Ms. Baker 5/6

 Hello families! This week students have been expanding their understanding of prefixes and suffixes and expanding their vocabulary. We have been diving into our novel "A Rover's Story" and the students have been reflecting on the story and its characters very intentionally.  In Social Studies, students have been researching for their debate next week. The students were given a democratic pillar and had to research what ways Ancient Athens demonstrates that pillar and how they did not. Students had to research both sides before we established what side of the debate they would be on to ensure they would be ready to rebuttal and understand both perspectives.  In Science we have created trading cards to display what they have learned and researched about the planets in our Solar System. The cards are to have a description of the planet along with interesting facts that they have learned! The cards are now on a key ring that they can attach to their visual journals to keep t...

 Hello families,      Happy Friday! We had a great week with the warmer weather.       The students wrapped up their understanding of how rotation and orbit have an influence on seasons and the amount of sunlight we have in a day. We have now started investigating the different planets in our Solar System. They are practicing their ability to pull out information from videos and text and writing it in their own words in point form.      In Social Studies, the students spent the week comparing Ancient Athens to our 4 pillars of democracy. They had to write two proper paragraphs to tell me how Ancient Athens represents our 4 pillars and a paragraph to explain how they did not live up to the 4 pillars of our democracy. It was a great way to show their understanding of both democracies and showcased their ability to dive into the topic on a deeper level.      In Math, Grade 6's completed an activity to demonstrate a well-...

 Hello families, We are back to the groove of having school on Friday's! Students got to spend their math time participating in a conjecture today with the other 5/6 communities and complete a 5 minute frenzy which it feels like we haven't done in ages.  This week students finished their fractured fairy tales (they were warned it is homework if they are still not done). We took a step back and are taking a look at how to properly structure a paragraph. We practiced with an opinion paragraph and we will experiment with some informative paragraph writing next week. Students were challenged with a timed story prompt today. Ask them what they wrote about and if they were able to complete it in the hour!  In Grade 6 Math, students are continuing their look at division. We will be wrapping this up soon and moving into some area and perimeter before the break. Grade 5's have been looking at division strategies and the connections between multiplication and division.  Studen...