Grade 6 Digital Learning Activities


ELA

Day 1

Title: Introduction to September 11th
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover Sheet Day 1 
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides:  Week of 5/18 - 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 1

Day 2

Title: First read of "On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed to Perish Fighting"
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover  Sheet Day 2
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides:  Week of 5/18 - 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 2

Day 3

Title: Central idea in "On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed to Perish Fighting" 
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover  Sheet Day 3
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides:  Week of 5/18 - 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 3

Day 4

Title: Author's Purpose in "On Doomed Flight, Passengers Vowed to Perish Fighting" 
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover  Sheet Day 4
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides:  Week of 5/18 - 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 4

Day 5

Title: Memorializing September 11th
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers, review this cover sheet to prepare for this activity.Teacher Cover  Sheet Day 5
Instructions: Open the activity in Google Slides to see the directions for today. All directions and translations can be found on slide 2.
Link to Interactive Google Slides:  Week of 5/18 - 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 5
Choice Board: Choose one activity from the choice board to complete in this document.Day 5 Choice Board

Newcomers/ELD


Title: How has water influenced the health and growth of a city? Drink up! The history of drinking water in Philadelphia
Teacher Cover Sheet: Week 
Day One
  • Instructions: Day 1 will focus on key vocabulary and the history of clean water.
  • Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Two
  • Instructions: Day 2 will focus on precipitation and the history of drinking water in Philadelphia.
  • Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Three
  • Instructions: Day 3 will focus on how the population of Philadelphia changed its history of drinking water.
  • Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Four
  • Instructions: Day 4 will focus on how pollution in Philadelphia changed its history of drinking water.
  • Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Day Five
  • Instructions: Day 5 will focus on typhoid fever and the water filtration plants in Philadelphia. Students will debate are jobs or health more important.
  • Link to Interactive Assignment: Google Slides

Math

  • Title: Represent Solid Figures Using Nets and Find Surface Areas of Prisms
  • Teacher Cover Sheets: Review these documents prior to the lesson
  • Instructions: Follow the directions on the google slides.

  • Link to Interactive Assignment: LINK 

Science

Activity 1

Title: What is Atmosphere
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 1
Directions: Read and review Slides 4 - 12 answering the questions associated with the slides.Slide 13: Complete the activity by dragging and dropping the correct term next to the arrow that shows that layer of atmosphere
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: What is Atmosphere

Activity 2

Title: Layers of the Atmosphere
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 2
Directions: Read and review Slides 4 - 15 answering the questions associated with the slides.
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Layers of the Atmosphere

Activity 3

Title: Atmosphere-Earth's Interactions With Other Spheres
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 3
Directions: Read and review Slides 4 - 14 answering the questions associated with the slides.
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Atmosphere-Earth's Interactions With Other Spheres

Activity 4

Title: The Atmosphere in Motion
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 4
Directions: Read and review Slides 4 - 15 answering the questions associated with the slides.
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: The Atmosphere in Motion

Activity 5

Title: Guided Research - Studying the Atmosphere from Space
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 5
Directions: Read and review Slides 4 - 6.On slide 7, research which idea you would propose to NASA to create. Include details and how much you think it would cost.
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Guided Research - Studying the Atmosphere from Space
Focus on Language:Directions:Pretend you are an astronaut going to space. Your spaceship has to pass through the earth’s atmosphere. Use the information you learned and your imagination to describe each layer in a diary entry.When you are ready go to the next slide and begin your description. Make sure to use the key vocabulary. 
Interactive Slide Deck: Focus on Language

Social Studies

Activities 1-3

Title: West African Civilizations
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVWOejx-8Jwlh0GHc5I5O83_nK6y4RSg5cFl2WJ5NtQ/copy
Instructions: 
  1. Navigate the Google Slide deck, following all directions and completing all activities  
*make sure the slides are not in 'Present' mode in order to complete the activities*
  1. Complete Ghana, Mali, and Songhai activity

Resources:
  1. Google Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14--zOUWxlDrXkoOZJOxb6TnatpDsg9ZtUu608haatnc/copy
  2. Ghana, Mali, and Songhai activity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mzVlsYOoRBrMBCIa7dAASNNNDjX1egvlUIfrEYscF5M/copy

Activities 4-5

Title: Congo Case Study
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UIXo228EooQOZ7Xlf_dpnXr5BrcoS60uidDxxc7Dk-g/copy
Instructions: 
  1. Navigate the Google Slide deck, following all directions and completing all activities  
*make sure the slides are not in 'Present' mode in order to complete the activities*
Resources:
  1. Google Slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aMSmBoLmvOnUI14zQqI53tSeAC8H0ogvhiTHC7k_2qo/copy