This was a fun week to be a sixth grader at Laguna! The very first period on Monday, students participated in a Japanese tea ceremony in art class. They had made small ceramic cups with Dug Uyesaka, and Mrs. Yuki Nakamura was kind enough to come and teach the students about the traditions, values, and methods of tea ceremonies. The students enjoyed both matcha and green tea from their handmade cups, as well as several different kinds of Japanese snacks. In Language Arts class, sixth graders practiced "show don't tell" techniques to use in their creative mystery stories. We also flew through more chapters of The Westing Game, all the while learning that things are not as they always seem in this genre of writing. Assumptions about characters are constantly uprooted or confirmed with mystery stories, and with 16 different characters to keep track of, this is a commitment for a reader! In Math this week, sixth graders wrapped up our Chapter 5 unit on Rates. Mrs. Valentine was kind enough to teach the unit and incorporated in several new and fun math activities. TEDxLagunaBlancaSchoolWednesday was an exciting day for our whole middle and upper school! Sixth graders attended two out of three sessions of the first ever TEDxLagunaBlancaSchool! A TEDx event is an independently organized series of "TED" talks that happen within a community, supported and approved by the official TED organization. This all-day festival of talks was hosted in the gym and coordinated by a dedicated group of 21 high school students. Eighth grade English teacher Mrs. Alldredge taught the course, Mrs. Jacobs supported the course, and whenever the sixth graders went to science class, I (Ms. Armstrong) went to assistant teach the program as well. Sixth graders were able to watch ten presentations, on topics ranging from how to foster self-confidence to how technology can save our seas. From adoption to community healing, and from anti-bullying to the recent power of fire and water in our hometown. It was an enlightening, uplifting day for everyone!
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