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