Agenda for Dec 17.

Dec 10 th agenda

Dec 4th agenda

Hamper ideas

This year grade 5 and 6 are collecting holiday donations for a specific family. Here are some ideas.

Agenda for Dec 2

Nov. 28 agenda

Agenda for Nov. 26

Math - Finish up worksheet 3.3 = SHOW YOUR WORK. Due Wednesday
LA - Organization package. pages 1-3
Science - Online unit on Caves.  Due next week.
Spelling - 10 sentences using adjectives and adverbs.  Also adverb/adjective worksheet.

Computer based science

In Science, I am piloting some computer-based learning. Some students have reported that they are having trouble getting into the site at home, so here is a link:
http://sd62.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp
Students all have their own log-in and passwords.  Email me if you have any problems.

Agenda for Nov. 25

Agenda for Nov 14

Agenda for Nov. 13

Video Lesson: Factors and GCF

Video Lesson: Digital Root

Agenda for Nov. 12

Agenda for Nov. 5th

Nov. 4 agenda

Spelling sentences this week should include lists.

Oct.28th agenda

Oct 23rd agenda

Oct 22nd agenda

Agenda for Oct. 21

Also, please get comfort kits in if not done.

Oct 18 agenda

Oct 17th agenda

New daily schedule

The time of lunch and afternoon recess have shifted 15 minutes later. A revised schedule is below.

Oct 16 agenda

Oct. 15 agenda

Have a great Thanksgiving

Oct. 7 agenda

Oct 7 agenda

Oct 3 Agenda

Oct 2 agenda

Also, we are in need of parent volunteers for the field trip on the 10th.

Sept. 30 agenda

Sept 26 Agenda

Sept. 25th Agenda

Sept 24 agenda

Letter to Parents

September 11^th, 2013.

Dear parents/ guardians,

Welcome to another exciting year of learning at Happy Valley Elementary School.  Your child is in Div. 1, a straight grade 6 class.  I am Rupert Gadd, their teacher.  I have been teaching at Happy Valley for 4 years, and taught at Dunsmuir Middle School for 10 years before that.  I have also taught in Japan and England. I have a son in grade 2 and appreciate the importance of this special time in your child’s life and school career.

Please do not hesitate to contact me by email, at rgadd@sd62.bc.ca, on the phone at (250)478-3232, or by coming in after school.  My goal is to help your child be as successful as they can be in grade 6, and in transition to middle school, but you are the expert when it comes to your individual child. Often students share concerns at home that they do not voice at school, so if you have any worries, please share them.

Here are some highlights of the school week:

Monday: Spelling words go home, Music

Tuesday: Library Book Exchange

Wednesday: Music

Thursday: Class Run, spelling sentences due

Friday: Spelling Test

Before School: The school day starts at 8:25.  Students are asked to line up outside and enter together through the upstairs, side door.  Students will leave through the same door. 

Parents in the school: Any adults visiting during the school day are asked to sign in at the office upon arriving.

Lunch Schedule: This year our school population has topped 400.   In order to give students more room at lunchtime recess, primaries will take their play break before eating time, and intermediates will play outside after eating.  Morning recess will still be together.

PE: We have PE every day.  It is important that students have appropriate shoes on their feet for Gym class.  We may go outside for PE even in light rain, or when the field is wet, so students should have a change of gym clothes at school.

Agendas and Homework: As students prepare for middle school, they will begin to take a more active role in planning and organizing their work.  We will use our agendas daily to track our work and communicate with home.  Thank you to everyone who has already purchased an agenda.  Students in grade 6 should be working towards 60 minutes of homework per night.  This includes set assignments as well as independent study.  I will work with your child to develop a homework plan.  If your child is unsure of what they are to do for homework, check the agenda.  If your child is still in doubt, encourage reading, or review of math facts during this time.

Scholastic Book Orders: Each month your child will bring home an order form from Scholastic Canada.  Scholastic often offers books at discounted prices and is a good way to stock your home library. Of course, ordering is completely optional, and the school and public libraries are great sources of free reading.  We are able to use ‘points’ earned from class book sales to buy books and other resources for the class.  Please make cheques payable to Scholastic Canada.

Lunch: Thank you for sending your children with healthy snacks and lunch. Their food is the fuel that keeps them focused and learning all day.  Students will not be permitted to eat candy or sugared drinks in class.  We try to encourage the use of environmentally friendly packaging such as reusable containers rather than disposable wrappers.  At this time, the school does not have the capacity to recycle plastics or compost. Students will be asked to pack recyclables home to put in the blue bin.  Refundables are still being collected to fund school programs.  We do not currently have any students with severe allergies, but there are other students in the school with severe nut allergies.  Please remind your child that if they are eating foods containing nuts, once they are finished they are to wash their hands.

Spelling:  Students will be doing the Words their way spelling program this year.  This week, students were assessed to find their spelling levels.  They will be grouped by learning needs.  Spelling words will go home each Monday.  Students will have the week to write spelling sentences, using the week’s grammar lesson, and study the words for a Friday test.  Spelling sentences are due in good copy each Thursday.  I will reassess students each term.

I look forward to working with you and your child in the coming year.

Sincerely,

Rupert Gadd

Fun Day Tomorrow

Please wear your team colours of Orange, Black or White.
Grade 6s are taking a leadership role in running the games for the younger students.  They have been working hard to get ready so tomorrow will be an excellent day.
Wear sunblock and a hat

Math and Science Tests

On Monday we will have both a Science and a Math Test.  There are study reviews in the texts for both of these.  Students are expected to complete the reviews, as well as study independently for these two tests.

Spelling

Please underline the adjectives this week

Yellow	Blue	Green
·       Double ·       Drop the-e ·       Nothing ·       Oddballs	·       War ·       Wor ·       Wa ·       Oddballs	·       Magni-  ·       Macro- ·       Poly- ·       Equ- ·       Omni-
setting	warmth	magnificent
hiking	working	macroscopic
reading	watch	polysyllabic
floating	quarter	equator
cutting	wardrobe	omnipotent
moving	worse	equilateral
stopping	world	polygon
living	waffle	magnification
spelling	warden	omnivore
coming	warning	equatorial
begging	worry	omniscient
adding	squad	polymath
grinning	squat	polysemous
having	warrior	magnitude
feeling	worthy	equitable
jogging	quarrel	equation
taking	worship	equivalent
talking	swarm	polytechnic
pushing	worthwhile	polyglot
humming	dwarf	equanimity
working	squabble	omnidirectional
fixing	squash	macroeconomics
going	wander
snowing	backward

Math, LA

Math: Worksheet on  Transformations: reflections.  Due Wed
LA: Rough copies of 6 poems should be finished:

1. Free poem
2. School is...
3. Extended Metaphor
4. Limerick
5. Ballad
6. Acrostic

Math, Science

Math: Translations, slides worksheet.  Due tomorrow.
Science: Page 41 Questions.  Due Wed.
LA: we are working on our poetry booklets.

Spelling

Write 10 sentences. Underline the verbs.

Yellow	Blue	Green
When adding ~ing, do you drop the last letter or not?	How do you write the /aw/ sound?	Forms of government: ~cracy, ~archy. People: ~crat, ~arch
use	saucer	autocracy
using	awful	autocrat
eat	also	monarchy
eating	always	monarch
close	author	democracy
moan	almost	democrat
wave	August	oligarchy
writing	all right	technocrat
dreaming	lawyer	oligarch
looking	although	plutocrat
dream	awkward	matriarch
skate	autumn	anarchist
closing	laundry	aristocracy
trading	laughed	patriarchy
cleaning	awesome	hierarchy
clean	gnawed	hierarchical
write	caution	bureaucracy
moaning	flawless	bureaucrat
trade	faucet	matriarchy
skating	already	anarchy
waving	auction	aristocrat
look	gawking	technocracy
mail	sausage	plutocracy
mailing	haunted	patriarchy