6th Grade Weekly Overview!
September 3-6, 2024
Course | Teacher | Here is what’s happening this week! |
ELA | Melanie Carpenter | This week in ELA, students will continue building foundational skills in grammar. We completed our first writing, our Reading and Writing Autobiographies, and moved briefly through the writing process, scratching the surface on what to expect this year with our formal writing assignments. We will peer edit and apply our knowledge of revision work and how we can use our peers to improve our writing. As we move into book clubs in the next couple weeks, we will start our Deep Study of Character unit, deepening our understanding of character growth. |
Math | Steven Sarnie | This week in Math we will be wrapping up our “bridge” unit connecting the gap between 5th grade math and 6th grade math. We will not have any Spiral Homework this week due to the short-week schedule last week and this week. Will introduce integers into the rational number family and begin comparing number values. So celebrate the long weekend with sun, fun and rest. Weekly Standards
Weekly Spiral Homework
Where It All Fits |
Science | Andy Pond | We will be studying about competition in and energy flow through ecosystems. There will be Outside nature journaling, games, videos, and article readings to guide our learning. Feel free to email me with any science or general middle school questions. |
Social Studies | Robin Wilson | This week in Social Studies we are finishing up our study of the Epochs of History, Paleolithic to Post-Neolithic, and moving into the study of and analysis of the development of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. Homework: Assignments that may need to be completed at home if not finished in class this week are: Epochs of History Diets of the Stone Age Stone Age One pager Fertile Crescent Map and readings |
Spanish | If I was not able to interact with you during Open House, please check out this link with class information. | |
PE | Coach Grey | Dynamic Stretching Nitroball (inverted volleyball) Dimensions of Health Cont. |
AVID | Andy Pond Steven Sarnie Robin Wilson Melanie Carpenter Bethany Croese | We are working on relational capacity and organizational skills this semester in AVID across 6th grade. |
Art | We have been working on using colored pencils in the way that an artist does. We have practiced techniques and demonstrated our skills. Here are some photos of the amazing works that they’ve made: | |
Chorus | Please refer to the weekly choral newsletter. | |
Band | We will be sending out a bi-weekly band specific newsletter that will have all necessary reminders and upcoming events for band! If you do not receive it, please email us so we can add you to our list! | |
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