6th Grade Teamletter
October 02, 2008
SCIENCE
Mrs. Ames: Students are continuing their study of Chapter 1
– Cells, Reproduction, and Heredity. This week we are discussing
the organization of organisms from cells to organ systems. Today
students took a quiz over the parts of a cell. Tomorrow we will
discuss cell reproduction – mitosis and meiosis. Next week we will
discuss genetics. The Chapter 1 Test is scheduled for Friday,
October 17th.
LANGUAGE
Mrs. Greger:
Students will spend some time practicing leads and endings for
narrative essays. They will then begin work on their own narrative
essay. The second WOD quiz is set for Monday, Oct. 6. Students will
be responsible for all 20 words they have learned. They have a
study guide to help them study.
READING
Mrs. Carter: Next
week in Reading class, we will continue reading “The Kid Who Ran
for President”. This is a novel unit, which will have vocabulary
and questions to accompany each reading. We will also spend time
talking about the Presidency and government. Our first group of
book reports will be next Tuesday, October 7th. Talk to your
student about this new type of book report.
MATH
Ms. Forgas: This week in math we discussed the effects of
outliers on the measures of central tendency and wrapped up the
chapter with the chapter one test on Friday, October 3, 2008. Next
week, students will pretest on chapter two; once again students
receiving a 90% or higher will be given alternate activities to do
instead of daily work. Chapter two begins by discussing reading and
writing large numbers and the rules of rounding. Students also
began their first quarter math project; they are making a poster
composed of three graphs containing statistics about a secret
country. Other students in the class will try to guess their
country based on the graphs presented. The students will be
creating graphs in the computer lab on October 6 and October 20.
The final product is due October 21. As always, students should be
practicing their basic facts.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Mrs. Ames: We are continuing our study of Ancient Egypt.
This week we discussed the afterlife and mummification. Tomorrow’s
map quiz is over the Western Hemisphere. Next week we will start
Europe with Europe 1.
Mrs. Carter: We will be taking a map quiz over all of the
Western Hemisphere on Friday. Next Friday, we will have our map
quiz over Europe #1. These countries are starting to get more
unfamiliar, so be sure to study nightly! Watch, read, and talk to
your student about current events for NewsCurrents. In our Ancient
Egypt Unit we are studying the Egyptian Religion, Mummies, and
Afterlife. Next week we will focus on the Mummies and the
Afterlife. Talk to your student about what they are learning.
Ms. Forgas: This week we discussed Ancient Egyptians’
beliefs concerning religion, mummies and the afterlife. Students
created a flip book and a poster on one of the Ancient Egyptian
gods. The map quiz on all of Central America will take place on
Friday, October 3. Also, taking place on Friday we will do News
Currents and continue to discuss important newsworthy issues. Next
week, we will do some different activities on the mummification
process.
Mrs. Greger: The
Western Hemisphere review map test is scheduled for Friday.
Students have the option of taking it any time between now and
Friday. (As soon as they feel ready) The next map quiz will cover
10 European countries. Students continue to learn about ancient
Egypt. This week students have looked at gods, mummies and the
afterlife. Students have begun NewsCurrents. NewsCurrents is a
weekly current events program. Students will learn about topics in
national and world news, interesting moments in history, and
countries around the world.
