Reconstruction: Let's Have a Party.

Another fun-filled week in 6th grade! This week, we really took some time to talk about how to show all the Pillars of Pride. In an honest and open class discussion, we talked about ways we can be more ready, safe, respectful, and responsible. Sometimes we have to have the hard conversations in order to truly self-monitor and be the individuals we know we can be!

In history this week, we started our discussions of how the Civil War ended and the Reconstruction time period after. We discovered the US was a hot mess (as I like to call it) after the war and there were a ton of problems, physical and emotional, to take care of. To tackle these problems we broke into partner groups to explore what we thought should be down. The ideas were endless, ranging from taxes, form a new government, seek help from other countries, to throw a big ole' party with disco balls and make everyone get along again (we quickly realized this might not be realistic or the best solution...if only the world worked that way though!). We also discussed how we had to establish some changes to our Constitution to help ensure equal treatment under the law. Some students have already discovered this still doesn't fix everything! Check out the problems our planning committees had to tackle!

In math, we continued our exploration of FDP with a little help from a tasty treat...skittles! I didn't have to say that twice to get us locked in on using them as a manipulative to explore FDP relationships. Our quilt is from last week is ready to be put together soon! Here is some of our skittle math in action!

 

Other great things this week: 

• We got a new student! His name is Sam and he is on top of it and ready to learn. He is so cute, it's unBEARable.
  

• Students sharing their sports schedules with us so we can come cheer them on! 

• More compliments from other teachers! 

• How excited students get when they know something and can't even stay in their chair! 

• I finished the second book in the Magisterium series and can't wait for the 3rd that came out last week! I love getting suggestions from students and they have really been pouring them on lately! 

Ms. D's Weekend Snapshot: 

                          

                                   

The last of my own hot peppers from the garden for the year and two of my hens, Lucy and Pearl (more affectionately known as LucyPearl because I can't tell them apart!) free-ranging!

     

The view from my house the other morning was gorgeous! 

         

I went to Mrs. Conroy's Friday night and visited her new baby goats and calf! She gave me a bunch of jalepenos which I canned today!