Caregiver handoff · Grade 6
Monday · Week 21: The Roman Empire & the Pax Romana
Augustus — The First Princeps
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
- Graph paper
- Anchor text or passage handout
- Lab: Matter and Energy in an Ecosystem
- Quiz: Cells and Ecosystems
- Worksheet: CER Practice: Matter & Energy in the Rock Cycle / Ecosystem
- Assessment: Unit 1 Assessment
Today, in order
1. Math
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Display data with dot plots (6.SP.B.4).
Say to the student: "Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of display data with dot plots (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 Augustus' Res Gestae excerpts; integrate visual sources (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 Augustus' Res Gestae excerpts"."
Done means: Student wrote at least 3 complete sentences with evidence from the text.
3. Science
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Energy transfer in ecosystems — food chain pyramids (MS-LS2-3).
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 "Energy transfer in ecosystems — food chain pyramids" 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: Octavian becomes Augustus; the imperial system masks the Republic's death.
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 "Octavian becomes Augustus"."
Done means: Student can name one cause and one effect from today's topic.
Note for the regular teacher