Research

As will be the routine for this year, we began out day with a math lesson. In today's lesson we continued looking at large numbers. We used place-value concepts to decide which numbers are larger or greater compared to each other. Students showed their understanding by listing numbers from greatest to least or least to greatest, placing numbers on a place-value chart, and using the less than (< ) or greater than (>) symbols.

Students are asked to complete all practice questions on p. 41 and 42 of the MMS textbook. Students should correct practice questions from the previous day on a daily basis.

Next up was our inquiry unit How Shocking! We began the lesson with students contributing information to the question that was asked on Friday, "If you are in a car during a lightning strike, would you be protected?" Some students had heard about the tragic incident where a student was killed by lightning strike on Friday. We watched a video clip of a couple who were in a car that was struck by lightning in Ontario. Ask your child to tell you more about this incident. Students shared some tips that they knew of  of how to keep safe during a thunderstorm. Since students are very interested in this topic, we are discussing turning it into a project later on in the unit. For today's lesson, students used their laptops to research two scientists who made important contributions to electricity - Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta.  Grade 6s made jot notes as a way of recording their findings. Students will have the opportunity to share their findings with the class tomorrow.

 

In language we reviewed the four kinds of sentences and discussed how students can make their writing more interesting by writing a combination of long or short sentences. They practiced combining sentences using words such as when, while, but, and, etc.

Grade 6s attended French and Gym class today.

Homework & Reminders:

• Complete practice questions on p. 41 & 42 of MMS textbook
• Bring in Terry Fox donations as they are raised