Week 34: What's Happening in E-Learning

 Alyssa on Bring your pet to school day               Ayden and his brother with their awesome chalk art
 



Although we are in an electronic classroom, the learning continues!!!  Here's what your child has been up to and where we are headed.  

English - Final touches on Research paper - Due Wednesday
S.S. - Europe Webquest - We will be learning about the European Union and how to analyze political cartoons
Sci - Up next:  A Study of Light
T-Math - testing on ratios and moving into +/- integers
G-Math - testing on statistics and moving into Geometry
Literature - Sharing our Tuck Projects and testing on the novel.  Up next: Greek Mythology
Religion - Finishing our study of Jesus' Passion with a collaborative ABC project

Since Friday papers don't come home, your child has been seeing a lot of scores on Google classroom.  Have them show you thier work.  Sycamore will be updated again on Monday as teachers are doing a lot of grading right now.


Updates:  
Information will be sent home on MAY 4 with lots of things about the end of the year.  Mr. Marolf and Mr. Debrick will send instructions on how to pick up and drop off textbooks/supplies, as well as gather awards and other end-of the year items.  Once you receive their email, let us know if you have any questions. At this time, that's all teachers know.






Strings:
is your child interested in being a part of Strings at Zion? Maybe they want to try a new instrument? Watch this video from Mrs. Holtz, our strings teacher.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mo3B7s8fbFlSLz53DT_aS-iLb5vpIPGs/view





Electives:
In addition to being a part of the strings group, sixth graders have the choice going into seventh grade on which elective they will choose for fifth hour next year during the day. Some of their choices still include band and choir but they can also choose to try speech and debate or computer science. Mr. Marolf will send information about electives next week as well. Start talking to your child about what kind of class they would want to take in seventh grade.
 

Best Choice:
This past week would have been the week where Best Choice visited Zion to teach students about growing up. We are sad that they had to miss these important talks and so we decided to include the lesson plans for you to view if you would want to talk about these topics with your child.  Topics include risky behaviors, unhealthy relationships, puberty, STD’s, and more which are all developmentally appropriate for sixth graders and are important for them to learn, know, and understand. Let us know if you have questions. There are also some great resources and books here if you would like to purchase a book to guide your discussions.

Best Choice Lesson Plans:   attached in parent email

Knowing my own 3rd grade daughter and 5th grade sons will be missing Family Education talks at school, has got me thinking more about sex ed as well.  Here is the series I use at home with my  family.  Concordia Publishing House has wonderful age-appropriate resources from a Lutheran, Christian viewpoint.