I realized I have not updated you from last week! My apologies! I hope everyone had a restful Spring Break (from the kids stories it sounded like lots of fun was had!). We jumped right back into learning and in to Term 6 last week (as well as some CRCT prep).
Our Unit of Inquiry for Term 6 is: Who We Are.
Our Central idea for this term is: One person's willingness to stand up for his/her beliefs can make a difference.
Our lines of Inquiry are the following
- Shared beliefs and principles in a society
- Historical figures who's beliefs influenced others
- Responsible ways we can use our beliefs to make a difference.
In Social Studies we will be learning about the abolition and suffrage movements with a focus on historical women such as Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. We will be integrating ELA with Social Studies as we will be practicing opinion writing pieces as well as continuing to practice inferencing and finding the main idea of a text. In lieu of a reading contract this term, we are participating in a reading challenge. Each student is challenged to read and test on as many books in their reading range as possible. The table with the most books (and passed tests - 80% or above) receives a pizza party lunch in the classroom with Mrs. Porter. :)
In Math, we wil be working on geometry including different types of angles (acute, obtuse, right), and defining rays, lines, line segments, points, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and intersecting lines. We will also work with protractors to measure angles and add/subtract angles.
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Last week in Social Studies we worked on identifying and locating physical and manmade features on a map.
In Math we started our Geometry unit. (terms and skills above)
In ELA, we focused on grammar as we worked with Multiple Meaning Words using context clues and dictionary definitions to help us determine the word meaning in text. We also worked with Parts of Speech (the nine below) as well as diagraming sentences to identify the simple subject, simple predicate, compound subject, compound predicate and prepositional phrases.
We had a busy, fun week. Hope your week was wonderful!
