6th Grade Weekly

Newsletter

Volume 4 Issue 17

January 29th , 2016

Science Next

Week Science Weekly Review

This week students presented their mummy projects to the class and answered questions

about their project. They began learning about the five major world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Students watched a short video clip regarding their differences and similarities with the

Buddhist religion being the most different. We discussed the population and location of each of the five then used this information to

find the percentage and create a pie chart depicting the religions.

Information on creating graphs can be found at on the following: https://

nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph

ImportantNo School February 1st, 2016Half Day February 12th, 2016

Social Studies

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Social Studies2/3  Homework: students will complete their pie

chart and indicate their work to find the percentages2/4  Short quiz on Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism

2/5  Short review exercise and a quiz on Christianity and Buddhism

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Middle School Student Council News

The Middle School Student Council will be holding a dance on 2/12/16. This dance is not a formal or semi-formal dance, students may wear jeans and clothing appropriate for

the weather. Ticket pre-sales will begin on January 28th.

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pmPlace: High School Gym

Refreshments will be provided.Security and a DJ will be provided.

Students may not bring a date from another school district.

1/25 The students created a plan to prove that air has mass.

1/26 The students followed a plan to show that air has mass. They drew pictures and wrote claims and evidence to show what

happened. 1/27 The students completed key vocabulary

definitions for Unit 2. 1/28 The students reviewed for the test on

Unit 2.1/29 The students were tested on their

knowledge of the atmosphere, the three states of matter, and tools used for

measuring weather.

2/2 The students will begin Unit 4. The Big Question for the investigation is: How is heat energy transferred and how does it

impact weather?2/3 Students will investigate the

temperature differences between different materials.

2/4 The students will graph the data from the experiment from Wednesday

2/5 The students will write a claim and give evidence to support why each material

transferred temperature differently.

6th Grade Weekly

NewsletterMath with Ms. York

Week in ReviewThis week students took two days to review for their End of

Module 3 Test which they took on Wednesday and Thursday. Students had a Binder Check on Friday and started Module 4

Expressions and Equations.

Volume 4 Issue 17

January 29th , 2016

Take A Peek At Next Weeks Math!

Monday 2.1 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 2.2 Module 4 Lesson 3 & 4 Wednesday 2.3 Module 4 Lesson 5 Thursday 2.4 Module 4 Lesson 6 Friday 2.5 Module 4 Lesson 7

ELA with Mr. Knowles *All students are required to read

at least three AR books every marking period. One of these

books has to be based on Social Studies.

The three AR books and quizzes are due on January 29, 2016.

This past week students analyzed President Obama’s national

address to America’s schoolchildren. From this speech students had to form an evidence

based claim on what students need to do to be successful. Also, we continued to read, journal, and

respond to Edmodo.com posts for chapters 14-15 of the Module 2a

accompanying novel Bud, Not Buddy. In addition to the novel,

students used a variety of strategies to determine the

meaning of the following vocabulary words: inference,

antagonist, personification, meter.

ELA Next WeekNext week students will continue Module #2a, chapters 16-17.

Students will consider questions about rules as they analyze the main character from the novel Bud, Not Buddy. Students will also

analyze Steve Jobs’ commencement address to Stanford University. You can find Module #2a here:

https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-6-ela-module-2a

Useful Website For 6th Grade Modules…..

http://www.oakdale.k12.ca.us/ENY_Hmwk_Intro_Math

Student SuppliesStudents are starting to get low on

pencils, glue, and erasers.The 6th grade team would appreciate if these items could be replenished.

Thanks!