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News from 6th Grade SS & LA

Middle School Awards Day - Monday 10:30am

Board Games Bonanza! on last day Tuesday 5/22

Early release at 11:30am


Summer Reading for rising 6th graders:
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About 15 copies will be available for check-out from the front office over the summer.
The paperback book can be purchased locally at Barnes & Noble.
Amazon and B&N online both have the e-book version for Kindle and Nook.









Link to Pentominoes game:
Chasing Vermeer puzzle games
Links to Holes activities on Scholastic's website:
Treasure Hunt game, matching game, stuff from the movie version, recipe for spiced peaches, etc.

If you'd like to see more rugby, the BBC America channel shows rugby on Saturday afternoons. It's a competition called Six Nations, featuring England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, and Italy. More info here: Six Nations Rugby on BBC America



Suggested websites for researching U.S. government, how a bill becomes a law, and your government role for our upcoming class activity:

iCivics (lots of games and interactives)

You do not have to register to play the games and do the interactives. Just skip that!

Congress for kids

Kids in the House!



World War II links:

Holocaust Museum's page for students

World War II for kids - features games, info, time capsule

World War II Museum for students

World War II games for kids


Middle Ages links:
Viking Explorer Game (steer the longboat!)

Lego Castle Builder

Try to destroy the castle with a trebuchet

Jousting Game!

Dig it Up! Vikings archaeology dig game (and other cool stuff!)

Go on a Viking raid!

Life in Viking times interactive

Write your name in Runes (Viking alphabet)


Ancient Rome links:
You wouldn't want to be a Roman Gladiator!

BBC Primary History Romans (Includes a game where you dig up Roman artifacts)

Assignment Discovery: Pompeii (Learn more about volcanoes and see if you would survive an eruption!)

Dress a Roman Soldier

Dress the gladiator

Ancient Greece links:

Winged Sandals (Australian website with lots of fun activities)

BBC Primary History - Ancient Greece

British Museum - Ancient Greece

Make your own Greek vase.
 
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