Year 6 Term 2 Week 6 Blog

English

In English class the learners worked in small groups to write a narrative story that they could then role play and act out for their peers. The learners also began reading in their groups to begin a new guided reading book. For next week the students will be working on learning different forms of poetry.

Maths

In Maths class this week the learners began working on new concepts. This unit will carry into next week before they are assessed on these skills next Thursday. 

Green Group: 

• Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.
• Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa.

Yellow Group

• Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles.
• Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa.
• Calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units,

including cubic centimetres (cm3) and cubic metres (m3), and extending to other units

UOI 

For this week and the next several weeks the learners will be working on the following learning tasks in UOI class. 

Year 6 Unit 4 Checklist Sharing the Planet 2019/2020

Transdisciplinary theme: Sharing the Planet -An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to
share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships
within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution

Central idea: Biodiversity relies on maintaining the interdependent balance of organisms within systems. (Student version): Biodiversity relies on people and animals coexisting with one another. 

Key Concepts: causation, connection, responsibility  Related Concepts: balance, biodiversity, interdependence

What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea?

Ways in which ecosystems, biomes and environments are interdependent.

How human interaction with the environment can affect the balance of systems.

The consequences of imbalance within ecosystems.

Google Slides Presentation Expectations

First Step

• Investigate (1) animal that has come in conflict with humans for each of the following continents.
• Asia
• Europe
• North America
• South America
• Australia
• Africa
• * (Bonus points if you can find any human/animal conflicts for Antarctica) 

Step 2

• At this point, you should have selected a total of 5-6 animal/human conflicts of which

represent each continent. You should only have 1 animal/human conflict for each continent 

listed above. 

• Begin documenting your findings in a Google Doc and reflect on why these conflicts are

taking place in these parts of the world. 

Step 3

• Begin formulating some ideas and solutions to these human/animal conflicts that are affecting

biodiversity around the world.

• Reflect on how people and animals can coexist in the same living environment without conflict. 
• Begin collecting images of the human/animal conflict and any possible solutions that you can

find.

Step 4) 

• As your final step begins, you will work to create an ebook that is reflective of your knowledge

and shows all of your findings and information that you have documented through your research. 

• Create a slide in your portfolio and add a link to your ebook to share with your parents during

the Student-Led Conferences.

Homework

Due to half term break and the shortened week when we return there will be no assigned homework or spelling assessment for the week of February 17th-21st. However, the learners may take this time to work on their portfolios which will be using during the Student Led Conferences and the exhibition journals.