Grade 6 Digital Learning Activities


ELA

Day 1

Title: Building Background on Greek Myths
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 6/1- 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 1

Day 2

Title: Central Idea and Structure in “The Role of Myths in Ancient Greece from Greek Mythology"
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 6/1- 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 2

Day 3

Title: Argumentative Writing
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 6/1- 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 3
Writing Prompt: Use this document to complete your writing assignment for the day.Argumentative Writing Prompt 

Day 4

Title: Writing a Myth
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 6/1- 6th ELA Interactive Slides Day 4
Writing Prompt: Use this document to complete your writing assignment for the day.Myth Writing 

Newcomers/ELD

  • Title: Digital Scrapbook Project


  • Instructions: This week and next week, you will explore personal and family stories and traditions. You will sharpen your speaking and writing skills as you complete each assignment. For your final project, you will create (make) a digital scrapbook using information that you collected from interviews and your personal reflection (your own thoughts). You will present your project to the class and share your reflection on this experience.


Math

  • Title: Introduction to Percents
  • 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: The Jet Stream and Ocean Currents
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the weeks lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 1-5
Directions: Watch the videos on slide 5, 7, and 8 thinking about the guiding questions in the text box.After the video, answer the questions based on what you learned.On Slide 6, click on the picture to view a 5-day time-released photo of the jet stream from NASA GOES R satellite. After viewing, return to slide 6 and answer the questions based on what you observed.Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: The Jet Stream and Ocean Currents

Activity 2

Title: What is Thunder and Lightning
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the weeks lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 1-5
Directions: For this lesson, you will be learning about lightning and thunder and how the two are related.There are three videos that you will view and some questions for you to answer.Complete the Show What You Know quiz on slide 10Make your own thunder on slide 12Calculate how far away a storm is on slide 13Watch the video on slide 14 and respond to the questions.On slide 16 see if you can correctly math two types of thunderstorms from Doppler Radar images.
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: What is Thunder and Lightning

Activity 3

Title: Tornadoes
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the weeks lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 1-5

Directions: 
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: Tornadoes

Activity 4

Title: Hurricanes
Teacher Cover Sheet: Teachers review this document prior to the weeks lesson.Teacher Cover Sheet Activity 1-5
Directions: 
Need Additional Help? Ask someone to read along with you.
Links: Interactive Slide Deck: HurricanesReading Enrichment Activity 4: Spinning Thunderstorms, an article from the American Museum of Natural HistoryFocus on Language-Writing

Social Studies

Days 1-4

Title: History of China
Teacher Cover Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11i55qdSikruKYJiOlnjI8yyAyJwO8SQ6XoYHdYu3Uxg/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/14w91ztPKpD1LabVsCDNCj7BfJAHF4GUwFn4ygip_wyw/copy