Thursday, Oct. 3rd

Students are meeting with the Librettist today to discuss the upcoming Opera production here at Hawkwood School.  They will have an opportunity to have input on most aspects of the storyline.

Students also worked on a Patterns Review sheet and a quick Place Value Pre-Assessment for our next unit.  This pre-assessment will be used to help guide some of our meetings in the future for Hawkwood teachers to help improve students' learning.

In Language Arts, students have been reading The Giver.  They recently completed a journal writing response about which job they would want the Chief Elder to call for them at the Ceremony of the Twelves (ask your child about their job!).

Have a great day.

Wednesday, October 2nd

Students were completing their Trees & Forests research assignment earlier today.  The students will be handing in their projects tomorrow.  Here is the assignment if students need to finish it tonight:

Trees & Forests Grade 6 Science:

Tree Research Project

For this assignment, you will be researching three deciduous trees and three coniferous trees.

For each tree, you will be finding out:

·      The type of leaf

·      Shape of leaf or needle

·      Margin type or arrangement of needles

·      Where does the tree usually grow?  (Location and climate)

·      What is the average life span of the tree?

·      2-3 interesting facts about the tree

You will also be drawing a colored picture of the trees

Friday, September 27th

Please see the attached poster for our upcoming Literacy Night on October 17, 2019

-students learned about balancing equations in Math this week

-students continued reading "The Giver" in L.A. and completing various activities about the novel

-we all had lots of fun at the Terry Fox Run this morning (we all really enjoyed the Winter weather!)

-in S.S., we are creating a journal page related to our Rights & Responsibilities as Canadians

Monday, September 23, 2019

Today students had their pictures taken and School Patrollers had a training session in the Gym with the constable responsible for Hawkwood School.

Students reviewed the Math check-in that we had last week and they also continued working on their latest Art project.

Tomorrow, there will be a patrol meeting at 11:00am in Ms. Pearson's classroom and if students are in the Hawkwood Spirit Leadership group, there will be a meeting tomorrow at lunch (12:50) in the Learning Commons.

Week of September 16-19th

Another busy week of learning at Hawkwood School.  Some of the highlights were:

-continued to work on our Patterns & Equations unit in Math; students had a check-in yesterday to see where they are at
-students learned about different leaf types and shapes; also reviewed the Nutrient and Water Cycles
-students created a Democracy journal page in S.S. and started to learn about the Charter of Rights & Freedoms in Canada
-students have read the first two chapters of the novel The Giver and brainstormed with their groups members all of the things they know so far about the main character
-continued work in their French Food booklet
-students had Gym outside twice this week with Mr. J and they trained a bit for the Terry Fox Run which is next Friday (pledge forms went home yesterday)

Tuesday, Sept. 17th

Students learned about the Nutrient Cycle, Photosynthesis and the Water Cycle in Science today.  We will go over these concepts again tomorrow so that everyone has the correct information on their worksheets.

All of the Grade 6 students started a new Art project today.  Mrs. Foret introduced the project to everyone and then students worked in the Hawk's Nest.  Please ask your child about this cool project!

In Social Studies, students are creating a two-page journal spread in their visual journals.  These journal pages must be completed for Thursday.

Monday!!!

There will be a School Patrol meeting this Wednesday from 11:00-11:14 in Ms. Pearson's room.  New patrollers are welcome to attend this info. session.

If you were not able to attend the Meet The Teacher night last week, here is the information that was presented that evening:

• Blog.
• No agendas this year for any grade.
• Email me.
• clwilson@cbe.ab.ca
• The Program of Studies can be found online at: https://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program.
• Gym with Mr. Mike Janzic
• Music with Ms. Kristen Smith.

Snack and Chat:

• Monthly book talks.
• A book is chosen at the beginning of the month and finished by the end of the third week.
• Fourth week of the month - partnered together with Mrs. Foret’s and Mrs. Pearson’s classes to discuss the books they have read.
• Classrooms are set up so that the students can feel like they are at Starbucks; eating a snack and talking about their book.  Students bring an appropriate snack.
• Students assess each other’s sharing and a minimal written response will be submitted for assessment by the teacher.

• Classroom Blog:
• Can be accessed on our school website. 
• See what we are learning in our classroom. 
• Homework instructions.
• Daily agenda messages.
• Important dates and reminders.
• Links to websites. 
• Field Trips:
• Are currently being organized, but the plan so far is: 
• School nurse.
• YMCA presentation. 
• ECO School (Outdoor School in Kananaskis)
• YouthLink Police Interpretive Centre (December).
• The Hangar Flight Museum (April). 
• Art School (May).
• Bowness Park (June).
• Opera
• This is a year long project with Calgary Opera where a librettist will gather ideas from our students to create our story, and a composer will work with us to create our music. We will have a director to help us make the opera a reality!
• It is a school wide community building event that will involve all students and staff.
• There will be both daytime and evening performances on May 27 and 28.
• We will need volunteers to help us! If you have a skill or interest you would like to share with us we will need help with costumes (sewing), set building (carpentry), prop making, choreography, setup and strike crew (muscles lol), make up, hospitality, merchandise, advertising, front of house, research, business manager or treasurer.