This week brought some new activities and ended with an enjoyable indoor field day. In Language Arts, sixth graders began the annual Archeological Dig project! They have been divided into four teams: The Crimson Dragon Squad, the Black Panther Crew, the Golden Duck Gang, and the Silver Serpent Squad. Each team randomly selected an ancient civilization to research. They are keeping these civilizations secret from each other; and will be writing research papers and creating artifacts for each. This week, they took turns going to Laguna's library to learn about library research, as well as learning online, textbook, and encyclopedia note-taking. In History class, sixth graders learned about Emperor Qin Shihuangdi, the first emperor of China. Having ruled incredibly harshly and with extreme censorship, he standardized weights and measures and began work on the great wall of china. These controversial choices led to some excellent debate about what makes a ruler effective. In Math class, we wrapped up our chapter on converting between Percents, Decimals, and Fractions. Science class brought the end of a long food-truck unit, and sixth graders celebrated with a sampling of their food on Thursday morning. It was a fun finale! Unfortunately, Friday morning brought more rain so 2018 Field Day turned into 2018 Gym Day. The middle school worked with their Swoop Groups for the first hour of the day, enjoying reading, juggling, boardgames, film-watching, origami, and all other activities depending on their group. We came together for a big dodgeball tournament in the gym, followed by a fun pep-rally and lunch with the lower school. It turned out to be a fun and enjoyable end to the week!
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