Science News- Week of May 2nd

Monday: Vision/Structure of Eye Reading/Notes, Animal Vision Article, Study Guide for Light and Color Test

Tuesday: Color Blindness Reading/Notes, Color Blind Video, Study Guide

Wednesday: After Image Notes/Lab, Study Guide

Thursday: Color and Light Quiz

Friday: Nature of Sound Reading/Notes, Vibration Activity

Social Studies News Week of: May 2nd

This week in Social Studies we'll be finishing up our Julius Caesar Trial Simulation project--ask your student what role they chose!  We've ended this week starting our research and will have Monday & Tuesday to continue that research.  The Trial Simulation will take place on Thursday in class (tentatively scheduled.)  In addition to the simulation project, students will have 2 assignments to be working on this week:

* Ch. 7 Sec. 3 Assignment--in class on Wed.
* Ch. 7 Sec. 4 Assignment--started in class on Friday

ELA News Week of 5/2

Nightly homework:  Read!  There will be a May one pager coming up!  Students also have survival books to read.

(Mon-Thurs will be a modified schedule to accommodate our Forward Exam testing schedule)
Monday: Literature circle meeting, poem analysis
Tuesday: Readers' theater, analyzing literary elements & devices
Wednesday: Literature circle meeting, grammar practice: Then/Than
Thursday: Week 3 reading evidence paragraph
Friday: Literature circle meeting, "Teens Against Hitler" article & SDQR chart

*Mid-Quarter is this Friday!  Current grades can be seen in the Infinite Campus parent portal.

Social Studies News Week of: April 25th

This week we'll be starting our next unit--Ancient Rome.  We'll have 2 assignments due in class the first half of the week:
 * Ch. 7 Sec. 1 Assignment
 * Ch. 7 Sec. 2 Assignment

We will then have an in-class video on Thursday along with a question sheet on Julius Caesar followed by introducing a Caesar Trial Simulation Project on Friday.  Students will be choosing a role to research and play in a Trial Simulation where we put one of the people responsible for Caesar's assassination on trial!

ELA News Week of April 25th

Nightly homework- read!

Monday: Survival book literature circle, prepositions
Tuesday: Fluency groups, adjective phrases, poem analysis, metaphor hunt, hyperbole practice
Wednesday: One Pager
Thursday: Survival book literature circle, adverb phrases
Friday: Survival book literature circle, prepositions & adverbs

Science News- Week of Apr. 25th

Monday: Light Notes, Spectrum of Visible Light Activity, Color and Light Video

Tuesday: Electromagnetic Spectrum Reading/Notes, Mixing Pigment Lab/Conclusion

Wednesday: Seeing Colors Reading/Notes, Separating Pigment Lab/Conclusion

Thursday: Finish Separating Pigment Lab, Color Filter Lab/Conclusion

Friday: Primary Colors of Light Reading/Notes, Mixing Light Beam Lab/Conclusion

Math News Week of April 17th

We will be continuing our work with statistics this week in 6th grade math. Much of this week will be looking at different ways of displaying data, including histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, and circle graphs. Here is a list of our upcoming assignments in math.

Due 4/19    Lesson 2B    Pg 667 #7-10

Due 4/20    Lesson 2C    Pg 670-671 #1-9, 11-15

Due 4/21    Mid-Chpt    Pg 673 #1-11

Due 4/22    Lesson 3B    Pg 678-680 #1-3, 5-12, 15, 17-18

Due 4/25    Lesson 4C    Pg 691-693 #1-2, 4-7, 9-12, 14-15

ELA News week of 4/18

Nightly homework:  Read!  April one pagers are on 4/27.

Monday:  fluency groups, Scope magazine (text evidence)
Tuesday: Figurative language stations
Wednesday:  Week 2 reading evidence paragraphs
Thursday:  Figurative language picture sorts, figurative/connotative/denotative meaning
Friday: Indefinite pronouns, Survival theme literature circle initial meeting

Social Studies News Week of: April 18th

Assignments for the week:

Monday: Wrap up Common Assessment 2 (we started this on Friday in class and will finish it today)

Tues: "Democracy" assignment--we'll complete this in class today.

**We'll spend a couple of days reviewing and we're scheduled for our Ancient Greece Unit Test either on Thursday 4/20 or Friday, April 21st--Students will know by Tuesday of next week which day it will be.  They will also be getting a study guide early next week.

Science News- Week of Apr. 18th

Monday: "Ahead of Wave" Reading/Writing Analysis, Parts of a Wave Notes/Practice, Changing Waves Observations

Tuesday: Wavy Motions Lab/Conclusion, Wave Comic Strip

Wednesday: Properties of Waves Close Reading/Notes, Parts of a Wave Video, Wave Comic Strip

Thursday: Practice Benchmark Assessment, Wave Interaction Reading, Notes, Lab

Friday: Share Comic Strips, Wave Quiz, Science of Light Reading/Notes

ELA News Week of April 11

Nightly homework:  Read!  We have an April one pager on the 27th that they need to have a book finished for.

Monday:  Scope magazine- cause & effect
Tuesday: Scope magazine- tone, vocabulary
Wednesday: Week 1 reading evidence paragraph
Thursday: 4th quarter survival book exploration
Friday: Readers' theater- mood, inferences

Math News Week of April 11th

After finishing up our unit on volume and surface area last week, we will be moving on to some different statistics concepts this week. Early in the week we will review how to find the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data. We will also be learning how to set up and use spreadsheets to organize data. Here is a list of our upcoming assignments.

Due 4/12      Lesson 1A-B    Pg 646-648 #5-7, 9-19 odds, 13

Due 4/13      Lesson 1C-D    Pg 652-654 #1-9 odds, 13, 15, 22-23

Due 4/14      Lesson 1E        Pg 656 #5-10

Due 4/15      Lesson 1F        Pg 659-660 # 1-7 odds, 8, 10-11, 13-16

Due 4/18      Lesson 2A        Pg 663-665 #1-2, 4-6, 13-17

Science News- Week of Apr. 11-15

Monday: Demonstration Project Work Time/ Study Guide Review

Tuesday: Demonstration Project Work Time/ Study Guide Review

Wednesday: Present Demonstration Projects

Thursday: Mixtures, Solutions, and Chemical Reactions Assessment, Wave Notes

Friday: Wave Notes, Tsunami Activities/ Writing Analysis

Social Studies News Week of: April 4th

This week in Social Studies we'll be finishing up & presenting our Presidential Candidate projects that students were working on before break.  We will be having a middle-school wide election on Tuesday just like the rest of the state.  The later part of the week we will be introducing Greek Culture projects that we'll be starting research on.  Students will be researching a topic related to Ancient Greek culture that is a part of our current unit.  We will have time in class to research on Wed-Fri.  The projects will be due early next week (probably Tuesday.)

Math News Week of April 4th

This week we will be finishing up our unit focused on volume and surface area. We have learned how to find the volume of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones, as well as the surface area of several of these figures! After doing some review and a few new lessons this week, we will take our Chapter 10 Test this Friday. Here are the upcoming assignments for math.

Due 4/6        Lesson 4A        Pg 621-622 #1-2, 5-9 odds, 13-17 odds

Due 4/7        Lesson 4B        Pg 628-629 #1-2, 5-7, 16, 21

Due 4/8        Study Guide    Pg 632-635 #2-3, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-19, 25-26