Welcome to the Pelican Team Webpage!

*Parents please sign planners nightly! Students will lose their Pelican bucks if the planner is not signed each night.

Team teachers write notes in planners regarding missing or late assignments. Students are still responsible for turning in the work after the note is written. After 4 days, the grade will become a O! Please remind them of this.

*We are requesting that you DO NOT purchase zippered binders;they do not fit well in the lockers. In addition, they do not fit under the desks.

6th grade late homework policy is that after four days, the assignment is a 0. Please ensure that your child turns in their homework that was due the day of their absence and turns in the new homework that was assigned the day of their absence!********************

6th Grade Schedule:Click to View 6th Grade Schedule

• Monday/Wednesday - Periods 3, Lunch, 5, 6, 7, SSR
• Tuesday/Thursday - Periods 2, Lunch, 4, 6, 7, SSR
• Friday - Periods 2, 3, Lunch, 4, 5, 6, 7, SSR
• Lunch: 10:05-10:35am

Grades: Would you like to have at look at your child's current grades?

You can!! Just click on this website

http://dodea.gradespeed.net

Parent directions to access Gradespeed: CLICK HERE

2nd Qtr. Focus-Novel Study, Independent Written Summary Book Report, Creative Book Project, Typing Formal Reports, Animal Report Power Point

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HOMEWORK SECTION !!!!!!!

• At home, read for 30 minutes a day for an average of 150 minutes a week.

New Items

• Animal Report Power Point will complete in class November 23-24
• Next Journal will be due December 4, 2009.
• Reflection Journal completed during SSR--due by Friday --Must be completed and turned in weekly.

• Click Here for Link to Written Summary Rubric
• Click Here for Link to Sample Layouts of Written Summary
• Click Here for Link to Book Project Rubric
• Click Here for Link to Animal Power Point Rubric
• Click Here for Link to Animal Report Outline

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• Click here to view the Pelican Team Language Arts Syllabus
• Click here to view information on the Reading and Writing Projects
• If you would like to see the SRI lexile levels for all grade levels. Click here.

Do you know what your child is learning in Language Arts? Language Arts Standards Link!

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Independent Book Assessment Reminders : see link above for information on Reading Projects

Assignment Schedule

*Projects are a big part of the Language Arts homework assignments. We will have limited time to work on projects in class. You must be self-motivated to complete these tasks.

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Reading Counts Book Assessment************

The students are to search the library computer for their lexile level as well as a Reading Counts book. They read the book, then take a quiz on the computer in the Reading Counts program. The program will send their grade to my computer. Any computer in the school is available to take an RC quiz. The students are able to take these quizzes before school, during Advisory and during SSR at the end of the day.

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CURRENT FOCUS: Chapter 6 - Invertebrate Animals

HOMEWORK:

Homework is written on the whiteboard everyday and students are required to record it in planners. Please check planners daily.                                                     

ONLINE TEXTBOOKS

Science textbook link!

username: RED

password: 2UH8t2uSwe

username: GREEN

password: phes9Ehetr

username: BLUE

password: gutruna3af

Do you know what your child is learning in Science?

Science Standards link!

Math textbook link!

User name: MAC 104

Password: STaspEdUw2

Do you know what your child is learning in Math? Math Standards link!

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Current Focus:-2nd Qtr. Ancient India and Ancient China

HOMEWORK SECTION !!!!!!!-

• Students should have completed Cornell Notes for Chapter 6 Lesson 4.
• Ancient India project due December 1, 2009
• India Project Rubric Click Here
• India Project Graphic Organizer Click Here

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Do you know what your child is learning in Social Studies? Social Studies Standards link!

Do you know what your child is learning in Social Studies? Social Studies Standards link!

CURRENT FOCUS: Ancient Greece

HOMEWORK: Homework is written on the whiteboard everyday and students are required to record it in planners. Please check planners daily.

UPCOMING PROJECTS/TESTS:

Ancient Greece Projects

Select an area of interest to you as we study Ancient Greece. Learn as much as you can about the topic. Come up with an idea on how to teach & present your new knowledge to the class.

Examples: make a costume, teach a dance, create a sculpture, re-create a famous temple, write and act out a short play, make a poster, make a cultural food (no meat or eggs).

Make sure to have a visual and some kind of original written report with a bibliography in MLA format to show that research was done on your topic. Remember to write in your own words…no plagiarism!

Grading Rubric

1. Project Complete and Presented on Time

1            2            3            4            5

1. Demonstrates Mastery of Topic

1            2            3            4            5

1. Gave Best Effort on Project

1            2            3            4            5

1. 6th Grade Quality Project or Better

1            2            3            4            5

1. Bibliography in MLA format

1            2            3            4            5

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Do you know what your child is learning in Social Studies? Social Studies Standards link!

AVID Students!

Learning Logs link!

Cornell Notes link!