Cover That Book!

I sent the 6th graders home this weekend with a World History textbook and instructions to cover it. They looked at me and said, "What? What do you mean 'cover it'?"
I told them they should ask YOU! I know you've all probably covered a textbook before - I remember those paper bags from the grocery store were invaluable come August when I was growing up. I assured them you'd know what to do, and I hope it's a chance to walk back to your own childhood and share this experience with your kid.
Whether you choose paper bags, store-bought stretchy covers, or a different tactic - I'll leave that up to you. Thanks in advance for sending the book back covered!

PS - While you're at it, you could probably cover the math book as well!

Welcome 6th Grade Families

The new school year has finally arrived and I am truly blessed to have your children in my class. It has been a great week. Your child has learned and experienced many new things. Take the time to ask them about their week.

As their homeroom teacher, I get the opportunity to greet each student every morning. We spend time in devotion and talking about what it means to be a "middle schooler". It is an uplifting start to my morning.

My goal for this blog is to keep you as parents informed about what is going on in 6th grade. All three teachers will contribute. Any announcement that effects all of middle school will be posted on the Middle School blog; only 6th grade specific information will be posted here. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me.

Budding Archaeologists

This week in World History, the 6th graders learned what it's like to be an archaeologist - to discover an artifact, assume nothing about it or the people it came from, and try to deduce what the people who left it were like. Their object? A penny. But that penny was transformed to an object found on an alien planet left by a being we knew nothing about. They did a great job coming up with these ideas:

• They had access to metal
• They had a way to press the metal into a flat circle
• The beings look similar to us
• They had knowledge of architecture
• They had language
• And so much more!

They masterfully stepped out of the idea that this was a penny, and looked at it from a different perspective.