This week the students have been busy learning all about energy dissipation, calculating the area of polygons and explaining their understanding of a pendulum through writing.
Highlights of the Week
Maths – Measurement
- Area of a rectangle
- Area of a compound shape
- Area of a triangle
- Area of a circle
- Mental Maths
Literacy – Explanation Texts
- Completing plans for explanation text – dissipation of energy in a pendulum
- Drafting, editing and revising our explanation texts
- Publishing final versions of our explanation texts
- Book clubs
Unit Of Inquiry – How The World Works
- Applying our knowledge of energy transformation to thinking about how we use energy in our daily lives\
- Creating energy chains to identify how energy transfer occurs and which forms of energy dissipate
Swimming Update
Swimming continues (or starts if the class was impacted by this week’s broken heater), 6A boys on Monday, 6B boys on Tuesday, 6A girls and 6B girls on Thursday.
Upcoming Student Led Conferences (SLCs)
This year the SLCs will take place on Wednesday 15th April (3-6pm) and Thursday 16th April (1:30-3:00). 6A sign up and 6B sign up.
Literacy Week
- Book Swap (week starting the 19th April).
- Dress up day as a character from a book or story, Wednesday 22nd April.
- More details here
- Gr. 6 Book Challenge
Have a great weekend,
The Grade 6 Team