Greetings from Room 301!! A new week is on its way! Here is a little update on some of what is happening in Grade 6:
- We are diving into the topic of fairness in Language Arts. We started by looking at fairness in our families ("HEY! His piece of cake is bigger than mine!"), and last week we read three different biographies that shared stories of people fighting for fairness. We are also reading a moving story called The Breadwinner, by Deborah Ellis. It is based on real events in Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.
- We are working hard to build stamina as independent readers and writers every day! So far, we have built our "Read to Self" stamina to 17 minutes, and just last week we got off to a good start on "Work on Writing".
- In Math, we are almost finished our first unit on Patterns and Equations. This week we will finish Lesson 8 and complete the Unit Review. Next Tuesday, October 4, we will have our Unit 1 Test.
- Our first Science unit, The Diversity of Living Things, is off to a great start! So far, we have discussed classification, kingdoms of living things, and classifying tress. This week we will look at Invertebrates, and we will also have an awesome Science field trip to Flying Creek on Friday!! :)
Have a great week!
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