March 15 to 19

"These plans are based on the best prediction of what we hope to accomplish for this week. Please note, that these plans will vary from time to time because of various interruptions (fire drills, assemblies, etc.) and that we want to make sure students master material, before we move on to new concepts."

Reading

The Sixth Grade World’s Fair
Beginning soon, your sixth grader will begin working on his/her World’s Fair project. This is an interdisciplinary project involving your student’s Reading, Language Arts, and Social Studies classes. All sixth graders participate in these activities, with different parts assessed in the aforementioned subjects. To begin the research, he/she will be assigned a foreign country, will check out a non-fiction book on that country, and will read that book. Next, using the book as well as other reference sources, your child will take notes on his/her country using the Five Themes of Geography. During Language Arts, he/she will use the notes to generate a written report (expository essay). Based upon that information, your sixth grader will then build a cardboard display for the World’s Fair night, which will be held on June 8th. This fair will be open to the public; so many people will be able to enjoy the fruits of the students’ labor. Finally, in his/her Language Arts class, an oral presentation will be given on what your child has learned about that country. As you can see, this will be a huge undertaking, so you may want to begin discussing it with your child sometime soon.

Monday- Students will read the story “Going to Bat” on page 317. They will be asked to collaborate with other students to write the five main ideas of the story on the team paper.
Tuesday- Students will complete the “Apply Your Skill” section on page 321. I will read a short story from the WASL practice book. They will answer selected questions.
Wednesday- Students will read the story “Stray” on page 350. In partners, they will identify the topic sentence in each paragraph, then share.
Thursday- Students will read for the images in the story above. They will identify the recurring images. I will read a short story from the WASL book and students will answer pertinent skills.
Friday- Students will read their country books or packets.


Language:

The sixth grade team is in the process of collecting terms which cross several disciplines. Students will study the meaning and spelling of each on a weekly basis. A summative assessment will be administered at the end of each week. The weeks words will be reviewed each day.

Language:
Monday- Students will identify similes. They will be asked to write down a passage and identify the similes within.
Tuesday- Students will identify metaphors. They will be asked to write down a passage and identify the metaphor within.
Wednesday- Students will identify alliterations within a printed text.
Thursday- We will watch power points on all the above.
Friday- Students will watch a video short story after taking the weekly spelling test.

History:

Monday- Students will create a set of laws to serve as a standard for empire. They must consider all the problems an empire may have. This will be done in collaboration. A final document must be written by the team.
Tuesday- CBA work
Wednesday- Students will study a comparison chart of the Republic of Rome and of our own country. They will identify similarities and differences between the governmental forms. These may be listed by each pair of students.
Thursday- CBA work.
Friday- Test on the last study guide.



Math 1:
Monday- Students will understand the skill of dividing mixed numbers. They will complete assigned problems on pages 402 and 403.
Tuesday- Accelerated Math
Wednesday- Students will explore the area of a right triangle. They will complete assigned problems on pages 408 and 409.
Thursday- Accelerated Math
Friday- Test on skills posted this week and last.

Math 2:
Monday- Students will find the area of parallelograms. They will complete assigned problems on pages 392 and 393.
Tuesday- Accelerated Math
Wednesday- Students will find the area of a trapezoid. They will complete the problems on pages 398and 399.
Thursday- Accelerated Math
Friday- Test on skills posted this week and last.