Week 35: Thrive Week

What an amazing week it has been with the educator from Thrive.  Students laughed and learned; they were challenged and intrigued.  I hope you have had many opportunities to have talks this week with your child and instill your values.  A resource to which you may want to refer is Concordia Publishing's, How to Talk to Your Child Confidently About S....  (I censored that once again in case of spam blockers).  There are excellent resources for different age groups in this series.  This is the series used in 3rd and 5th grades at Zion.

A great conversation took place today when our speaker put up examples from modern media:  "Pretty Little Liars", "Guy Code/Girl Code", "Friends" - which is back "in" with young people, modern music, and then from "classic" family shows "I Love Lucy", "Full House", "Family Matters", and "Fresh Prince."  What a difference in the conflicts, consequences, and how people deal with problems. What a difference in how families are portrayed.  When we listen to music, watch shows, or play video games it can affect us emotionally, even when we don't agree with the message.  Not all media is bad, but we need to be careful about what we put into our minds and hearts.  God has called us as parents to help our children make wise decisions and set boundaries for them. 

Next week we'll spend a day of Religion exploring a variety of Contemporary Christian music.  Students will be leading a devotion based on a song they discover. They will be looking for things in the lyrics that apply to their lives and making a Bible application.  I'm looking forward to seeing them discover the wealth of positive music in the media!


What's Happening in 6th Grade?
 
Science - Magnetism
S.S. -  Transboundary Pollution: Chernobyl and other disasters
Lit. - novel unit: Tuck Everlasting
Eng. - research paper
TMath - positive, negative numbers - coordinate plane
GMath - ending our 3D figures and getting into statistics
Religion - Witnessing: the stories of the apostles in Acts and our own opportunities of writing puppet  shows and devotions to witness our faith


G Math explores Surface Area