Too hot to practice outside so ⁦@109Shepard⁩ XC team goes inside. A little passing of a 10lb ball while doing a wall sit. Then running the halls of #SMSPride. ⁦Alexander Rummelhart⁩

Independent reading begins! Lots of good book choices! #SMSPride #engage109

Reading and discussing three new poems! #engage109 #SMSPride

Friday Breakout EDU challenge in the SMS Learning Commons ! High engagement! #SMSPride #engage109

Some happy problem-solvers! #engage109 #SMSPride

There’s some Friyay energy 🤩 today in the SMS Learning Commons w/6th grade ELA students from Alexander Rummelhart’s and @sballLA’s classes doing this Back to School Breakout EDU! 🔒#Lockstars #BreakoutEDU #tlchat #edchat #noshhlibrary #109way

Learning about literal vs figurative language today! Practicing creating our own in a fun game and then analyzing language of poems! #SMSPride #engage109

Lit terms spicy list (and not so spicy) roll out for our project! Research and exploration! #SMSPride #engage109

Fun warmup game! #engage109 #SMSPride

Caitlin Clark was a clue on Jeopardy today

Need some fun and movement after MAP! Lit terms game! #engage109 #SMSPride

LIT TERMS DRAFT DAY! #engage109 #SMSPride

Working hard on Lit Terms Project! #engage109 #SMSPride

Pride of SMS! #engage109 #SMSPride

Analyzing poems with inferences! #SMSPride #engage109 #109way

Teaching each other Lit terms and practicing identifying them! #SMSPride #engage109 #109way

Analyzing figurative language! #SMSPride #engage109 #109Way

14th of 45 teams at First To The Finish. And 8th of 68 teams in the open race. It was impressive to have three of the top 11 in the open race that had 1,100+ finishers! Top 50 Medalists Varsity 3A: Jamie Chandler (20th) Open: Hugo A-B (4th), Logan Luo (9th), Ethan Reich (11th)

Jigsaw reading in groups am then collectively finding the central idea! #SMSPride #engage109 #109Way

Practicing figurative language analysis before tomorrow’s quiz! #109Way #engage109 #SMSPride