Science News- Week of Dec. 21st and Jan. 4th

We just finished up our wave unit in science and will begin our last unit to study plants. We will start this unit this week and then continue after the holiday break.

Monday: Intro Plant Unit, Deforestation Article/Write-Up

Tuesday: Plant/Soil Notes, Soil Investigation Lab


Dec. 23- Jan 3: Winter Break, Happy Holidays! 


Monday: Plant Video, Soil Observation Lab

Tuesday: Plant Fast Plants, Life Cycle of a Plant

Wednesday: Seed Dissection Lab/Conclusion

Thursday: Vascular/Non-Vascular Lab

Friday: Vascular/Non-Vascular Lab, Benchmark Assessment Practice

Social Studies News: 12/17

We have our Rome Unit Test coming up tomorrow--students have gotten a study guide and have completed review materials in class as well.  All assignments associated with our unit should be attached in each student's Social Studies notebooks.

With the short, 2-day week next week, we won't have any assignments that will be due.  Students will be getting their tests back and we'll be introducing our next unit.

**Also, yesterday in Social Studies, I gave each student a "Grade Report Update."  This was a half sheet that should have been attached into their SS notebooks.  It shows what each student's grades would be in each of the 4 Social Studies standards if the quarter ended today.  Students have had opportunities to reach the "Advanced" level in each of the 4 standards so far this quarter.  Ask your favorite 6th grader how they're doing so far this quarter in Social Studies! **

Art -Art Show Tomorrow, upcoming due dates

Just a friendly reminder that the art show is tomorrow starting at 6:15 and will be up during and after the band and choir concerts as well. Please come and check out students' projects!

Current art students started a project this week with the theme of Creative Creatures. Students can choose drawing, collage, sculpture, or clay. This project, including artist statement, is due Tuesday 12/22 at the end of class. There will be NO clay after winter break.

ELA News week of Dec. 21 AND January 4

Nightly homework:  Students should be reading every night.  Right now they should be focusing on their biography book.  Biography books must be finished by 1/4.  If their biography book is finished, they should choose another book to read.

Monday, Dec. 21:  Ruby Bridges movie- comparison to reading her biography & autobiography
Tuesday, Dec. 22: Fluency groups, start searching for online sources for biography research paper

Monday, Jan. 4: *Choose January one pager book*, contractions, research/note taking for research paper
Tuesday, Jan. 5: Review making citations, research/note taking
Wednesday, Jan. 6: Sit/set, lay/lie, rise/raise guided notes, plan body paragraphs of research paper
Thursday, Jan. 7: Review MLA requirements, write body paragraphs of research paper
Friday, Jan. 8: Body paragraphs checkpoint (due), lend/borrow, let/leave, teach/learn guided notes

Math News Week of December 14

This week in math, we will be finishing up our unit on writing and solving equations. After learning about multiplication and division equations on Monday and Tuesday, we will then focus on solving two-step equations later in the week. Our Chapter 6 Test will be on Friday, December 18th.

Due 12/15 Pg 337-338 #7-27 odds

Due 12/16 Pg 342-343 #9-25 odds, 35-43 odds

Due 12/17 Pg 349-351 #9-17 odds, 23, 37, 41-45 odds

Due 12/18 Pg 355-357 #21-47 odds

Science News- Week of Dec. 14th

We have just finished up learning about color and light. We will apply these same concepts as we begin to investigate sound this week.

Monday: The Nature of Sound Reading/Notes

Tuesday: Properties of Sound Reading/Notes, Investigation with Tuning Forks, Palm Pipes

Wednesday: Sound Stations, Benchmark Assessment Practice/Review

Thursday: Sound Video/Study Guide

Friday: Sound Assessment

Social Studies News: Week of 12/14

This week in Social Studies, we'll be wrapping up our unit on Ancient Rome.  We finished our Trial Simulation Project on Wednesday.  The students did an awesome job in playing their roles!  Ask your child what their role in our simulation was if you haven't already! :)

We'll have 2 more assignments due this week (one Tuesday and one Thursday) related to Rome and then we'll spend a couple of days reviewing.  We're looking at having our Rome unit test on Friday, Dec. 18th.   

ELA News week of Dec. 14

Nightly homework:  Students should be finishing their Newbery book.  The book and packet that goes with it will be due on Monday, December 14.  Students also have a biography book to read once they finish the Newbery book.  Biography books are for a research paper we will write after winter break.  There is NO December one pager. 

Monday- Wednesday: Work time on Newbery book project
Thursday: Present Newbery projects
Friday: Finish presenting projects, fluency groups

Winter Art Show - Thu Dec 17th

Please come admire artwork from first semester students on the night of the winter concert; Thursday December 17th. The show will open at 6:15 and be located between the gym and the elevator. It will be taken down after the concert.

Hope to see you there!

Art - Artists Observe due Tue 12/8

Art student will be learning about artist statements today and writing an artist statement to go with their Artists Observe project. The project and statement will be due the end of class on Tuesday 12/8.

Our next unit will begin on Wednesday and include a few different types of sculpture. The theme for the big assignment will be Unique Point of View.

Math News Week of December 7

We will be continuing our focus on algebra as we begin Chapter 6 this week, which focuses on solving equations. Here is a list of our upcoming assignments for this week.

Lesson 1A        Pg 316-317 #13-33 odds, 37- 45 odds

Lesson 1C-D    Pg 324-326 #1-21 odds, 29-37 odds

Lesson 1E-F     Pg 330-331 #7-29 odds

Mid-Chpt         Pg 332 #1-20 all

Science News- Week of Dec. 7th

In science, we have been learning about the properties of color and light. We will finish this up this week and take our color and light test on Friday. 

Monday: Mixing Light Beam Lab/Conclusion

Tuesday: Vision Notes, Color Blind Activities

Wednesday: Color Blind Non-Fiction Text/ Write-Up, Study Guide 

Thursday: Study Guide, After Image Lab

Friday: Color and Light Test, Sound Reading

ELA News week of Dec. 7

Nightly homework:  Students should be reading their Newbery book.  The book and packet that goes with it will be due 12/14.  Students also have a biography book to read once they finish the Newbery book.  Biography books are for a research paper we will write after winter break.  There is NO December one pager.

Monday: Citing text evidence, being/linking verbs
Tuesday: Verb tenses, fluency groups
Wednesday: Perfect verb tenses, non-fiction text headings
Thursday: Week 4 paragraph due by Fri (done in class), regular & irregular verbs
Friday: Subject-verb agreement, citing text evidence