'s in June. Students will be expected to review often at home and create their own review notes and they see fit. I highly recommened purchasing "The Key's" for reviewing and preparing for the exams. They can be found on Castle Rock Research (http://castlerockresearch.com/all-books-alberta?category=Grade%206) or at your local Indigo/Chapters (https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/home/search/?keywords=the%20key%20study%20guide%20alberta%20grade%206#internal=1

Some food for thought...remember when our parents would say; "It's good to be bored!" We need to help our kids' brains learn how to be bored! https://yourot.com/parenting-club/2017/5/1/the-dangers-of-the-fidget-epidemic

Human Sexuality parent handbook:https://www.cssd.ab.ca/Parents/ParentSupport/Documents/HumanSexualityCurriculum_ParentHandbookGrade4-6.pdf

Verse of the Month:

IMPORTANT DATES

May 9 - PART A LA P.A.T.

May 9 - School Council Meeting 7PM
May 11 - Marian Liturgy
May 18 - NO SCHOOL - PD Day
May 21 - NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY

CURRICULUM COMMENTS

SCIENCE

We will be wrapping up Science with the hands on application unit for air and aerodynamics. Students will be building, testing and prototyping different flying contraptions and manipulating them using the different forces of flight. 

MATH

Two unit to check off the list! Transformations and Patterns and Algebra, then it'll be review, review and more review!

LANGUAGE ARTS

We are very busy practicing for the written part of the P.A.T. doing many writing prompts and mastering the editing process. After May 9th we will be doing a mini unit on Poetry and then practicing for Part B, reading comprehension. 

RELIGION

We will talking about  Mary and her influence in our lives and how we can pray to her for help and grace - perfect for Mother's Day! Towards the end of May we will begin our Family Life and Human Sexuality unit with a focus on how we are all made in the image of God. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

We are focusing on current events for the first few weeks of May and looking at interesting news locally, nationally and internationally. We will begin to review early for the P.A.T.'s as social is very vocabulary heavy and the test takes some getting used too.

HEALTH

We are taking a close look at stress, what causes it and how we can find strategies that work for our individual stressors to calm down and bounce back!We are also going to be looking at addiction and the dangers of getting involved in addictive behaviours.  

ART

Students are creating very unique Mother's Day projects!