Happy Holidays!

Wishing you a happy and relaxing holiday with your family and friends!

Remember - the holidays is the perfect time to snuggle up with a good book! 

(Be sure to keep track of the books you read so you can add them to your reading list.)

See you next year!

Team Challenge!

Today's Team Challenge was to create the best Grinch costume using only newspaper.
The teams worked extremely well together and thought very creatively!

Happy Pyjama Day!

Party Time!

Thanks to the Party Committee for a great party!

We played four different games and ate some yummy snacks!

Celebration of Learning Assembly!

At today's Celebration of Learning Assembly, there were performances and awards given. 
Congratulations!

Happy Winter Wear Wednesday!

Happy Holi-Day!

From the Math Department...

We've been working on a new unit about the Cartesian Plane!
We've played games and completed a mini drawing project.

Today we started a challenging drawing project.

Happy Jersey Day!

Spirit Week!

It's the last week before break and so it's time for another Spirit Week!

Monday, December 19th: Jersey Day!

Tuesday, December 20th: Holly-Day/Holiday
 **dress as your favourite holiday

Wednesday, December 21st: Winter Wear Day
**wear toques, mittens, scarves, etc.

Thursday, December 22nd: Pyjama Day 
**and Activity Afternoon!

Homework Alert!

CFOO Presentations are tomorrow!!

The Caldecott Award!

The Caldecott Medal is awarded every year by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most distinguished picture book for children.
Here in Room 209 we're reading and evaluating a pile of picture books to make our predictions on who should win! 

We'll find out if our predictions are correct when the Caldecott Medal is awarded in January.

Kindness!

In English Language Arts, we have been exploring Kindness through reading, viewing, discussing, role-playing and writing.
Each student has now created a list poem titled Top 10 Ways To Be Kind.
Hopefully we can put these ideas into practice this month and during the holidays!

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 Creativity options: a magic trick, a commercial, a read aloud, telling jokes / riddles or showing off creative uses for an everyday object. 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 Friday, December 16th. 

Report Cards!

Report Cards go home today!

Please email Mme McKenzie at lmckenzie@sjsd.net to confirm receipt of your child's report card.

Thank you!

Homework Alert!

Speechtastic Presentations are tomorrow!

Speechtastic!

It's time for another Speechtastic!

This time, students are preparing an Informative Speech. They have chosen a topic (a person, a place, an event, a product...) and are planning a 2-5 minute speech to inform the audience about this topic. They should be sure to have an introduction, a middle (with all the important information explained with clear details) and a conclusion.

Speechtastic Presentations are Thursday, December 1st.

Team Challenge!

Today's team challenge was to build the tallest possible tower of cards. It was a frustrating experience!

Souper Bowl!

Congratulations 6F2! As a class, we collected 121 items of food!

Homework Alert!

CFOO Presentations are tomorrow!!

Reminder!

See you tonight, anytime between 4:30 and 8:00 p.m. for Student-Led Conferences!

No appointment needed!

Peace Poems

In Français, students have each written a poem about Peace by creatively using their five senses. You'll get a chance to see them Thursday at student-led conferences!

CFOO!

In Français, we have started 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 presentations.
There are fifteen different presentations, separated into three categories: Research, Opinion and Creativity.
For the first presentation, students must choose one of the five Opinion options. 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 presentation could take on various forms: a speech, a poster, a puppet play, etc. - the possibilities are endless!

The first CFOO will take place on Monday, November 21st. 

Reminder!

Early Dismissal tomorrow at 3:10 p.m.

We Remember

Today, November 11th, Remembrance Day, 

how will you remember?

Reminder!

There is no school tomorrow (November 10th) 

or Friday, November 11th.

Lest We Forget

Students did an excellent job presenting their poem at the Remembrance Day Ceremony this morning! They were also respectful listeners during the other presentations.
After the service, we met with a student's grandparents who told us about her great-grandpa's war medals.

Reminder!

Ness's Remembrance Day Ceremony is tomorrow, November 9th at 10:30 a.m. Students should bring a donation for their poppy.

Math Playground!

This morning students had the chance to work through different problem solving stations with the Divisional Numeracy Coach, Mme Page. Some tasks were quite frustrating, but students worked hard together!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween 6F2!

Enjoy trick-or-treating with your brand new treat bag!

Reminder!

Tomorrow is early dismissal at 3:10 p.m.

Deux Minutes de L'Halloween!

Today students participated in ten different 

Halloween-themed two-minute challenges. 

What a fun competition!