We made it through another short week.
These short weeks seem to go by super fast because they are so jam packed with work to make up for the day we missed. Do you feel that way too?
Most of the work you have been doing in Math and Science with Mrs. Gil is just continuing to practice and improve upon skills we have been exploring. We have been working on Multiplication and Division in Math and we are wrapping up our exploration of Life Systems. 
We have really been trying to improve our clarity when writing about science facts and summarizing information into our own words. It seems that with time, practice and review, you are all developing your understanding and skills nicely in both areas.
We are working a lot on reflecting and goal setting as we wind down term one and get ready for term 2. Did you set goals in these areas after writing your self reflections last week? How are your goals coming along anyway? 
Does your family know what your goals are? Can they help you stay on track and find time to work on them? Families can be great tools to help us reach our goals, give it a try!
The building has begun on our ‘unique schools’ project! Thursday and Friday afternoon were buzzing with the excitement that comes with collaboration, sharing ideas, trying things out, and making your ideas come to life! The progress is already incredible and it’s very exciting to see how engaged you all are in this process! We’ll have next week and then only two more building sessions before we need to have our projects ready for the gallery walk! Remember, if there are materials that you find at home and you feel you could use in your project, bring them! We are so looking forward to seeing what your final projects look like! Happy building!
What is the difference between routines and traditions? 
Routines are things that are frequently and consistently. These can be daily, or multiple times a day! Traditions, on the other hand, are much less frequent and are things that are done that have been handed down from one generation to another. After some brainstorming, we noticed that traditions usually are connected to celebrations or special occasions! 
And so began our mini Social Studies unit on international traditions. The first festival/tradition we looked at was Diwali. 
This is a festival that actually just took place and is celebrated mainly by people from India. We learned a bunch of things and also had the bonus to hear from Mrs. Simar ( one of our EA’s) who celebrates Diwali every year! We also collected some data surrounding festivals/traditions that WE celebrate in our ‘graph of the week’. Our data showed some interesting things! Almost ( if not all) of the class has traditions around Christmas and birthdays and there was also a big group that have traditions around “other” occasions too. It’ll be fun to explore some festivals that NONE of us have traditions around and find out what those are and how they are celebrated.
Looking ahead, there is a lot to be excited about for next week. On Monday, we have our first Young People’s Concert. We will be listening to a percussion band with African influences from right here in Vancouver! 
An important note to you and your families is that our time to leave Brentwood Park that day is 9:00 am SHARP! We have to be at the Michael J. Fox Theatre for 9:30 show start time. We will not be able to wait for anyone so if you do not arrive on time you will have to stay back at the school and wait for us to return. Please be at school at least ten minutes before 9 so we can let you into the classroom early and get ready to board the bus. THANK YOU!
On Tuesday, we will be having a Science World in class Field experience. We will have an online virtual experience with one of the scientists from Science World in the morning. At 9:30am, the instructor will zoom into our classroom via wifi and projector and we will be on our own computers at the same time. The instructor is then going to give us a 1 hour workshop about Bacteria…….
I wonder if we will be able to connect what we learn to what we have been learning about the Life Systems of plants, animals, and humans? We cannot wait to find out!
Next week is also another short week! Can you believe it! On Friday November 24th, while you all sleep in and enjoy a day off, teachers will be here at school working on our own goals. 
Here is your Blog response for this weekend:
What are 3 things you learned about Diwali?
Have a wonderful weekend Division 6!
Mrs. Gil and Mrs. Davis