Here’s how some things work. If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Weekly Schedule
Homework
- At no point will I assign “Homework” to students. Classroom work will be assigned and students will have ample in-class time to finish assignments, but if they do not finish assignments in class, they will still be expected to meet due dates.
- If parents ever notice their child habitually spending more than 45 minutes a day on their homework they should contact me as this indicates that something isn’t quite right and we should communicate to address whatever is going on. There could be various reasons for this such as:
- Student is not using class time wisely
- Student misunderstood
- Student is trying to do too much
- Student needs help with time management
Classroom Jobs
- Each month each student is require to fill out a job application for the different positions we have available in the classroom
- Applications must be filled out in full (full mailing address) for students to be considered for their desired position
- No student can have the same job twice.
- Students can be fired from their position following a verbal and written warning. Written warning must be signed by a parent.
- Job descriptions will be posted soon
Classroom jobs descriptions 6e 7e
English
We will be starting Term 1 with Poetry and working towards building a personal anthology. Each student will be required to write 3 poems a week that adhere to that weeks guidelines. Poetry books will be collected every Friday.
Criteria Sheets for Poetry Books
Reading
I will be doing a monthly novel study. Students will be required to hand in their novel study on the last day of each month. Chosen books must be 1) something they have never read before 2) an appropriate reading level 3) can’t be a movie or tv show (except in some particularly classic novels)
Les stratégies pour deviner le sens d’un mot inconnu
Dictee
- Dictee exercises are worked on every day (typically first thing)
- Exercises focus on understanding grammar rules and are the focus of our dictee program
- Dictee exercises will be corrected in class, but will not count towards “Homework Check”, if students are not doing the exercises it will reflect in their tests
- Dictee tests happen every Friday and are a combination of traditional Dictee (read aloud sentences) and questions mimicking the weeks exercises
- Dictee pre-tests (in the style of the expected Friday test) will happen every Wednesday and Thursday, giving students an opportunity to prepare for Friday
- Once tests are corrected and returned to students (typically the following Friday), they will have the weekend to correct their mistakes and return it to Mme Potyka for half-marks (typically on Monday)
- Parents are expected to sign graded Dictee tests
- Students are expected to practice writing out vocab words everyday
Dictations 13 to 18 (Term 2) Student Copy
Concours d’Arts Oratoires
Timeline : After Winter Break
- Rough drafts due :
- Mme gives them back approximately:
- In class presentations
- Grade 7s :
- Grade 6s :
- Grade 6 and 7 Sperling presentations :
Math
All students will be participating in preparation for the Gauss exams.
- Math will involve a combination of text book work and group challenges
- Each unit will consist of two quizzes and one final test
- Each quiz or test will have a pretest to help students prepare.
- Students will be given an opportunity to correct their quizzes to earn back half of any lost marks. (Please note this applies to quizzes only, and not unit tests.)
- All graded quizzes and tests must be signed by a parent.
Link to English PDF of Math Makes Sense 6 Textbook: (Students should only be using these links if they FORGET their texts at school. Otherwise they should be working with the French vocabulary.)
Link to Grade 6 Module 1 Answer Key
Link to Grade 6 Module 2 Answer Key
Link to Grade 6 Module 3 Answer Key
Link to downloadable copy of English PDF of Math Makes Sense 7 Textbook: (Students should only be using these links if they FORGET their texts at school. Otherwise they should be working with the French vocabulary.)
Coding
Pending
Science and Socials
Pending
Art
We will be working towards Inquiry Art and Art Explorations.