Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: Our lesson built on yesterday's concepts of strong topic sentences and supporting sentences by asking students to examine work for unity and coherence. We gain this by grouping our writing by the style we use. Additionally, we can employ transition sentences that help us to connect ideas that may follow a different type of writing style. Students are encouraged to study this evening for their test this Friday. For homework, they are to complete Exercise 1 in 4.5.

RELIGION: We picked up yesterday's lesson right where we left off as we discussed welcoming a baby home. I shared the two different stories around each of my own daughters' births to help the students understand how regardless of the scenario, babies enter the world ready to absorb their surroundings. How we act around a baby matters. The tone of voice we use, the love or lack-there-of in our voices and actions impact this child in myriad ways that cannot be easily communicated.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Today marks the start of our Ancient Egypt Unit and the students are pretty excited about it. Our lesson regarding the geography of the Nile river valley and delta help us to understand the special conditions surrounding this place, and the commonalities this place has with other regions that we have studied this year. Homework for this lesson is on page 99 #1-5.

MATH (8:00 class) WS 5-2  (9:00 class) pg 302-303 1-49 odds only  Only two days left to do Accelerated Math