Welcome to 6th Grade!
I hope everyone had a great summer and that we are ready for an exciting school year. We will be spending time the first few weeks adjusting to a new school and life as a middle school student. Once we get rules, expectations, . . . read more
May 3-7
Reading: This week we will be starting our new novel, City of Ember . Students will have questions and activities to complete every night. Students will watch the movie that correlates with the novel. They will be comparing and . . . read more
April 26-30
Reading: This week we will be finishing Caddie Woodlawn . This novel focuses on a young girl living in the Midwest during the 1850's. Students will be learning more about that time period and looking at the changes that would . . . read more
April 19-23
Reading: This week we are reading Caddie Woodlawn . This novel focuses on a young girl living in the Midwest during the 1850's. Students will be learning more about that time period and looking at the changes that would take . . . read more
April 12-16
Reading: This week we are reading Caddie Woodlawn . This novel focuses on a young girl living in the Midwest during the 1850's. Students will be learning more about that time period and looking at the changes that would take . . . read more
April 6-9
Reading: This week we are starting our new novel, Caddie Woodlawn . This novel focuses on a young girl living in the Midwest during the 1850's. Students will be learning more about that time period and looking at the changes . . . read more
Weather Day 2
Today we are going to explore more about Thunderstorms and their affect on our lives. We will follow the links below to complete our Lab activity. First link: . . . read more
March 22-26
Reading: This week we are working in the computer lab to complete outlines and write an essay about an animal from our novel, My Side of the Mountain . Students will have all week to complete this assignment. They shouldn't need . . . read more
Water Cycle/Humidity/Clouds
Please use the following links to help you complete the activity in the lab. The web addresses go in the same order as your activity worksheet. 1. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/ . . . read more
March 15-19
Reading: This week we are continuing with our novel, My Side of the Mountain . Again, students will be completing questions for every chapter that we read. Students will be assigned a final project that we will be working on this . . . read more
March 8-12
Reading: This week we are continuing with our novel, My Side of the Mountain . Again, students will be completing questions for every chapter that we read. Students will be assigned a final project that we will be working on this . . . read more
March 1-5
Reading: This week we are starting our new novel, My Side of the Mountain . We will be taking it slow this first week because we won't meet every day due to ISAT. Again, students will be completing questions for every chapter that we . . . read more
February 22-26
Reading: This week we will be finishing our novel, Clay Marble . Students will have take the AR test and in class test this week. On Thursday and Friday, students will be reading short stories that tie in the theme and setting . . . read more
February 16-19
Reading: This week we will be continuing with our novel, Clay Marble . Students will have packets to complete again with this book. The packets will be assigned with a due date to accompany each assignment. Answers must be . . . read more
February 8-12
Reading: This week we will be continuing with our novel, Clay Marble . Students will have packets to complete again with this book. The packets will be assigned with a due date to accompany each assignment. Answers must be . . . read more
February1-5
Reading: This week we are going to be watching the video version of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Students will be filling out a graphic organizer on their knowledge of the book and movie. We will be starting our new . . . read more
January 25-29
Reading: This week we are going to be finishing our novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Students will be taking a test over the novel on Friday. Monday and Tuesday of next week will be spent filling in a comprehension guide of . . . read more
Letter Writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/ We are going to use the link above to create our letters online! Remember to check off your checklist as you complete your letter. read more
January 19-22
Reading: This week we are starting Part 4 in Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Packets won't be due until next week. Language Arts: We will be continuing Unit 9: Punctuation and Capitalization. . . . read more
Janurary Book Report
This is a copy of the requirements for the book report. These DK readers are very short, however the AR tests are quite different than what they are accustomed to reading. I reccomend that students read through the book a couple . . . read more
January 4-January 8
Reading: This week we are going to be starting our new novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Students will have question and vocab packets every day. This book is set up differently in that it is organized in parts, not . . . read more
December 14-18
Reading: This week we are going to be finishing our novel, From theMixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler . Students will be taking the in class test on Tuesday and the AR test on Wednesday. We will be doing . . . read more
December 7-11
Reading: This week we are going to be continuing our novel, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler . Students will be answering questions in class as we read together. We will be averaging a chapter a day. . . . read more
November 30-December 4
Reading: This week we are going to be starting our next novel, Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler . Students will be answering questions in class as we read together. We will be averaging a chapter a day. . . . read more
November 23--25
Reading: This week students are taking the in class test over Castle in the Attic as well as the AR test. Tuesday students will be exploring the different parts of a castle and jobs of the people that live there. On . . . read more
Day of the Dead WebQuest
6th grade Social Studies-Day of the Dead WebQuest Click on the link below to take you to the WebQuest you are going to complete. http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/dayofdead/dodead.htm#process You may . . . read more
States and Capitals Websites
States and Capitals Practice Use these States/Capitals games to prepare for you quizzes during the next two weeks. You will have to hold down the Ctrl button down and click at the same time to be taken to the . . . read more
