Monday, September 30th

Reminders
1. Terry Fox $ donation due by Fri Oct 4th*****Our class is at $100 
2. Spelling Test #1 sent home to be signed
3. Spelling Test #2 Friday, Oct 4th - words post on previous blog
4. Basic Fact Quiz Weds Oct 2nd
5. VACCINE FORMS DUE FRIDAY OCT 4th!
6. Place value quiz sent home to be signed and returned
7. Dress for Gym Outside!

Thank you to all those who wore orange today to support the Orange Shirt Day movement.

We started off with Ignite as per Monday, then we had our Orange Shirt Day presentation.

We kicked off our day on mathletics as we missed it last Friday.  It gave students who were away to complete the quiz before we marked it. 

Then we marked the math test together, we learned we need to work more with number lines in our decimal unit.

After that I printed off the spelling words and went over this week's expectations for them, for the sentences to be definitions.

Once gym ended the students had science with Mr. Mueller, then social with me.  In social we read about decisions, and why we have/need a government.  Our main focus today was how to summarize notes.  I printed off 2 chapters worth of summaries and we highlighted what was important for unit tests and projects.  Then we just read the highlights,  and a lot of "lights turned on" about how it was helpful to review your notes with a highlighter or pen to synthesize information.

We hope everyone has a Maverick Monday!

Spelling Test 2 - Trees and Forests

Spelling Words – Trees and Forests

MUST WORDS 1-10

1. habitat
2. canopy
3. understory
4. subfloor* (sub-floor – alternative spelling)
5. organism
6. leaves
7. producers
8. nutrients
9. deciduous
10. coniferous
11. bacteria                     
12. emergent
13. biodiversity
14. ecosystem
15. decomposers

Spelling Sentences:

You can use definitions for science words

Example:

Bacteria:  Bacteria are decomposers and among the smallest living organisms on our planet.

GYM OUTSIDE TOMORROW!!! - DRESS For it!

Dear all,

Mr. Sadowsky has asked to write that gym will be outside tomorrow for some time in the snow! Please dress warm, for the weather, and for some snow activities!


For those to who do not compared they will be in the gym with me.

Safe driving!

Friday, September 27th

Reminders
1. Terry Fox $ donation due by Fri Oct 4th*****
2. Orange shirt day Sept Monday 30th
4. Clothing Order EXTENDED to Monday! - parent pay, cheque, or cash
5. Spelling Test #1 sent home to be signed
6. Spelling Test #2 Friday, Oct 4th
7. Basic Fact Quiz Weds Oct 2nd
8. VACCINE FORMS DUE FRIDAY OCT 4th!

Today was quite the busy day! We setup for the assembly and took it down.  The kids were great! Afterwards we had buddies, snack, spelling test and marked it, then Mathletics before gym.

We hope everyone has a Fantastic Four Friday!

Thursday, September 26th

Reminders
1. Book orders due Sept 26th
2. Terry Fox $ donation due by Fri Oct 4th*****
3. Orange shirt day Sept Monday 30th
4. Clothing Order due Sept 27th - parent pay, cheque, or cash
5. Spelling Test #1 Friday - Sentences due too
6. Pillar of Care Assembly Friday 8:30am

Today in class the patrollers had training from 8:15-10am.  We had ignite, then went to our grade 3 reading buddies, and had snack and read our own books  after.

We then had some time to study for our math quiz before doing it.  We will be marking them tomorrow as a class.

After gym and lunch we had social studies where we learned about the similarities and differences between municipal, provincial, and federal governments as we continue our general overview of the 3 levels of government.

After our flex recess, we had a vaccine and vaccination  presentation from our school nurse.  Once that ended we had time for students to quiz each other in preparation for our spelling test tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 25th

Reminders
1. Book orders due Sept 26th - tomorrow!
2. Terry Fox $ donation due by Fri*****
3. Orange shirt day Sept Monday 30th
4. Clothing Order due Sept 27th - parent pay, cheque, or cash
5. Spelling Test #1 Friday - Sentences due too
6. Pillar of Care Assembly Friday 8:30am
7. Place Value Quiz Thursday!

Today we did our walking field trip to Nose Hill park!  The kids were great, and learned a lot of leaf types.  We will be using them for a project and showing the students how to press them.

In the afternoon the students went through their different kinds of leaves with Mr. Mueller and had social studies with me.  We talked about how society makes decisions, and the different services each level of government is responsible for.

We hope everyone has a Wonder Woman Wednesday!

Tuesday, September 24th

Reminders
2. Book orders due Sept 26th
3. Terry Fox $ donation  due by Fri*****
4. Orange shirt day Sept Monday 30th
5. Nose Hill walking field trip Weds, we need volunteers
6. Clothing Order due Sept 27th
7. Spelling Test #1 Friday - Sentences due too
8. Pillar of Care Assembly Friday 8:30am
9. Place Value Quiz Thursday!


Check your student's bag, lots of forms sent home!

Today we worked towards our place value quiz on Thursday before music.  After music we read and had a snack.  Then we started lesson 1 of our poetry unit before watching a Terry Fox documentary.

In the afternoon, we worked on social chapter 1 and 2 key terms before the Terry Fox assembly and run.  Our PM class combined for 73km in 30mins!

We need more donations to get me to wear make up and dress up this Friday!!

We hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

Monday, September 23rd

Reminders
1. Terry Fox run tomorrow - dress appropriately
2. Book orders due Sept 26th
3. Terry Fox $ donation  due by Fri Oct 4th
4. Orange shirt day Sept Monday 30th
5. Nose Hill walking field trip Weds, we need volunteers
6. Clothing Order due Sept 27th
7. Spelling Test #1 Friday - Sentences due too
8. Pillar of Care Assembly Friday 8:30am
9. Place Value Quiz Thursday!


Check your student's bag, lots of forms sent home!

Today we worked on place value for our quiz on Thursday.  Then we read and had a snack.  In LA we worked on our spelling sentences that our due Friday, and how to write proper sentences.

After gym and lunch, we had our cellphone debate, the NO side won, yahoo!  Then we had science with Mr. Mueller.

We hope everyone has a monster Monday!

Thursday, September 19th

Reminders
1. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm sign up online
2. Book Orders due Sept 26th
3. NO SCHOOL TOMORROW!
4. Fingerprint Poems due Monday!

Today in class we started with Ignite, then had reading buddies with our Grade 3 buddies.
Then we worked on our fingerprint poems that are due Monday.

Then we had mathletics for an hour and gym.  Then in the afternoon we did trees and forests and social textbook.

Wednesday, September 18th

Reminders
1. FORMS - Grey form, pizza form, classroom contract, and digital citizenship!!
2. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm sign up online
3. The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th ----- deadline Thursday!
4. Book Orders due Sept 26th

Today in class we worked on place value before music.  After music we read and had a snack.  Then we had an hour before library to work on our finger print poems for parent night.

After library, gym, and lunch our class went to science class with Mr. Mueller then had social studies with me.

We focussed on today why do have a government? why is it important to contribute then dove into opinions.  Our first opinion piece is should cell phones be allowed in school? Why or why not? Explain your response in minimum 5 complete sentences.   Then tomorrow we are dividing into a in class debate.

We hope everyone has a wild Wednesday!

Spelling Test 1 - Sept 26th

Spelling Test 1 – Mathematics – Place Value

1.     Hundred million 

2.     Ten billion

3.     Four hundred thousand

4.     Seven tenths

5.     Thirteen hundredths

6.     Eight hundred seventeen thousandths

7.     Two thousand two *

8.     Decimal *

9.     Place value *

10.  Percent *

11.  Fraction *

12.  Borrowing *

13.  Carrying-over

14.  Addition *

15.  Subtraction *

The expectations are that students study these words for a week at home, there will not class time for studying for spelling tests.

B) The 2nd expectation is that students in their LA books write 15 sentences and use these properly in a full, complete sentence.  NO questions allowed ex: What is place value? Is not an acceptable sentence.

* = *words are no exception words, these are words they must be able to spell

Tuesday, September 17th

Reminders
1. FORMS - Grey form, pizza form, classroom contract, and digital citizenship!!
2. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm sign up online
3. The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th ----- deadline Thursday!
4. Book Orders due Sept 26th

Today we worked on more place value and how to express numbers in different ways.  After music and DEAR/snack time, we worked on our fingerprint poems that are due for parent night.

In science we continued trees and forests with Mr. Mueller. 

In social studies we started with group work tackling big questions for our first unit --- what makes a good leader? why do we need rules? who gets to make rules? who enforces rule?

We hope everyone has turkey Tuesday!

Missing Hat in Grade 5 - Chicago PD hat

A student in Mr. Mahon’s class is quite upset as the hat she wore to school yesterday has gone missing. It was on her hook in the morning and missing when she went to get it at lunch.  It is a blue, adjustable back hat that says Chicago Police on it.  This hat belonged to her grandfather. 

Monday, September 16th

Reminders
1. FORMS - Grey form, pizza form, classroom contract, and digital citizenship!!
2. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm sign up online
3. The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th!

Today in class we had Ignite!  The students love starting their day off on their own pace.

Then we continued decimal place value and arithmetic.

We had DEAR time then did a baseline writing assessment - writing a story based on a picture.   We will be doing this every month.

In the afternoon the class had their first science lesson with Mr. Mueller.

Then we worked on our finger print poems due this Thursday!

We hope everyone has a manic Monday!

Friday, September 13th

Reminders
1. FORMS - Grey form, pizza form, classroom contract, and digital citizenship!!
2. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm sign up online
3. The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th!

Today was a fast-paced Friday!

We cleaned our desks in order to earn Matheltics.  In Mathletics we did place value and math live as a treat towards the end.

We read "The Invisible Boy" together as a class and reflected on what it means to belong at Beddington.  We then created our Wonder Wall poster for our room based on their reflections.

We then had snack and read with our buddies in grade 2.

Afterwords we worked on our reflections for the display board and started our finger print poems.

The grade 6s were great during the fire drill and we ended our day with gym.

We hope everyone has a fabulous Friday!

Thursday, September 12th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned ASAP:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)
3. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm
4. Our first homework assignment The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th! 
5. Letter to Our Future Self due this FRIDAY!
6. Calendar sent home and student information form that is due next Thursday for meet the teacher night


Good afternoon!

We corrected our math handout from earlier this week about place value.  We will be diving into more computation of decimals next week.

In LA we worked on our letters and met our grade 3 reading buddy class.  One teacher had to have 2 reading buddy classes this year and I took it.  They were great together!

In the afternoon we had a work period for students complete various opening week projects.

Then after recess we went through how to be responsible with tech.  We made sure our logins and passwords for work the computers, gmail, and mathletics. 

Then the students continued on mathlive. 

We hope everyone has a thirsty Thursday!

Wednesday, September 11th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned ASAP:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)
3. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm
4. Our first homework assignment The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th! 
5. Letter to Our Future Self due this FRIDAY!
6. Calendar sent home and student information form that due next Thursday for meet the teacher night.

Today in class we continued our place value adventure.  After music we had DEAR time and snack.
Then we worked on our letters to our future selves that are due this Friday. 
We ended our morning with the library and gym.

In the afternoon students were in groups working on our display board pillar, their student reflection, and any outstanding homework.

We hope everyone has a Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, September 10th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned ASAP:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)
3. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm
4. Our first homework assignment The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th! 
5. Letter to Our Future Self due this FRIDAY!

Today we worked on more place value in math before music,

After music we read and had a morning snack

Then we worked on our letter to our future selves until gym.

After gym we worked on our display board about the pillars of care before ending our day working on the social crests.

We hope everyone has a toonie Tuesday!

Monday, September 9th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned ASAP:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)
3. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm
4. Our first homework assignment The Family Crest Project - Due next Tuesday, 17th! 

Today in class we dove into our first math unit, decimal place value! We got the basics down and will be exploring more with this.

In LA, we started our baseline writing assessment, A Letter to my Future Self.  This will help me as a teacher learn more about their writing and more about them!

We did some reading before gym.

In the afternoon we worked on our pillars of care display board, with a focus on belonging at Beddington.

Then the students had time to work on their family crest social project.

We hope everyone has a Marvel Comic Monday!

Friday, September 6th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned by Friday:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)
3. Meet the teacher night Sept 19th 6-730pm.  1st session 6-6:45pm / 2nd session 6:45 - 7:30pm


Today we finished building our bridges, some of the glue wasn't set yet so we will be doing our competition judging tomorrow.

Then we worked on our social crest project until reading buddies.  We met our reading buddies and a did an interview with them, which was awesome!

Then we had snack and outdoor recess and set up the gym for the welcome back assembly.

After cleaning up the assembly we had gym then cleaned up our class.

We hope everyone has a fabulous Friday!

Thursday, September 5th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned by Friday:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home (about pizza)

Today we started off with some line-up icebreakers and learning more about each other.

Then we dove into a baseline math assessment / review of grade 5 skills.  Just to give me a sense of where the students are at, as we know with the summer break fogging some of their prior knowledge.

After marking that we continued to work on our picture frames and the crest project until gym.

In the afternoon we continued our theme of belonging through building by getting into new groups for a bridge building competition.   The students had to design a bridge individually, vote on it in groups and plan how to construct it together.  The bridges will be judged on functionality, design, and appearance.  We will be finishing this tomorrow morning.

We hope everyone has a Thor Thursday!

Wednesday, September 4th

Reminders
1. Forms have been sent home to be signed and returned by Friday:
A) Student Information
B) Media Consent
C) Health Concerns
D) CBE Information Consent
E) Classroom Contract
F) Digital Citizenship
2. Parent Council letter sent home.

Today was another awesome day for room 14.  We started off with the picnic game where we learn everyones' names.  We had music.  After music we worked on our picture frames for our display board. We then did the 1st of 6 Edmonton spelling tests as a baseline to let me see where the students were at --- we will be getting better!   After marking it we went to the library and had 30mins to explore our new books.

In the afternoon we started our Crest Project --which is a shield that has their name at the top and 4 important sections to each student, there is a small written component.  They will be displayed during Meet the Teacher night this September.

Then we had gym outside and played kickball.

We hope everyone has a wacky wing Wednesday!

Room 14 Classroom Contract (student created)

Mr. Shackelton’s Awesome Grade 6 Class Contract

I ______________________ hereby agree to follow all rules and regulations posted within this binding document.

Rules and Regulations

1.     Follow the Pillars of Care

2.     No foul language

3.     Be polite and respectful to others

4.     No vandalism

5.     Be quiet when someone else is talking

6.     No littering

7.     No physical/verbal harm to others

8.     No stealing

9.     Be respectful not wasteful with school supplies

10.  Follow the ‘Golden Rule’ – treat others how you want to be treated

11.  Respect all adults and students in the building – including substitutes

12.  Limit ‘under your breath comments’ and eye rolls

13.  NO BULLYING! (especially cyberbullying, we’re a team here!)

14.  Respect others personal space and beliefs

15.  Be mature, especially during assemblies

16.  Be inclusive

17.  Use the bathroom system: plunger on your desk and sign in/out

18.  Be honest, truthful and help others: outside, in class, and in the halls

19.  Be a leader

20.  Don’t be lazy! Take initiative 

21.  No FOOD/garbage in your desk!

22.  SUBMIT HOMEWORK ON TIME!

23.  Raise your hand to talk and wait to be called

24.  Stand up for yourself

25.  Own your learning, your behavior, your words, and your actions

Penalty Box:

-A trifold is placed around student’s desk until they reflect on their behavior / complete missing assignments

-It is a way to keep the student in the classroom instead of working in another teacher’s room or the office

1. Parents will be informed and have to agree

2. Length of PB will depend on severity of incident

3. Classroom time and recess time will be spent in the box

4. No electronics unless needed for assignments

How the Penalty Box Happens:

A)    Putting yourself and/or others in danger

B)    Any type of serious verbal/physical altercation with other students/staff

C)    Disrespecting an adult in the building (ex: aggression towards EAs, office, or lunchroom)

D)    Owing Mr. Shackelton/Mr. Mueller/Ms. Winston more than 3 homework assignments for a long period of time

Student Signature: _____________________________    Date: _____________________

Parent/Guardian Signature: ______________________    Date:______________________

Agree to Penalty Box Rules:               Parent/Guardian:     _____Yes  _____No