Week 13; What's Happening in 6th Grade

Here are the highlights of a few of our subjects.  Don't miss a lot of important events on Sycamore (link on the upper right).

Religion - Advent preparations!  We finished our unit on Luther and the Reformation and will be
                 returning to the  Old Testament with the Israelites and Moses.

Lit. - Our short story unit continues with exploring conflict and setting.  Enjoy a conversation with 
         your child about dialects!

Math - T-math is exploring equations and their application in word problems.  G-math has been
            laying the foundation for fraction work with multiples, factors, and GCF.  Factoring is a new
             challenge.

Soc. St. - We held the Great Lakes Debate today, looking at the state of the ecosystem after the
              challenges of pollution, invasive species, and habitat loss.  Students will be using on online
              presentation tool called Prezi as we broaden our investigation to environmental issues 
              around the continent.

Faith Families & Veterans' Day

Faith families have become an exciting part of the Zion culture!   This week we started in worship together at chapel, then had a devotion and service project with our grades 1-8 group.   We shared our thankfulness for things we can see and touch like food, family, and clothing, and things we can't see, such as our freedom.  We then made Christmas cards that will be sent to servicemen around the world.  This is such a fun time to build relationships with other students centered around Christ. 

Grades 4-8 were able to be in worship again today with a guest pastor/veteran and several veterans of our Zion family.  How important it is to recognize the blessing we have in our nation and the people who sacrifice to protect those freedoms!

Good Luck Spellers!

Blessings to our class representatives, Isaiah and Carter, and our alternate, Ana, as they head to the Lutheran High spelling bee on Tuesday!



Just a few photos of Literature discussion groups Thursday.  Students did a "walkabout" finding questions on setting, conflict, inferences and characterization posted around the room.  Good discussions were had involving all students!