6th Grade - Week of 10/26 - 10/30

 

We Survived Quarter 1!

The 6th Grade Team thanks you for your hard work and patience during Quarter 1. We appreciate your support, your dedication, and your grace these past nine weeks. We hope that our scholars have a restful and rejuvenating Fall Break! We will see you on Monday, October 26!

Announcements

We are delighted to introduce our new AT, Ms. Marcelina Spencer: 

"Hi all! I am Ms. Spencer. I am new to Great Hearts this year, but have been working with 2^nd grade since the beginning of the year. I graduated in May with a degree in History. I am so excited to join the sixth grade team!"

 Important Dates

10/19 - 10/23 - Fall Break (No School)

10/26 - First Day of Quarter 2

10/26 - First day of Quarter 2

11/20 - Literary Character Day

11/23 - 11/27 - Thanksgiving  Break

12/7 - Faculty Professional Development (No School)

12/21 - 1/3 - Winter Break

Semester 1 Early Release Days (1:45 PM):

10/30, 11/6, 11/13, 11/20, 12/4, 12/18, 1/8, 1/15

Important Information 

• Please make sure your scholar has his or her own copy of Anne of Green Gables (ISBN 978-4424-9000-0) because we annotate in class. B&M scholars will need to bring their copy to school on Monday, October 26.

• Please have your scholar bring a locker shelf to help with organization of materials and to make for quicker visits.

• Please place a cover on all textbooks (Math and Biology) ASAP. These are required.

• Uniform infractions will be issued for scholars in violation of the GH uniform policy. 

•  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!

  https://cloud.swivl.com/v/8f0fb77344adf3749759c0cb8dbbb57

What's coming up after Fall Break?

Literature/Poetry

 We have concluded our first novel and enjoyed reflecting on different virtuous actions of certain characters.  They completed their first reflection by stating a thesis and then finding quotes from the text to defend their claim of whether their character demonstrated virtue or not.  We concluded the week by reading a short story titled, “The Monkey’s Paw” by WW Jacobs. The scholars enjoyed the mystery and clearly understand the definition of “mood” when it relates to literature! Please send our next novel, Anne of Green Gables, with your scholar after Fall Break.  It is essential for your scholar to complete all reading assignments and annotation.  We have daily reading checks and discussions during Literature.

Math

In Math, we learned how to get a prime factorization of any composite number using a factor tree/inverted division. We used it to find the GCF (greatest common factor) and LCM (least common multiple). We concluded the unit (Number Theory) with a quiz. 

We will start fractions the week we come back after the fall break. We will learn a lot of things about fractions: how to find equivalent fractions, how to compare fractions, etc.

History

This week in History we had a wonderful time discussing the relevance of Socrates and the other famous Greek Philosophers.

When we return from break, we will be wrapping up our Ancient Greece Unit with Alexander the Great and impact of the spread of Greek culture throughout is empire. We will be taking our exam October 30^th.

Science

This week in Science, scholars have enjoyed learning about gymnosperms.  They were able to observe pinecones, count tree rings during their Tree Cookie lab, and concluded the week with a fun game explaining the importance of spacing between trees.  

Scholars will study angiosperms when they return from Fall break. Please continue to encourage your scholar to practice their observation skills especially as the weather becomes more “comfortable”! 

Don't forget to check our Specials blog!

Contact Information

6th Grade Team

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

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

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

AT - Ms. Marcelina Spencer - marcelina.spencer@greatheartswesternhills.org

Specials Team

Latin - Ms. Aleksandra Novikova (aleksandra.novikova@greatheartswesternhills.org)

PE - Mr. Mihai Manta (mihai.manta@greatheartswesternhills.org)

          Mrs. Kori Johnson (kori.johnson@greatheartswesternhills.org)

Art - Celeste Lindsey (celeste.lindsey@greatheartswesternhills.org)

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