le 30 novembre

Bonjour,

A big thank-you to everyone who wore a mustache today! I think Mr. Lindseth really appreciated the effort and the birthday wishes!

Devoirs:

Cahier de lecture due tomorrow!

Science quiz on Friday (continue to review concepts...e.g. respiration cellulaire, les parties de la cellule, les caractérisques du règne animal...)

Planification du projet due Monday

Passe une bonne soirée et à demain,

Mme Couture

le 29 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder: Mr. Lindseth Day tomorrow (aka where a mustache day)

Coming up: Advisory 42 multicultural potluck will be taking place on Friday December 10th. Please let me know what dish you can bring by the end of this week.


Devoirs:

Maths: quiz (dividing decimals) tomorrow

Sciences: Quiz vendredi (please continue to review each day, particularly if you had difficulty with the review we corrected today in class.

Planification du projet: Please work on your project plan if you require more than one more block to finish (I will be giving one more block of class time to work in this between now and Friday)

Français: cahier de lecture (due Wed.)

A demain,

Mme Couture

le 25 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Congratulations to Advisory 42 for winning Spirit Day today (our winning streak continues!!!) Also, I hope everyone had a fun afternoon at our francophone film outing. My only comment about our walk home: "My feet are numb"...

Devoirs:

Maths: please complete questions from lesson 11 (either #1 on both pages, #2 and #3 OR #3,4 and Va plus loin). We will have a quiz on Tuesday of next week.

Science: If not finished, please complete the Révision du règne animal as it is due on Monday. We will have our quiz on Friday.

Français: cahier de lecture (due on Wednesday)

Reminder: There is no school tomorrow (Pro-D day).

Bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Couture

le 24 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Important reminder: Pyjama spirit day tomorrow! Let's keep up with our winning streak and have the most students wearing pyjamas of any advisory in the school! Sweatpants count. Bring a change of clothes for our fieldtrip to Oak Bay High (unless you want to walk there in your PJs). Make sure to bring a coat, mittens, scarf, hat etc.

**I am still missing permission forms from two students (you know who you are)** A signed note giving permission is acceptable in case the form has gone missing.

Devoirs: there is nothing due tomorrow BUT...

Science: review on animal kingdom due Monday (with a quiz next Friday)

Anglais: paragraph due tomorrow

Français: cahier de lecture due Wed. Dec. 1st

Maths: Quiz Monday on dividing decimals.

Passe une bonne soirée,

Mme Couture

le 23 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder: please bring permission forms for Thursday field trip as well as PE strip for fitness studio tomorrow.

Upcoming due dates:

Maths: Quiz on Tuesday November 30th(division with decimals)

Français: cahier de lecture due Wednesday December 1st and project proposal (planification du projet) due Friday December 3rd (more class time will be provided)

Science: Review on animal kingdom due Monday and quiz on animal kingdom Friday December 3rd

Passe une bonne soirée,

Mme Couture

le 22 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

I hope everyone enjoys an exciting and safe snowy day!

Devoirs:

Maths: please complete p. 153 (questions 1 a,c,e and 2 a,c,e) as well as EITHER 3,5a, 7 and 10 OR 4,6,8, and 10 on page 154.

Français: cahier de lecture (everyone should have at least 3 activities completed including coloured images and by the end of this week have at least 4 completed)

Sciences: review animal kingdom information (adaptations, mammal qualities etc...) as we will continue working on review in class this week (with a quiz next week on the animal kingdom)

REMINDER to get all forms in for our field trip on Thursday.

Mme Couture

le 19 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder: please bring your forms in on Monday for our field trip.

Devoirs:

Français: cahier de lecture (please have three activities completed for Monday so that you are on track to finish five activities minimum for December 1st)

Sciences Humaines: Good copy of paragraph on children's rights is due on Monday (please submit it along with the rubric from your first draft)

Maths: please complete the three questions from the board. I highly recommend practising a few division questions over the weekend just to stay familiar and comfortable with long division of decimals (e.g. 546 divisé par 3 ; 4782 divisé par 4 ; 4568 divisé par 7)


Passe une très bonne fin de semaine (and enjoy the snow if we get any : ) )

Mme Couture

le 18 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder to bring permission forms in for field trip next Thursday.

Devoirs:

Français: continue to work on cahier de lecture (e.g. images et mots on Omar Khadr)

Sciences Humaines: we will have one more work block for the paragraph on children's rights. If you think you need more time, maybe work a bit on it tonight as well. It is due Monday.

Maths: if not already finished, please complte p. 58 #1-2 and p. 59 #2-5 and #9. Show work (on separate paper if necessary)

A demain,

Mme Couture

le 17 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder: please bring in permission forms for next week's field trip at earliest convenience. Also, bring gym strip for tomorrow as we have PE after lunch.

Devoirs:

Maths: please complete at least four of the following six division questions:

63,26 divisé par 10
21,03 divisé par 100
123 divisé par 4
2 468 divisé par 2
9 727 divisé par 13
234 divisé par 5


Français: cahier de lecture

Sciences Humaines: continue working on editing paragraph (there will be one more block in class to work on the paragraph so if more time is needed, try to do a bit at home also).

A demain,

Mmme Couture

le 17 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Devoirs:

**Student who would like to re-take the quiz from Monday (problem solving involving multiplication of decimals by tens, hundreds, thousands, tenths, hundredths etc.) can do so tomorrow** --but please review tonight if this is the case...Try going over problems we have corrected in class as well as previous practise questionsMaths: complete today's long division review if not already finished.

Français: continue working on the cahier de lecture (should have three of the five activities completed)

Sciences Humaines: Please make sure to bring children's rights paragraph and rubric with suggestions as we will work on this tomorrow

A demain,

Mme Couture

le 15 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

This is the last reminder to hand in Scholastic Orders as I will be placing the order tomorrow afternoon.

Devoirs:

Français: cahier de lecture (due Dec. 1st)

Maths: complete division review sheet if you did not finish in class

Sciences Humaines: please look over my comments and the rubric from your first draft. I will give time in class for you to write an updated version that incorporates suggestions. Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions if you can't read my writing.

A demain,

Mme Couture

le 12 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

REMINDER: we have PE on Monday so please bring your PE strip. Also, please bring in any SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS on Monday so that I can send in our order. Thanks!


Devoirs:

Français: Everyone should have completed at least two activities for "images et mots" by Monday and ideally be almost finished a third activity as the cahier de lecture is due Wed. Dec. 1st (just two weeks away).

Sciences Humaines: continue working on the images et mots for the article we read regarding the arrest and trial of Omar Khadr.

Here is the link to the youtube video that we were't able to watch during the Remembrance Day ceremony. You may have to cut and paste the link into a new window.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U

Passe une très bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Couture

le 10 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

For all those anxious to check out the hockey draft standings, here are the instructions on how to access the site:

website: www.hockeydraft.ca (I've also added the link to the blog)

username: mcouture

password: canucksrock

Once you are on the site, you can play around with the different links as you can see the points that you've earned today (once the games begin). There is also a "trash talk" option BUT it is essential that all posted comments are in NO WAY disrespectful. Stick to plugging your own players and celebrating your team's success. The password to post something there is the same as your team name.

Please post in french!


Devoirs:

Maths: quiz vendredi. Everyone should have received three problem solving review questions. I put the answers and work on the back so you can check your answers (only after attempting to complete the question please)


Français: continue working on the cahier de lecture. Please remember that one of the activities is to complete an image et mots for the article on Imar Khadr. You will also need to hand in tha planning page for the images et mots (a list of the key facts in the article that you've organized in chronological order)


A vendredi,

Mme Couture

le 9 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Reminder that there is no school on Thursday of this week.

Devoirs:

Français: continue reading for the cahier de lecture. Review feedback from last month's cahier de lecture (which criteria you are meeting and where you can work on improving) and keep the feedback in mind when working on this month's activities.

Maths: quiz will be moved to Friday as there is a general consensus that more practise is needed when solving problems with decimals and multiplication. Please complete the review that we started today and try using the strategies we talked about and used in class (draw a model...rewrite elements of the question...break the question down into manageable steps or chunks...go back to what you know and try to make connections with the question you are working on etc)

Project proposal: begin brainstorming ideas for a project that you could do that is related to Grade 6 learning outcomes (parent info packages has a summary of the major themes covered this year...I have a few copies in the class and will have them available tomorrow).

A demain,

Mme Couture

lundi le 8 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

It was so great to be back in the classroom today! I really enjoyed getting up to date on what everyone has been up to and I was excited to see the Sciences Humaines paragraphs coming in today. I'm really looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say about Children's Rights in Canada.

Devoirs:

Maths: quiz on mulitplying decimals Wed. We will do extra review tomorrow but try a few practise questions (e.g. 12,45 x 10 12,45 x 0,1 12,45 x 0,001 etc.)

Français: continue reading for Novembre cahier de lecture.

Science: review information on animal kingdom (e.g. animal cell)

Reminder: PE strip needed tomorrow...also it's pizza day. Please have any scholastic orders in by Tuesday of next week (or sooner).

Passe une bonne soirée et à demain,

Mme Couture

le 4 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Although I'm still home sick with the flu and won't be back until Monday, I wanted to check in and give an update on things that are going on in class and work that needs to be completed in the days ahead.

Français: please continue reading every day in French. There are lots of new French books in the classroom that you can sign out to read for this month's cahier de lecture. I will be giving back your Oct. cahier de lecture on Monday with feedback so that you can get an idea of where your strengths are and what you can focus on for this month.

Sciences Humaines: There will be time tomorrow to finish editing your paragraphs and to work on the good copy (if you haven't begun it already). The good copy will be due in class on Monday. Even if you complete it during class on Friday, take a look at it over the weekend to catch minor grammatical errors.

Maths: Review multiplying decimals by tenths, hundredths and thousandths as well as by tens, hundreds and thousands as we will be having a quiz at some point next week (probably Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how confident everyone is feeling with this concept).

Science: On Monday, Make sure to bring the notes you took from the "Jungle" Planet Earth film we watch earlier this week as I would like to review some of the plant and animal adaptations we learned about.

I'm looking forward to hearing how well everyone modeled the five practices with Ms Fontaine not to mention all the things you've been up to while I've been away.

Passez une très bonne fin de semaine et à lundi,

Mme Couture

le 1 novembre 2010

Bonjour,

Thank-you for your excellent behaviour overall on our walk up to Mt. Tolmie this afternoon and to those who took the time to identify animals and plants along the way (good job to whoever was spotted the bald eagle).

Reminder: PHOTO RETAKE DAY TOMORROW (le 2 Novembre)

Devoirs:

Sciences Humaines: First draft of children's rights' paragraph should be complete (not the planning but the actual paragraph written out with details and examples).

Maths: Please complete the extra practice from today (show all work).

Anglais: thinking log (this might be from last week?)

Reminder to bring PE strip tomorrow.

A demain,

Mme Couture