What a great, silly, busy week! The costumes this week for our different Spirit Day themes were SO fun! From loaning shoes to doing hair, kudos to all you parents who helped their kids get in the spirit! And congratulations to everyone on an excellent Jog-a-Thon! This week in some classes: Language Arts: Students presented their design thinking challenges to each other and provided feedback. We worked through some figurative language review, and were introduced to our new class novel, A Long Walk to Water. We're switching to our next book quickly because it's a part of the Global Read Aloud, which began in early October, and we're going to catch up! History: Students learned the seven categories of what defines a civilization (stable food supply, government, social structure, religion, written language, the arts, and technology). They studied ancient Sumerian artifacts for these very traits to see why historians call it the "first" civilization. Math: Students took their chapter 2 test on inequalities with negative numbers and absolute value. They all did very well! Performing Arts Foundations: Sixth graders worked on choreography for the winter concert and have been learning how to dramatize children's folktales from storybooks, including scriptwriting and blocking. Art: In Art class, students made skull sculptures in honor of Day of the Dead and are painting them this week. Looking forward to another great week! Dress for warm temperatures!
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