Homework Alert!

Speechtastic Presentations are tomorrow!

I Love to Read Month!

To celebrate the beginning of I Love to Read Month,

 Thursday, February 1st will be a Spirit Day: 

Hat Day (inspired by Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat).

Concours!

Concours d'art oratoire time is upon us! 

This year, for grade 6 students, Concours d'art oratoire will be project to be completed as enrichment, at home, and with the support of teachers over lunch hours. 

All students are invited to participate but are not required to. 

The presentations will be due at the end of February with the divisional competition being held on March 6th. Any students who wish to participate in Concours d'art oratoire should speak with Mme McKenzie to receive more detailed information.

Speechtastic!

It's time for another Speechtastic!

This time, students are preparing an Instructional Speech. They have chosen a demonstration (how to draw something, how to make something, how to do something...) and are planning a 2-5 minute speech to demonstrate the process to the audience. They should be sure to have an introduction, a middle (with the step-by-step process explained with clear details) and a conclusion.

Students may use visuals and/or props and have been encouraged to keep it simple!

Speechtastic Presentations are Thursday, February 1st.

Homework Alert!

CFOO Presentations are Monday!

Update

Here's a photo of our updated Commonality Chart. 
We've been finding lots of things we have in common!

CFOO!

In Français, it's time for another CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices)! 

This is a public speaking "club" that will help students improve their oral French skills through short speeches.
For this presentation, students must choose one of the five Research options: information about an animal, information about a country, facts about a person, information about a technological object or reporting on a sports event. They will then prepare their short oral presentation, fulfilling all of the criteria (listed on the page they have in their binder).
Students should also keep in mind eye contact, volume and expression during their presentation.

The CFOO Presentations will take place on Monday, January 22nd. 

Learning about the Holocaust

In English Language Arts, we have been discussing the Holocaust. As we know, this is a difficult topic to study. 
Each student has now chosen a novel to read, write about and discuss as we continue learning more about the Holocaust.

It's 2018!

In Français, students decided on four resolutions for the New Year!

Kindness!

To start 2018 off in a respectful manner, students each wrote a Top 10 Ways to be Kind poem.
Let's hope we can put those actions into practice!

Team Challenge!

Today's Team Challenge was to find any many words as possible with the letters SNOWFLAKES!
Groups did a fantastic job working together and came up with lengthy lists!

Well done!

Building our Community!

There's something new on our door: it's the Commonality Chart!

Students meet in partners and find something they have in common. Two of today's examples: "we love graphic novels" and "we've been to Minneapolis". These findings are recorded on the Commonality Chart.
By the end of the year, each student will have found something in common with each member of the class!

Missing School Supplies!

It's the time of year when students start running out of supplies (like pencils) or they realize they've lost supplies (like scissors). 
Students were asked to jot down in their agendas today any missing school supplies.

Thanks for your support!