6th Grade - Week of 9/14-9/18

 

Welcome!

Important Dates and Information

Tuesday, 9/15 - 6th Grade Dibels Testing 

(Not all scholars will be tested. You will be notified via email if your scholar will be testing. The Zoom link will be posted in Google Classroom.)

Monday, 9/21 - 6th graders return to brick & mortar 

Monday 9/21 - No synchronous Zoom Meetings

• There will be no synchronous zoom meetings on Monday, 9/21.

• Our 6^th Grade Team has noticed a trend in Google Classroom of scholars clicking an assignment is done when they have in fact, not uploaded their completed work. Please view this video to learn how you can check if your child’s work has been uploaded properly, and please reach out to your child’s teacher(s) with any questions or concerns. We are here to support you and your scholar.

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• Parents, please see the Stream of your scholar's Google Classroom daily for an updated agenda for the day. This will help guide your scholar while doing their work to ensure assignments are being done and turned in. It will also help you when you are checking your scholar's work to make sure that nothing was forgotten about or missed.

• You may purchase phonogram cards here. You can also download the Spalding app on your phone by clicking here.

• As a reminder,  agenda, quizzes, and assignments in Google Classroom will be available to your scholar at 7:00 am each day. 

• If you take photos of assignments to upload to Google Classroom, please make sure that words are clear and legible before submitting your work. 

What's coming up next week?

Literature and Poetry

Scholars concluded Chapter 13 of the Tales of the Greek Heroes this week.  Encourage them to share with you the 12 labours of Heracles and which one impressed them the most!  Next week, we will take a break from our novel to enjoy the short story, Lugalbanda. This is one of the oldest stories dating back to the ancient Mesopotamia Valley.  This short story will be in the Google classroom as a read aloud or as a pdf.  It tells the story of how a young prince got caught up in a war. 

Writing

This week scholars learned how to construct an outline using a historical sequence.Next week, we will continue practicing using the correct form in documentation, such as in-text citations and Works Cited Page.

Grammar

This week, we learned about adverbs and how they are used in a sentence. Next week, we will analyze and practice diagramming sentences with adjectives.

Math

We started diving in the ocean of equations and inequalities this week. We have not gotten out of it yet. We are still swimming. Next week, however, we will finally move away from equations and inequalities after Tuesday. We will, then, enter the world of Decimals and Exponents.

History

This week in World History, we finished up the World Deserts unit and students completed their second test. Today, we  began exploring the characteristics of civilization, specifically within Mesopotamia. Next week, we will discuss how geography impacted the development of civilization Mesopotamia. We will also compare and contrast two major world religions, Judaism and Christianity.

Science

Scholars were introduced to the Kingdom Fungi and how penicillin was discovered by Andrew Fleming.  Next week, scholars will do a mushroom lab on Tuesday and will have their Unit 2 test on Friday.  Scholars are encouraged to have their own mushroom to follow along with the video on Tuesday. 

Don't forget to check our Specials blog!

Contact Information

6A Lead - Mrs. Nicole nicole.glowe@greatheartswesternhills.org 

6B Lead - Ms. Charlie Laboy - charlie.laboy@greatheartswesternhills.org

Math Interventionist - Mr. Subodh Bhandari - subodh.bhandari@greatheartswesternhills.org

AT - Mrs. Jessica Alcorta - jessica.alcorta@greatheartswesternhills.org

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns! Email is the best way to contact us!