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Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner! There are so many great things happening in the Month of December! Check out our Calendar on Edmodo for important dates and events! The month will be full of Christmas cheer and spirit. Some things to look forward to are the Christmas Bizarre, Christmas Concert and the Mustang Rodeo Days ** Are You Keeping Up On Your Responsibilities? **  Please continue to check Edmodo and Wikispace nightly to keep up on assignments, grade and important dates. Homework is an essential part of student success and progress. Please be sure you are keeping on top of your homework. Handing in homework late is unacceptable, so please do your best to hand in your assignments on time. Check the Edmodo calendar nightly to ensure you are aware of upcoming assignment due dates. If you any questions, concerns or comments please feel free to contact me ! ** Brag Board ** ** ﻿ ** The Grade 6 class has been working very hard to learn and use many new technologies this year. The students have done a great job and are very excited to be incorporating technology such as Voicethread, Edmodo, Glogster and Bitstrips among many others into their learning! Keep up the great work Grade 6 ** Junior Volleyball ** Congratulations to all those on the Junior Volleyball team, their dedication and enthusiasm paid off and we represented our school positively! The team showed great skill and sportsmanship! I am very proud of their success in the tournament! ** Language Arts: ** ** Writing ** In 6 Traits writing our focus is on voice. Students will be learning how to give their characters voice, focusing on emotions. Our writing task for this month is realistic fiction writing! Students will be creating fictional stories that are based upon realistic events. We are also learning about dialogue and how to incorporate it into our fictional stories! ** Reading ** Our Novel study this month is "Holes". Our reading comprehension focus this month is making connections. Students are learning to make meaningful connections to the novel "Holes", as well as stories they are reading independently. The focus is on making text to self, text to text and text to world connection while reading. ** Math ** In math our focus on factors, prime and composite numbers, as well as geometric properties of 2D shapes. Please see the math resources and web links section on the side bar for helpful websites. ** Science: ** In science we are moving onto a new unit called Earth and Space systems. ** Social Studies: ** In socials studies we are continuing Canada's link to the world. This unit will focus on Canada's trade partners and mapping skills. ** Health: ** Our current focus in health is substance use and abuse. We will continue on with the VIP program with the Brantford OPP. Every other week we will be having an OPP officer present in our classroom. ** Homework: ** Please ensure to check Edmodo nightly for homework assignments. I also encourage students to complete the math homework calendar and math homework books in order to help support what we are learning in class!
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** Wiki use for students ** Wiki use for Ms. M
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 * share resources
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 * post assignments
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 * create study sheets
 * communicate with students and parents

Sincerely, Ms. Marteleira