Grade 6 Farewell T-Shirts
Our generous parent council is organizing free graduation T-shirts for all grade six students! All we need to know is your child’s youth size. In the LA classroom is a size question that needs to be answered asap.
Answer keys are now posted for last week’s assignments where applicable, and this week’s assignments and resources are now posted.
LA (fully integrated into science and social studies)
This week students will be applying their literacy skills while wrapping up their project in science and beginning a new unit in social studies, so no assignments are posted in the LA classroom. Once again there is a question for students to answer confirming they understand that they need to check the science and social studies classrooms to access the work for this week. This shows us who is paying attention to what is posted.
Math (approx. 2.5 hours)
We are beginning our geometry unit this week, and the focus is on triangles. Students will learn about different types of triangles by reading about them, looking at labeled pictures, and watching a Math Antics video. After completing related activities on Mathletics, there are questions for students to answer in which they must identify types of triangles and explain how they knew. Finally, there is another online basic facts / computation quiz to complete on Google Forms this week, including a few review questions on integers.
Social Studies (approx. 1 hour, counted as LA time)
Mr. Shackelton is beginning the final social studies unit of the year: Iroquois Confederacy. There are textbook pages to read and questions to answer about the Iroquois society and how it was different from the Athenian society.
Science (approx. 1.5 hours, counted as LA time)
This is the third and final week of Mr. Mueller’s research project on our solar system and Earth’s movement. Students have been reminded to check the updated posting of the rubric so that they can make sure their project contains all required components. Please ensure that the text on each slide is written in each student’s own words and not directly copied from websites and textbooks.
Due dates are set for each Sunday as a way of providing structure and keeping work from piling up and becoming overwhelming, but we understand that work may need to be handed in late for various reasons and we would much rather see the work late than not at all. We are trusting that late work is completed honestly and without the use of the answer keys.
All grade six teachers will continue to be available online during school days and can be reached through stream comments, email, comments on student work, and in the daily Google Meets.
Have a great week!
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