Quarterly News

The 6th grade

November 4th, 2016

Announcements --- 8:15-8:18 DEAR Time --------- 8:20 – 8:50 Block 1 ----- 8:55 – 10:19 Exp. Core ---- 10:24 – 11:48 Block 3 ------- 11:53 – 1:46 (Lunch) -------------- (12:03 – 12:28) Block 4 -------- 1:51 – 3:15

Our lunch Block falls at the beginning of third block. Students first report to third block and are then taken to lunch.

6th Grade Schedule

Notes to Parents It’s hard to believe that we are already at the

end of the first quarter! We have had an

awesome start to the year. We thoroughly

enjoyed our field trip to the Science Museum

of Virginia. The students were incredibly

well behaved and we couldn’t have enjoyed

the day more than we did! We are looking

forward to the next quarter and the exciting

activities that will happen in 6th grade and at

LMS. Please let any of us know if you have

any questions or concerns!

With much excitement,

The 6th Grade Team

PTA Meeting/Family Fun Night: Nov 14th

6:30pm

Conferences: November 17th (4-7pm)

Thanksgiving Break: Nov 23rd

-27th

Christmas Break: Dec 21st- Jan 2

nd

Benchmarks January 30th –Feb 3rd

Reminders/Upcoming Events

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Contact

What are we learning?

Reading

Grade level SOL’s to cover: We cannot believe the end of the first quarter has

arrived!

As we move into the second quarter, please

remember this is the quarter that is difficult for all

students. We have 2 holidays during this quarter

and with the time off, it is difficult for children to

focus and re-focus. I ask that you keep your

children reading. They can take AR Tests when

we return back to school. Speaking of AR Tests,

6th grade is participating in Book It! Each month

from October through March, I will be giving one

coupon for a free Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza

Hut to each 6th grade student who passes an

appropriate level AR Test.

The second nine weeks, we will focus on reading

nonfiction. We will also reading skills in areas of

text structures, main ideas, and making inferences.

We will also look into Poetry and figurative

language.

Projects this quarter: There are no major projects planned at this point. I will be taking a grade on spelling notebooks periodically throughout the nine weeks and year. For each spelling list, students are required to put all words in ABC order, write definitions and write sentences for each word.

Helpful websites: www.portaportal.com

guest name: ickes

Skills to practice at home:

Read! Ask your child questions about what

they read.

Math

Grade level SOL’s to cover: Over the next 8 weeks we will be covering a variety of exciting topics including Converting, Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Decimals and Percent’s (SOL 6.2), Fractions & Mixed Numbers (SOL 6.6 ), Modeling the Multiplication and Division of Fractions (SOL 6.4), & Probability (6.10), as well and exploring the circumference and area of circles.

Projects this quarter:

While we have no big projects this quarter, each unit we cover concludes with a test/quiz. Students are also required to keep an Interactive Notebook in math class in which they will receive a notebook check every 9 weeks.

Helpful websites:

www.khanacademy.org www.ixl.com www.braingenie.ck.k12.com

Skills to practice at home:

It is important for students master their multiplication and division facts. Practicing with flash cards will greatly improve their accuracy.

Science

Grade level SOL’s to cover: Standards students will learn:

6.2 The student will investigate and understand

basic sources of energy, their origins,

transformations, and uses.

6.9 The student will investigate and understand

public policy decisions relating to the

environment.

6.3 The student will investigate and understand the

role of solar energy in driving most natural

processes within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere,

and on Earth’s surface.

6.6 The student will investigate and understand the

properties of air and the structure and dynamics of

Earth’s atmosphere.

Projects this quarter: a) Weather Watchers: Students will analyze the

weather daily and identify any significant changes

b) Outdoor labs and observations that will analyze

cloud types and cloud formations (Weather

Permitting)

c) Current events: Students will complete 5 current

events related to the environment throughout this

second 9 week period

Helpful websites: www.solpass.org

www.stevespangler.com

www.exploratorium.edu

Skills to practice at home: Staying up on current events at home is a great way to boost science skills in students! Making connections between what they learn at school in the science lab and with current events and everyday life is an excellent way to make learning relevant to their life!

History

Grade level SOL’s to cover This quarter, we will be learning about USI.5, USI.6, & USI.7. In the upcoming quarter, we will learn about Colonial America, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Our Nation.

Projects this quarter: Students continue to work on assignments that promote social, critical thinking, and presentation skills. These are extremely beneficial to growth as students and citizens

Helpful websites: www.solpass.org

www.historyforkids.org

Skills to practice at home: Staying up on current events at home is a great way to boost social studies skills in students! Don't forget to keep them updated with what is going on in the United States and World.