Family Digest · Quarter 2 · Week 18
Beginnings of Rome & Q2 Culminating Project
Founding of Rome; the early Republic. Mid-year synthesis week.
6.RP.A.3
6.NS.C.7
6.EE.B.7
W.6.7
MS-LS1-5
C3 D2.Civ.5.6-8
ELA this week
- Monday: Read on Roman foundation myths; historical vs. legendary (RI.6.3).
- Tuesday: Compare Roman myth to Greek myth; common themes.
- Wednesday: Plan culminating essay: 'How did Greece set the stage for Rome?' (W.6.7).
- Thursday: Draft culminating essay.
- Friday: Publish culminating essay; portfolio sync.
Standards
RI.6.3
W.6.7
Math this week
- Monday: Mid-year cumulative review: ratios, rates, percent.
- Tuesday: Cumulative practice: integers, coordinate plane.
- Wednesday: Cumulative practice: equations & inequalities.
- Thursday: Mid-year cumulative assessment.
- Friday: Cumulative review wrap-up; student-led problem walkthroughs.
Words to know
ratios
rates
percent
Science this week
- Monday: Mid-year body-systems & ecosystems review.
- Tuesday: Mid-year lab practical: microscope or measurement station.
- Wednesday: Mid-year cumulative assessment — written portion.
- Thursday: Mid-year lab practical scoring & feedback.
- Friday: Q2 portfolio sync; reflection on growth.
Social Studies this week
- Monday: Romulus & Remus myth vs. archaeology of the Palatine.
- Tuesday: Etruscan kings; arches, augury, gladiatorial games inherited.
- Wednesday: Founding 509 BCE; consuls, Senate, the Twelve Tables.
- Thursday: The Conflict of the Orders; the tribunes of the plebs.
- Friday: Present Greek-Roman comparison; share artifacts and posters.
Ask at the dinner table
- 1.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Read on Roman foundation myths".
- 2.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Compare Roman myth to Greek myth".
- 3.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Plan culminating essay: 'How did Greece set the stage for Rome?'".
- 4.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Draft culminating essay".
- 5.Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Publish culminating essay".
- 6.Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of mid-year cumulative review: ratios, rates, percent." Teaching it back is the fastest way to lock it in.
How to help at home
Read together. Spend 15 minutes on any text — fiction, news, even recipes. Talk about new words.
Show your thinking. When you do math in real life (cooking, shopping, budgeting), narrate it out loud.
Ask "why" and "how." For science and social studies, open-ended questions matter more than right answers.
Celebrate effort. Six hours of school is a long day. Notice the work, not just the grade.