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Grade 6 · Quarter 3 · Week 20 · Wednesday

Caesar Crosses the Rubicon

End of the Republic — Caesar, Crisis & Civil War — The fall of the Republic and the rise of one-man rule.

Week standards: 6.SP.A.1 · 6.SP.A.2 · RI.6.3 · W.6.1 · MS-LS2-2 · C3 D2.Civ.5.6-8

Suggested timing

8:30 Morning meeting · 8:45 Social Studies · 9:30 Math · 10:15 break · 10:30 ELA · 11:30 Science · 12:15 lunch · 1:00 specials & wrap-up

Social Studies

40 min

First Triumvirate; Caesar in Gaul; 'the die is cast.'

Learning target: I can first Triumvirate.

Step-by-step

  1. Warm-up (5 min): one-question opener tied to yesterday's lesson.
  2. Together (10 min): First Triumvirate.
  3. Together (12 min): Caesar in Gaul.
  4. Independent practice (14 min): 'the die is cast.'.
  5. Closure (5 min): students name one thing they learned and one question they still have.

Check: Exit ticket: name two specific details (place, person, date, or cause) and explain why they matter.

Home tip: 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 Triumvirate".

Homework: Read tonight's textbook section (10–15 min) and add three new facts to your notebook timeline.

Resources to teach from

  • Textbook / OER reading: OpenStax World History Vol. 1 — Ch. 7 'Experience of Empire: Greece and Rome' — OpenStax (https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/7-introduction)
  • Primary source: Twelve Tables (translated) — Avalon Project (Yale Law) (https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/twelve_tables.asp)
  • Interactive / simulation: Ancient Rome 3D reconstruction — Google Arts & Culture (https://artsandculture.google.com/story/wQXxAY8Skd6oLg)
  • Video: Fall of the Roman Empire (12 min) — Crash Course World History #12 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PJgwgbqdNc)

Math

50 min

Find mean, median, mode of small data sets.

Learning target: I can find mean, median, mode of small data sets.

Step-by-step

  1. Number talk (5 min): mental-math warm-up tied to today's concept.
  2. Mini-lesson (12 min): worked example of "Find mean, median, mode of small data sets" with the teacher modeling thinking out loud.
  3. We do (10 min): class works two problems together; students explain each step.
  4. You do (15 min): students try 4–6 problems independently or with a partner; teacher confers.
  5. Closure (5 min): one student presents a solution; class critiques the reasoning.

Check: Exit ticket: 2 problems — one procedural, one word problem — graded for accuracy and reasoning.

Home tip: Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of find mean, median, mode of small data sets." Teaching it back is the fastest way to lock it in.

Homework: Practice set: 6–8 problems mirroring class work. Show steps; circle the answer.

Resources to teach from

  • Textbook / OER reading: Illustrative Math 6 — Unit 8 'Data Sets & Distributions' — Illustrative Math (https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/students/1/8/index.html)
  • Interactive / simulation: Plop It! — build distributions — NCTM Illuminations (https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Plop-It!/)
  • Textbook / OER reading: Illustrative Mathematics — Grade 6 (free, CCSS-aligned) — Illustrative Math (Kendall Hunt OER) (https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/students/1/index.html)
  • Video: Khan Academy — Grade 6 math — Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math)

ELA

45 min

Read Caesar's account of his Gallic campaign (RI.6.6).

Learning target: I can read Caesar's account of his Gallic campaign (RI.

Step-by-step

  1. Bell-ringer (5 min): a sentence-level grammar warm-up or quick-write prompt.
  2. Read-aloud / shared reading (12 min): "Read Caesar's account of his Gallic campaign" — students follow along and annotate.
  3. Discussion (10 min): turn-and-talk on a focus question, then share out with text evidence.
  4. Writing (15 min): students respond in writer's notebook — one paragraph minimum, citing the text.
  5. Share (3 min): two volunteers read a sentence they're proud of.

Check: Exit ticket: one quoted sentence from today's text + one sentence explaining what it shows.

Home tip: 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 Caesar's account of his Gallic campaign".

Homework: Independent reading 20 min + log title, pages, and one sentence of reaction.

Resources to teach from

  • Article: CommonLit — Grade 6 free reading library — CommonLit (https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts?grade_levels%5B%5D=6)
  • Article: ReadWorks — Grade 6 passages + questions — ReadWorks (https://www.readworks.org/find-content#!q:/g:6/t:/dt:/sb:relevance)

Science

45 min

Predator-prey simulation data; graph populations.

Learning target: I can investigate predator-prey simulation data.

Step-by-step

  1. Warm-up (5 min): one-question opener tied to yesterday's lesson.
  2. Together (10 min): Predator-prey simulation data.
  3. Independent practice (12 min): graph populations..
  4. Closure (5 min): students name one thing they learned and one question they still have.

Check: Exit ticket: one claim + one piece of evidence from today's investigation, with units where relevant.

Home tip: Ask: "What did you observe today, and what do you think it means?" Encourage your child to draw a labeled sketch of "Predator-prey simulation data" on a sticky note.

Homework: Finish lab notebook entry (sketch + CER paragraph) if not done in class.

Resources to teach from

  • Textbook / OER reading: OpenSciEd — free NGSS middle-school units — OpenSciEd (https://www.openscied.org/access-the-materials/)
  • Interactive / simulation: PhET Simulations (free, classroom-ready) — PhET — CU Boulder (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=earth-science,biology,physics,chemistry&type=html)

Materials & worksheet checklist

Bring every day

  • Sharpened pencil & eraser
  • Day's notebook (one section per subject)

ELA

  • Passage: Reading Passage: Mesopotamian Scribal Culture (with comprehension) [1B]
  • Passage: Reading Passage: Democracy in Athens (with comprehension) [2C]
  • Anchor text or passage handout

Science

  • Graph paper for data

End-of-day reflection (student)

One thing I learned today:

One question I still have:

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