September 8-11:

We are excited that our large field will be available for us to play on during our physed times and recess breaks this week. I am grateful for the patience and positivity the class has shown as we have waited for the field to open up. 

Last week we completed a learning style inventory and talked about how we could use this knowledge of our preferred learning style to advocate for our learning. It might be fun to talk with your child about their preferred learning style. 

Things to note:

- Friday is a full day

- Our weekly math homework will be sent home on Tuesday and is due the following Monday. 

Our learning:

Math - we will continue to learn about patterns and relationships and will try to identify and relate the patterns in our tables of values using specific operation words like, multiply or divide. 

Writing - we will continue to use our writing toolbox to help support writing sentences with prepositional openers as well as "ly" word openers. 

Reading - we will begin our novel study with the book, "Bridge to Terabithia."

Social - we will begin exploring our social textbook by furthering our understanding on the layout of text books and how to find information within the book. 

Science - we will continue to work through our trees and forests unit.

August 31-September 3:

Welcome to grade 6! I am excited to working with your child and learning alongside them. We will be doing many exciting lessons and inquiry projects that will engage all students in their learning. 

Each Monday I will be sending an email sharing information about our learning goals for the week along with any other pieces of information about the week. I hope this form of communication will support your child's success this school year. 

I also have a class blog where I will post our weekly emails along with photos of our learning. This is also a great place to find resources about our areas of learning. You can sign up to receive notices of new posts by adding your email address on the top right hand corner where it says, "Follow by email."

https://mrswilkinsonsgrade6learners.blogspot.com/

As we begin this unique school year, please be assured that we will be working through safety protocols and strategies for keeping ourselves and others safe. 

Items to note for this week:

-Students do not have school on Friday, September 4

-Staggered entry will be held on Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1 with all students coming to school on Wednesday, September 2.

- We will be setting up our google classroom this week in which you will be invited to your child's account. We will be using google calendar linked to their google classroom as our agenda this year.

Learning this week:

- We will be working through our safety protocols while at school as well as strategies for cleaning our hands. 

- We will be working through a learning styles inventory to explore the ways that best support our learning.

- We will begin our first math unit on patterns and relationships. 

- We will begin our first science unit on Trees and Forests. 

-We will begin developing our expository writing by introducing a writing toolbox.

Our school administration is asking families to take a moment to read the following letter. 

BES Anaphylaxis Plan

We are also asked to remind families to complete the online Demographic Information form as well as the walking field trip and FOIP forms that can be found in your PowerSchool Parent Portal account and click on SchoolEngage on the left side bar at the bottom.

I am looking forward to working with you this school year. A strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education.