Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: Students completed the second half of yesterday's activity. After listening to a few short classical pieces, students wrote out how the music made them feel; perhaps it was an emotion, a story, a character, a scene, etc. Today students took those notes and crafted them into meaningful and coherent compositions. This work was due at the end of class and all students should have their work submitted. If absent, students may work on this over the weekend.

LITERATURE: After today's reading we see Billy has trained his two pups and is ready to take them for their first hunt. The description of the hunt is thorough and what happens after the hounds "treed" their prey shows the type of character that Billy is. Students have been tabbing pages in order to return to pieces of information as we go along.

RELIGION: Students had a short open-book quiz todday on Chapter 3.

SOCIAL STUDIES: We continued with our paper kites today and most everyone is either at the decorating phase or beyond. This is good. We may be able to spend some AR time in the coming days to finish these off and take them for a glide, however there will not be any more Social Studies periods dedicated to this project. This is a graded assignment, graded largely for completion, but also for students' time management skills, ability to follow instructions, listen, share resources, and problem solve.

MATH Accelerated math

***Many thanks to all of the students and parents who brought cards and gifts today for teacher appreciation day. We certainly feel appreciated and return the kindness.***