Week 34

Math 

In math this week, grade 5 students began looking at fractions by reviewing vocabulary and determining the fraction of both a set and a region. Grade 6 students were introduced to the Order of Operations (excluding exponents) and were provided practice opportunities to complete calculations requiring multiple operations within an expression. 

ELA 

In ELA this week, students finished working on their narrative story based on their rising-action story planner.  Learning objectives achieved through this planning and writing task include: 

-       I can enhance meaning of created texts by using word choice and literary techniques and devices. 

-       I can compose and organize texts using legible, consistent writing and word processing skills. 

-       I can choose from life themes encountered through experiences to create texts. 

-       I can use paragraph structures in narrative texts. 

Social Studies 

In social studies, we continued our learning of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), which means ‘People of the Longhouse.’ Students reviewed a few informational resources in order to identify several features of the longhouse structure and how clan families lived within the village. Once identified, students then documented their key understandings within their visual journal. 

  

 

 

Science 

Learning Objectives: 

• - I can identify adaptations that enable birds and insects to fly.  

• - I can describe the means of propulsion for flying animals and for aircraft. 

This week in science, students examined how birds and airplanes are similar and learned about a variety of adaptations and designs that make flight possible and that provide propulsion and control. Students were asked to extract facts from an informational text and then created a sketch with 5 facts explaining the adaptations that are related to flight.