Category: General

09 – 13 March

Thursday 12 March – Numeracy Data Project (Completed in class)

Friday 13 March – Science Quiz (States of Matter and Parts of an Atom)

Friday 13 March – Persuasive Writing due (Completed in class)

 

16 – 20 March

Monday 16 March – Literacy Unit 4 Test

Tuesday 17 March – Bible Test (Book of John)

Wednesday 18 March – Literacy Unit 1 – 4 Test

Wednesday 18 March – Numeracy Circle Graphs Test

Thursday 19 March – Social Studies Coat of Arms assessment (Completed in class)

Friday 20 March – Science Atoms test

Friday 20 March – Turtle Release: West Bay @ 10am

 

23 – 27 March

Monday 23 March – Start of Atom Project (Completed in class)

Tuesday 24 March – Bible Test (Acts: Early Church)

Wednesday 25 March – Start Social Studies project – Create your own Coat of Arms (Completed in class)

Friday 27 March – Social Studies Test (Cayman Islands)

 

30 – 03 April

Tuesday 31 March – Science Test

Tuesday 31 March – Star Reading

Thursday 2 April – Star Maths

Thursday 2 April – Persuasive Writing due (Completed in class)

 

06 – 08 April

Wednesday 8 April – School closes

NUMERACY

Learning Objectives:

1. Represent data in a circle graph;
2. Make observations and inferences about data represented in a circle graph; and
3. Compare circle graphs with the same data represented in bar graphs, pictographs, and line plots.

Focus in class:

• How to create circle graphs and bar graphs using Number app on iPad
• Data project completed in class

SCIENCE

Learning objectives:

1. 1. Atoms consist of particles, including electrons, protons, and neutrons;
   2. Atoms of a particular element are similar but differ from atoms of other elements;
   3. Elements may be represented by chemical symbols

Focus in class:

• Particles of an atom – Protons, neutrons and electrons
• Periodic table of Elements

SOCIAL STUDIES

History of the Cayman Islands

• National Symbols

BIBLE

A look at Acts

• The Early Church

READING

We’ve started a new class novel – Out of My Mind. It is such a beautiful and inspiring book and I know students are thoroughly enjoying it so far. Here’s a synopsis of it to hopefully invite you to read it with us as well:

Eleven-year-old Melody is not like most people. She can’t walk. She can’t talk. She can’t write. All because she has cerebral palsy. But she also has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She’s the smartest kid in her whole school, but NO ONE knows it. Most people—her teachers, her doctors, her classmates—dismiss her as mentally challenged because she can’t tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by her disability. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow.

Out of My Mind spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list!

“If there’s one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it.” —The Denver Post
“A gutsy, candid, and compelling story. It speaks volumes.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Unflinching and realistic.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Uplifting…This moving novel will makes activists of us all.” —Booklist (starred review)

We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and will have chapter quizzes at the end of every 10.

Some of the objectives covered in this reading unit will be:

– determining the meaning of words and phrases. . . including figurative language

– compare and contrast two characters

– determine how characters respond to challenges

– drawing inferences from the text

– determining a theme of a story

GRAMMAR

– Elaborate sentences by varying the placement of adjectives

– Identify and form proper adjectives

– Capitalize proper adjectives

– Identify adverbs and the verbs they modify

WRITING

– Grade 6 has started a new writing unit for Quarter 3 – Persuasive Writing. Last week, they finished their pre-assessments to inform me what students know about persuasive writing.

This week, we’ll delve right in and discuss the the very relevant topic of:

– Should the Cayman Islands update and build the port in George Town?

We’ll discuss, research, hold a debate, and then write an opinion piece on this topic. Stay tuned…

SPELLING

– Study for spelling test on Friday. Words are located on this week’s homework post.

NUMERACY

Learning Objectives:

1. Represent relationships between quantities using ratios, and will use appropriate notations, such as, a to b, and a:b.

Focus in class:

• Mathletic tasks: Ratio, Rates, Word problems, Tables of Values

SCIENCE

Learning objectives:

1. Earth has unique properties;
2. The rotation of Earth in relationship to the sun causes day and night;
3. The movement of Earth and the moon in relationship to the sun causes phases of the moon;
4. Earth’s tilt as it revolves around the sun causes the seasons; and
5. The relationship between Earth and the moon is the primary cause of tides.

Focus in class:

• Review of Moon phases and tides
• Moon phases and tides test
• Moon phases practical assessment (Oreo activity) (Project grade)

SOCIAL STUDIES

Maps

• Map skills assessment (Project grade)

BIBLE

A look at Mark

• Equation for Success
• Steps for Success

NUMERACY

Learning Objectives:

1. Represent relationships between quantities using ratios, and will use appropriate notations, such as, a to b, and a:b.

Focus in class:

• Ratio
• Related Rate
• Unit Rate

SCIENCE

Learning objectives:

1. Earth has unique properties;
2. The rotation of Earth in relationship to the sun causes day and night;
3. The movement of Earth and the moon in relationship to the sun causes phases of the moon;
4. Earth’s tilt as it revolves around the sun causes the seasons; and
5. The relationship between Earth and the moon is the primary cause of tides.

Focus in class:

• Review of Moon phases and tides
• Video for upcoming topic:

SOCIAL STUDIES

Maps

• Map skills

BIBLE

A look at Luke

• How to treat people – kind or unkind?

GRAMMAR

• Identify and use the principal parts of verbs
• Identify and use the perfect tenses of verbs
• Identify regular and irregular verbs
• Identify and use principal part of some irregular verbs
• Proofread captions with incorrect past participles
• Use past, present, and future tenses of verbs correctly and consistently

WRITING

Grade 6 has been busy identifying and analyzing key aspects of a narrative story. This week, we will continue writing our own narrative stories with an aim to have them published by Friday.

READING

Students will continue discussing and working on becoming global citizens and solutionaries. A “solutionary” is someone who finds revolutionary answers to life’s problems. They are problem-solvers, people who are creative and inventive. Students will identify an issue that interests them and that they’re passionate about, research it, and then create an action plan. Finally, they will create a slideshow at school and present it to the class.

SPELLING

Study for spelling test on Friday. Spelling words can be found on the homework post.

GRAMMAR:

– Review Part 1 of Verbs Assessment (pages 96-109)

– Tuesday: Unit 3 Verbs Part 1 Assessment

– Unit 3 Verbs Assessment Part 1 – Correction Session

READING:

– Fluency Assessment Monday – Tuesday (No preparation needed)

– Students will begin discussing and working on final project ideas for The Bridge Home. We will be brainstorming ways that we can serve others and creating slideshow presentations that document our ideas and action plan.

WRITING:

Grade 6 has been busy identifying and analyzing key aspects of a narrative story. This week, we will continue our narrative focus and will end the week with beginning our own narrative stories.

SPELLING:

Group 1:

pattern associate exhale bulletin collapse complaint instance dessert difficulty franchise emphasize exclude disturb mammoth necessary impact splendid stampede survival wander

 

Group 2:

polygon monopoly century centimeter quadruple centennial centipede tricycle triangle diameter dialogue diagram diagonal biannual bicoastal bifocals monochromatic monarch monologue monotone

 

MONDAY

Literacy:

Numeracy:

– Complete all Mathletics tasks (Due Friday)

– Complete division of decimals and word sums worksheet (Due Thursday)

– Practice 1 – 13 times tables (Test on Thursday)

Bible:

– Learn memory verse (Test on Thursday)

1 Samuel 16:7b – The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Field Trip:

– Bring 10 dollars by Wednesday for Basketball game.

TUESDAY

Literacy:

Science:

– Watch videos on blog

 

WEDNESDAY

Literacy:

 

THURSDAY

Literacy:

– Review summary notes

– Read for at least 30 minutes

Bible:

– Memory verse test (Written)

 

Note: Many thanks to those of you who were able to make the Parent/Teacher Conferences. We greatly appreciated our time spent chatting with you about your child.

– Thursday is American Thanksgiving and is half day. After School Care will be available.