Caregiver handoff · Grade 6

Friday · Week 11: Greek Dark Age & the Rise of the Polis

Olympics & Pan-Hellenic Identity

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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

Timeline strip
Graph paper
Lined paper
Lab notebook
Graph paper for data
Sketching pencils & ruler

Today, in order

1. Math
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Mixed practice: coordinate plane, integers, ordering rationals.
Say to the student: "Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of mixed practice: coordinate plane, integers, ordering rationals." 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.
CompletedGot stuckSkipped
2. ELA
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Draft & publish the informative paragraph.
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 "Draft & publish the informative paragraph"."
Done means: Student wrote at least 3 complete sentences with evidence from the text.
CompletedGot stuckSkipped
3. Science
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Bean-seed week-1 measurement; sketch growth so far.
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 "Bean-seed week-1 measurement" on a sticky note."
Done means: Student recorded an observation and a question in the lab notebook.
CompletedGot stuckSkipped
4. Social Studies
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: First Olympics 776 BCE; oracles at Delphi; what unified the Greeks.
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 "First Olympics 776 BCE"."
Done means: Student can name one cause and one effect from today's topic.
CompletedGot stuckSkipped

Note for the regular teacher

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