Final Weeks of 6th Grade!!

We have many important things that are coming up soon!

• Orkila Permissions slips are due by Wed 26th at the latest!
• AVID applications are due asap
• Friday the 28th $70.00 DUE for Orkila
• Grades are cut off Friday the 28th
• No school Monday the 31st
• QAS tests for reading are this week
• Orkila luggage is due Tuesday morning the 8th of June
• Orkila = 9th-11th of June - Be here at 6:15 am!!
• Monday 14th = Talent show and Picnic Day
• Monday 14th egg drop project is due
• Tuesday 15th = 9:30 egg drop, 1:00 and 7:00 Promotion
• 16th = 1/2 day ...last day of 6th grade!

Art Auction Project!

The art auction is Friday May 7th!!

SCIENCE CAMP!!

QUARTER #3 BEGINS!! :)

A list of some things that we will be doing: (1) New homeroom and math teams (2) Binders and supplies organized (3) We will fill out our planners each Monday morning (4) Grade sheets will be sent home on Mondays to be signed each week for a grade in L.A. (5) All students will stay after school each time they come without their homework completed, no exceptions (6)The blog is updated Sunday nights with homework assignments (7) We are starting right away with Essay writing in LA; TFK in S.S./with an at home connection; Circles in math; A new science kit; back to spelling packets and Meaningful sentences

Conferences

We made it through the conferences!!

March 24th-25th!!

If you did not attend a conference please make sure your student brought you a folder contaning the report card and other important information. Also, they were sent home with a folder of all of their work.

What we are currently up to:

EFFORT!! Our bulletin board states "What effort means to us" and has a column for math, L.A., S.S. and Spelling. Each week new examples of student work is displayed.


Social Studies = We will continue to use the Time For Kids magazines.


Spelling = We are now using the spelling words to write meaningful sentences. The students also will have the reporter in their team read some of their sentences to the class on Thursdays.

MATH = We are going to review how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and decimals. With a huge focus on long division of whole numbers and decimals. Then on 2-24 we will move on to percents.

TEAMS!! The students now have new seats and will be working in teams. Each student has
a job or two in their team and each team made a poster with their team name on it.

February Is Black History Month!

Each student has chosen a famous African American and is doing a Social Studies paper on that person. They are using library books and the internet for their information. We had 40 min in class today 2/18/2010 to work on the assignment.

The 2010 Winter Olympics are in Canada!!

Starting on 2/19/2010 the students will be doing reports/a poster on Canada. Each of our 6 teams will choose a province of Canada and use library books and the internet to do their research. Each person in the team will have a different job. They will create a team poster
including information, a map and the flag of their province. We will also be learning how to cite our sources in a bibliography.

"HONK JR."

This year we are putting on the play called "Honk Jr." and we are presenting it in circus style! It is the story of the Ugly Duckling.

COSTUMES and MAKEUP!!

We have been working very hard already to make the costumes for the play. The students come in everyday and make a list of their jobs for the day and check them off as they accomplish them. Each crew member has 2-3 costumes that they assigned themselves to make. We have drawn pictures of our ideas and searched online for ideas. They are in the process of taking the measurements of each actor/actress and talking to them about their ideas. We have an assortment of books from the school and public library on sewing, fashion, costumes and crafts that the students will be reading and using to help them. We are also learning how to write memos and use them to communicate with other crew members. Here are some pictures of what we are doing:

Holiday Cards!! 12-11-2009

Winter Wonderland Fun!!

Happy Holidays!! We are going to be making cards using construction paper. Each card will have layers of cut out paper. In at least one spot on each card there needs to be three layers of paper. For example, the gingerbread man has the body, white part and then blue part for his eyes. The snowman has the same thing for eyes plus the body, hat and hat stripe. Each student will make a gingerbread man, snowman and reindeer. Then when done....they add the poem to the back, a message and the present!! The present is the poop!! Snowman=marshmallows, Gingerbread man=gum drops, Reindeer=chocolate chips. :)

Our 6th Grade "Amazing Drought Stoppers!"

11-12-2009 SCIENCE

SCIENCE "The amazing Drought Stopper!"

We have been learning these keys terms in science: Model, System, Black Box, Conceptual, Physical, Collaboration and Consensus. Ask your student/tell your parents about our new system and what you are working on with your team!!