In addition to finishing Out of My Mind, sixth graders worked to build prototypes of possible solutions to problems Melody might face if she attended Laguna Blanca. Groups identified both physical and social challenges. Using the sentence frame "Melody needs a way to ____ because/but ______," they chose to tackle some of these problems:
In History class, we entered the Neolithic Era and learned the impacts of the introduction of agriculture! Sixth graders participated in an response group activity, where they were faced with challenges of early Mesopotamian societies. They suggested solutions to, and read about, food shortages, uncontrolled water supply and irrigation, and attacks from neighboring villages. This lesson demonstrated how geographic challenges fueled the transformation from neolithic farming villages to Sumerian city-states. Sixth graders tackled their first science quiz of the year! They memorized and labeled all the bones in the body, and will continue to study bones and their function for the next couple weeks. In Math, we worked with negative numbers and absolute value, and will have our second chapter test of the year later next week. PE included capture the flag and several fitness drills, while Art class has moved into making scull sculptures for day of the dead.
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