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