It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by
pumping that we draw water into the well.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
The week of 5/26 - 5/29, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U7 Reading Test
Math: Unit 7 Personal Financial Literacy - terminology, savings and checking accounts, debit and credit cards, planning for the future
Science: Inheritance and Genetic Variation activities; Reproduction in Plants and Animals activities
Social Studies: Ancient Rome - Religion in the Roman Empire
Miscellaneous: Writing - (argumentative essay) writing a rough draft, editing, revising, and writing the final draft; Virtual Science Camp;
Health Education Day 1
The week of 5/18 - 5/22, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U7W3, comprehension, word work, identifying key events; Greek & Latin Roots - U19; U7 Test
Math: Unit 6 Data Analysis - Box-and-whisker plot, histograms; what statistics looks like in the real world - analyzing corovid-19
data; Unit 7 Personal Financial Literacy - terminology, savings and checking accounts
Science: Growth of Organisms activities
Social Studies: Ancient Rome - geography, government, Roman Republic, Rise of Roman Empire, Pax Romana, Fall of Roman Empire
Miscellaneous: Writing - (argumentative essay) writing a rough draft; Trait Tracker family game
The week of 5/11 - 5/15, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U7W2 Reading, comprehension, word work, identifying key events; Greek & Latin Roots - U18
Math: Unit 6 Data Analysis - mean, median, mode, range, distributions; what statistics looks like in the real world - analyzing corovid-19
data, fictional census data
Science: Human Activities and Global Climate Change activities
Social Studies: Ancient Greece - Sparta and Athens, Persia and Athens, conquests, expansions and the Greek empire
Miscellaneous: Writing - (argumentative essay) brainstorming, writing a rough draft; art - tesselations, creating a Greek coin; special event
- Mystery Guest on Friday, 5/15
The week of 5/04 - 5/08, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U7W1 Reading, comprehension, word work, identifying key events; Greek & Latin Roots - U17
Math: Unit 6 Data Analysis - introduction to contextual vocabulary; statistical/non-statistical, categorical, and numerical data; dot plots,
bar graphs, stem-leaf plots; forming good habits when working with statistical data
Science: Human Intervention in Environments; Human Activities and Global Climate Change - introduction
Social Studies: Ancient Greece - philosophers, Alexander the Great, wars, mythology, religion
Miscellaneous: Writing - learning how to write an argumentative essay; brainstorming; special event - Guest Presenter, Mr. Foley, with a
lesson on baking chocolate chip cookies (science - themal energy transfer, energy transfer and temperature,
human impact on the environment, human activities in global climate change; math - U4, U7); art - using
geometric shapes to form a picture
The week of 4/27 - 5/01, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U6W3 Test; Greek & Latin Roots - U16 quiz
Math: Unit 5 Geometry - nets to calculate surface area of prisms; volume of prisms
Science: Thermal Energy Transfer - quiz; Human Intervention in Environments - introduction
Social Studies: Ancient Hebrews - Revolts against Romans, timeline; Ancient Greece - introduction, geography, government
Miscellaneous: Writing - final draft of 2-voice poem; group work to compose song lyrics incorporating math vocabulary for triangles and
choreograph dance
The week of 4/20 - 4/24, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U6W3 Reading; U6W3 spelling words - complete; Grammar U6W3; G&L U16
Math: Unit 5 Geometry - triangles and quadrilaterals review; hands-on activity to create a cube from a net; applet to determine viable nets
for cubes
Science: Energy Transfer and Temperature - activities; complete group project: harnessing kinetic energy to charge a cell 'phone
Social Studies: Ancient Hebrews - continuation of activities - beliefs and texts; audio, Cornell notes
Miscellaneous: Writing - REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOM 5th week; rough draft of 2-voice poem; group work to compose song lyrics
incorporating math vocabulary for triangles; special event - Guest Presenter, Mrs. White, on Education, Careers
and Income Potential (math U7)
SPRING BREAK - 4/9 TO 4/19
The week of 4/06 - 4/09, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U6W3 Reading; U6W2 spelling words - complete; Grammar U6W2
Math: Unit 5 Geometry - triangles and quadrilaterals quiz; hands-on activity to derive formulae for areas of trapezoid and parallelogram;
area and perimeter of triangles and quadrilaterals using decomposition/composition; polygons
Science: Thermal Energy Transfer - introduction, vocabulary, activities; complete group project: harnessing kinetic energy to charge a cell
'phone
Social Studies: Ancient Hebrews - continuation of activities - geography, influential women, economy, government and leaders
Miscellaneous: Writing - final draft of an informative essay on Robots; REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOM 4th week; Zoom video-classroom,
breakout rooms
in Zoom; Art - background for 2-voice poem; brainstorm for 2-voice poem; group work to compose song lyrics
incorporating math vocabulary for triangles
The week of 3/30 - 4/03, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U6W1 Quiz, U6W2; Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 15 Quiz; Grammar U6W1
Math: Unit 5 Geometry - triangles and vocabulary; quadrilaterals; hands-on activity to familiarize vocabulary and definitions
Science: Kinetic Energy Quiz
Social Studies: Ancient Hebrews - continuation of activities - geography, influential women
Miscellaneous: Writing - rough draft of an informative essay on Robots; REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOM 3rd week; Zoom video-
classroom, breakout rooms in Zoom; Art - background for 2-voice poem
The week of 3/23 - 3/27, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U6W1, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 15
Math: Unit 5 Geometry - introduction to triangles and vocabulary
Science: Kinetic Energy - introductory activities
Social Studies: Ancient Hebrews - introduction
Miscellaneous: Writing - rough draft of an informative essay on Robots; REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOM 2nd week; Zoom video-
classroom, breakout rooms in Zoom
The week of 3/16 - 3/20, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U5W3, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 13 & 14
Math: Unit 4 - Ratios, Rates, & Percents review activities - textbook and Freckle
Science: Thermal Energy Transfer - activities
Social Studies: Ancient India & Ancient China - China video, India & China paragraphs
Miscellaneous: Writing - research and brainstorm for an informative essay on Robots; REMOTE LEARNING CLASSROOM COMMENCED
The week of 3/09 - 3/13, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U5W2, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 13
Math: Unit 4 - Ratios & Rates activities
Science: Thermal Energy Transfer - activities
Social Studies: Ancient India & Ancient China - world tour scavenger hunt to gather notes for paragraph writing; China slide-show
Miscellaneous: Writing - research and brainstorm for an informative essay; 6th grade 3rd-trimester agreement; 2nd. trimester report
cards sent home
The week of 3/02 - 3/06, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U5W1, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 12
Math: Unit 4 - Ratios & Rates activities
Science: Ocean Currents - review and quiz
Social Studies: Ancient India & Ancient China - building a process grid
Miscellaneous: Writing - brainstorm for an argumentative essay; Read Across America - reading and raffle in school, reading time by a special visitor from the community; Golden Sneaker contest commenced; Maker Fair assembly; 2-week See's Candies Fundraiser began on 3/4/2020.
The week of 2/24 - 2/28, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U4W3 Vocabulary; U4 Test
Math: Unit 3 Freckle Project Presentations; Unit 4 Ratios, Rates, and Percentages - Introduction
Science: Ocean Currents; listen to explanation about the thermohaline current and draw to represent own understanding
Social Studies: Ancient India & Ancient China - building a process grid
Miscellaneous: Writing - brainstorm for an argumentative essay; Black History Month - reading time by a special visitor; Visit from, and Assembly with Centerville Principal and counselors; Golden Sneaker contest commenced
The week of 2/18 - 2/21, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U4W2 Poetry, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 10
Math: Unit 3 - Expressions & Equations Freckle Projects
Science: Influences of Weather & Climate Quiz; Ocean Currents - introduction
Social Studies: Ancient India & Ancient China - scavenger hunt
Miscellaneous: Writing - write the final draft of an informational essay/report; Listening & Speaking Test
The week of 2/10 - 2/14, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U4 W2, Spelling - U4 W2 Quiz, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 11; U9 Quiz
Math: Unit 3 - REVIEW Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities; modeling both drawing and verbal - addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division; U3 Test
Science: Influences of Weather & Climate review for test - geographical region, latitude, altitude, fronts, currents, meteorologists
Social Studies: Ancient India - scavenger hunt
Miscellaneous: Writing - write the final draft of an informational essay/report ; Valentine's Day
The week of 2/3 - 2/7, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U4 W2, Spelling - U4 W2, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 11
Math: Unit 3 - REVIEW Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities; modeling both drawing and verbal - addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division
Science: Influences of Weather & Climate activities - geographical region, latitude, altitude, fronts, currents, meteorologists
Social Studies: Ancient India - caste system, life in ancient India
Miscellaneous: Writing - write a rough draft, edit, revise, and write the final draft of a compare/contrast essay; Global Play Day
The week of 1/28 - 1/31, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U4 W1, Spelling - U4 W1, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 9
Math: Unit 3 - REVIEW Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities; modeling both drawing and verbal - addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division
Science: Influences of Weather & Climate activities
Social Studies: Introduction to chapter on Ancient India - text your partner about what you learned
Miscellaneous: Writing - brainstorm a compare/contrast essay
The week of 1/21 - 1/24, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U3 W3 Test, Spelling - U4 W1, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 9
Math: Unit 3 - Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities; modeling both drawing and verbal - addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Science: Water Cycle Dance rehearsals & performance; Introduction to Influences of Weather & Climate
Social Studies: Ancient Kush Expert Group animation presentations; Cornell Notes
Miscellaneous: Art - "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" interpretation of John Muir's description of a nature scene; Fremont Education
Foundation's Hour of Code; Traffic Safety Rodeo
The week of 1/13 - 1/17, 2020
Language Arts: Benchmark Advance - U3 W3, Spelling - U3 W3, Vocabulary - Greek & Latin Roots Unit 8
Math: Unit 3 - Expressions and Equations; modeling both drawing and verbal, addition, subtraction both springboard and Freckle
Science: Water Cycle Quiz; Water Cycle Dance choreography
Social Studies: Ancient Kush research, Cornell Notes, Expert Group animation presentation preparation
Miscellaneous: Art - "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" interpretation of John Muir's description of a nature scene