Our second week of school was a busy one! Sixth graders began our first class novel, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper. Here's a quick blurb from the official website: Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it. Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write. Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it. From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget. Sixth graders are already seven chapters in, and have completed class writing prompts, discussions, and visual representations on character growth. Ask your child how they feel about this book! In History class this week, sixth graders were divided into five primitive "bands." They were each tasked with researching, compiling, and presenting information on the various 'classifications' of hominids. This Friday, our Australopithecus Afarensis, Homo Habilis, and Homo Erectus groups shared their knowledge while the rest of us practiced note taking. They will stay in these bands for the next couple weeks while we study early humans. In Performing Arts Foundations, students began learning choreography and script writing. In Science, they reviewed homework procedures and took part in a special team challenge called "Breakout Edu" that involved riddles, math, and problem solving to unlock multiple locks on a box. They have yet to finish! In PE, sixth graders have been working on soccer skills. Looking forward to another great week! Finally, THANK YOU to the five awesome Sixth Graders who came to support coastal cleanup: Mason, Elyse, Natalie, Tracy, and Jonah! It was an incredibly successful day for Laguna: over 90lbs of trash collected and over 70 people came an participated.
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