Almost ready for Open House and my new sixth graders tomorrow! instagram.com/p/ChXiqBCOuQX/…

Yesterday was a long but great day! Our Welcome Walk was a huge success, followed by a fantastic Open House! #GRES instagram.com/p/Chc7DXPvaG6/…

#GRES Parents: Don't forget to fill out the Digital Tools Consent Form for your child! grahamroades.fcps.edu/adopteddigital…

Day 1 involved getting to know our classmates, participating in Energizers, catching up over lunch, and making posters in Math. #FirstDayofSixthGrade #FirstDayFairfax #GRES instagram.com/p/Chk696kPU2D/…

How far will we go this year?! Today we talked about Hopes and Dreams and had a little fun playing a game with a partner! #6thgradesuperstars instagram.com/p/ChnmZABPD8J/…

Students went through steps and collaborated to come up with our classroom rules for the year. #6thgradesuperstars #ResponsiveClassroom #GRES instagram.com/p/ChspJCWPKTK/…

There are some pretty creative and fantastic writers in this class! #creativewriting #collaborative #beginningofyear #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/Ch5gCn-PPQo/…

Students cut out examples of sources and categorized them as primary or secondary during Social Studies. #6thgradesuperstars #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/Ch8CpolPLcV/…

Lots of fun was had today! We met with a writing partner to help narrow down our memoir ideas, and we played Kahoot! to review for our Math test tomorrow! #6thgradesuperstars #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/CiizV79vQtE/…

In Social Studies, partners worked together to learn more about American Indian tribes of North America, and in math students worked on word problems with decimal computation. #6thgradesuperstars #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/CivgyAYPuq2/…

Students listen to our librarian, Ms. Patel, before checking out a book this week. #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/CjCAhZNMVne/…

Had a fun afternoon! Got to play with play dough to investigate relative sizes of the planets for our Astronomy unit, and then played a team review game during Math! #6thgradesuperstars #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/CjTkRTyvS6W/…

Tomorrow, 10/12, is Walk to School Day!

R3 project today! Revitalize, restore, replant. Students had fun getting our new garden up and running this afternoon! #GRES #FCPS #Science instagram.com/p/Cjliu0ePwGm/…

This week in Science students learned about the inner and outer planets. We worked in groups and sorted cards based on characteristics that fit each planet. #AstronomyUnit #6thgradesuperstars #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/CjtmAqlPHJK/…

Students played Integer War during Math Workshop today. #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/Ck9XEw3vk2I/…

Building perfect squares and noticing patterns! #MathWorkshop #GRES #FCPS instagram.com/p/ClCfVAIvLv0/…

Started our day doing a color-by-perfect square with a festive turkey for Thanksgiving. Ended our day playing Exponents bump! #Math #GRES #FCPS #6thgrade instagram.com/p/ClE-OYRSPxI/…

The sixth grade got to listen to the AVID presentation today. #preparingformiddleschool #GRES #LJMS #FCPS instagram.com/p/CnQZcXLsMvo/…

Some of today’s fun: working with a partner to analyze Harriet Tubman’s contributions during the Civil War era, and a Black History Month Trivia brain break! #GRES #6thgrade #FCPS instagram.com/p/CovWAivP8fd/…