"Let me show you around!"

Mrs. Liotta's 5th Grade class visited 6D today. It had certainly been awhile since many of these boys were in a 6th Age classroom (5 years to be exact!). The 6D students took them on a tour of the room, showed them some of their favorite games to play, and even took time to show their 5th grade friends their journals. Every month, the 6th Age students choose special pieces of their work they would like to add to their journal. Today they were asked to choose four out of a possible eight projects. The 5th graders had wonderful feedback and insight on the 6th Age journal contributions. Thank you for spending this time with us!

Partner Reading

Students were asked to partner read the current story in their reading textbooks. They each chose a quiet place in the room to spread out and enjoy the time together.



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5th Grade Partnership

Throughout the year, we will meet up with Mrs. Liotta's 5th Grade boys homeroom in the middle school. A few weeks ago, we traveled across the street to see our new friends. 6D was a little nervous and scared on the walk over(especially the girls- I do have to say- I think an entire classroom of boys intimidated them at first), and were as quiet as mice when we traversed through the corridors into Mrs. Liotta's room. Upon our arrival, however, we were warmly greeted by everyone inside. Each 5th grade student was paired with a 6th Ager. They took their new friends on a tour of the middle school and even introduced them to some other middle school students in the hallway (a huge highlight!). Laptops and lockers were opened, and conversations and laughter could be heard pouring from the middle school. It was such a delight to see the students getting to know each other! What a fun afternoon!

Shades of People

I recently read the story, SHADES OF PEOPLE by Shelley Rotner and Shelia M. Kelly. This book takes you on a fun-filled photographic journey of various skin colors, shades, and tones. As a follow-up to this story, each student chose a paper doll that best represented their skin color. Googly eyes and faces were drawn later. Each student worked hard to stencil and cut out paper doll clothing. We adorned our paper dolls with glitter, stickers, and buttons. I am so proud of 6D's efforts and encourage you to take a peak at our marvelous paper doll display as you walk down the hallway.

Spirit Day!

6th Age celebrated their "Spirit Day" this past Friday, October 15th. Students enjoyed dressing down in their respective banner colors: yellow, white, black, blue, green, and red; had a delicious (and colorful!) cupcake at snack, and recited their cheer for the first time. 6th Agers painted a replica of their banners prior to Spirit Day. We enjoyed celebrating this time with our friends!



Click on the video link to see the students at recess cheering for 6th Age!

A Friend from Alberta Visits 6D!

A grandmother of a student visited 6D this afternoon. She traveled to Baltimore from Alberta, Canada! We were so fortunate to spend this time with her. Thank you for visiting Calvert and we hope you will be back again soon!

Trail Mix Sorting

We made trail mix with Mrs. DeLorbe's math class on Monday. For this particular mix we used marshmallows, M&Ms, goldfish, yogurt raisons, and pretzels- how delicious!

Each child received about 1/2 cup of trail mix in a small bag. From there, the mathematicians were asked to sort the item by food, color, shape, size, and even by taste (sweet or salty). We had such a great time completing this project together!
Below is a photo of Mrs. DeLorbe reading us a math book about sorting before our project together.