Wednesday, December 18th

Reminders
1. 2 Free tickets to Lacrosse games sent home with dates
2. Fractions tests sent home to be resigned....re test will be marked tonight
3. Pillars of Care Assembly 12:30pm Thursday, award winners have been notified.
4. No school Friday!
5. LWW quiz Thursday---- Cancelled! :)


Today we had caroling to start the morning.  After that had music and snack.  We finished our LWW movie and talked about the differences from books to movies.  Then we read our favourite books in the library before gym.

After lunch, we did an amazing art project ---- the students are very proud, they will bring them home next month, as we like them on display for a bit for the school to see.  Then we had to clean the room - wash desks, the floor, paint brushes, cups.  Everyone worked together and did a great job!  Then we had time to clean our desk trays.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!

Tuesday, December 17th

Reminders
1. 2 Free tickets to Lacrosse games sent home with dates
2. Fractions tests sent home to be resigned....re test will be marked tonight
3. Pillars of Care Assembly 12:30pm Thursday, award winners have been notified.
4. No school Friday!
5. LWW quiz Thursday!
6. Red Green Day Wednesday -or- Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Today we did math for the first hour to start our day.

Then we continued our exploration of the world of Narnia, by looking at Prince Caspian. 

We had some time to make some cool Christmas cards.

After gym we did properties of air experiments with Mr. Mueller, and finished off our provincial government chapter questions.

We hope everyone has a Star Wars trailer Tuesday!

Monday, December 16th

Reminders
1. 2 Free tickets to Lacrosse games sent home with dates
2. Fractions tests sent home to be resigned....re test tomorrow at lunch
3. Pillars of Care Assembly 12:30pm Thursday, award winners have been notified.
4. No school Friday!
5. LWW quiz Thursday!
6. Red Green Day Wednesday -or- Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Today we had ignite for our Monday soft start! Then we did Mathletics for an hour.  After that we finished watching the LLW movie.  We will be having a mini quiz on Thursday for it.  Then we corrected the math test before gym.

In the afternoon the students did property of air experiments with Mr. Mueller.  In social we worked to finish the provincial government chapter.  We will be taking up the questions tomorrow.

We hope everyone has a magical Monday!

Friday, December 13th

Reminders
1. Fun lunch due online tomorrow!
2. Pillars of Care assembly Thursday at 12:30pm


Today flew by!  We did our math quiz, and watched some of the LWW movie!  After that and snack, we went to our buddy class and made Christmas cards for our loved ones.  Then we did more movie for like another 10mins, cleaned the class and had gym.

We hope everyone has a freaky Friday!

textbook questions

Pg 129 – 1,2

Pg 130 – 1

Pg 131 – 1, 2

Pg 132 – 1,2

Pg 133 – 1

Pg 135 – 1,2

Pg 136 – 1

Pg 137 – 1,2

Pg 139, 1-3

Pg 141, 1-3  -----GOAL FOR STUDENTS

Pg 142 – 1,2

Pg 143 – 1,2

Pg 146 – 1

Pg 147 – 1

Pg 148 – 1,2

Pg 151 – 1

Pg 152/153 – 1b, 3a

Wednesday, December 11th

Reminders
1. Pillars of Care Assembly next Thursday, Dec 19th 12:30pm
2. Fractions unit test this Friday!  We gave out a review today during math!
3. Poetry rubrics sent home to be signed
4. Red and Green Day or Christmas Sweater day Wednesday Dec 17th
5. Food Drive ends Dec 16th

We finished reading the LWW before music.  Then we studied for our math test before going to the library and dance.  In the afternoon we worked through our provincial government chapter in the textbook, we should finish tomorrow! Then take them up on Monday.

We wish everyone a safe wonderful Wednesday!

Tuesday, December 10th

Reminders
1. Pillars of Care Assembly next Thursday, Dec 19th 12:30pm
2. Fractions unit test this Friday!  We gave out a review today during math!
3. Poetry rubrics sent home to be signed


Today in class handed back the poetry projects everyone did them and passed!
Then we previewed whats on the math test for Friday and watched a number line fraction math antics video.

After music we almost finished reading The LWW, we will finish tomorrow for sure :)

Then we practiced fractions on Mathletics before gym.

In the afternoon the students had science, in social we were working through the textbook Provincial Government chapter.

Sorry I was away yesterday, not feeling well.  We hope everyone has Christmas Tree Tuesday!

Friday, December 6th

Reminders
1. Fractions test Friday Dec 13th
2. Amazing Christmas concert everyone!
3. Math basic facts sent home to be signed

Today we cleaned up the gym, which took a bit, but thank you everyone for helping!

Then we corrected math, and focused on math strategies to improve our understanding and success.
We then read for 30mins.  After that, we helped our buddy class research about the prairies.

We had a lockdown and our class did amazing!! Was very impressive!!

After the lockdown we continued our 20mins after holiday movie, Home Alone.  We are using the story mountain plot graph for the movie to fill in inciting incident, introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.  So will be a fun challenge to do that.

We ended our day with Dr. Dodgeball.

We hope everyone has a fantastic four Friday!

Wednesday, December 4th

Reminders
1. Fractions Test  Dec 13
2. Div 1 concert tonight!


Today we did fractions and expressing them in different ways.

Then we went and setup chairs for the concert tonight.  When we came back we read The LWW and did predictions for each chapter.

Then we had our library time, and gym in-class today as the gym was being occupied.

In the afternoon we watched the Div 1 dress rehearsal and then started Home Alone 1 for the last 20mins of the day.

We hope everyone has a Wonderful Wednesday!

Monday, December 2nd

Reminders
1. Christmas concert nights Dec 5 and 6 ...div 2 is 6th
2. Science retest tomorrow ---- study, again! then study some more

We converted mixed fractions to improper fractions.  We simplified normal fractions to their lowest terms.  Then we also expressed all fractions into decimals, percents, and pictures.


After math we read the LWW and made predictions for our main characters of each chapter!

During gym, we had an awesome basketball lesson.

In the afternoon we corrected our science tests, and we did our social service presentations.

We hope everyone has a magical Monday!

Friday, November 29th

Reminders
1. Dec 13th - Fractions unit test

Hey everyone!

Friday's are always a whirlwind! Today we had the pillars of care assembly then put everything away.

We had our science unit test, then afterwards we did mathletics until everyone is finished.

Afterwards, we changed our class for the month of December!  We made a triangle arrangement, which will be interesting.

Then we had a grade 2 buddies read to us, which they loved, before ending our day with gym and cleaning the room!

We hope everyone has a fantastic Black Friday!

Thursday, November 28th

Reminders
1. Science unit test Friday - STUDY NIGHTLY! follow Mr. Mueller's blog for more info
2. Pillars of Care Assembly 8:15am this Friday
3. Social service presentation - Will continue Friday and Monday!

Hello, sorry I forgot yesterday!

Today we did ignite, grade 3 buddies (the grade 3s love our class), then we had a science reading comprehension practice.  I will mark them this week and get them back!   And it was a good review for the test tomorrow!

In math we worked on equivalent, improper, mixed and normal fractions.

In the afternoon we had science (studying for the test) and social working on the presentation and listening to some awesome student presentations!

We hope everyone has a thrifty Thursday!

Tuesday, November 26th

Reminders
1. MISSING PROJECTS - science, social city, and poetry anthology --- some of you aren't done any of them!
2. Science unit test Friday - STUDY NIGHTLY! follow Mr. Mueller's blog for more info
3. Pillars of Care Assembly 8:15am this Friday
4. Social service presentation .... class time will be given tomorrow


Today we worked on making equivalent fractions, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa, placing fractions on a number line, and drawing fractions. 

After music we had a snack, handed back science old projects and finger print poems, before reading more of the LWW.  We are midway through chapter 8 at the moment.

Then we talked about theatre expectations.

The play was a magical experience! They put on an amazing production --- from the actors/actresses, the props, set designs, script --- it truly was like we were in Narnia!

When we got back, we did one science kahoot to help study for their trees and forest test this Friday.

We hope everyone has a Travel to Narnia Tuesday! 

Monday, November 25th

Reminders
1. MISSING PROJECTS - science, social city, and poetry anthology --- some of you aren't done any of them!
2. Bring a lunch for the field trip tomorrow
3. Science unit test Friday - STUDY NIGHTLY! follow Mr. Mueller's blog for more info

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Tuesday, Nov 26th
C) If you haven't paid for swimming or the theatre and haven't contacted the school, please do so

Today I was away on meetings, and had to fill in for Mr. Hebert in the afternoon when I returned.

Today we had ignite, then silent read and had a snack.  Following that we worked on fractions via mathletics.  Parents, please try to have your child use mathletics at least once a week at home.  It is an expensive program the school paid for that is quite intuitive for math practice and learning.

After math we read LWW and focussed on predictions for the next chapters.   We are very excited for the trip tomorrow --- please have a conversation about behaviour outside of school with your child as they are representing your family and our school in public.

Then we had gym and lunch.

In the afternoon we worked on our provincial service research presentation in our groups of 3 and had science with Mr. Mueller!

We hope everyone has a Marvel movie Monday!

Wednesday, Nov 20th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 22nd
2. Fun lunch Nov 21th - Panago Pizza - forms sent home
3. Flower Orders Nov 21th
4. Parent teacher interviews Nov 21/22 sign up online through your parent account
5. Book Fair Tuesday - Friday
6. MISSING PROJECTS - science, social city, and poetry anthology --- some of you aren't done any of them!

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Tuesday, Nov 26th
C) If you haven't paid for swimming and haven't contacted the school, please do so

Today we worked on fractions: equivalent and improper and mixed number on Mathletics. 
Then we finally dove into The Lion, the Witch, the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis for an hour, then the book fair and gym.
In the afternoon we worked on our poetry display board, and our winter painting project, so I can assign some art marks on report cards ;)

We hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday! See you all tomorrow I hope!

Tuesday, November 19th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 22nd
2. Fun lunch Nov 21th - Panago Pizza - forms sent home
3. Flower Orders Nov 20th
4. November 20th - Age Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!
5. Parent teacher interviews Nov 21/22 sign up online through your parent account, I will be calling Wednesday about why people haven't signed up
6. Book Fair Tuesday - Friday

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Tuesday, Nov 26th

Today we had our math talk about fractions and equivalent fractions. Then we had music, finished math, and went swimming.  When we got back we checked out the book fair before we go tomorrow!

In the afternoon they had science with Mr. Mueller, and in social we compared local vs provincial government and looked at the promises Premier Kenney made about education and what he actually did.

We hope everyone has a Snow-filled blue-toed Tuesday! 

Monday, November 18th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 21
2. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza - forms sent home
3. Flower Orders Nov 20th
4. November 20th - Age Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!
5. Parent teacher interviews Nov 21/22 sign up online through your parent account, I will be calling

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Today we started our fraction unit!  Big steps for Grade 6 :)
We used manipulatives today to be visual with our fractions.  We organized the cubes into groups, counted the totals, made fractions, made them into percents, and made our percents into fractions.  Then we had to come up with real world examples, and draw a picture of our fractions.   We will be continuing with this, this week, before moving into different types of fractions.

We then read silently for 10mins and had a snack before swimming.

After swimming we had a class meeting about lunchroom expectations / recess expectations / respect.

In the afternoon we continued with our provincial government - we were comparing local government to provincial government for how the terms are similar in stature but different in the level of politics.

We hope everyone has movie Monday!

Thursday, November 14th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 21
2. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th ----extension to Tuesday! 
3. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza - forms sent home
4. Flower Orders Nov 20th
5. November 20th - Age Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!
6. Social projects marked (come pick them up) and unit tests marked and sent home! Please sign and return.
7. Students lunch containers have been stolen today ---- if you have an extra one in your bag can you have a discussion with your child about it? And return it? One is green plastic with a yellow lid and a square glass container.
8. City projects are being brought home this week, if not picked up by Friday. they are going in the trash.
9. Parent teacher interviews Nov 21/22 sign up online through your parent account
10. Basic fact quiz sent home to be signed and returned.

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

BRING TOWELS AND BATHING SUITS for MONDAY AND TUESDAY!

Swimming incident today:  the class before us had an accident in the pool and we had to evacuate the water.  Unsure if we will get another lesson or a longer one, one day.  Have a talk with your child about proper hygiene in the pool.

I am away tomorrow, the students have Mathletics, then grade 2 buddies - mad libs and more math, then a big art project, then gym.

We started with Ignite and then read with our grade 3 buddies.

Today we corrected our math as a class on the board. Then we did silent reading until swimming.

After swimming we had a mini health lesson about proper hygiene after the pool incident.

In social we started our provincial government unit by brainstorming on our own, then in groups, then as a class about what they think / thought they already knew about it from the previous unit.  We then dove into a wild talk about PST and GST and where the money goes / how it is suppose to work.

We hope everyone has a thrifty  Thursday!

Wednesday, November 13th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th ----extension to Tuesday! 
3. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza - forms sent home
4. Flower Orders Nov 20th
5. November 20th - Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!
6. Social projects marked (come pick them up) and unit tests marked and sent home! Please sign and return.
7. Students lunch containers have been stolen today ---- if you have an extra one in your bag can you have a discussion with your child about it? And return it? One is green plastic with a yellow lid and a square glass container.
8. City projects are being brought home this week, if not picked up by Friday. they are going in the trash.
9. Parent teacher interviews Nov 21/22 sign up online through your parent account

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

BRING TOWELS AND BATHING SUITS!

Today we did our tri-weekly quiz, we will be marking them tomorrow.

Then we had snack after music and read silently / finishing math before swimming.

After swimming it was our library time.

In the afternoon we did our IRIS goals (math, LA, and personal) with 3 strategies each as to how to meet each goal.  These will be shown and discussed to you at the parent teacher meetings next week!
Then we helped our buddy class in grade 2 do their goals and strategies.  We then tidied up the room before ending our day.

We hope everyone has a wild Wednesday!

Tuesday, November 12th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th ----extension to Tuesday! 
3. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza
4. Flower Orders Nov 20th
5. November 20th - Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!
6. Social projects marked (come pick them up) and unit tests marked and sent home! Please sign and return.

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

BRING TOWELS AND BATHING SUITS!

Today we did our basic facts practice before our tri-weekly quiz tomorrow.
Then after music we had snack and we started the introduction to the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe before swimming.

When we got back from swimming we cleaned the room and read.

In the afternoon we marked our social test and took up the reason for each question as why some of the multiple choice questions were incorrect / correct. 

In science some of my students are still missing their leaf project! Get them in!

We also need to be quieter in the halls!  Teachers are complaining grade 6 is too loud!! Let's be more respectful!

We hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

Friday, November 8th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th ----extension to Tuesday! 
3. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza
4. Flower Orders Nov 20th
5. November 20th - Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

Today was a frenzy of a Friday. We did our unit test, to be marked as a class on Tuesday. Then we could work on our poems until completion.  Most students did complete their poetry, thank you for that! Others, get your butt in gear! After that we had Mathletics buddies with the grade 2s - we did math, they did math, and we helped them when they needed.  Then we went up and had a mental math talk about strategies we can do in our heads to arrive at solutions faster.  After that we had a beautiful, Remembrance Day Assembly put on by Mr. Beechey!  It was great!   Then we cleaned our class up before gym.

We hope everyone has a fabulous Friday!

DON'T FORGET YOUR SWIM SUIT, TOWEL, FORMS AND MONEY for Tuesday!

Thursday, November 7th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. City Final product due - extension - Nov 8th
3. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th
4. Social Unit Test Nov 8th - Local Government -test review posted
5. Remembrance Day Assembly Friday Nov 8th 10:30am --- feel free to join
6. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza
7. Flower Orders Nov 20th
8. November 20th - Reverse Day - Students dress as teachers, teachers dress as students!

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

Wednesday, November 6th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. City Final product due - extension - Nov 8th
3. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th
4. Social Unit Test Nov 8th - Local Government -test review posted
5. Remembrance Day Assembly Friday Nov 8th 10:30am --- feel free to join
6. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza
7. Flower Orders Nov 20th

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

Today was yet another whirlwind Wednesday!   We did math - long division and multiplication strategies.  After music we worked on our poetry anthology project until the library.  After the library we had dance.

In the afternoon we studied for our unit test Friday, some students are making their own quizzes for the class to do, others did quizzes and some worked on their unfinished projects that were due last Friday.

The students worked on learning bigger questions in science for their unit --- check out Mr. Mueller's blog for more info!

We hope everyone has a winning Wednesday!

Tuesday, November 5th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. City Final product due - extension - Nov 8th
3. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th
4. Social Unit Test Nov 8th - Local Government -test review posted
5. Remembrance Day Assembly Friday Nov 8th 10:30am --- feel free to join
6. Fun lunch Nov 20th - Panago Pizza
7. Flower Orders Nov 20th

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!


Today we worked on multiplication and division in mathletics before music.  After music, we worked on our poetry anthology. 

Then we did our monthly writing assessment, pictures were from WW1 and WW2. 

After gym we did social kahoots for the test on Friday, before doing science with Mr. Mueller.

We hope everyone has turkey Tuesday!

Monday, November 4th

Reminders
1. No School - Nov 11
2. City Final product due - extension - Nov 8th
3. Poetry Anthology due Nov 8th
4. Social Unit Test Nov 8th - Local Government -test review posted
5. Remembrance Day Assembly Friday Nov 8th 10:30am --- feel free to join

Trips, Forms, and Fees
1. Swimming Forms and $26 due by Nov 8th
B) Swimming Dates Nov 12-14, 18, 19 - have your bathing suit already on under your clothes before school to make it quicker to get in the water
2. Alberta Theatre Project - The Lion Witch And Wardrobe - Forms and $8 due by Nov 22nd
B) We are going Nov 26th

Reading...Give it a Shot
BHS has enrolled in the Calgary Flames reading program.  Students will be bringing home tracking sheets to monitor how much they read each day.  Can you please sign the spot needed if they are reading at home?  1hr read = 1 Flames hockey card in grade 6.  Once they collect all 24, they can move onto the bonus card collection of Harvey the Hound doing funny things! The reading competition starts now and ends early December.   The more they read the more chance we have of the Calgary Flames visiting our school! Thank you for your support and work with encouraging your child to read! Go Flames Go!

We started off with ignite then worked on long division.  Then we had a reading assessment and cleaned our desks out before DEAR Time.

After gym we did social kahoot quizzes to practice for the unit test / students could finish their projects that were late.

Then students had science.

We hope everyone has a MOO MOO Monday!

Local Govt Unit Test Review

Format: Multiple Choice
26 questions + 2 bonus questions  /26

How Does Local Government Work? 
Inquiring Questions:
1. In what ways is local government part of a democracy?
2. How can citizens participate in local government?
3. How can people organize themselves to meet needs not met by government?
1. Why do we have Local Government?
A. Local government provide services
>services meet some of the needs of the citizens of a city/town/etc.
1. Local Government Services

• >  Senior’s facilities
  
• >  Public transportation
  
• >  Streets and roads
  
• >  Libraries
  
• >  Fire, Police, EMS
  
• >  Animal control
  
• >  City parks and recreation
  
• >  Waste disposal (garbage)
  B. Local government collects taxes
  >services cost money and the government needs a way to pay for them all.
  How do they pay for it???
  >local government collect most the money from Property Taxes to pay for it all. >this is Revenue (making money) for our government
  

Other sources of Revenue are:

• >  user fees (transit, pools, parking, licenses (businesses & pets), permits, etc)
  
• >  sale of goods
  
• >  transfer payments (money from other levels of government)
  
• >  Property taxes (owning a home or business)
  
• >  Rental of equipment
  

>governments spend money to maintain and run the city... this is called Expenditures which are:

• >  roads
  
• >  agricultural services
  
• >  parks and recreation
  
• >  protective services
  
• >  administration
  
• >  water and waste management
  C. Local Government Makes Laws >they make rules called bylaws which are enforced by bylaw officers >check out the City of Calgary Website to read about some pending bylaws and some of the bylaws have recently been passed
  >laws are discussed 3 times.
  D. Local Government gives People a Voice
  > contact the mayors office or alderman via email, phone, letter, fax, in person > Petitions, Rallies, demonstration, attending town hall meetings, voting, etc.
  
  
  
  

2. How Are Local Governments Organized?

A. Making Decisions for the Community

•  > council meetings to discuss and make decisions
  
•  > they organize committees that are responsible for services
  
•  > advisory committees B. Delivering Services to the Community
  

•   > many people are hired to work for the city – Civil Servants
  
•   > all departments report to the “Town or City Manager”
  3. How are Local Governments Elected? >elections occur every 3 years Steps to an election
  1. Nomination –must be Canadian Citizen, 18 yrs, live in area for 6 months 2. campaign – getting your name and ideas out there to the public
  3. election day – go to polling stations and ...
  4. vote – pick the person you want to be your mayor
  4. How Can you Participate at the local Level?
  > Petitions, Rallies, demonstration, attending town hall meetings, voting, etc.
  A. Getting Involved in the Community
  

•  > start programs that collect and distribute food or clothing
  
•  > bring meals to elderly people in their homes
  
•  > organize cleanup campaigns to pick up litter
  
•  > raise money to start youth or sports programs
  
•  > helping with the homeless
  5. Why do we have School Boards?
  

•  They make decisions about educational services and programming in schools.
  
•  They are familiar with needs and values of the community they serve..
  
•  They have a superintendent and trustees who make decisions. A. What are your choices of Schools?
  

•  Public Schools – they are available for all citizens
  
•  Separate Schools – Catholic faith
  
•  Francophone Schools – run by Francophones (French)
  
•  Charter Schools – same curriculum as public but with a special focus
  (Science, music, etc.) Fist Nations School – Run by the aboriginal groups
  
  

Type of Government	Top Elected Official	Elected Official	Council Made Up Of:
Urban	Mayor	Councillors (alderman)
Rural	Reeve	Councillors
First Nations	Chief	council selected by community
Metis	Chairperson	Council of 5

Passing a Bylaw

Bylaw motion introduced at community or council meeting

Possible community presentation by individuals or groups
Community members and councillors who oppose the motion argue against it

Community members and councillors who support the motion argue for it

Councillor makes motion to pass bylaw at council

Council considers the motion for the first time

Council considers the motion for the second time

Council considers the motion for the third time

Members of council vote on motion

Motion fails OR

Motion passes

Motion becomes bylaw