Content Infomation - Snider/Miller

Below is specific information about what is happening in each content area.
Over the course of the year we will look back and forward to help provide some context for what your student is doing.

You are encourage to look at their assignment notebook to better understand their homework responsibilities too!

Big ideas Maths - 6th

This past week students worked through some budgeting activities that pushed them to consider practical differences between needs and wants. It wasn't easy! Some general data that was revealed included: 11 of 22 students do not receive any allowance, the average student receives $6 per week. Everyone has chores or responsibilities at home and everyone has very clear priorities about what they like/enjoy spending money on.

We played a budgeting game that they had to respond to based on scenarios. If they chose not to have healthcare... they had to remove two noodles (our game pieces) from their budget to pay for their broken leg. Chose to not have renters insurance? Remove one noodle to pay for your broken stove. If you have renters insurance, do nothing, you're covered.

​It was their first look at some of the decisions their adults make on a regular basis. 

ELA - reading and writing

Last week MAC 3 students worked in 19 different groups to create picture book pages to celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of their focus figure. They shared their text and illustrations with students in MAC 1 and MAC 2 to close out the week on Thursday.

On Monday students will participate in one last collaborative discussion to paraphrase and discuss the following module guiding questions:

• What were the main events of the Space Race, and in what scientific, political, and social context did it take place?
• What were the accomplishments of the "hidden figures" at NACA, and why were they remarkable?
• Why is it important to study the accomplishments of the "hidden figures" and of others whose stories have gone unrecognized?​​

SOcial studies || Science

On Monday and Tuesday we will continue to learn about the connections between the uneven heating and cooling of earth's surfaces to severe weather. We'll talk specifically about tornadoes and thunderstorms. ​

EUreka Math² - 5th

Eureka²: Tomorrow your student will take home their final module assessment and feedback form. They'll ask for your signature so they can return it to school by Wednesday.

Crew

This week students will draft letters of gratitude to Mr. Thor, Lake Bluff's lunchroom manager, as part of a school-wide project. They'll also participate in the final week of student-led crew lessons, featuring cake baking, meringue whisking, softball pitching, character designing and strawberry dipping. 

Second Step / SEL

Second Step: 
This is the social emotional (SEL) curriculum we use throughout the year to teach and talk about: 
Unit 4: Managing Relationships and Social Conflict

The goals for this final unit include:

• Recognize the difference between minor and major social conflicts
• Describe the different perspectives of the people involved in a conflict
• Apply the four-step conflict resolution process
• Identify ways to make amends after a social conflict

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Here is the website for our Lake Bluff newspaper, The Beagle Times. We encourage you to check out and our students to contribute!

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