In math this year, our focus is on increasing students’ comfort with rational numbers (fractions, and decimals) and integers. As always, students will be developing the processes of communicating, connecting with, using estimation and technology in, problem solving and reasoning with, and visualizing mathematics.
The following are the units students will be working on this year:
Number Sense: Divisibility rules, fraction and integer operations, decimals, percentages
Patterns and Relations: Solving equations, oral and written patterns
Shape and Space: Circles, area, graphing using Cartesian coordinates, transformations
Probability: Central tendency and range, circle graphs, sample spaces, probabilities as fractions
In science this year, students will be working in three units: the Earth’s Crust, Particle Theory, and Ecosystems. They will continue to perform experiments and investigations as part of their hands-on learning experience. As always, there will be a focus on developing inquiry skills and the scientific method of investigation, as well as safety and lab skills. They will also participate in a science fair, which will be included as part of their mark.
In math this year, our focus is on increasing students’ comfort with rational numbers (fractions, and decimals) and integers. As always, students will be developing the processes of communicating, connecting with, using estimation and technology in, problem solving and reasoning with, and visualizing mathematics. The following are the units students will be working on this year:
Number Sense: Squares and square roots, percentages, ratio and rate, integers and fraction operations
Patterns and Relations: Solving equations, graphing
Shape and Space: Pythagorean Theorem, surface area, nets of 3D objects, tessellations
Probability: Data presentation, probability used in games
In science this year, students will be completing four units: Fluids, Water Systems, and Cells and Systems. They will continue to perform experiments and investigations as part of their hands-on learning experience. As always, there will be a focus on developing inquiry skills and the scientific method of investigation, as well as safety and lab skills. They will also participate in a science fair, which will be included as part of their mark.
In religion this year our focus is twofold. We will be looking at what type of person Christ called us to be by looking at the parables and analogies he presented to us. We will then focus on the history of the Church, with an emphasis on what issues the Church and the faithful worked through, and how it helped shape the Church as we know it today. The curriculum is based off of the Sadlier “We Believe” program.