English
Grade 6 students began a new class reading Fuzzy Mud. We continued to engage the reading through literature circles. This term, we focused on the reading skill of writing objective summaries and the writing genres of biographies.
UOI
We started this unit off by discussing the different ways that humans have adapted to their environment both physically and behaviorally. Students made adaptation brochures to show their understanding.
For their summative, students were divided into groups and chose from three different environments: artic, desert, and swamp. Then, they were to construct a house where humans could survive in their chosen environment.
Grade 6 and grade 7 students went to buy magazines from a homeless vendor of The Big Issue. This field trip tied into their previous units about beliefs and global citizenship.
PYP-X
Grade 6 continue to work hard on their PYP Exhibitions. Each student has already created their central idea and first line of inquiry. They are in the process of conducting research and creating an artifact related to their first line of inquiry.
