Sixth Grade News
Week #3 - September 15th to September 20th
Last week, students displayed such great resilience while taking a few reading and writing diagnostic tests. We balanced out our week with a book tasting at StarBOOKS Cafe and a classroom library scavenger hunt. Throughout the year, students will add onto their “want to read” list during similar activities. All students are expected to have an independent reading book with them at all times. Also, be sure to compliment your student on having good manners. During the StarBooks tasting, all students said “please” and “thank you” when I was serving lemonade and snacks.
This week, students will jump into our regular ELA weekly routines! I am excited! Typically, we will break our ELA periods into Reading in the morning and Writing in the afternoon. In Reading, we will work with non-fiction on Mondays, vocabulary on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and wrap up the week with short stories or novels. During September, we will focus on grammar during our afternoon Writing class periods.
Upcoming Assessments
Parts of Speech Quiz -
- Thursday, 9/19 (Jones homeroom)
- Friday, 9/20 (Morrissey homeroom)
Homework
- Read for 20 minutes each night
- Reading Terms Handout (due Tues. 9/17)
- Finish Wordly Wise Lesson 1 notecards (due Wed. 9/18)
- Cold Read & RACE Response (due Thurs. 9/19 for both classes)
- Study for Parts of Speech quiz
Last week, students wrote about a time or place that makes them feel close to God. We reviewed the Liturgical Calendar, and we learned more about the steps to becoming a saint.
This week, students will learn more about five saints who celebrate their feast days in September. At the end of the week, we will jump into Unit One, Chapter One of our textbook, Christ Our Life. In this chapter, students will learn important background information about the Bible.
Upcoming Assessments
Christ Our Life Chapter One quiz - Friday, 9/27
Honors: Last week, the students reviewed rules for decimal operations. Next week, they will review division rules and practice dividing by two and three digit divisors.
At Level: Last week, the class were introduced to ratios. They learned different forms for writing a ratio, and we emphasized that it was essential to pay attention to the words in the question. Next week, we will learn how to write equivalent ratios and how to determine if ratios are equal.
The summer math assessment on the Simple Solutions was returned Monday. The sheets are in the test folders. Please review the work. I have last year’s books if you need to see them.
