Caregiver handoff · Grade 6
Monday · Week 14: Athenian Democracy & the Golden Age
Pericles & Direct Democracy
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
- Passage: Reading Passage: Mesopotamian Scribal Culture (with comprehension)
- Assessment: Q1 ELA Assessment
- Anchor text or passage handout
- Sketching pencils & ruler
Today, in order
1. Math
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Equations as questions: which value makes 3x = 12 true? (6.EE.B.5).
Say to the student: "Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of equations as questions: which value makes 3x = 12 true? (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 Pericles' Funeral Oration excerpts; central idea (RI.6.2).
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 Pericles' Funeral Oration excerpts"."
Done means: Student wrote at least 3 complete sentences with evidence from the text.
3. Science
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Photosynthesis as energy capture (MS-LS1-6) — model with arrows.
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 "Photosynthesis as energy capture — model with arrows" 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: The Assembly, Council of 500, juries; how citizens governed daily.
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 "The Assembly, Council of 500, juries"."
Done means: Student can name one cause and one effect from today's topic.
Note for the regular teacher