“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

 - Dr. Seuss 

- We are well into our new literacy unit 'When Disaster Strikes'. The students are learning about natural disasters by reading through various non-fiction texts. Within book clubs, they read newspaper articles about how to be prepared in certain disasters, rescue efforts and fundraising efforts used to help victims. We are now moving towards the end of our unit- building our own disaster kits.

Throughout this unit, our class read aloud was, Safe as Houses. This is a historical narrative about children who were stranded on their roof top during Hurricane Hazel.

Check our these home reading websites: 

ABDO Digital (great site for online books) http://my.abdodigital.com/

Into the Book (great site for reviewing some of the reading strategies) http://reading.ecb.org/student/index.html

ReviseWide Reading (reading skills practice) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/reading/

- We will be taking some time to polish our writing skills by reviewing the parts of speech and correct use of punctuation.  

- April is poetry month! We will be taking some time to review poetic devices and write some of our own poems. So far we have learned about the different poetic devices and have studied the following poetic forms:

cinquain, clerihew, diamante, concrete, found and limerick.

Check out these writing websites:

Bitstrips http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/login/  **class code: BVgrade6 (enter the code, find you name, create a password)

Writer's Den (great for developing writing skills) http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/contents.htm

We have moved on to probability!

All students should be able to:

-use words to describe the likelihood of various events

- use a number line to plot the outcome of events (0- impossible to 1- certain)

- use fractions to describe the theoretical and experimental probability of events

- draw tree diagrams to show all possible outcomes for a series of events

Here are some helpful website to help polish your fraction skills:

http://www.math6.nelson.com/studentcentre/studtryout.html#ch12

http://www.webmath.com/k8cf.html 

http://www.mathplayground.com/HauntedFractions/HFGameLoader.html

**many students do not know their times tables and are therefore having a very difficult time. Many students would benefit from home review of their times tables**

Looking to practice your math skills? Check out these sites!

Nelson Math (text book link) http://www.math6.nelson.com/studentcentre/studtryout.html

Math Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html

Math Frog (many different skills) http://cemc2.math.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/english/kidz/Games6.shtml

Math Playground (man different skills) http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

One False Move (place value) http://www.funbrain.com/ofm/index.html

Web Math (explains many different concepts from gr. 1-8) http://www.webmath.com/index3.html

Add Like Mad (a great way to practice fast addition facts!) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Add%20Like%20Mad%20Math/addlikemad.htm

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 We are well into our flight unit. The students have been assigned a flight project where they have to create a paper airplane that can either : fly for a great distance, hit a specific target and/or do tricks. The students will have some time in class to experiment with different designs. They are encouraged to do some at-home research. All students must be able to create their airplane independently and explain the scientific reasons for the way it flies (Bernoulli's Principal, four forces of flight). The assignment is due on Monday May 7th.

- Here is a great site for paper airplane models: http://www.funpaperairplanes.com/

- Here is the site for our Webquest http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/klinek/Webquest%20Files/Flight/Flight.htm

Cool Science Websites:

http://www.earthrangers.com

http://www.naturalbiodiversity.org/kids/kidslinks.html

http://www.kidsrgreen.org/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

http://www.zoomwhales.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/solarsystem.html

- we have completed our VIP sessions. Ask you child about what they learned (a large focus was placed on cyber saftey)

- We have completed several, hilarious skits- all involving quick thinking and teamwork! Ask your child about their one word, many heads creatures!

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- W.D.S. Survival Kits due on Thursday

- at least 20 minutes of reading (remember to fill in your home reading log!)

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- Drug Fair Questions due Wednesday

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- bring your gym shoes (indoor shoes, non-scuffing sole), change of clothes and deodorant.

- this week, gym is on Mon, Wednesday, Thurs