Today in 6A!
As it was the last day of school before Christmas, students were finishing up their work for their professional letter to Santa and their personal mandalas. Please check to see if your student has submitted their letter on the Google Classroom page.
Many thanks to our room parents and parent volunteers for all of their time and energy supporting our classrooms this year. It is hugely valuable to have this experience enhanced by your involvement. Our sincerest thanks go out to you.
Wishing everyone out there a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Friday, December 21, 2018
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: Students peer edited their letters to Santa. To be best prepared to submit tomorrow, students should have all edits completed and be able to read through their final draft.
LITERATURE: As we started our final chapter of "The Wednesday Wars" we had a fire drill, which left us 9 pages short of finishing the book. These will be completed upon our return to classes in January. From there we will assign our final assessment for this book.
RELIGION: In our discussion we tried to answer the question of, "How might we act to make our families happy and holy this Christmas?" A lot of student answers kept circling back to some similar terms: respect, care, showing appreciation, love. Each of these ideas are umbrella terms that host an abundance of real actions and nuanced messages that we need to be conscious of and more acutely aware of. We talked about emotional quotient (EQ) and how understanding what someone needs emotionally is often times more important than necessarily being correct. This holiday season I hope we can all keep in mind these words: "Honesty without tact is cruelty," or in the motto for this classroom, "When faced with the choice of being right or being kind, choose kind."
SOCIAL STUDIES: Students spent the entirety of class coloring their personal mandalas. These are an expression of each student's personality in many ways; the images they are drawn to and the manner in which they complete them speak to their overall personality in many ways (not exclusively though). Tomorrow we will have them displayed outside our classroom so that our parents can see the hard work we have been putting in.
MATH (8:00 class) Accelerated math (9:00 class) Chp 4 Test
ENGLISH: Students peer edited their letters to Santa. To be best prepared to submit tomorrow, students should have all edits completed and be able to read through their final draft.
LITERATURE: As we started our final chapter of "The Wednesday Wars" we had a fire drill, which left us 9 pages short of finishing the book. These will be completed upon our return to classes in January. From there we will assign our final assessment for this book.
RELIGION: In our discussion we tried to answer the question of, "How might we act to make our families happy and holy this Christmas?" A lot of student answers kept circling back to some similar terms: respect, care, showing appreciation, love. Each of these ideas are umbrella terms that host an abundance of real actions and nuanced messages that we need to be conscious of and more acutely aware of. We talked about emotional quotient (EQ) and how understanding what someone needs emotionally is often times more important than necessarily being correct. This holiday season I hope we can all keep in mind these words: "Honesty without tact is cruelty," or in the motto for this classroom, "When faced with the choice of being right or being kind, choose kind."
SOCIAL STUDIES: Students spent the entirety of class coloring their personal mandalas. These are an expression of each student's personality in many ways; the images they are drawn to and the manner in which they complete them speak to their overall personality in many ways (not exclusively though). Tomorrow we will have them displayed outside our classroom so that our parents can see the hard work we have been putting in.
MATH (8:00 class) Accelerated math (9:00 class) Chp 4 Test
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: Our students have embarked on a new writing composition, a professional letter to Santa! Students first need to determine the purpose of this letter (request to be on the nice list, request for specific toys, request to visit me first, request to add someone to the naughty list, etc) and then write in a professional tone to the big man up north. There is an attached template that will help students see how to format their letters (tomorrow). For tomorrow's class, students need to be prepared to share their first draft with classmates for peer editing.
RELIGION: In this week's "Christmas" lesson we look at the similarities and differences between The Holy Family and our own families. Additionally we looked at ways how our actions may bring us closer to God and how they might put distance between us and God.
SOCIAL STUDIES: As a bridge between our India unit and our next unit on Buddhism and Hinduism, we used an online generator to create our own personal mandalas. Students submitted their design on the Google Classroom assignment page and had copies printed for them to color. Tomorrow's class will see them finish coloring these designs to be displayed outside our classroom. Students will have access to this generator for their own amusement as long as it is still operational. Enjoy!
MATH (8:00 class) pg 180 1-52 Chp test tomorrow (9:00 class) pg 212 1-8 + 14-21 Chp Test Friday
SCIENCE Worksheet study your notes and key terms...Chp 4 Test Tomorrow
ENGLISH: Our students have embarked on a new writing composition, a professional letter to Santa! Students first need to determine the purpose of this letter (request to be on the nice list, request for specific toys, request to visit me first, request to add someone to the naughty list, etc) and then write in a professional tone to the big man up north. There is an attached template that will help students see how to format their letters (tomorrow). For tomorrow's class, students need to be prepared to share their first draft with classmates for peer editing.
RELIGION: In this week's "Christmas" lesson we look at the similarities and differences between The Holy Family and our own families. Additionally we looked at ways how our actions may bring us closer to God and how they might put distance between us and God.
SOCIAL STUDIES: As a bridge between our India unit and our next unit on Buddhism and Hinduism, we used an online generator to create our own personal mandalas. Students submitted their design on the Google Classroom assignment page and had copies printed for them to color. Tomorrow's class will see them finish coloring these designs to be displayed outside our classroom. Students will have access to this generator for their own amusement as long as it is still operational. Enjoy!
MATH (8:00 class) pg 180 1-52 Chp test tomorrow (9:00 class) pg 212 1-8 + 14-21 Chp Test Friday
SCIENCE Worksheet study your notes and key terms...Chp 4 Test Tomorrow
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: Shortly after drilling our vocabulary with some flash cards, we set out to determining the meaning of select terms in their written context. From there students read another passage to practice pulling meaning from it. With the remaining time in class, students collaborated to form high-scoring words in scrabble in a class-wide game.
LITERATURE: In today's chapter from "The Wednesday Wars," we see a very strong maturation of Holling's character as he admits to missing his sister and reaching deep into his own pocket to bring her home from Minneapolis. Holling applies the morals of the Shakespeare to his daily life, this time looking to Hamlet to help him recognize the challenge he has with his father.
RELIGION: In place of our lesson today, we went to Colman Hall to fold and package clothes for the donations to Honduras.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Today was testing day for our Ancient India and Early Indian Empires chapter.
MATH (8:00 class) Pg 175 1-27 Chp test This Thursday (9:00 class) WS 4-7 & 4-8 Chp Test Friday
SCIENCE Chp Test Thursday
ENGLISH: Shortly after drilling our vocabulary with some flash cards, we set out to determining the meaning of select terms in their written context. From there students read another passage to practice pulling meaning from it. With the remaining time in class, students collaborated to form high-scoring words in scrabble in a class-wide game.
LITERATURE: In today's chapter from "The Wednesday Wars," we see a very strong maturation of Holling's character as he admits to missing his sister and reaching deep into his own pocket to bring her home from Minneapolis. Holling applies the morals of the Shakespeare to his daily life, this time looking to Hamlet to help him recognize the challenge he has with his father.
RELIGION: In place of our lesson today, we went to Colman Hall to fold and package clothes for the donations to Honduras.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Today was testing day for our Ancient India and Early Indian Empires chapter.
MATH (8:00 class) Pg 175 1-27 Chp test This Thursday (9:00 class) WS 4-7 & 4-8 Chp Test Friday
SCIENCE Chp Test Thursday
Monday, December 17, 2018
Today in 6A & 6B
ENGLISH: We started our iWords today for Unit 8, drumming up associations to go along with our definitions.
LITERATURE: In the latest installment of "The Wednesday Wars," Holling Hoodhood is proving to be a determined and accomplished cross-country runner. After making the varsity team, he competes in a regional competition and wins! His father is showing more of his own true colors as indifferent toward the hopes, dreams and wishes of his children. Mrs. Baker takes even stronger interest in Holling's business as she trains him for cross-country.
RELIGION: We opened our Bibles to examine the descriptions of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Under examination, we see that both evangelists focus on different details that they deem important to this story. We keep in mind the context of who they were as writers and who they may have been writing for.
SOCIAL STUDIES: On Friday, students were given a list of study materials for Tuesday's test. With that test being tomorrow, our class today was designed to serve a s a study/Q&A session. Students could choose to study alone, ask questions regarding the content of the chapter, or quiz a partner on the chapter material.
MATH (8:00 class) WS 3-9 (9:00 class) pg 206 1-53
SCIENCE pg 128 1-4
ENGLISH: We started our iWords today for Unit 8, drumming up associations to go along with our definitions.
LITERATURE: In the latest installment of "The Wednesday Wars," Holling Hoodhood is proving to be a determined and accomplished cross-country runner. After making the varsity team, he competes in a regional competition and wins! His father is showing more of his own true colors as indifferent toward the hopes, dreams and wishes of his children. Mrs. Baker takes even stronger interest in Holling's business as she trains him for cross-country.
RELIGION: We opened our Bibles to examine the descriptions of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Under examination, we see that both evangelists focus on different details that they deem important to this story. We keep in mind the context of who they were as writers and who they may have been writing for.
SOCIAL STUDIES: On Friday, students were given a list of study materials for Tuesday's test. With that test being tomorrow, our class today was designed to serve a s a study/Q&A session. Students could choose to study alone, ask questions regarding the content of the chapter, or quiz a partner on the chapter material.
MATH (8:00 class) WS 3-9 (9:00 class) pg 206 1-53
SCIENCE pg 128 1-4
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