by Gary Pemberton | Nov 11, 2014 | Grade 6, The Grades
The weather is simply too nice to be wasted indoors, but there is still work to be done. What to do? Why, move the classroom outside. On Tuesday, G6 moved outside for a period of UOI. We worked on a chapter review from the textbook we have used for part of our unit on...
by Gary Pemberton | Nov 6, 2014 | Grade 6, The Grades
This week, students in Grade 6 participated in a simulation as part of their Unit of Inquiry for How We Organize Ourselves. The simulation asked groups of students to imagine that they were a family living in the Middle East 6,000 years ago. As hard working farmers,...
by Gary Pemberton | Oct 30, 2014 | Grade 6, Uncategorized
Congrats to our grade 6 students who, (in my humble opinion) stole the show during last evening’s talent show. (Although I have to give props to Smoke On The Water by The Three Masked Vipers, and my back hurts from just watching Taya.) Jade, Courtney and Trina...
by Gary Pemberton | Oct 23, 2014 | Grade 6
This week during our unit of inquiry and the Transdisciplinary Theme of how we organize ourselves we learned about the prehistoric art found in the caves of Lascaux in Dordogne, France. Discovered in September 2019 by 4 boys and a dog, the artwork in Lascaux is known...
by Gary Pemberton | Oct 11, 2014 | Grade 6
I hope you had a great Eid holiday. Grade 6 has been hard at work, and the break was well earned. Here’s a preview what’s coming up after the break. We will begin our second Unit of Inquiry under the Transdisciplinary Theme of How We Organize Ourselves....
