What's Happening in 6th Grade
Week of November 23-27, 2009

Announcements

No clubs or after-school meetings during the week of November 23-27.

NO SCHOOL on the following dates:

• WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, November 25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday

Link to GRADESPEED PARENT CONNECTION

• Be sure to select Department of Defense USA
• Grade folders will continue to be sent home weekly on Thursdays

Homework and Updates

Weekly Spelling Words - no spelling words this week

Link to Spelling Contract

Reading Counts

Students must take and pass 5 Reading Counts tests each nine weeks (final date for second quarter tests is January 13, 2010). Remember that according to the Reading Counts agreement, books must be within the student's Lexile Range. Students should be reading EVERY NIGHT to take and pass these tests.

Students may earn up to 20 additional points for a total possible grade of 120 if they read additional books each quarter (up to 10 books at 2 points each) within their Lexile range!

Students will complete a daily Reading Log which is due each Monday. There will be a Reading Log due for the week of and the week after Thanksgiving!

Mystery Unit

This week, we'll play Clue and solve mysteries with Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective! Students reading the Westing Game should continue to read three chapters a night and complete their journal entries. We will read the last three chapters together in class on Monday, November 30 and complete the journal.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Lesson 5 begins Tuesday. Completed cards are due Monday, November 30, and the completed Vocabulary Set is due Friday, December 4.

English Language Arts Homework:

Reading - Read 20-30 min and record in Reading Log nightly due MONDAYS

Vocabulary - Vocabulary Lesson 5 begins Tuesday - Vocabulary Cards are due Monday, November 30. Set A and B introduced in class this week.

Grammar - no homework this week

Spelling - none

Completed Spelling Contract for List 10 was due Friday, November 20

Math - Integers and Decimals

Monday

Decimals Quiz

Tuesday

Problem Solver

These are some of the websites we are currently using in math class:

www.aaamath.com

www.funbrain.com

www.brainpop.com

http://resources.oswego.org/games/

http://www.mathsnet.net/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

www.onlinemathlearning.com

SCIENCE - Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals

Monday 22 Nov 09

Begin with Chapter Seven- Vertebrate Animals

State the objective of the Chapter

Read chapter 7 section 1

Discuss and review as we read

Assign N. American animals to students for animal research report

Tuesday 23 Nov 09

Review chapter 7 section one prior to reading section 2.

State the objectives for the lesson prior to reading section 2.

Read section 2

Social Studies

This week in Social Studies, we will work on Current Events assignments and practice persuasive writing.

Teacher Contact

• Phone:  (334) 598-4408

Daily Schedule

Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri

• 7:30-7:50  Homeroom/ Daily Oral Language
• 7:50-9:00  First Period
• 9:00-10:10  Second Period
• 10:10-11:10  Specials
• 11:10-11:25  DEAR Time (Drop Everything and Read)
• 11:25-12:00 P/V (12:10 G/M)   Third Period
• 12:00-12:30P/V (12:10-12:40G/M)   Lunch/Recess
• 12:30 P/V (12:40 G/M) -1:10  Continue Third Period
• 1:10-2:20  Fourth Period
• 2:20-2:30  Homeroom
• 2:30 Dismissal

Wednesday

• 7:30-7:50  Homeroom
• 7:50-8:35  First Period
• 8:35-9:20  Second Period
• 9:20-10:10  Third Period
• 10:10-11:10  Specials
• 11:10-11:55 Third Period
• 11:55-12:40DEAR/ Lunch/Recess
• 12:35-1:10 Study Hall/ Remediation
• 1:15 D ismissal

Specials Schedule

RG: P.E., Library, Guidance, Art, Music

JM: Guidance, Art, Music, P.E., Library

VP:: Library, Guidance, Art, Music, P.E.

LV: Art, Music, P.E., Library, Guidance