In 6th grade, at Salmon Bay, we are starting Science Current Events in Joel's Science class. These are recurring weekly reports on a science news article from the last year.
Historically, students have had some trouble with these. They require self motivation to find an article, read it independently, and write the short report (there is a format sheet students can use).
Unlike most of the 6th grade work, student will have very little class time to work on these. These are essentially homework or work to be done on the student's own time.
They are due on Tuesdays, and when students fall behind on them, it is very hard to catch up. There really isn't an excuse to hand them in late either. Joel already had them write each one in their planners (check your student's planner for this). Even if a student willfully didn't write it in their planner, they should assume it's due on every Tuesday. If a student knows he or she will be absent, they can work ahead. I had a student once who one weekend busted out 10 of them and then sat back for the rest of the quarter.
Here is a handy slide show:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Xev5Wq5tZxEGG4uDTUAdHHVtIPEkN5_itCrS9-b0yL0/edit?usp=sharing
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