5/6 Week 29

by | Apr 19, 2019 | In The Loop

La Lectura

Literature Studies:  Historical Fiction
Essential question: How do people show inner strength?
This week the big idea, Descubrimientos, was analyzed from a personal perspective. Students shared their thoughts about personal growth and the ability to discover our strengths and potential. We read several historical fiction pieces that illustrated these concepts in context.  We also spend time reading and learning the meaning of old adages that continue to bring so much life and expression to everyday language, until today.
Students spent time working on our expository writing project. They were given a prompt and will have 2 week to develop this project in class, which has multiple steps. We completed steps 1, 2 and 3 in class this week. Students need to be ready to work on step 4 next week.

The following is the prompt for our informative writing project:

Imagina que trabajas como voluntario en un museo de tu comunidad y en unas semanas se inaugurará una exhibición sobre el Antiguo Egipto. Tu supervisor te ha pedido que des una presentación sobre el arte y la arquitectura del Antiguo Egipto. Tu presentación explicará lo que nos muestran estos artefactos sobre la estructura social del Antiguo Egipto. Tu público serán las personas que visitan el museo.

 

Ciencias

Students learned about Punnett squares to predict the probability of offspring traits when the genotypes of the parent larkeys are known.

Mathematics

This week we learned about the area of a triangle.

  • We learned about how you find base or height when you only have area and base or height
  • How to know when it is base or height
  • We also worked on a take home math test

(Written by: Jack)

History & Geography

This week we learned about the Industrial Revolution

  • We learned about the conditions in the Industrial Revolution era
  • We learned about Adam Smith and how he came up with ideas to balance the economy
  • We learned about Charles Dickens and his position in the Industrial Revolution
  • Then started watching Oliver the Musical

(written by: Maddie)

English Writing & Spelling

In writing this week we

  • Worked on our conclusion  
  • Did research and took notes for our informative writing.

In Greek and Latin Roots this week we

  • Did our packets and posters about -Carn, -Anim, -Phys  
  • Finished our greek and latin roots test

(Written by:Sophia)

Specialists

Character Ed. with Ms. Jennie

Over the past few months we have focused on the themes of Courage (February), Overcoming Adversity (March), and Appreciation of Nature (April). We finished Number the Stars several weeks ago and are now reading The War That Saved My Life. We’ve also continued to focus on one poem each month and in June will have a special poetry day to celebrate. Kids are encouraged to find a poem they love and either practice reading it in order to present it, or go for the extra challenge of memorizing it. This is NOT required but highly encouraged! It strengthens kids’ confidence to stand up in front of the class and read or recite something! Poetry day will be on June 5th.
In May, we will continue to focus on appreciating nature along with our annual May tradition of talking about and celebrating other cultures. Our culminating project for this topic will be our 4th Annual Bake Sale to raise money for a special cause. This year we will be raising money for the Ryan’s Well Foundation, which was born out of a six-year old’s desire to help dig a well for people without access in Uganda. Check out this inspiring story here: https://www.ryanswell.ca/about-ryans-well/ryans-story/ This ties in so well to our own water fountain “project” this year and hopefully will remind our kids that no matter what your age, you can make a difference in the world! The Bake Sale will be held outside after school on Wednesday, May 29th. We will ask for your participation in donating a batch of baked goods to sell. More information to come!