6th Grade Newsletter: Week
of
Important Dates
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Tuesday,
October 2nd: Literature
test (see below), Social Studies Vocabulary test
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Wednesday,
October 3rd: Happy
Birthday Mary Kate!
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Thursday,
October 4th: Religion test
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Friday,
October 5th: Happy Birthday
Luke!; Spelling test, Math quiz
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Saturday,
October 6th: Happy
Birthday Paula!
Subject Update
Language Arts: This week’s writing focus is on peer
conferencing. The students will be
learning the process for giving each other helpful feedback, which they will
use to revise their Role Model papers.
We will also continue Unit 1 in our English text, with an emphasis on imperative
and interrogative sentences.
Literature: Last week, the students took a quiz on the story ‘Zlateh
the Goat.’ Unfortunately, most of
them didn’t do as well as I would have liked.
Therefore, we spent the period today re-reading and discussing the
story. Tomorrow, I will be re-testing
the students. Then we will be moving on
to the next short story, ‘Dragon, Dragon.’ The students have also begun reading their
books for the October independent reading requirements. Please be sure that your student is reading a
minimum of 20 minutes per night, so that they will meet their goal.
Math: This week, I will be sending home a progress report
on Wednesday. It needs to signed and
returned by Friday. If you have any
questions or concerns, please email me. (maryr@saintbrendan.org)
Progress reports will be sent out every two weeks.
This week we will be working on the following:
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Adding whole
numbers and decimals
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Subtracting whole
numbers and decimals
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Solving equations
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Writing equations
There will be a quiz on
Friday.
Religion: We are
reviewing for the Chapter 1 test, which will be on Thursday (I moved it back a
couple of days). The students received a
study guide on Friday that will help them to prepare. We will be going over it Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Science: We are
currently studying the growth and development of crustaceans through our Brine
Shrimp Lab. We are growing the small crustaceans under different environmental
factors to compare their rate of growth. This is leading us to a detailed study
of aquatic organisms and their behaviors.
Social Studies: This week we
are finishing up our discussion of the similarities and differences between
Hammurabi’s Code and Biblical law. Students will take the second
vocabulary quiz for chapter two on Tuesday. The chapter two test will be
early next week (Tuesday or Wednesday). Look for the study guide to come
home mid-week.
Have a great week everyone!
Pam Schwartz =)