6th Grade · Week 1 of 36 · Life Skills
Weekly planner + phone/device boundaries
1. Hook
- Read (or listen to) what you’re learning. Don’t jump to the quiz.
- Walk the worked example. Then use the interactive lab on this page.
- Guided set → independent set → mastery check → teach-back.
- If you write a paper, stay on campus: Citation Helper, Source Library, Paper Studio.
This is self-paced homeschool on Life Academy. Everything you need is on this page.
Middle school brings more assignments, more activities, and maybe your first phone. Who's in charge of your time: you or your notifications?
Then: lab → guided → quiz → teach it back. The lab is the lesson, not a decoration.
2. Teach
Build a weekly planner and set device boundaries that protect focus and sleep (CASEL Self-Management; Responsible Decision-Making).
Standards alignment: CASEL SEL competencies (self-management, responsible decision-making) (domain-level; works with any state’s standards)
Time is data: log planned vs. actual minutes for each task this week, then calculate the difference to improve your estimates.
- A weekly planner lists fixed commitments (lessons, activities, chores), due dates, and study blocks; check it at the same time each day.
- Device boundaries are rules you choose in advance: where devices live at night, no-phone study blocks, and app time limits.
- Research links screens in the bedroom at night to shorter sleep; the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a family media plan.
Time-blocking: assign each task a specific slot ("Math practice, Tues 3:00–3:30") instead of a to-do list with no times.
Example boundary: "Phone charges in the kitchen from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.; no phone during 25-minute study blocks."
- Week: 5 school days, math due Thursday.
- Plan: 30 minutes Mon, Tue, Wed.
- Boundary: phone in another room during those blocks.
- Review: Sunday evening planning (10 minutes).
Fill in a weekly planner with all commitments and 5 study blocks. Write 3 device boundaries and sign them with a parent.
Making a plan but never looking at it again.
Adults use calendars and focus rules to manage jobs and families.
No classroom teacher today — this page is the lesson. Follow the how-to, then the lab, then the quiz. Follow Lesson Studio, then the lab, then the quiz.
Quick check · from this week’s lesson
Tap the answer that fits. Every item comes from this week’s lesson.
Your work — type it here
Name one next action you can actually do today.
3. Guided practice
Try these with me — type the missing word, then check.
Reveal the thinking
Plan, block time, protect focus, review weekly.
4. Independent practice
Work the set. Check when finished — this is practice (mastery quiz is next).
5. Mastery check
Scored quiz — results save to your gradebook.
Practice the skill
Life Skills is a habit you can show. Today: Weekly planner + phone/device boundaries.
Classroom · Gradebook · Transcripts
Stay on this page. The studio, the lab, pictures, and Your work are the lesson.
6. Reflection / teach-back
Teach-back: Explain Weekly planner + phone/device boundaries in your own words. Give one example and name the usual mistake.