6th Grade Newsletter: Week
of
Dear Parents,
It’s hard to believe we are
beginning Holy Week and that spring break is upon us! As you can imagine, there are lots of activities
going on this week. The energy level in
the classroom is definitely high and I’m doing my best to keep things
moving! Here is what’s on deck for the
week:
Important Dates
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Tuesday, March
18th: Religion test
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Wednesday,
March 19th: Class
pictures, everyone needs to be in
full uniform please, Art Docent, Math quiz
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Thursday,
March 20th: Holy Thursday
liturgy @
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Friday, March
21st: Good Friday,
Stations of the Cross @
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March 24-28: Easter break, Enjoy!
Subject Update
Language Arts/Literature: Much of our afternoons this week will be spent working
on the Tuck Everlasting project, which is due on Friday. In addition, the students will be working on
an in-class writing assignment (pertaining to Tuck Everlasting), in which they
will be asked to respond to the question “If you had the opportunity to drink
from the spring, would you?” They will
need to weigh the pros and cons of living forever and justify
their choice. With Art Docent on
Wednesday and an early dismissal on Friday, we won’t have a great deal of time
for much else. There will be no Spelling this week.
Math: This week the sixth graders will be working on
multiplying fractions. They will probably have their quiz Wednesday,
since we do not have class Friday and Thursday’s class will be short. Have a blessed Easter and a great spring
break. – Mrs. Riley
Religion: The Chapter 7 test is on Tuesday. Much of the week will be spent with Holy Week
activities. If time allows, we will
begin Chapter 8, which is entitled ‘Our Journey and God’s Presence.’ This
chapter continues with the Israelites journey to the promise land.
Science: This week we will be conducting experiments and making
observations of achieved motion through different levels of force related to an
object’s mass. We will be observing ramps of various inclinations combined with
various amounts of mass.
Social Studies: We will be spending this week reviewing for the chapter six test. We will talk about the final skills lesson in the chapter tomorrow. We will spend most of the period on Wednesday, and the whole period on Thursday reviewing for the test using the study guide and page 271 in the textbook. The test is on Thursday.
I wish everyone a very safe
and relaxing Easter break! Take care,
Pam Schwartz J