Welcome to Classoom 6/7-Long

Lacrosse professional Turner Evans was at MTPS on Friday, providing opportunities for each classroom to experience the sport, which is one of Canada's two national sports.  We learned about the Indigenous roots of lacrosse, and how First Peoples faced descrimination, even within a sport they had been playing for a thousand years. Turner plays with the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League. The students of 6/7-L wish to thank parent council for providing this amazing opportunity to the students of MTPS. Click HERE for a video of class 6/7-L learning some lacrosse moves.

The following are some examples of excellent work!

As part of our recognition of Earth Day last Monday, the students in 6/7-L joined Mrs. Fleming's 7/8 class for a garbage pick-up.  We focused our efforts in the ditches along Hazzard's Road between the school and the highway.  Check out some of the interesting finds below, including, believe it or not, my own hubcap, which disappeared sometime over the winter.

The school-wide Celebration of Dance is set for Tuesday, May 7th, and the students in 6/7-L will be ready.  Below are some images and video of our practices. Click HERE to see a video of our dance practice. The students also enjoy playing gym games, especially when the weather prevents us from going outside.  Here, the students play a game of 'ball tag.'  Click HERE to see a quick video clip of the game.

Click HERE to view a quick video featuring 6/7-Lers being active. 

Looking for examples of outdoor angles. There's a ton of math happening in 6/7-L.  We continue to work on estimating, measuring and classifying angles. The students can also identify missing angles in triangles and quadrilaterals based on the fact that all angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees, and all angles in a quadrilateral add up to 360 degrees. Our math expert, Mrs. Wilson, continues to pop in once a week to work with the students on the use of number lines to assist them during problem-solving activities. We are also learning how to use tree diagrams as tools to organize information and list all possible combinations in an event.  For example, what are all of the possible combinations if we flip a penny, a nickel and a dime?   Researching real life examples of angles.