Dear Parents and Students,
It feels very refreshing to be back at work after a good break. Continuing with where we left off and starting new units, we have had a number of productive learning engagements this week.
Please click the link below to see the photos and video snippets from this week:
Grade 6 Week 16 in pictures:2022 2023
Integrated Unit of Inquiry
- New Unit on Migration: We set off on our journey into our new unit on migration by using a dictionary to find what migration means. While students worked to come up with the definition, they also added various reasons as to why people migrate. Students observed some real photos related to migration and used the thinking routine “I see, I think, I wonder” to show their previous knowledge. We have started reading the book ‘A long walk to water’ by Linda Sue Park, which recounts the story of one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. As mentioned in the broadcaster earlier, students are now being exposed to some ‘unfairy’ tales and more to come, as we go.
- Language: This week we have revisited our understanding of Personal Recount this week and focused on the vocabulary ideas. We used helper mats to learn and use new and unfamiliar words in our writing. We made sentences using new adjectives and adverbs. We also practised starting sentences in interesting ways using the ISPACED acronym.
- Exhibition: During the Teachers’ meeting this week, we had the whole primary staff review and comment on the central idea drafts the students have come up with. Students will then use this feedback to finalise their central ideas.
Mathematics
This week students have started doing a mix of percentage and fraction work in math maintenance. We have observed that some students have a strong basic understanding of these concepts while others need more input and support. We intend to mini-lessons as we go on. We are also integrating Data Handling into our UOI as this will help students understand migration statistics and analyse migration patterns. For example, this week students looked at a line graph that shows the number of immigrants around the world. They learnt how to read a line graph and figured out the elements of a graph – axes, scale, legend, data set, title of the graph and the axes.
Homework
Please remember that there is homework every day except over the weekend. It is important that students are reading, writing and doing Maths practice on a daily basis. Thank you for supporting this and for sighting and signing this every week.
Important dates to note:
- 13 Jan 2022 – 8 am to 4 pm Nautilus Swim Meet at ABIS
- 15 Jan (Sunday) – ASA Round 3 begins
- 18 Jan (Wed) – Field trip to Sohar Aluminium
- 23 Jan – PYP Exhibition Parent Information Evening 5 – 6 pm in the Mazoon
Notice/ Worth Repeating
- On Sunday of next week students will complete a writing assessment where they are required to write write a personal recount about the holidays just gone.
- Please remember to spend time on NESSY to help consolidate phonemic awareness, spelling and language skills.
- Math sites for help: https://maths.prototec.co.nz/ or https://www.khanacademy.org/
Students please remember your:
Hat, Water bottle, Ipad charged, PE Kit and spare shoes if you play football
Thank you.
As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us
Sincere regards,
Your partners in learning.
The Grade 6 Teaching team
Glen Nicholson, Srikala Raghuraman, Maryam Al Muqbali
