6th Grade Home Page
Updated: May 17, 2013
Announcements:
Please save your aluminum cans for the SOS Animal Shelter aluminum can collection and send to school! Special project sponsored by the 2nd period science class!
Monday - May 20th Reading Counts Awards
Tuesday - May 21st Goodwill Ambassadors Ceremony 9:00
Friday - May 24th Teacher Work Day/No Students
Monday - May 27th Memorial Day holiday
Wednesday - May 29th 6th Grade Graduation 9:00
Thursday - Walking field trip/Bowling
Friday - Last day.....students dismiss at 10:45
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101 Dalmatians
**** We need volunteers to work on costume committee for our musical. If interested send Ms. Porter an email or note.
New Practice Schedule: 2:30 -3:00 is study hall in Ms. Porter's room. Practice will begin at 3:00 and end at 5:00.
****All cast members and stage crew are required at the rest of the practices!!
Flash Mob - Wednesday, May 15th during all lunch periods.
Wear your cast t-shirts Thursday, May 9th and Wednesday, May 15th.
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***The Art Room is in need of material scraps, yarn, string, felt, etc. Any donations will be appreciated!
Please replenish school supples as needed!
Safety Patrol members should be in the lobby of the school no later than 7:20 so that they can be at their post when the morning bell rings. If they are going to be absent or late, please call the school and leave a message.
Please check student planners daily for class work and homework updates. Differentiated instruction in curricular areas means that all students do not have the same work in each class each day!
English Language Arts -
VP Class:
Reading/Writing: We begin the novel "Alabama Moon" on Monday, May 6th. Students will answer reading comprehension questions and write reader responses.
***Remember: students must take and pass 4 Reading Counts tests before the end of the quarter.
SP Class : First 45 minutes of each class is spent on editing skills, handwriting, grammar, spelling, and writing.
The 4th quarter is ending! Remember: students must take and pass 4 Reading Counts tests by Thursday, May 23rd!
Last Spelling Test - Tuesday, May 21st
Last Grammar Quiz - Tuesday, May 21st
RG LARS Class
The 4th quarter has begun! Remember: students must take and pass 4 Reading Counts tests by the end of the year!
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests
Daily grammar editing and handwriting-"Crossing the Desert "
Grammar-possessive pronouns
Spelling- select wordsfrom reading sparklers
Spelling Pretest Tuesday April 23 ,
Spelling test Thursday 25 April
Writing- poems
Mon-
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests“The Mysterious Doctor-Two ”
Daily grammar editing and handwriting- “Crossing the Desert"
Grammar- possessive pronouns
Spelling- Spelling Pre-Test Tuesday 23 April
Writing- poems
Tues-
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests“The Mysterious Doctor-Two ”
Daily grammar editing and handwriting- “Crossing the Desert"
Grammar- possessive pronouns
Spelling- Spelling Pre-Test
Writing- poems
Wed-
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests“The Mysterious Doctor-Two ”
Daily grammar editing and handwriting- “Crossing the Desert"
Grammar- possessive pronouns
Spelling- review
Writing- poems
Thurs-
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests“The Mysterious Doctor-Two ”
Daily grammar editing and handwriting- “Crossing the Desert"
Grammar- possessive pronouns
Spelling- test
Writing- poems
Fri-
Reading- Selected Reading Sparklers with comprehension tests“The Mysterious Doctor-Two ”
Daily grammar editing and handwriting- “Crossing the Desert"
Grammar- possessive pronouns
Spelling-make up
Writing- poems
Author Web Pages
Richard Peck
Pam Ryan
Gary Paulsen
Suzanne Collins
Lois Lowry
Jack London
Mathematics
This week
Monday-
9:05-10:00
1st Period
Review adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions with like and unlike denominators.
Why Do We Invert and Multiply?
Begin “Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
10:05-10:55
2nd Period
Review adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators.
Continue adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators; page 270-273. Do page 272-273, problem set 1-11
Begin “Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
11:00-11:50
3rd Period
Review adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators.
Continue adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators; page 270-273. Do page 272-273, problem set 1-11
Begin “Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
Tuesday-
1st per-
Ch 5-Lesson 10 Dividing Mixed Numbers, work on practice problems with students. Students will do page 299-300, problem set #1-23 odd numbered problems.
Objective- explain the meaning and effects of arithmetic operations with positive numbers to include fractions, decimals, and percents.
- Estimate solutions to problems involving fractions and decimals
- Compare and order positive and negative decimals and fractions and find their locations on a number line
- Decompose and recompose whole numbers using factors and decimals
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
2nd per-
Ch 5-Lesson 7 Multiplying Fractions, page 282-286. Work on practice problems with students. Students will do page 284, problem set #1-11.
Objective- explain the meaning and effects of arithmetic operations with positive numbers to include fractions, decimals, and percents.
- Estimate solutions to problems involving fractions and decimals
- Compare and order positive and negative decimals and fractions and find their locations on a number line
- Decompose and recompose whole numbers using factors and decimals
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
3rd per -
Ch 5-Lesson 7 Multiplying Fractions, page 282-286. Work on practice problems with students. Students will do page 284, problem set #1-11.
Objective- explain the meaning and effects of arithmetic operations with positive numbers to include fractions, decimals, and percents.
- Estimate solutions to problems involving fractions and decimals
- Compare and order positive and negative decimals and fractions and find their locations on a number line
- Decompose and recompose whole numbers using factors and decimals
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
Wed-
1ts per-
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
2nd per-
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
3rd per-
“Dog House” activity. Given a piece of tag board 20cm X 40cm, students will design a doghouse that can be made from the piece. They will make their doghouse as large as possible using tag board with little scraps left over, if any.
Objective- Select and use units of measurement to a given precision
- Describe and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using their defining properties.
- draw and identify two-dimensional geometric figures with specific side length or angle measurement
Thurs-
Math Lab Problem Solving all classes
Friday-
1ts per
Daleville school visit field trip
2nd per
Daleville school visit field trip
3rd per
Geometric Design
www.glencoe.com
https://www.math.com
https://www.brainpop.com
https://www.khanacademy.org ,is a very helpful website; free sign up, students must have parent/guardian assistance to sign up.
Science - Designing, building, and launching bottle rockets!
Don't forget your 2 liter soda bottles!!!!
***2nd Period Science - Service Project - Collecting aluminum cans for the SOS Animal Shelter! Please help and send in those cans! Thank you.
Social Studies
Geography: Southeast Asia geo quiz Wednesday 5/9.
Ancient Civilizations: Students to Teachers Unit:
Students have chosen one chapter in the textbook that they would like to explore further. Interest groups have been formed. Those groups will work together to create a 5 day unit on that chapter.
There will be 6 grades for this unit: Teamwork Plan (each group will submit a plan for accomplishing all the tasks and how work will be evenly distributed among members); Daily Lesson Plans (groups must write 5 days of lessons they would "teach"); Vocabulary and Famous People; Final Assessment, Participation (based on effort and working cooperatively) and an Oral Presentation.
Units due Wednesday. May 9th
Oral Presentations - Thursday, May 10th
*All assignments are begun in class and become homework only if not completed.
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