Week of September 26-30, 2016

Greetings :)

I'm hoping you all have had a restful weekend and ready to move on to our 7th week of school - I can't believe how fast time has flown by. On this note, you should have received your child's progress report and a conference sign-up sheet. Please make sure you return these papers if you haven't done so already. 

Lessons and Assignments this week:
English/Language Arts:

• Monday/Tuesday: Authors Point of View
• Homework: Complete Narrative Perspective Worksheet
• Wednesday: Writing in 1st and 3rd person
• Homework: Pronoun Quiz on Google Classroom
• Thursday/Friday: DBQ Edits
• Homework: Completed DBQ Corrections

Social Studies:

• Monday: Review types of government
• Tuesday/Wednesday: Identify location, climate, natural resources, and population distribution of Germany, the U.K., and Russia using Google Classroom
• Thursday: Create graphic organizer comparing citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments
• Friday: Compare and contrast the two types of democratic governments

UPCOMING DUE DATES:

Pronoun Quiz - Wednesday (Google Classroom)

Brochures Due - Monday, Oct 3

End of the 9 Weeks - Wednesday, Oct 5 (All assignments from this nine weeks are due by this date.)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Tuesday - Cross-Country Championship 5:30 @ Soccer Complex

Thursday - Health Screenings w/ Nurse Chris

Friday - Dress Down Day $1.00 to benefit Lymphoma (and student Wyatt Rath)

Week of September 19, 2016

Lessons this week:

Monday, 9/19:
ELA - Review Tone and Mood. Students will review concepts of Tone and Mood in writing.
SS - Introduction to Gross Domestic Product and Literacy Rates for Country Brochure Project
HOMEWORK: Complete Tone and Mood Worksheet

Tuesday, 9/20:
ELA - Introduction to Author's Point of View
SS - Finding the Gross Domestic Product and Literacy Rates resources
HOMEWORK: Look up the GDP and Literacy Rates for their particular country

Wednesday, 9/21:
ELA - Author's Point of View, continued
SS - Notes on the different kinds of government: Parliamentary, Federal, and Federation Systems
HOMEWORK: Look up the type of government in their country

Thursday, 9/22:
ELA - Pronoun Lesson and Review
SS - Community Involvement in Government: Autocratic, Oligarchic, Democratic, Democratic Parliamentary, and Democratic Presidential
HOMEWORK: Identify the type of government of their country.

Friday, 9/23:
ELA - Identifying author's perspective
SS - Students will compile their notes and begin planning their Country Brochure Projects
HOMEWORK: None

Other Announcements:

*Lego Club starts up this week.  They will meet Monday and Wednesday afternoons, beginning at 3:30, in the Media Center. Please see Ms. Olivia if you have any questions.

*Our community writing project, DEEP, also begins this week.  This group of 6th - 8th graders will be meeting in Room 18 on Thursdays from 3 - 4:15.  See Ms. Susan if you have any questions.

SCHOOL LUNCH INFORMATION

Students were sent home today with a note regarding school lunches. If your child receives free or reduced lunch, it will revert to a paid status unless an application for free/reduced lunch has been filed by Wednesday, 9/14.

The easiest way to apply is to do so online: www.myschoolapps.com. If you choose to complete a paper application, you may see Ms. Barbara in the Cafeteria or Ms. Carla in Room 1.

Week of August 12, 2016

Happy Tuesday :)

Here's what's going on this week in 6th grade ELA/SS:

Monday: 
ELA: Discussion of author's tone and mood when writing. Classwork assignment: describe the tone and mood of two different video clips (Mary Poppins).
SS: Work on outline for DBQ: Environmental Issues in Europe.
Homework: Complete "Thinking Sheets" and begin rough draft of 5-paragraph essay

Tuesday:
SS: Work on outline of DBQ
Homework: Begin rough draft of DBQ - minimum of 3 paragraphs required

Wednesday:
ELA: Lesson: Implicit and Explicit Details. Begin reading "Mohamadi theBedouin Weaver" and begin narrative writing about the story.
Homework: Complete narrative writing
SS: Complete rough draft of DBQ
Homework: Complete rough draft of DBQ

Thursday:
ELA: Complete implicit and explicit details based on Mohamadi story
SS: Editing of DBQ and beginning final draft

Friday: Begin reading "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
ELA: Continue working on final draft of DBQ.
Homework: Final Draft of DBQ

**FINAL DRAFT OF DBQ IS DUE MONDAY, SEPT. 19**

DEEP STARTS NEXT WEEK:
All students who have registered to participate in the DEEP after school program will begin classes Thursday, Sept 19 from 3:00 - 4:15

Please be sure to check the school's website for information about Lego Club and sports activities.

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, SEPT 2

Parents and Families,

You should be receiving word via a county-wide call-out or on the news tonight that school is cancelled tomorrow due to excessive rain expected from the impending storm.

We look forward to seeing your child Tuesday, September 6th.

Be safe,
Ms. Susan