by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Mar 22, 2018 | Grade 6
The main focus this week for the Grade 6s was developing our main questions, sub questions and the key terms that will help us when we are researching our topics. Some students took most of the week to finalize their questions, a few are working on them over the...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Mar 17, 2018 | Primary Team Leader
Two Grade 6 students and 5 secondary students attended the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature in Dubai on March 9 and 10. Ms. Brewer and Ms Sarah were the chaperones. Students attended numerous author sessions, learning about what inspires authors and the...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Mar 15, 2018 | Grade 6, The Grades
Our focus this week has been writing example questions for each of the concepts areas and then applying this knowledge to their own inquiry questions. Students developed criteria for their questions. They shared their questions with a partner, then worked to revise...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 6, The Grades
Conflict has far reaching consequences. Grade 6s were finding out about this in many ways this week. Interviewing people, as well as analyzing poems and songs about conflict. They listened to one another respectfully. Students met their Exhibition mentors this week...
by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Mar 8, 2018 | Dance, Grade 6, Kindergarten 3 (GS), Kindergarten 3 (ICS), The Grades
Here are the photos, as promised of the Grade 6s dancing with and working with their buddies on their Samba costumes. We started in Ms. Briar’s dance studio. The Grade 6s learned some Samba moves using different parts of our bodies. Then we got busy decorating...
