June6-10, 2011
This is our last full week of school. Graduation Mass is on Friday morning. Students need to wear their school uniforms. We will walk over to church for this celebration. Please make sure all make-up work is complete by Wednesday. Have a great week.
Homework:
Monday-June 6, 2011
Math 7/6 Complete Les 94
Vocabulary -complete the final lesson on pgs. 185-189
Tuesday-June 7, 2011
Math 7/6 Study Practice Test 18B from class work today for test tomorrow on les up to 90
English: Workbook pg. 155-156
Mass on Friday -Wear school uniform-Dismissal 12:30 p.m.
May 31-June 3, 2011
As the year is coming to a close I would just like to remind you that all make-up work or incomplete assignments need to be submitted to me by June 8. Also, I would like to thank all of you for your support and kindness as we journeyed through this past school year. Your help and generousity were amazing. Working as a team with me helps the academic progress of the students.
This week in Religion our focus is on the lives and contributions of saints and holy people in our Christian faith as well as praying a decade of the rosary every day for the people of the Mid-west and the recovery from the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
In Science our unit on Weathering and Erosion ties in well with the current events news of today. The students will debate about protecting our homes in flood plains and the controversy surrounding housing developments in these regions.
Hope you had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend!
Homework:
May 31
Math 7/6 Group presentation on Investigation 9 due Thursday-survey and frequency table
Literature: Advertising Jingle pg. 741 Create a jingle for a new product assigned in class today
Vocabulary Test-Friday 6/3 Unit 13-15 Mastery Test
June 1- Wednesday
Religion:Study Ch 14 Review for test Friday
Math 7/6 Complete survey for Group presentation on – a. pg. 487 -due tomorrow
Science: Questions for Sec 3 due Ch 7
June 2
Religion test-Ch 14
Math 7/6 Complete definitions and charts on classifying triangles in Composition Book Les 93
May 23-26, 2011
Wow! What a fantastic event yesterday. Thank you to all the parent volunteers!
This week we will honor Mary with a special Mass on Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. in the church. Also, the sixth grade has their Retreat in the Parish Hall that day at 12:30 p.m. Just a reminder that their is NO School on Firday and Monday for the Memorial Day Holiday. See you on Tuesday, the last day of May, (already)!
Homework
Math 7/6 Study practice test 17B reviewed in class for test tomorrow on Les 1-85
Literature Complete Guide for Responding for Sound Devices in Poetry pg. 739-740
Social Studies: Complete Outlining Les 2 Peloponnesian War from class today
Science: Current event story about volcano in Iceland
Reminder: Mass Wednesday -Retreat in Parish Hall
May 24- No Homework
Retreat tomorrow at 12:30
May 25
Math 7/6 Complete class work Mixed Practice Les 91
May 26
Math 7/6 Complete Les 92 from class-review of PEMDAS with exponents
Literature: Guide for Responding pg. 788 due Wednesday
English Workbook pg. 151-152
May 16-20
Thank you to so many of you that made Crusader Day a fantastic event! Now we have another fun event planned for the families, our Spring Festival. Please make sure that you have signed up for helping us with the Sixth Grade booth. Mrs. Reynolds has sent an updated schedule via e-mail. Let us know if there is a conflict in schedule. We are all looking forward to this day filled with games, great food, fun, arts and crafts, music and dancing and so much more!
Academically, the students are really growing by leaps and bounds and are just about ready to be seventh graders. I was so proud of them running for the various Student Council offices. Their speeches were well-done! We will complete the unit on Adverbs in English with a test on Wednesday as well as our unit in Science on Mapping the Earth’s Surface. In Literature we are capping the year by learning about the genre:poetry. The students have read poems that are written in special forms, such as , concrete, haiku and
limerick. They seemed to enjoy the concrete style where they could write their poems in a shape of the subject, such as “Concrete Cat”.
Have a great week! See you at the festival!
Homework:
May 16-Monday
Religion: Complete pg. 215-Activity
Math 7/6 Complete Les 88 Mixed Practice from class #6-30
English: Complete Grammar Review on Adverbs-Study for test on Wednesday
Science test on Ch 6 Maps of the Earth Surface on Wednesday
complete Study Guide to help study fro test-Review tomorrow
Soc Studies: complete your sketch and summary entry for Les 2-Classical Greece
May 17
Math 7/6 Complete class work from today-Define irrational numbers in composition book
English: Complete workbook pg. 143-145 to prepare for -Test on Adverbs Unit 13 Wednesday
Science: Study your guide that we reviewed today for test on Ch 6-Test tomorrow
May 18
Math 7/6 Complete group presentation on Les 90-Make sure that your group is ready to present the diagrams on the Smart Board tomorrow Complete Mixed Practice Les 90 for homework-Test-Tuesday after our review on Monday
Literature: Complete Guide for Responding-pg. 715
May 19
Math 7/6 Study for test Tuesday-Review Les 1-85 for this test We will correct Mixed Practice Les 89 tomorrow
Vocabulary Test tomorrow Unit 15 Definition and spelling of list words
Literature-Complete Guide for Responding from class “Concrete Cat”
Soc St: Complete outline of notes for Les 1 and sketch/summary for Les 2 -Classical Greece
Science: We reviewed Test Ch 6 today -Begin Ch 7 -Complete Sec 1 questions from class-Ch 7
Signed test from file folder need to be return tomorrow-Friday
Reminder: Spirit Day on Friday and Spring Festival is Sunday, May 22 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
May 9-13
Hope you had a nice Mother’s Day. The students did an amazing job performing at the Spring Follies on Friday! This will be a busy week with many activities; such as Crusader Day on Tuesday, Mass on Wednesday and Student Council elections on Friday. In Religion our focus is on lessons about the missions and helping the impoverished. These lessons cover five days, therefore we will not have our disucussion about the pillar Caring on Monday for Character Counts and Venture booklet lessons on the Sunday Gospel. Please submit all Holy Childhood donation coin cards by Tuesday, May 10. I need to submit this to the association by the end of this week. In Science we will complete our unit this week on Mapping the Earth’s Surface. We took a short break from these chapter lesson in Unit 6 to complete the activities for Earth Day studies.
Our literary focus continues to be: common ground. This week we will apply this to the short stories and essays for the genre: Nonfiction. Our first story selection we will read is an historical essay called, “Shut-out”. We need to postpone the literature test on “Grandpa and the Statue” to Thursday due to the activities this week.
Homework:
May12
Math 7/6 Complete Les 87 from class finding the missing factor
Literature: Complete Guide for Responding pg. 551 from class
English Workbook pg. 143-144
Vocabulary Test tomorrow Unit 14 Study from practice test today
Spirit Day tomorrow
May 11
Speeches for election tomorrow morning
Vocabulary practice test for Unit 14 tomorrow
Literature test tomorrow “Grandpa and the Statue”
Math 7/6 -Complete from class today -Les 86-Mixed Practice-Review new formula–
Area for circles-A=3.14 x r 2
English-Grammar Review pgs. 405-407
May 9- Math 7/6 Complete Supplemental Les 85 pg. 683-need compass tomorrow
Religion: Complete short essay from mission lesson today
Literature: Complete Guide for Responding pg. 550
English Workbook pgs. 135-138
May 2-6
It is already May! How did that happen? I hope you had a nice Easter vacation and are ready to complete the school year in six weeks.
This week the Spring Follies are on Friday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Sounds like this will be an evening filled with great talent from our students! They certainly have been practicing!
Academically, we will continue to study the genre: drama in Literature. Additionally, we will complete our unit on Ancient Greece and the test is on Thursday, May 5. The students will also learn about the customs, traditions and historical significance surrounding the holiday, Cinco de Mayo on Thursday, May 5. We will continue to sharpen our creative writing skills and paragraph formations as we study narrative writing and adverbs in English this week. Have a nice week!
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 2-
Math 7/6 Complete Les 83 Mixed Practice ; define the key term -proportion in Math Composition Book
Literature: Complete class work pg. 666-Guide for Responding
Grammar Review pg. 672
English workbook-Adverbs pg. 133-134
Reminder: Spring Follies -Friday- May 6
May 3
Religion: complete Chapter 13 review from class Test Thursday
Math 7/6 Complete Les 84-Mixed Practice-Review Order of Operations from class (table pg. 450 )and math video (mathplayground.com): PEMDAS acronym
May 4
Math 7/6 Complete #1-10 Supplemental Practice Les 84 from class today to practice order of operations. Remember to use different colored pencils to isolate each operation to help solve the equation using PEMDAS left to right as shown on the Smart Board today.
Vocabulary -Complete Unit 14
Social Studies: Study for Chapter test -Ancient Greece on Friday-Quizzes returned and outline notes on Lessons 1-4 should be helpful study aids to prepare for the test.
Literature: Complete silent read of play-”Grandpa and the Statue” pg. 677-687
Vocabulary test-Wednesday Unit 13
Apr 18-Apr 22
Happy Easter to everyone!
This week we will attend a pizza luncheon at Sunrise Homes and participate in the art contest on Tuesday, April 19. We will return at approximately 2:45 p.m. Due to this change in schedule the students will perform their skits on Monday after recess and present their posters at Social Studies class in the afternoon.
Additionally, we will have Mass on Wednesday and the first grade will lead.
Thursday is an early dismissal day at 12:30 p.m. Have a blessed, Easter holiday. See you on Monday, May 2.
Homework:
Monday Apr 18
Math 7/6- Please remember supplies needed to complete Investigation 8-compass, protractor, ruler and 2 pieces of unlined paper
Literature: Complete class work or Guide for Responding Act 11-The Phantom Tollbooth
Tuesday- Apr 19
Math 7/6 No written homework-Study polygon shapes from the Smart Board Power Point today. These are listed in the Math Composition Book
English: Test on Adjectives on Thursday
Social Studies-Tomorrow we will complete the outlining notes of Les 3 and a quiz will follow on Thursday-Apr 21
Wednesday-Apr 20
Math 7/6 Complete Les 81 from class Study :King Henry Doesn’t Mind Drinking Chocolate Milk acronym for learning metric system (Math Composition Books)
Social Studies: Study Les 4 for Power Point quiz tomorrow
Early dismissal day tomorrow-12:30 p.m.
Happy Spring Vacation!
Apr 11-15, 2011
The sixth graders continue to “fine tune” their descriptive essay writing skills to become stronger and more organized writers. Their final typed, double spaced, five-six paragraph essays are due Tuesday. To assist in the process please refer to the Writing and Research Handbook “Using the 6+1 Trait Model” on pages 682-683. The cluster diagram created together on the Smart Board will also be helpful in the completion of this assignment. As a class we created an opening paragraph. However, some students chose to use their own. Class time was given to complete or edit the body of the essay.
We continue our journey through Lent and will begin to study Holy Week . This section can be found in their Religion book in the “Feasts and Seasons”. Just a reminder that the collection for the Holy Childhood collection is due next Monday.
The Mythology Group Project skits will be performed in class on April 18 and the 19th. Students are actively creating their skits and costumes. A rubric grading method will be used to assess this activity. I’ll post this rubric in the homework section below.
Have a great week! Once again thank you for the lovely birthday gifts!
Monday: 4/11
Religion: Chapter 12 Test tomorrow
Math 7/6 Complete class work :Supplemental Practice Les 75
Literature: Complete Guide for Responding for Arachne pg. 827
Writing: Final typed, double-spaced descriptive essay on Monet due Tuesday
Rubric for grading of Mythology Group Presentation:
_____Authenticity and Accurate account of Greek myth
_____Creativity and design of costumes/sketches
_____Knowledge learned and applied to writing dialogue for skit
______Presentation of skit with clear speaking voice and expression
______Design of poster representation of Greek myth
Apr 13-Wednesday
Math 7/6 Complete Les 79-Area of a Triangle: mathplayground.com math video –Area of a triangle is a good review tool. Students need to use the formulas: A=1/2bh or A=bh/2 as stated in the lesson
Test: Friday on Lessons 1-75-Please return test papers signed by Friday 4/15
Literature: Complete read of Act 1 “The Phantom Tollbooth” to prepare for tomorrow and Guide for Responding pg. 643
English-writing–Some students need to make corrections on the typed copy received or submit their essays for final grading. Proofread typed copy was returned today. (Monet-descriptive)
Example Heading for paper: This should be single spaced in top left hand corner of essay above the title
Name of student
Monet Essay
April 12, 2011
Ms. Dickson
Social Studies: Study outline notes for Les 1 -Quiz tomorrow on Les 1
April 14
Math 7/6 Test tomorrow Les 1-75
Literature: Complete Study Guide for Phantom Tollbooth pg. 642-643 due tomorrow
Spirit Dress day tomorrow
English: Return corrected descriptive essay drafts tomorrow
Apr4-Apr 8, 2011
The sixth graders will be going on a field trip on Thursday, April 7, 2011 to the Sunrise Homes for an art contest and pizza lunch party. Permission slips need to be returned by Tuesday, April 5.
Also, this week we will focus on the three R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle for our daily morning writing prompts for Earth Day, April 22. Today’s prompt is: Some ways to recycle are____.This is important to me because______. In English the students will complete their final draft of the descriptive writing essay about their Monet paintings.
We will be participating in the VIRTUS Safeguard God’s Children lessons this week on Monday and Tuesday. Also, we continue our studies about Lent. Mass is on Wednesday, April 6 and the First Grade will lead.
For the end of the book test on The Westing Game students should focus on the main characters of the novel and a description of each role they played in the “game”. Additionally, study the two quizzes returned.
Homework:
English: Unit 3.2 Descriptive writing pg.117-120 for review of transition words to write vivid paragraphs
Literature: End of Book Test on The Westing Game
Vocabulary pgs. 153-154 Unit 13
Science: Test Thursday-Ch 5 Rocks Refer pg. 161 Study Guide ; quiz on key terms tomorrow -open notes to prepare for test.
Mar 28-Apr 1
This week in sixth grade we will continue to learn about the Impressionist Claude Monet and his famous works of art while completing our sketches. Additionally, the students are composing a descriptive essay about their Monet sketches for the art contest. We are reviewing the writing techniques for descriptive essays by focusing on the use of sensory details to create images of sound, taste, smell, sight and touch to describe the paintings created. Also, the students will continue to complete their research for the Greek Mythology Group Report drama presentations. This is due before Easter Break on Monday, April 18. On Wednesday we have a special guest speaker, Mr. Corcoran, a writer and director for films. He will explain his career and teach the students about script writing and other techniques to help create their myth production for next month’s Social Studies project.
As we continue in our Lenten journey the students will participate in the Stations of the Cross on Friday morning and pray for those in need, be helpful, and generous to others.
The literature test on the novel, The Westing Game will be on Tuesday next week. The following questions will be discussed and reviewed in class on Friday. We will complete the novel on Thursday, March 31.
CHAPTERS 22-30
19. Why does Turtle confess to being the “bomber”?
20. Why does Chris think Mr. Westing was a “good man”?
21. Where do the clues come from as pointed out by Sydelle Pulaski?
22. Who is the burglar? What was the burglas’s motive?
23. What does the will mean, “It’s not what you have, it’s what you don’t have that counts?”
24. Who were the four main characters played by Mr. Westing?
25. What happens to the game players?
26. Why do you think Turtle keeps secret the identity of Julian R. Eastman?
