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Students participated in two Escape Rooms. The first was purely experiential.  The second one integrated technology. Students had to correctly define factors and multiples on a Discussion Thread in Schoology to get their first clue.  Their final task was to achieve at least 80% on their online Factors and Multiples Test.

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Students conducted research on the experiences of the Taino Indians who inhabited the Greater Antilles around the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival. For the Puerto Rican Day Celebration, students created a Padlet to display what they learned about the early Tainos.

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For their culminating project to their study of weather, students worked in small groups to investigate further: the water cycle, local weather, regional weather, blizzards, or flooding. Groups used Explain Everything to produce an original weather forecast or interview to share the content they learned. Students also created a weather bulletin in Google docs and shared with their future science teacher.

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Students created original team names before competing in The Amazing Race challenge. They honed in on their map reading skills, answered questions via a Schoology Discussion Board, and
successfully made it through their two day trip.

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Students chose their digital presentation method for a final project for their ancient civilization. When it was time to share out, Mirroring 360 was used to display their work on the Interactive White Board. Peer feedback was easily accessible through a Discussion Thread on Schoology.

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Students and teachers became proficient with various iPad Apps.
Apps were used to complete work, research, review, and document their 6th grade work.

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⭐️Students who struggle to read at grade-level used the text reader application to hear fluent speech
⭐️Dictation allowed slow types to input what they wanted to say
⭐️Online copies materials that were in short supply were access via the Internet
⭐️Schoology permitted 24:7 communication between students and teachers via messages
⭐️QR Codes and Buffalo Public Schools Teacher Pages bridged communication between school and home -- click below

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Students began a Discovery of Self project in September. It began with a self-examination of high and low points in their lives. They examined their first ancestors, descendants of the Arawak tribes is central and South America. Then connected their journey to art with the self-portraits quilt. After creating a definition of culture, students wrote about how their culture influenced who they are.