Market Day - A Huge Success!

I think that everyone who was able to attend Market Day could agree that last night was an incredibly successful evening. I was blown away by how amazing the booths looked, how excited the kids were, and by how many people showed up! There was a constant flow of people coming into the gym, and the place was packed for the entire 2 1/2 hours. We had originally planned to close down the gym to give the students a dinner break, but there were way too many people to try to ask them to leave, so we ended up having to feed students in shifts. I heard countless comments about how cool it was to see Grade 6 students do such incredible work and for such a good cause.

I cannot thank you enough for all of the hard work you put into helping your children make this such a successful evening. Thank you, too, to all of the parents who were able to help last night in so many ways. We absolutely could not have pulled off the event without your help!

Here are a few pictures from Market Day:

More 60 Second Films...

Here are the rest of the films from our class. Enjoy!

 

 

60 Second Film Challenge

Welcome to another exciting and busy time of year!  In Grade 6 much of our focus right now is on Market Day, especially since it is only a week away. Students are incredibly excited, and I am really looking forward to seeing it all come together. I think they will be very proud of what they accomplish.

Believe it or not, we actually have many other things going on as well! :) In Math, students are learning about finding perimeter and area of polygons. In Language Arts, they are reading Historical Fiction novels.

In Drama, students are in the process of a project I assigned a few weeks ago. Based roughly on the 60 Second Film Challenge that Vancouver puts on each year, I asked students to create a 60 second film that summarizes a movie or show they are familiar with. This is proving to be an excellent challenge for them, as they are learning communication skills, as well as the value of summarizing well. Take a look at one completed film below. It is a 60 second (roughly) version of a Dora the Explorer episode.