Monthly Progress Example: 6th Grade

May 2024

ELA

Creative Writing:

Maintained story ideas digital notebook, further developing story ideas, adding new story concepts, revising existing ideas and character concepts, assimilating new information into character storylines and world building, deepening complexity of ideas. Continued work on the Weekly Bawk newspaper, publishing first half of a two part article at OT office.

Reading:

City of the Dead
By James Ponti

Golden Gate
By James Ponti

Forbidden City
By James Ponti

The Sherlock Society
By James Ponti

City Spies
By James Ponti

Rivals!
By Scott McCormick

Rivals! 2
By Scott McCormick

Pirates!
By Scott McCormick

Vikings!
By Scott McCormick

Spies!
By Scott McCormick

The Magic Thief
By Sarah Prineas

The Magic Thief: Home
By Sarah Prineas

The Magic Thief: Found

By Sarah Prineas

The Magic Thief: Lost
By Sarah Prineas

plus a few re-reads

A Perilous Journey of Danger and Mayhem
The Great Pet Heist (1-4)

MATH

Cooking, measurements, amounts, measurement comparisons, value comparisons
Games: MathTango daily, board game Bread and Beer, Prime Climb board game
Percussion: Keyboard exploration, instrument identification by sound with hints.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES

Read and reread Rivals book series, learning about and discussing with family members historical rivals that shaped history, compared with other versions of the stories that were previously encountered. Asked critical thinking questions about the implications of peoples’ actions.

MISC

Podcasts: The Past and the Curious, Smash Boom Best, Forever Ago

ART

Dragon egg Easter eggs, experimented with edible media, decoration techniques and materials prep. Digital artworks, expanded use of digital tools, used previous studies to create full page artworks, researched new techniques as demonstrated by other artists using video tutorials and demonstrations.