Content Infomation - Snider/Miller

Below we have shared specific information about what is happening in each content area.
We will look back a bit and look 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! Thank you.

Big ideas Math - 6th and A1 Groups

Our 6th grade group worked on the end of the year assessment last week.

Our A1 group took their final, Chapter 15 assessment on Thursday. They will receive it back on Monday. These students completed 15 chapters over the course of this school year. Next year they will complete 15 more chapters, the second half of 7th grade and all of 8th grade content. 

Textbooks were collected on Thursday. There are a few students who need to turn theirs in yet.

Reading

We compiled our students top 2-4 favorite books from this school year into a comprehensive list that was shared with students. Click here to see it. It is sorted by reading levels, and include titles, authors, and a few words of praise or recommendation. It's our hope that our students will use it to plan and support their summer reading efforts!

Our final read aloud is an anthology, The Hero Next Door. We are using this book to introduce new authors and practice noticing the different genres and their unique features.  

Crew

Many of our 6th graders were interviewed by a K4 or K5 student last week. Those interviews were shared during the final (virtual) Lake Bluff Crew that focused on the character trait of respect. Once the video becomes available to share, we'll post it here.

This week students will continue to share their 3-word phrases of inspiration and self-reflect on their application of Lake Bluff's Code of Character traits. 

Everyday Mathematics

This week students will review and apply what they've learned about multiplying and dividing decimals to solve a problem about opening an animal shelter. They will also finish the end of the year assessment.

Writing

Students in Ms. Snider's cohort will put their finishing touches on our class opinion column early this week.

​Mrs. Miller's cohort will do the same in order to wrap up a class anthology of short stories. Students will browse the opinion column and short story anthology during their last writing class to celebrate the growth they've made as writers this year. 

SOcial studies || Science

Last week your student selected a topic of interest from our study of Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece and began to research and take notes.

​On Tuesday of this week, your student will have the opportunity to share their mini research project as part of a Pop Up Exhibition Center. 

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

The Tournament of Words has concluded! Our students on the North/Miller side voted in the first round - and KAYAK won over ghost. AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY! KAYAK is the 2021 Tournament of Words winner!

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Just a few photos

Spike is our class pet, he/she (?) is a leopard gecko.

North/Miller group.