Another busy week...
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| Typical greeting for students as they arrive- this helps to practice their independent work and organizational skills. Students move through the list independently at their own pace with the goal of completing required elements within the agreed upon timeline |
This past week
Math: we looked at online sources for data and collected discrete and continuous data with a connection to the Census at School by Statistics Canada- students had fun measuring themselves and comparing things like their height, how long they are on a bus to school etc to other gr 6 students across Canada.
Students conducted their own experiments as well to practice the skill of collecting data. Here is a link to the experiments conducted.
We looked into the difference between line and broken line graphs and determining when we should use them and discovered it is dependent on the type of data you are wishing to represent (discrete/continuous). This week we continue to practice taking data and graphing it with a real focus on the importance of scale and looking at graph selection ( bar vs line vs pictorial etc).
Literacy: We reviewed the criteria for News reports as well as nonfiction texts such as websites, as we began our research into Charities our class would like to support through the Entrepreneurial Adventure.
Students practiced their presentation skills as well as they presented their research to the class and Mr. Fresque. Our class took a vote and we have a chosen charity- it will be announced shortly :)
Mr. Fresque will be visiting again on Thursday to help students work through the next phase of our project- students are developing prototypes! The class voted to produce bookmarks to sell and raise funds to support awareness and charities regarding Food Insecurity. This week students will think about the audience for their product and look at different themes/genres they wish to develop for the bookmarks. They then will create a prototype to present to the class this week.Lois M returns to our class again this week to help us with our Social Emotional Learning journey and help further develop our skills in self-regulation.
This week:
Maker Mobile from Ottawa U will be visiting all grades
Monday: Homework will be posted in Hapara
Wednesday: Spirit Day: Silly Socks
SEL guest speaker
Friday: PD day no school for students
