Welcome to Grade 6

Welcome back to school!! We are very excited about the upcoming year and working with the grade six students. This is meant to provide parents with an overview of our philosophy and procedures in the classroom.

One of our goals as teachers is to provide students with a positive attitude and nurturing environment that is conducive to a creative, constructive and responsible activity. We hope that children can grow, enjoy learning, feeling trusted, develop strengths and assume responsibility.

We believe in structure, reasonable expectations and realistic and consistent consequences. We try to encourage students to make their own decisions to solve problems and to be responsible for their actions.

An effort is made to reinforce the following messages:

We also use smiles, understanding and humor with our students. It is important that the students know that we believe in them, trust them, listen to them and care about them.

If a student is having difficulty following any of the classroom/school rules, we follow the Student Code of Conduct, which has been sent home. It outlines the procedures that the teacher is to follow for a student’s inappropriate behavior.

These are the expectations:

1. Show up on time                                  
2. Be prepared
3. Do assignments
4. Listen to others
5. Respect yourself and all others
6. Bring your Agenda Book daily

It is understood that in order to maintain a positive learning atmosphere, everyone has to be responsible to the other members of the classroom.

J. WAYTOWICH,

C. SHEFRIN,

GRADE 6 TEACHERS

Grade Six Program Overview

Language Arts:

            Students will explore and develop skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and representing using an integrated approach of various content areas including;  

Mathematics:

            Through out the year students will work with a variety of materials, in groups and alone, and will record and reflect on their findings on paper. Mathematical problem solving is also integrated with other subjects. Areas explored will be;

- Patterns and Relations

                                    - Statistics and Probability

                                    - Shape and Space

                                    - Number

Problem solving activities are stressed, both ‘routine’ problems (Using arithmetical operations, for example) and ‘non-routine’ problem which encourage creativity and the development of mathematical reasoning.

Social Studies:

            We are learning about Canadian History from Confederation (1867) to the present time.

Students will work on skills in:            - active democratic citizenship

- managing information and ideas.

- critical and creative thinking

- communication

Science:

- Diversity of Living Things

- Flight

- Electricity

- Exploring the Solar System

Health:

            The Lions Quest Program delivers much of the grade six health curriculums. It encompasses all topic areas and stresses good decision making. Topics include;

- Challenges Facing Adolescents

- Building Self Confidence and Communication Skills

- Improving relations with Peers and Family

- Health lifestyles and Drug Awareness

- Managing Emotions in a Positive Way

Art:

Art activities will be part of all theme areas studied and seasonal topics to represent learning in creative ways. Activities include;

- Viewing and interpreting art (prints, photos, etc.)

- exploring the use of various art media (pencil, paint, crayons, water colors, charcoal,      modeling clay)

- Practice in recognizing and producing elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space)

Field Trips:

              Correspond to Grade 6 curriculum in different subjects

Assessment and Evaluation:

            The most important part of assessment is to give children feedback which can help them be the best learner they can possibly be. This happens daily and includes academic, social, behavioral and emotional feedback. All areas will include a combination of self, peer and teacher assessment. Assessment strategies include;

- Daily assignment completion

- Daily teacher observations

- Quality of student learning response and reflection

- Results of teacher made tests/formal testing

- Homework completion

- Project evaluations

- Notes in Agenda planner

- Specific check lists

- Oral tests

- Portfolios, Conferencing

- CAP (Comprehensive Assessment Program)

Student Expectations:

                                    - Students act responsibly at all times.

                                    - Work is always completed on time and is neat and well written

- Students respect one another and all adults.

- Agendas are at school daily – signed by a parent

            We strongly believe that the closer we work together, the more successful a learning year we will ALL have! Please feel free to contact us through the Agendas or call the school between 8:30am and 4:00 pm.