Mr. Sweet's 6th Grade 2024-2025: WEEK 2 August 24-28th

Sunday, August 23, 2020

WEEK 2 August 24-28th

Dear amazing 6th graders and families,

Welcome to Week 2 of school! These are trying times for us all. I know over 10 families that have been evacuated and more lightning storms appear to be coming this week, potentially. My own sister and best friends have been evacuated. Please reach out to me via e-mail/chat and let me know if you are in this situation so that I am aware. Also, I know some of you are hosting families, which can make for a chaotic learning situation. We will get through this together.

Parents can pick up the curriculum, packets, books and supplies on the cafeteria benches near the back. Each child's name is on the stack to take. The cafeteria opens at 8:00 am and you can pick them up until 6pm. Attached below is a picture of our bench! Please do not have the students start ANY of the work until I schedule it in class so we can go over it together. Some of the packets will last a few weeks.

On Monday morning we will begin with our daily class meeting to talk about how things are going and do a little check-in. I will post our asynchronous work(done independently) here each day after online instruction takes place. Our lesson plan overview will be shared in Google Classroom each Monday morning at 9:00 am. It is located under the "RESOURCES" tab of classwork.

Let's have a great week of learning and growing together even through these difficult times.

Blessings on you and yours,

Mr. Sweet

Short Monday Asynchronous (Independent) Learning

Journal Prompt: Monday 8/24 Describe your earliest
memory of childhood. Write at least a paragraph with details.
Math Finish 5th Grade Review in Big Ideas Math
(Reminder, go to Clever, click Big Ideas Math)
Do Google Classroom Activity on Internet Safety and Security

TUESDAY

Tuesday’s Asynchronous Work:

Keep chat ON and ask/answer questions for/from Mr. Sweet
Finish partner work with BIM workbook p. 3-6 in breakout rooms. Chat questions to each other if struggling. If you both don’t know, chat with Mr. Sweet. He will be checking in.
Do Journal Prompt: Tuesday, August 25th “What are the pros and cons of competition for children?”
Begin Africa Map: Label NEATLY all of the countries on the map.
Select AR book and read for 30 min. (You can now sign in and take AR quizzes)
Sign in to igradeplus with parent login credentials to see your grades. Write down password and login so you can on your own.
Find a few pictures of things you love, family, hobbies, images from the Internet. We will be pasting/taping these to our Writer’s Workshop notebook.
Name Flag: Measure 4”6” in right top corner make rectangle

And begin Final Draft on construction paper!

Wednesday Asynch Work

Finish Math 1.1 in Big Ideas and submit review for those who didn’t do that (10 students) I will leave breakout groups open until 3pm. Dylan B., Makena, Ella, Andre, Myles, Natalie, Simone, Leah and Aaron need to submit their Math Review from Monday.
Name Flag-Work on Art and Name
Begin Studies Weekly Week 1: Planet Earth (Read and then answer questions + bonus questions)Work at your own pace
Create a Flipgrid about your first childhood memory: click here: https://flipgrid.com/d3ea7d75 (Due Friday)

(Work on expression, gestures and eye contact with camera at top middle of screen)

Do Journal Entry: Wednesday, August 26th "What are the positives of Distance Learning?"

Asynch Work Thursday

Sign into AR and checkout your AR goal!
Check iGrades: Finish and submit assignments that are zeros
Read 30 min. AR Book
Finish Math Workbook 1.2 p. 8-10
Work on Name Flag, I will give 20min. Class time on Friday so I can see your progress
Africa Map - Finish Labeling 55 features neatly
Finish Flipgrid Child Memory: https://flipgrid.com/d3ea7d75
Keep chat on! I will get in touch with some of you.