Miss McBride

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Science

Here are 2 links that will help you prepare for our science test on Monday. It will cover the components of the Solar System, so check out the first website to review the information that will appear on your test. After you have studied and reviewed the first website, take the online test too see how much you really know. Good Luck!

The Solar System

Quiz

Parents' Corner
To help prepare for the unit test on Monday, I am encouaging students to look at the Solar System website to review important concepts learned in the unit. They are required to "identify components of the solar system, including the sun, the earth, and other planets, natural satellites, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids, and describe their physical characteristics in qualitative terms" (The Ontario Curriculum: Science, p. 122) and be able to apply these concepts on their test. Please encourage your child to also take the online quiz as it reviews important concepts that may appear on their test.

Language Arts

Here is a fun quiz for you all to take to see how well you understand how to use punctuation and proper grammar in a sentence. This will not be worth any marks, but I reccomend that everyone participates and takes this quiz as it will help you better understand the lesson in Language Arts next week.

Grammar Blast

Parents' Section
As part of our grade 6 Language Arts Curriculum, it is expected that students "use punctuation appropriately to communicate their intended meaning in longer, more complex sentences, with a focus on the use of: commas to separate words in a list or after an introductory word or phrase; quotation marks in a dialogue; and some uses of the colon, semi-colon, and brackets" (The Ontario Curriculum: Language Arts, p 116). It is therefore beneficial for your children to take this quiz, determining any areas that he/she may be having difficulties. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me via e-mail or call me anytime at the school.

Mathematics

Here is another game to help work on your multiplication skills. The game is timed, so keep practicing and try to solve the puzzle in the least amound of time!

Multiplication Concentration

Parents' Section
As part of the grade 6 Mathemtics Curriculum, students are required to "solve problems involving the multiplication of whole numbers using a variety of tools and strategies" (The Ontario Curriculum: Mathematics, p. 88). This game, as well as Multiplication Matho, can help students practice their mulipication skills, ultimately improving their basic skills, allowing them to become successful in more complicated math concepts.

Social Studies

I know we have all been working hard at imporving our mapping skills, so here is a fun online game that will also help you perfect this skill. Keep practicing and try to beat the game in the least amount of time. Make sure you read all instructions before you begin.

Hannah's World

Parents' Section
This is an excellent game that all students can use to improve their mapping skills. It is a requirement in the grade 6 Social Studies Curriculum that students "use latitude and longitude coordinates to locate major citites and countries of the world" (The Ontario Curriculum: Social Studies, p. 48). This activity is included to help students perfect their skills of locating an area on a map using longitude and latitude coordinates, but finding major cities and being able to locate them on a map will be covered over the next 2 classes. Be sure to encourage your child to practice this skill or they will not be ready to build upon these skills in the next few lessons.

Check out these Links!

Be sure to check out all of these exciting links at some point during the week. The first link will help you prepare for the math competition next friday, so try this game a few times to test your skills.


Multiplication Matho- Play this game as much as you can because we are going to have a MATHO competition in our math class next Friday. Practice your multiplication skills!

Sudoku- Try these fun yet challenging puzzles online. The instructions are located on the left column and be sure to change the difficulty levels as you become experts. Good Luck!

Biographies of Anyone and Everyone- Check out this website. It allows you to research and look at biographies of all of your favourite people. You will feel like you have known your favourite movie stars, politicians, or role models for as long as you can remember.

Resource Link

Here is a tool you may find useful when researching a topic of interest or locating information for a project. Check it out!

Google

Welcome!!

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you all to this new school year. This website will be a good tool for you all for the rest of the year. I will outline homework assignments, upcoming tests and projects, and keep you all posted on the coming events for our classroom. Useful links and websites to practice your newly learned skills will also be included, so make sure you continuously check this site to allow you to practice your skills, as well as keep you up to date and organized! I am looking forward to spending the rest of the year with each of you!