Caregiver handoff · Grade 6
Monday · Week 8: Early China — The Shang Dynasty
The Yellow River Valley
For the adult running today
You don't need any background to run this day. Each subject takes the time shown. Read the prompt aloud, do the activity together, and use the "done means" check to know when to move on. Skip anything that feels stuck — note it for the regular teacher.
Gather before you start
- Outline map & colored pencils
- Anchor text or passage handout
Today, in order
1. Math
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Equivalent expressions practice (6.EE.A.3): factor and expand.
Say to the student: "Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of equivalent expressions practice (6." Teaching it back is the fastest way to lock it in."
Done means: Student can explain how they got the answer, not just write it.
2. ELA
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Read on the geography of ancient China; integrate text + maps (RI.6.7).
Say to the student: "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 the geography of ancient China"."
Done means: Student wrote at least 3 complete sentences with evidence from the text.
3. Science
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Living vs. nonliving review; characteristics of life in microorganisms.
Say to the student: "Ask: "What did you observe today, and what do you think it means?" Encourage your child to draw a labeled sketch of "Living vs" on a sticky note."
Done means: Student recorded an observation and a question in the lab notebook.
4. Social Studies
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Map the Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze rivers; loess soil and seasonal flooding.
Say to the student: "At home, ask: "Where on a map would you find what you studied today?" Have your child point it out and tell you one cause and one effect from "Map the Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze rivers"."
Done means: Student can name one cause and one effect from today's topic.
Note for the regular teacher