What Are We Learning in June?

 What Are We Learning in June?

May 29th, 2021

How is it June already?!

This post will be about the topics we are going to cover between now and the end of the year. For the next few weeks that will be online and then hopefully we'll finish the year in person!

With all the COVID complications this past month and their effects being felt into June, our plans for the grade 6 celebration are still being decided. We have a plan A we just also need to now think of a plan B,C, and D just incase the last month doesn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped. We will communicate the plans to you once we know more =)

Here's what we'll be covering in June:

ELA:

• Finish writing our stories and figuring out some options to possibly publish them
• Illustrate our story's cover image / Create a book jacket
• Finish as many of our guided reading novels and our class novel as possible
• Write speeches for the grade 6 celebration

Math:

• Representing and collecting data using line graphs, bar graphs and pie graphs
• Experimental probability vs. theoretical probability
• Solving problems with decimals for all operations with a focus on speed (similar to the part A math PAT even though we are not writing PATs this year)

Science (Evidence and Investigation):

• Learn about different types of evidence gathered during investigations and how they can be sorted, examined and used to make conclusions about a case i.e. finger prints, tire prints, chromatography, handwriting samples, etc
• Identify and control variables that would provide a fair test to answer a question in an investigation
• How to we record, compile, interpret and evaluate our observations and measurements to be the most accurate?
• Use observation and inferencing skills to find and interpret patterns. Use those patterns to distinguish and separate a specific pattern from a group

Social Studies (Iroquois Confederacy)

• Examine the Iroquois wampum belts, specifically the Great Law of Peace, and design our own wampum belt
• Model how Iroquois society was organized. What were the roles of men and women? What was their lifestyle like? What is consensus?
• Make a decision using consensus. What are the pros and cons? How does this compare to Athens and Canadian democracy and decision making?
• Was the Iroquois Confederacy's method of decision making fair and equitable?

Health:

• Peer pressure, digital citizenship and life skills for junior high
• Sexual health units for grades 5 and 6 including a review of puberty 

Art:

• Responding critically to artwork in our world