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