6th Grade Blue Team

In Sciece students used stream tables to uncover the mystery of the Cape Cod Car. How did the car end up in a ditch near the beach overnight?

To celebrate National Reading Month workshop classes are taking turns visiting the library throughout the month. Some of our students had their turn to create black out poems and "get hooked on a book".

"When one teaches, two learn." -Robert Heinlein

Today Blue Team students and Ted Team students shared their M.E.S.S projects with each other.

Last week, Language Artists created Informational Sketchnotes to synthesize their nonfiction reading and research. Click on the link to view more in Slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Action based learning in our newest working spaces!

Q.3 Reading/Writing Workshop is underway... Students reading independent books, reading classroom SCOPE magazines, listening to informational pieces related to their research topics, and a group of boys are working on an original Podcast called "Let's Talk Sports!" (coming soon!)

Student were introduced to the process of weathering during yesterday’s weathering walk. Today we determined what makes something physical weathering. Monday we will define what makes something chemical weathering.

6 Blue Language Artists "Book Shopping" the classroom library as we launch Unit 3: Reading to Learn - Synthesizing Informational Texts.

6 Blue Language Artists have been busy in the Design Lab recording "author interviews" podcast style! Stay tuned for the launch of the Grade 6 Stories site... coming soon!

Today students discovered why the tectonic plates move. Slowly the pieces are coming together!

Today the students learned about plate boundaries using graham crackers, frosting, and fruit roll ups. This lab was recorded for students that missed todays class by a group of willing young ladies!

Today the students were busy being elves. Students made cards for kids spending the holidays in various hospitals.

6th grade Blue Team students creating posters and decorating collection boxes for our upcoming community service project.

Diving into a desmos activity on the computers to practice transformations on a grid in math class.

Reading Workshop students were "book shopping" the classroom library this morning for some great options for independent reading.

To celebrate all of the kids hard work, they indulged in some hot chocolate while completing their assessments.

Language Artists working with reading partner/s to create sketch-notes that show the main character's personality (traits).

The Blue Team teachers dressed as characters from the movie “Inside Out.”

Our 4 “Awesomeness Award” Winners for the month of October!