March - April Newsletter
6th Grade
Spring time is almost here!
CMAS Testing
- Make sure students get a good night's sleep
- Have students eat a good breakfast each morning
- Strive for good attendance and being at school on time
- Encourage student's best effort, we want them to show what they know!
Current Units of Inquiry
Language and Literature
Key Concept: Aesthetics
Related Concepts: Genre and Setting
Global Context Exploration: Critical literacy, languages and linguistic systems; histories of ideas, fields and disciplines; analysis and argument
Statement of Inquiry: The setting in various genres allows us to learn about and appreciate the aesthetic beauty of the world.
Summative Assessment: Students will adapt a part of a selection from either the basal, Collections, or other story from a different country as a play.
Spanish
Unit Title: Cultural Cooking
Key Concept: Culture
Related Concepts: Message, Patterns, and Purpose
Global Context Exploration: Systems, models, methods; products, processes and solutions
Statement of Inquiry: To achieve a healthy lifestyle it is necessary to create a process and solution to healthy food choices
Summative Assessment: Under Construction!
Individuals and Societies
Key Concept: Systems
Related Concepts: Equity, Resources, and Sustainability
Global Context Exploration: Commonality, diversity and interconnection
Statement of Inquiry: Globalization and sustainability are related to systems which produce disparity and equity of resources.
Summative Assessment: Students will do a mini DBQ which explores the economic, environmental and social impacts of drilling for oil in Alaska.
Science
Math
Key Concept: Relationships
Related Concepts: Justification and Equivalence
Global Context Exploration: Identities and Relationships
Statement of Inquiry: There is often a justification for cooperation between relationships to maintain a healthy balance.
Summative Assessment: Students will be using their mathematical knowledge from the unit to solve business owner related problems and issues.
Drama
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Interpretation and Role
Global Context Exploration: Peoples, boundaries, exchange and interaction
Statement of Inquiry: Interpretation and role is developed through change, based on orientation in space and time.
Summative Assessment: Students will research and develop a character based on a scripted piece. The demonstration must include key elements of the character's life and personality.
PHE
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Energy
Global Context Exploration: Fairness and Development
Statement of Inquiry: Knowing and understanding concepts of movement and skill mechanics can improve performance in a specific skill, and provide the foundation for transfer of skills in a variety of lifelong activities.
Summative Assessment: At the end of the unit, students will produce a children's biography picture book that will portray the developmental stages they experienced through learning the assigned activities. The final element of the book will include a reflective summary.
Instrumental Music
Key Concept: Change
Related Concepts: Boundaries and Innovation
Global Context Exploration: Adaptation, ingenuity and progress
Statement of Inquiry: Students will understand that boundaries impact change and influence opportunity, risk, consequences & responsibility.
Summative Assessment: Under Construction!
Design
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Function
Global Context Exploration: Artistry, craft, creation, beauty
Statement of Inquiry: Communicating my learning reinforces my understanding.
Summative Assessment: While creating their personal portfolio students are given the opportunity to reflect and remember previous learning as they explain it to their audience. They will be making the connection between learning a concept the first time vs. explaining that concept to someone else and how this reinforces the concept for them...
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Corwin International Magnet School
Email: corwin@pueblocityschools.us
Website: cims.pueblocityschools.us
Location: 1500 Lake Avenue, Pueblo, CO, USA
Phone: (719) 549-7400