Dear Parents,
Another week has flown by in Grade 6. Lots going on as our Literacy, Math and UOI units continue to push forwards.
In Literacy, we have now completed our awesome units about constructing a beautiful paragraph using descriptive and figurative language. We are now starting to unpack our next stand alone Literacy unit about creating a personal narrative (more information to follow next week).
In Maths, we have been unpacking multiple strategies for multiplication and division. As well as starting the decimal phase of this stand alone number sense unit. This unit will soon become the foundation for our second mathematical unit about fractions.
In UOI lessons, we have been understanding the concept of push and pull factors connected to migration. We have looked at various case studies and really tried to look at the personal reasons for why someone may choose or be forced to migrate. We are putting empathy at the centre of every part of this unit and aiming for the children to understand that each case is unique.
In Seesaw this week…
Please find your child’s published ‘I am …’ paragraph, their push and pull migration case study, as well as multiplication and division strategies.
Assembly – please see below some photos from this week’s assembly. We aim to showcase different children across all the assemblies this year. A big thank you to our brave volunteers who stepped up to lead the first assembly.
Next Week
Literacy
- Identifying the features of a personal narrative
- Creating a timeline of our lives
- Brainstorming seeds that could grow into a personal narrative
- Planning a personal narrative
Maths
- Decimal Olympics
- Ordering, sorting and carrying out all four operations using decimal numbers
- Plotting decimals on a number line
UOI
- Case studies of migration
- How identifies can change through migration
- 6 Country Provocation / Role play (more in next week’s Broadcaster)
Important Upcoming Dates
- No school on Thursday 2nd October – Staff PD training day
Have a great weekend,
The Grade 6 Team