UDIS Year 5/6

English This week in English class the students worked on their initial Term 2 writing assessments. Furthermore, the students were responsible for reading various articles online about some of the conflicts that arise when humans and animals coexist in the same living environment.   For next week, the students will be grouped into new guided reading groups and will be assigned to begin reading a new chapter book or novel that I have selected for their groups. The students will be working on several different writing tasks and learning about prepositions.  UOI Central idea: Understanding of scientific knowledge is constantly evolving and has an impact on people’s lives. PE Link Key Concepts: change, connection, causation             Related Concepts: ingenuity, progress, ethics, sustainability LInes of inquiry and associated concepts (change, connection, responsibility) What leads to advances in sc...

In English class this week the students shared their Christmas stories with the class. The students also worked on practicing their performances for the Christmas event. The students also began brainstorming what they hope their uniforms will look like for when they enter the MYP program next year.  In UOI class the students worked on their exhibition projects, and creating new slides for their presentations on famous inventions throughout history. The students were given a checklist to follow for their Google Slides presentations on what their expectations are for this project. In Maths class this week the students worked on a cumulative review covering multiplication, divisions, decimals, statistics, and place value. The students enjoyed working in their groups to show what skills and techniques they have remember from past units. Last night's Christmas show was a great success. The students worked very hard to create a nice perf...

In English class this week the students worked on writing and creating a story based off of a picture prompt relating to a winter scene. The students shared these stories by reading them aloud to the class. The students also worked on proofreading their work to check for proper sentence structure and grammar within their writing. Furthermore, the students worked on improving their performance of "Sara Finds Christmas" for next week's Christmas event. In Maths class we wrapped up our unit on Geometry this week. The students took an assessment on solving for the missing angles of each shape. Next week, we will begin our cumulative review of some of the concepts that have been covered throughout term 1. In UOI class we continued exploring different inventors throughout history and reflected on how impactful some of these inventions have been in society. The students also worked on learning about the human skeletal system as part of our science unit to...

This week in English class the students worked on holiday related projects and learning tasks. The students also worked on writing informational texts based on current events taking place around the world.  In Maths class the students worked on identifying 2 demential shapes and identifying missing angles. The students also worked on graphing numbers on an X,Y coordinate grid. In UOI and PSPE class this week the students worked on an activity to share their feeling and emotions. The students began researching information about famous inventors throughout history. The students have created biography cards for these famous inventors. For Science the students began learning about the human skeletal system.