Welcome to Grade 6!
It is my pleasure to be teaching your child this year! I look forward to working closely with you and getting to know your child. You are your child's first teacher, and together we can help your child meet the provincial expectations for this year. We will be starting the year by getting to know each other, our individual strengths, interests and needs. The emphasis with students is that effort is more important than ability in achieving success and that a student's "job" is to work hard and try their best.
Please encourage your child to discuss what has gone on at school each day. Set aside 40 minutes for homework every night. Each week homework will consist of a reading comprehension page, or a writing task and math that will practice and support a variety of skills. For this first week we will only have a reading comprehension assignment. For the first two weeks we will be completing homework on paper. As the year progresses, homework will be posted online and students will be able to submit it either electronically or on paper. Homework will be written in their agenda books on Mondays and posted on this blog under "Homework" on the right hand side of the page for the month of September. After this time I will only update the Homework tab if something is changing for the week (ie only math homework for the week). Homework will generally be due on Fridays, so that students have the week to complete it. This homework routine is very important. Please reach out if you have any questions.
We will be starting the year with a number of "Getting to Know You" activities. In language we will start with letter writing and identifying our goals for the year. Then we will begin an investigation into using technology appropriately in supporting us achieve the curriculum expectations. In math, we will begin the year by investigating whole number, doing "number talks", and introducing multiple choice math questions.
This year, the Grade 6's will be using a few websites to help facilitate learning. We will be using Google Apps, Mathletics, Hapara and a number of other applications to demonstrate our learning. The access for these sites are through your child's google account (email and password) provided by the school board. A form for the Acceptable Use of Technology is being sent home the first day of school, so please sign and return it as soon as possible. If your child has a chromebook, laptop or tablet, and you are comfortable with him/her bringing it to school, then I would highly encourage students to bring them. Students may use technology to complete many of their assignments in class. For now, please follow our class Twitter account at @JodieOHalloran. There will be many tweets to update everyone on our learning journey. As well, note the website for updates and weekly homework (https://msjodieohalloran.weebly.com/).
Your Partner in Education,
Ms. Jodie O’Halloran
It is my pleasure to be teaching your child this year! I look forward to working closely with you and getting to know your child. You are your child's first teacher, and together we can help your child meet the provincial expectations for this year. We will be starting the year by getting to know each other, our individual strengths, interests and needs. The emphasis with students is that effort is more important than ability in achieving success and that a student's "job" is to work hard and try their best.
Please encourage your child to discuss what has gone on at school each day. Set aside 40 minutes for homework every night. Each week homework will consist of a reading comprehension page, or a writing task and math that will practice and support a variety of skills. For this first week we will only have a reading comprehension assignment. For the first two weeks we will be completing homework on paper. As the year progresses, homework will be posted online and students will be able to submit it either electronically or on paper. Homework will be written in their agenda books on Mondays and posted on this blog under "Homework" on the right hand side of the page for the month of September. After this time I will only update the Homework tab if something is changing for the week (ie only math homework for the week). Homework will generally be due on Fridays, so that students have the week to complete it. This homework routine is very important. Please reach out if you have any questions.
We will be starting the year with a number of "Getting to Know You" activities. In language we will start with letter writing and identifying our goals for the year. Then we will begin an investigation into using technology appropriately in supporting us achieve the curriculum expectations. In math, we will begin the year by investigating whole number, doing "number talks", and introducing multiple choice math questions.
This year, the Grade 6's will be using a few websites to help facilitate learning. We will be using Google Apps, Mathletics, Hapara and a number of other applications to demonstrate our learning. The access for these sites are through your child's google account (email and password) provided by the school board. A form for the Acceptable Use of Technology is being sent home the first day of school, so please sign and return it as soon as possible. If your child has a chromebook, laptop or tablet, and you are comfortable with him/her bringing it to school, then I would highly encourage students to bring them. Students may use technology to complete many of their assignments in class. For now, please follow our class Twitter account at @JodieOHalloran. There will be many tweets to update everyone on our learning journey. As well, note the website for updates and weekly homework (https://msjodieohalloran.weebly.com/).
Your Partner in Education,
Ms. Jodie O’Halloran
Click the link to access the Grade 7 Information night poster. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23,2020 @ 7:00pm
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Math: We are finishing up with number sense (comparing whole numbers and proportional reasoning) and we are moving onto Geometry (location and movement on grids). Please ask your child to log into Hapara to see the latest lesson and/or parent information sheet (sum it up).
Language: We have completed predictions and making connections, while reading and descriptive writing. The students have also created an orange shirt day poster and advertisement to celebrate the grade 6 year at St. Anne. We are finishing up with procedural writing and will move onto explanatory writing and questioning while reading.
Meet the Teacher Night will be Thursday, September 5, 2019.
Picture day is October 22, 2019.