The sixth graders are off to a great start! They love switching classes, being safeties and reading their first novel,“The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus.”In science, the students have already completed two labs and just finished their first chapter “Introduction to Matter.” In ELA, they are reading narratives and learning how an author develops the point of view of characters. In Math, students are reviewing operations of fractions and decimals.