September 19-23

Another week has come and gone!  The time is flying by so quickly!  We have a great class and I am really enjoying getting to know each student daily.  This week in Math (Grade 6) we are working on factoring, finding common multiples and also determining prime and composite numbers.  I have sent home a short worksheet for the students to get some extra practice and for parents to see what we are learning.  We have started working on our first reading strategy out of eight and this is the Self-Monitoring reading strategy.  Students will become very familiar with this strategy and should be using it in their reading daily.  We have started doing research on a person of interest in the computer lab and the students will be writing a biography on their chosen person.  Finally, in Social Studies this week we have taken a short break from election chat to discuss some Prince Edward Island history which the students seem to have a real interest in!

We will be having our Terry Fox Walk/Run Fundraiser next week and if your child would like to throw a pie at their chosen teacher (or teachers...yikes!) it is $5 per pie and the money must be sent into the school by this Friday September 23rd.  I will collect the money and turn it into Mr. Studer.

Hope you all have a great week!  :)

September 12th-16th

The second week of school has been off to a great start!  We had parent information night last night and there was a great turnout.  Thanks to all of you for coming as it was nice to meet so many of you!  This week the grade 6 students will be working on Unit 2, which is all about understanding numbers.  We have started with place value and will be continuing with estimation this week.  The students have also started attending French classes this week as Mrs. Turner and I will be switching for French & Health/Social Studies.  I have started asking the students a set of high frequency upper-elemetary words each day, which I will be correcting and they will be using the words that they do not know to begin their "Buddy Study" process next week.  I know they are very excited about this.  In Social Studies, we have started touching on the election as with the provincial election coming up, this should be an interesting topic!  That's my update for this week.  Enjoy the remainder of these bright, sunny days! :)

Welcome Back to School!!

Hi everyone, 

My name is Melissa Noonan-Gallant and I will be teaching the grade 5/6 at Athena Consolidated for this upcoming school year.  I am very excited to become a part of the great team at this school and having an exciting year filled with lots of learning and fun.  My goal will be to update this blog weekly to inform students and their families about what will be taking place in our classroom that week as well as anything that might be happening in our school.  If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me anytime at the school (888-8486) or by email mwgallant@edu.pe.ca.  I look forward to getting to know you all throughout the year!