ELA News week of 10/5

Monday: Literature circle meeting #6, learn about inference and conflict

Tuesday: Learn about plot and tone, "What's the Tone?" packet with Scope magazine

Wednesday:  Literature circle meeting #7, prepare questions for Socratic circle discussion

Thursday: Socratic circle discussion (graded), student-led conferences reflection writing
*First night of Parent-teacher conferences

Friday: No school for students- professional development day

*Nightly homework expectation- Read a book for at least 15 min.

Social Studies News Week of: Sept. 28th

This week in Social Studies we'll be finishing up our 1st unit on Mesopotamia & the 1st Civilizations.  We'll be working on a Mesopotamian Civilizations Poster Mini-Project in small groups at the beginning of the week with it being due on Thursday.  We'll then have Ch. 2 Sec. 5 assign. which will be due on Thurs. or Friday, depending on how much time we get in class.

We tentatively are planning on having our first unit test early next week--either Monday or Tuesday.  Students will be coming home with a study guide before the test and should plan on bringing home their Social Studies notebook to study for the test.

Math News Week of September 28

After finishing up our first unit this week, we will be moving on to fractions on Monday. Here is a list of the upcoming assignments for the week.

9/29    Start Smart 4    Pg 15 #1-13 odds, 17-18

9/30    Lesson 1C-D    Pg 100-101 #9-19 odds, 29, 31

10/1    Lesson 2A-B    Pg 108-110 #9-19 odds, 23, 31

10/2    Lesson 2C-D    Pg 114-115 #9-25 odds, 29-33 odds, 37

10/5    Mid Chpt           Pg 116 #6-20

Science News- Week of 9/28

We had a great week finishing up our variables unit by doing an investigation with flippers and catapults. This upcoming week we will conclude our unit with a variable test, and we will begin a research project about alternative fuel for cars. I'm looking forward to another wonderful week in science!

Monday: Variable Unit Test

Tuesday: Alternative Fuel Notes/Reading

Wednesday: Pros and Cons of Alternative Fuel for Cars/ Begin Group Research Project

Thursday: Research for Presentations

Friday: Research, Complete, and Practice Presentations

We will present our findings as a group the following week! All work for the project will be done in class! 

ELA News Week of 9/28

Monday: non-fiction article reading, objective summary practice

Tuesday: Freak the Mighty lit circle meeting #3, learning capitalization rules & the four types of sentences

Wednesday:  September One Pager- due by the end of class

Thursday: Week 4 paragraph- due by Friday, learning complete subjects & predicates

Friday: Freak the Mighty lit circle meeting #4, learning simple subjects & predicates

*Nightly homework expectation- Read a book for at least 15 min.

Social Studies News Week of: Sept. 21st

This week in Social Studies we're learning about Mesopotamia, the location of the world's 1st civilizations. Students will be turning in their Social Studies notebooks on Tues. 9/22.  2 assignments will be graded there: (1) Mesopotamia Notes that we worked on in class on 9/17 & 9/21 and (2) Cause & Effect chart that we completed in class on 9/22.

Students will also have an assignment due on Fri. that we'll work on in class on Wed. & Thurs. (Ch. 2 Sec. 2 & 3 Assign.)

Math News Week of September 21-25

This week we will be wrapping up our first unit of 6th grade math, which has focused on Multiplying/Dividing Decimals. After learning about exponents on Monday, we will spend a few days reviewing for our first chapter test on Thursday. Here is a look at the upcoming math assignments for this week.

Due 9/22    Lesson 3B    Pg 63-65 #1-11 odds, 23-33 odds, 39-43 odds, 47-51 odds

Due 9/23    Study Guide    Pg 79-81 #9-19 odds, 27-43 odds, 49-55 odds, 59-61 odds

Science News Week of 9/21

Over the past week, we have been doing several labs to see how variables affect the outcome of our experiments. We will continue with some more hands on activities this week, and begin reviewing for our variable unit test, which will be the following week.

Monday: Lifeboat Lab Conclusions, Design Your Own Boat Challenge

Tuesday:  Vocabulary Check, Flippers Lab part 1, Non-fiction text reading assignment (in class)

Wednesday:  Flipper Lab part 2

Thursday: Flipper Lab part 3

Friday: Flipper Lab Conclusion, Variable Review

Looking forward to another great week in science!

ELA News Week of 9/21

*Students should continue to be reading their September book.  We will be doing our monthly one pager, which is similar to a test/book report, in class on the 30th.  The one pager can't be done ahead of time, so the best way for them to prepare is by having their book completed and also to do their Weekly Reading Evidence paragraphs to practice writing about their book.

Monday: Starting literature circles for Freak the Mighty. We will also learn about theme.

Tuesday: Read a short fiction story and analyze its theme. Work time for lit circle reading and role sheets.

Wednesday: Lit circle discussion. Will read a non-fiction article in class as well.

Thursday: Write an objective summary of the non-fiction article from Wed. (turned in for a grade)
                Students will also get time to work on their Weekly Reading Evidence paragraph 3 (also turned in for a grade- due by Fri).

Friday:  Lit circle discussion.  Work time on Weekly Reading Evidence paragraph 3.

Math News Week of Sept. 14-18

This week has been focused on division with decimals and we are off to a great start! Here are the assignments that are due this week. Looking ahead, our first test (Chapter One) will be late next week.

9/14    Lesson 1D-E    A: Pg 40-41 #11-23 odds, 31,  49-57 odds

9/16    Lesson 2A    A: Pg 43-46 #3-17 odds, 33, 37, 39, 43, 45

9/17    Lesson 2D-E    A: Pg 52-53 #9-23 odds, 29-33 odds

9/18    Lesson 3A    Pg 58-59 #1-7 odds, 23, 25, 35, 39

Social Studies News Week of: Sept. 14th

This week in Social Studies, we'll have a few assignments that will be completed mainly in class, however if a student does not finish the assignment in class, they'll need to check out a textbook so they can complete the assignment for homework.

Monday-Ch. 1 Sec. 1 Assignment is due.  Students either finished this in class last Friday or needed to complete it for homework over the weekend.

Wed.-"Prehistory" chart was due.  This assignment was completed in each student's social studies notebook. It was then either turned in after class Tuesday or first thing Wed.  The grade can be found on the chart in their notebook.

Thurs.-Ch. 1 Sec. 3 Assign. is due.  Students worked on this in class on Wed. and will complete it on Thursday.

**We've also been working on the Ch. 1 Key Terms in the 4th section of their 5-subject SS notebooks.  You can check to see the important words in our current unit by checking this section of the notebook.

***If your child has math class with me, you can check Mr. O'Connor's math blog as our classes will mirror each other throughout the year***

Science News Week of Sept. 14

Last week, the students did a wonderful job on their Metric quizzes, and we are now into our first unit involving variables. Last Thursday, they were assigned a non-fiction text analysis and summary. If they did not finish this in class, it is due Monday, Sept. 14. This week, we will finish up our first variable lab on pendulums, talk about density, and start our second investigation on lifeboats to continue our understanding of variables.

Monday: Day 2 of Pendulum Variable Lab- Testing Variables
*Non-Fiction Text Analysis is Due*

Tuesday: Day 3 of Pendulum Variable Lab- Graphing and Making Predictions

Wednesday: Pendulum Lab Conclusions, Density Lab

Thursday: Day 1 of Lifeboat Variable Lab

Friday: Day 2 of Lifeboat Variable Lab, Lifeboat Lab Conclusion

ELA News Week of Sept. 14

*Some students did not finish their week 1 reading evidence paragraph in class on 9/11, so they will need to do it over the weekend as homework and turn it in on Monday.

Here is the plan for next week as of now.  Occasionally we end up going faster or slower than expected, but your child will get each day's plan at the start of class, along with any deadlines to write in their assignment notebook. As always, the daily homework is to be reading their September one pager book!

Monday: Text annotation & objective summary (graded, done in class)

Tuesday: Text annotation & discussion (graded)

Wednesday: Questioning strategies, annotation, & discussion (graded)

Thursday: Week 2 paragraph (done in class, graded)

Friday: Objective summary (done in class, graded)

Social Studies News Week of: Sept. 8th

This week in Social Studies, we will be starting our unit on the Beginnings of Human Society.  There will be an assignment to go along with our 1st section that we'll start in class on Thursday.  This will be due in class on Friday.  Students should be able to get it finished during class time.  They're always able to check out a book or an atlas to take home with them if they don't get an assignment finished.

So far, the first week of school, we've been reviewing map skills as this will be an important skill throughout the semester as we tie geography to the places we're studying.  The first assignment to go into the grade book will be Ch. 1 Sec. 1 assignment which will be due on Friday.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions!

ELA News Week of Sept. 7-11

Hello and welcome to 6th grade ELA!  We are settling in to our new routines and getting started on our path to becoming better readers and writers.  I (Mrs. Rogness) will be creating the blog posts each week for ELA (English Language Arts), so if your student has Mr. Johnson, their timeline may vary slightly.

*Ongoing homework:  read a book!

9/8  Practiced revision strategies with our writing

9/9  STAR Reading test

9/10 Point of View

9/11 Text Annotation  Week 1 Reading Evidence Paragraph Due (done in class)

Upcoming Deadline:  September one pager-  9/30

Science News Week of Sept. 7-10

Science is off to a great start! This week we are continuing to learn about the Metric System. We will also talk about the Scientific Process and will begin our first set of labs on variables. Below is an overview of science this week:

Tuesday: Importance of the Metric System Write-Up (in class), Metric conversion practice

Wednesday: Metric System open note quiz, Scientific Process notes/activities

Thursday: Introduction to Variables reading and summary (in class), Penny Lab

Friday: Introduction to Pendulum Lab

Looking forward to another great week!

Math News Week of Sept. 7-10

We are off to a great start in 6th grade math! We now have our textbooks and are ready to get into our math workshop rotations on Tuesday. Our first chapter focuses on operations with decimals and exponents. Here is a look at the assignments we have coming up for the week.

9/9    Lesson 1A    A: Pg 27 #1-21 odds, 39-43 odds

9/11    Lesson 1B-C    A: Pg 34 #11-27 odds, 31, 33

9/14    Lesson 1D-E    A: Pg 40-41 #11-23 odds, 31,  49-57 odds