Outline

Grade 6 Language Arts and Social Studies

Most of our material and classroom activities can be found here, at this Internet site. If unable to physically attend school, the student can come to this site to be informed of classroom activities, access materials,  participate in online class activities, and to message the teacher. 

On the right is an option to receive emails when the site is updated.

Here is the class Edmodo Code: t9xizu

Here is the kidblog code: 5tq3amt

Materials needed-

-Writing utensils 

-Paper

-A binder divided into several sections

-Reading material

-A writing notebook, which could be a notebook, duotang, or scribbler. 

Not needed, but helpful-A library card. 

Course Outline for Language Arts

Communication skills are essential and ever changing in our society. With the understanding that all students can be successful learners, students will be exploring a wide range of how language works, making full use of a modern computer lab (depending on student safety with the pandemic). Over the course of the year, we will strongly incorporate the Grade Six Social Studies curriculum in our Language Art activities. 

           

The provincial curriculum uses the activities of:

Comprehension- Reading Listening and viewing 

Communication- Writing Speaking and representing 

Critical thinking-

 More details about the Provincial curriculum can be found here

Course Outline for Social Studies

The Provincial Curriculum is here. The course is the 150 year history of Canada, so during the year we will be limited going into great depth on any particular time period and will completely miss some important events. What will be important is understanding the trends and patterns that exist throughout our history. The three main outcomes for Social Studies in Manitoba and what we will be focusing on during the school year are:

-Knowledge and understanding 

-Research and communication 

-Critical thinking and citizenship

The first two outcomes are important skills to have as the student moves through school and life. The last outcome skills are vital to produce the kind of society we want to live in and avoid something like this or to deal with this before it is too late.

As we jump from one period of Canada's history to another, the class will be asked for their interests and class lectures and activities will be tailored to those interests. During the year we will also be making use of project based learning so that the students can focus on the parts of history that they find to be the most interesting.

Cluster 1 - Building a Nation (1867-1914) treaties and reserves immigration and hardships cultural diversity daily life interactions/relationships between groups (First Nations, Inuit, Metis, Anglophones, Francophones, Cdn. Government) individuals and events of this time entry of Manitoba into Confederation 1885 Resistance North West Mounted Police gold rushes (Fraser River, Cariboo, Klondike) Canadian Pacific Railway Prime Ministers (1867 -1914) mapping (major landforms, bodies of water, major settlements of Rupert's Land, original provinces in 1867)

Cluster 2 - An Emerging Nation (1914-1945) Remembrance Day World Wars (Canada's involvement-First Nations, Inuit, Metis contributions) Winnipeg General Strike the Depression Women's Suffrage urbanization, and technological developments Prime Ministers (1914-1945)

Cluster 3 - Shaping Contemporary Canada (1945 to Present) people and places (factors that shaped contemporary Canadian life) Prime Ministers (1945-present) World conflicts (Canadian involvement) global events and forces (Canadian involvement) United Nations, the Commonwealth, Organization of American States industrial and technological advancements inventions (kayaks, snowmobiles, Canadarm, insulin, canola...) Aboriginal rights evolution as a bilingual and multicultural nation mapping (provinces, territories, capital cities)

Cluster 4 - Canada Today: Democracy, Diversity and the Influence of the Past democracy (ideals, responsibilities, rights) Charter of Rights and Freedoms citizenship Canadian identity individuals (past and present) and achievements self-determination (First Nations, Inuit, Metis) government (main features, political parties, leaders, electoral processes-municipal, provincial, federal, First Nation