The 6th grade continues their study of early humans and the beginnings of civilization. After taking a virtual tour of Lascaux Caves in France, the art teacher had the students tell a story using sandpaper to mimic the rough cave walls. The stories drawn featured hunting parties, building fires, and nature.
This summer each 6th grader researched a European country and created a Buncee project with information to share with the class. We have had a wonderful time traveling around Europe learning about places to visit, food to eat, and the beautiful geography. Next week are going to learn about early humans!
We subscribe to Scope Magazine to give the students more exposure to nonfiction reading. The students are not allowed to take them home; however, they can access the magazine online. To Access Scope magazine online- go to scope.scholastic.com- click on the student view-password: bluewaves678 Independent reading– students need to read 30 minutes a night 5 […]
PROCEDURES PARENT CONFERENCES are scheduled for all students after the first trimester in January. Parents will meet with the homeroom teacher only; however, are encouraged to send in questions for the other two teachers and these will be addressed as soon as possible. However, parent conferences can be scheduled earlier if the need arises. 7th […]
Welcome Class of 2022 to middle school at SHS! We are so excited to get organized and learn the routines and uses of the Kindles in 6th grade. Today we set up our Kindles and spent time on National Geographic Kids. We discovered interesting facts on flying ants. Next week we will learn about how […]
This year the 6th grade class started the day with inspiring quotes written on the board each morning by students. The quotes varied each week based on the subject matter we were studying, holidays or events. The quotes always began our day in a positive way along with the daily readings from mass. We are […]
6th Grade has just finished our chapter on Earthquakes and we put our knowledge to a challenge in the lab today. We had to use what we learned about buildings, center of gravity, and strength of structures and we designed a building out of marshmallows and toothpicks…on a bed of jello. Then we subjected the […]
The 6th grade class spent a beautiful sunny day wandering the amazing Getty Villa. As we move on from Ancient Greece to the Ancient Romans we were able to view many statues, pots, jewelry, glass bottles and mosaics from antiquity. We also strolled through the beautiful peristyles and the culinary garden. It was a truly […]
Middle school students have certainly been “doing” math. 8th graders are working in small groups covering topics from linear regression (both by “eyeballing” the line of best fit and using our graphing calculators) to working with ratios and proportional relationships to evaluating and writing expressions. 7th graders are reviewing for a test covering topics from […]
The 6th grade continues their study of the Old Testament. We are learning about Moses and the Ten Commandments. We are discussing how to be respectful to God and kind towards each other based on the 10 Commandments.