Have a Good 3 Day Weekend
6th Grade Families!
Semester 2 Early Release Days (1:45 PM):
1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/26, 3/19, 3/26, 4/16, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Don't forget, we don't have school on Monday!
Scholars of the month
Important Information
- Students who do not complete their homework will have to complete their homework during recess on the day the homework is due.
- Scholars can receive a recess detention as a consequence for continual actions that distract from the learning environment during school. This is an opportunity for scholars to spend time reflecting on how to make good choices that will help them be successful here at Great Hearts. Parents will be notified before the detention is served.
- Please make sure your scholar has his or her own copy of Tom Sawyer (ISBN 978-0-141-32110-3). B&M scholars bring their books on Monday January 4th.
- 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.
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What's coming up?
Literature
Scholars have enjoyed growing with Tom as we have completed Chapters 21-28 this week. In the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, we have seen Tom mature as he regrets the prank on Aunt Polly, taking the blame for Becky Thatcher, and showed great courage as he did what was right to save Muff Potter from an unjust charge.
Next week, we will conclude our novel. Please make sure your scholar is reading and annotating nightly. Our next novel will be Shane.
MathIn mathematics, we learned how to sketch nets of polyhedrons. We also learned how to find their surface areas. Students took a test on Thursday on Surface areas and Volumes, and on Friday we started a little bit of statistics (dot plots).
We will learn how to draw Histograms, Stem-and-leaf, and frequency tables next week. Students will learn to interpret data using those diagrams. They will also learn about mean, median, Quartile, and Inter-quartile range.
History
In mathematics, we learned how to sketch nets of polyhedrons. We also learned how to find their surface areas. Students took a test on Thursday on Surface areas and Volumes, and on Friday we started a little bit of statistics (dot plots).
We will learn how to draw Histograms, Stem-and-leaf, and frequency tables next week. Students will learn to interpret data using those diagrams. They will also learn about mean, median, Quartile, and Inter-quartile range.
This week we wrapped up the French Revolution with an Exam. I definitely saw an increase in scores for this unit. We also refreshed our memories about the Five Themes of Geography, and located political and physical features of Latin America.
Next week we will begin our journey into Latin America’s fight for independence. The scholars will be introduced to the great freedom fighters of the Haitian and Mexican Revolutions.
We have had an exciting week in Science. Scholars have enjoyed learning why arachnids and insects are in different classes even though we refer to them both as “bugs”. The excitement is rising amongst 6A and 6B as our number of collected insects rises in each class. As a reminder, scholars are expected to bring their 10 insects and their journal entries next Friday, 2/19. The insects can be placed in Ziploc bags or any other container that is easy to transport. Our exhilarating unit on Arthropods will conclude with a test on Thursday, 2/18. Scholars have been completing flash cards of key terms to use as their study guide. Please remind them that a little review each night will be beneficial when recalling information for their test.
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