Monday's Roman Banquet was a huge success thanks to the amazing efforts of all the wonderful sixth grade parents! It was an incredibly fun finale to our ancient Greece/Rome unit and the sixth graders are so excited to continue their Roman studies next year in Latin class. Thank you everyone! Click here for more Roman Banquet pictures on Laguna's Flickr account! Apologies for missing last week's post! These past couple weeks of May have been packed with some exciting activities and solid learning. Last week, sixth graders worked in Language Arts class to write four-paragraph essays about whether the main character of our book, Jonas, has truly been given a job that is an honor (as the community claims) or if it's more of a punishment. We've enjoyed reading through the book together in class; this class has embraced some of the difficult and engaging topics fully in class discussion and debate. In History class, sixth graders learned about the formation of the Roman Republic, the expansion from Republic to Empire, and a little about daily life in Rome before enjoying the wonderful Roman banquet this past Monday! This week in History, we also introduced Christianity as a major world religion that arose during the time of the Romans, and read Christian parables to learn about some of the religion's key values.
Last Friday's middle school service day allowed 5th and 6th grades to both enjoy and 'give back' to a part of our community that makes Santa Barbara very special: our beaches! A representative from ChannelKeeper met the students and reviewed what students can expect to find, information on "microtrash" great Pacific Garbage patch, and how to properly clean and log finds. Sixth graders then enjoyed a pizza lunch and beach time, courtesy of our room parents!
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In addition to the Getty, this week students wrapped up units in both ancient Greece (in history) and the coordinate plane (in math). We've continued forward in The Giver, and enjoyed class discussions and writing pieces that begin to grapple with the idea of uniformity/conformity vs individuality. More to come next week!
Students began this week by wrapping up their Mental Health Matters unit. Groups of sixth graders presented about different mental health disorders and how to be supportive to those in their lives who might be affected. Once that unit concluded, we began our final class novel, The Giver. On Thursday, we attended the Pacific Conservatory Theater's production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The play was truly spectacular--the set stunning, the storyline compelling, the music haunting and the caliber of the actors was superb. I actually recommend attending one of the evening performances! There are only about six left for this month, but the same cast and show will be performing at the Solvang Theater festival in July. As you all heard, our bus ride back was a bit of an adventure. Students were great sports and patient as we waited for Mr. Bray and the rest of the Laguna team to pick us up from or stop near Los Alamos. Thank you parents for understanding. |
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