Early Humans Board Games

Today students played the board games they made in the theme of Early Humans (standard 6.1). Students did an amazing job summarizing the information we have been investigating the past month into Fun Games! Next up, they will take them home and play them with their families. Well Done!

Figurative Language Rap!

We have been going over the common figurative language terms including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, and more. After making a mini book of the terms with our own examples, students put it into a song.

Working in pairs, they composed a song, added music (VirtualKeyboard.com), recorded the song, then uploaded it on their figurative language power point to play back to others!
Well done Champions!

6th Graders Get Netbooks!

Yha... we can start using our netbooks to enhance our learning! All students at DATA have their own computer on our wireless campus! Stay tuned to see how we use our netbooks to increase knowledge!

 

Cave Art!

We have started the year off learning about Early Humans (Social studies standard 6.1). Early man painted in caves, and young 6th graders made their own cave art.
After a VTS discussion on a famous cave painting image

and watching a cool video of famous cave paintings:
http://www.photomodeler.com/products/scanner/images/Cave/Cave.html


students made:

Excited for parents to see our art at back to school night:)

Great Students!

We are back to school and the kids are GREAT!
Pictures and updates as to what were learning coming soon....

Welcome Back!

Welcome ot the 2012-2013 school year. This summer the DATA staff has been trained in VTS! I also attended a Critical Reading Training in San Diego sponsored by AVID. I am very excited to meet our new students this year! See you on Tuesday.

The End of the 2011-2012 School Year!

I am sad to see this year end as we had so many Champion students in room B9!

The end of the year included a Rome summary board game made by the students, a letter to their next years teacher, and a summary kite of what we learned on one side and students autographs on the other.

Students playing their Rome games

Making Memory Kites

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Per. 3-4