Ramadan Kareem to all who are observing this very special time of year 🙂 Please take some time to check out G6 W25 in Pictures by adding, downloading, or just browsing through all of the sights and sounds throughout the week. There is also a copy of the updated Ramadan timetable. {Fingers crossed for no further changes!!!}
School Events – Important Dates
- Barcelo Resort: G6 overnight trip to Mussanah = TBD
- Third Term Progress Reports = Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Student-Led Conferences = Monday & Tuesday, April 22 – 23, 2024
Google Classroom
As previously mentioned and as part of students transitioning from the PYP into the MYP, this week we are also finalizing moving from SeeSaw–as the preferred platform connecting school to home–to Google Classroom. All students have logged into the G6 PYP classroom with expectations that they engage with materials, quizzes, and assignments daily. Please be on the lookout for an invitation to join. Please be aware that this platform allows all users to keep up to date with information, tasks, assessments, notices, and reports.
Literacy Summary
This week in reading, students reviewed and (more strategically) used comprehension strategies, specifically how to make meaning of new, unfamiliar, important, etc. ‘lingo’ or vocabulary. This week in writing, students learnt about one cause of academic honesty–plagiarism–by using a plagiarism checker for their research-based information writing. Students also plotted out their research trail and topics for writing in MLA Format.
Numeracy Summary
This week, students began an investigation into numbers: rational numbers, positive integers, and negative integers through accurately plotting those numbers as coordinates on a number line.
UoI Summary
This week in our unit of inquiry, science was definitely integrated with reading and writing through an introduction to this unit’s central idea: ‘Flight inspires scientific innovation.’