Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH:Today we started our Unit 4 iWords which asks us to establish definitions and associations for each of our 20 words.

LITERATURE: Today we read the short story "Stray" from our literatrue textbooks. We worked on establishing predictions and examining how our life experiences help to color what inferences and predictions we are prone to making. This exercise was helpful for students to apply some higher order thinking skills but to also, subtly, review different perspectives on a given issue.

RELIGION: We begin a new session today by looking at Passover and the Eucharist as celebrations within the church and how these events are in-memorium of some tragic events. Students shared some of their own family traditions that might not jive with the way others in society celebrate. For example: In my family, New Years Eve isn't quite as big a deal as New Years Day. We usually have a large family party on New Years Day while our NYE is more subdued. Additionally, we eat foods that hearken back to a poorer time in our ancestor's lives.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We continue with our exploration of the Fertile Crescent and ask, how it was that geography encouraged the rise and growth of civilization? Students were asked to compile 3 pieces of evidence that suggest geography's role in this and to explain their reasoning. This was due at the end of class on Google Classroom.

MATH (8:00) pg 85-86 1-17 odds  (9:00) WS 2-3 & 2-4

SCIENCE pg 71 1-4