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It's another short week this week! Make sure you are checking out the upcoming dates and reading through what's going on in 6th grade! Thanks!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will be working on 2.2.2, continuing this idea of area and how to measure area, including correct units. On Thursday and Friday, we will continue that focus to determine what kind of relationship there is between area and perimeter. Students will only have one homework assignment this week - 2.2.2 Review Preview worksheet due Thursday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! All late work and corrections for Quarter 1 are due by this Friday! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies we are starting a new lesson! Students will explore how geographic challenges led to the rise of Sumerian city-states (TCI Lesson 4). Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell
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Happy Monday! This school week is only four days long, but they are a busy four days! On Thursday this week, we will be participating in a district evacuation drill. If you have not signed and returned a form for this yet, please talk with your student and do so. If you have and are participating, thank you! We are also trying to finish our signups for parent teacher conferences. If you have not signed up yet, please do so as soon as possible, as times are filling up!
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. We are still having a number of chromebooks dying during class, so please make it a priority to talk with your student about this. This week in math, we are continuing Chapter 2! As a continuation of last week, we reviewed the five types of graphs we had been learning about and spent Monday working on a histogram activity on Desmos. This link is on Google Classroom, so students can continue this work at home for extra practice! On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will begin 2.2.1, which is the first lesson about area, specifically focusing on how we measure and record it. Students will only have one homework assignment this week - 2.2.1 Review Preview worksheet due Thursday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies is being spent continuing last week's work (From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers). Students will work on the notes to learn how the change to farming influenced the people and their lifestyles! Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! We will also be completing some review of this lesson by discussing and answering some additional questions, as well as playing the review game for this lesson. If time allows, we will begin our fourth lesson this week. General Updates:
Have a fabulous week! Ms. Kennell Happy crazy homecoming week! There have been many updates this week about homecoming dress up days, the pep rally/dismissal on Friday, and the district evacuation drill next week. Please make sure you are receiving district communication and have filled out the forms to send back with your student! As a reminder, please sign up for parent teacher conferences and contact your student's homeroom teacher if you are unable to do so.
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. This week in math, we have started Chapter 2! Students have new table groups, new roles in their group, and we are off to a great start! This chapter is about Arithmetic Strategies and Area, with the first couple of lessons evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of various graphical representations of data. Students will have a 2.1.1 Review Preview worksheet due Wednesday and 2.1.2 Review Preview worksheet due Friday. Students should also be working on any late work and corrections that they still need to do! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies is being spent reviewing last week's work (early hominins) and starting our next lesson, From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers. Students will work on the notes for our new lesson this week to learn how the change to farming influenced the people and their lifestyles! Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell Can you believe next week is homecoming already!?!? This week, Student Council met and decided on the following dress up days for next week.
Monday: Beach/Tourist Day Tuesday: Class Color Day (6th grade is BLUE) Wednesday: Meme Day (VSCO is a Meme!) Thursday: Throwback Thursday (dress from a decade of your choice) Friday: Spirit Day *Please remember that all dress attire must comply with the Student Handbook* We will also be sending home more information soon about our procedures for the pep assembly at the high school and parade dismissal for next Friday. I've been slacking with my updates on here this year, and for that I apologize! Make sure you are signed up for Classtag and are actually receiving messages! That is how we are doing much of our communication this year, including parent teacher conference sign ups and our 6th grade newsletter. Our newsletter will include information about ELA, math, science, and social studies, as well as general updates and upcoming dates! Your student should have brought one home last week, along with their progress report for Quarter 1. We will post all future newsletters on Classtag only.
As a reminder, students should be bringing home graded papers to show you! They can complete corrections on any paper to earn up to 1/2 credit back (homework, quizzes, tests, etc.). They should also be charging their chromebooks at home on a regular basis. Try to find a specific spot and set up a routine for checking/charging those devices. This week in math, we are finishing Chapter 1, which is all about review, representation of numbers, characteristics of numbers, and how we can represent numbers in a variety of ways. This week, they will have a 1.2.4 Review Preview worksheet due Thursday and Chapter 1 review packet due Friday. Our test will be a team assessment this time and will take place over the course of Thursday and Friday. We will be starting Chapter 2 next week, as well as getting new seats/teams! Struggling to help your student with homework??? Take advantage of CPM's Homework Help page! We spent time going over this a lot at the very beginning of the year, but some need a refresher! Almost all math homework assignments come from CPM, and CPM has homework help for each problem. Simply find the homework probelm (all on their textbook page!), click on the homework help link, and hints will come up for that problem. Some problems even give you a bonus hint/help! You can also access the Homework Help using the Website Links here on my website. This week in social studies is being spent reviewing last week's work (investing the past) and starting early hominins. Students have a packet over last week's lesson to complete for homework tonight (Tuesday) and will work on the notes for our new lesson this week. Since our social studies textbook is online (TCI), students can log in at home anytime! General Updates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell Good evening! I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable three day weekend! It is down to the final stretch here at school, and as such, this will be my FINAL blog post update for this school year! As always please continue to check with your student and on Q to see if they have any missing work. As a reminder, students can do corrections on any assignment, which is a great way to earn some extra credit and boost their grade! Please also continue to check in with your student about their chromebook, Classcraft, and if they have gotten any behavior referrals that need to be signed (or detentions to be served). Detentions MUST be served in order to attend upcoming fun days! Please check out the important dates at the bottom of the post for details about our Classcraft field trip, end of year schedule changes, and returning chromebooks.
In other news... In math this week, we are doing some content review by working on some mysteries! Last week, students started a Carnival mystery, where they had to solve the math problems to determine who stole something from the carnival, what they stole, and where it was stolen from. This week, we are either finishing that activity or working on a mathematical murder mystery! Students have been working very hard to earn some last minute participation points for math class. The only homework this week is to finish any late work. All late work must be turned in by the end of the school day on Friday. In social studies, we are finishing our focus on Rome with the lesson The Legacy of Rome in the Modern World, looking at how ancient Rome influences our lives today. We will be finishing the rest of the notes this week for this lesson (TCI Lesson 38). The notes will be their final social studies grades. In spelling, we are finishing our last tic tac toe boards! Boards will be due on Friday, May 31 and tests will take place that day as well. Students will have one more class period to work, so some may need to work at home to finish up! This board and test will be the final spelling grades for the year. Upcoming dates:
Good evening! We are already down to the final full week of the school year! As always please continue to check with your student and on Q to see if they have any missing work. As a reminder, students can do corrections on any assignment, which is a great way to earn some extra credit and boost their grade! Please also continue to check in with your student about their chromebook, Classcraft, and if they have gotten any behavior referrals that need to be signed (or detentions to be served). Detentions MUST be served in order to attend upcoming fun days! Please check out the important dates at the bottom of the post for details about our Classcraft field trip, end of year schedule changes, and returning chromebooks.
In other news... In math this week, we are finishing our ratios unit, continuing to use lessons from Illustrative Mathematics Lessons (IM 2.10, 2.11, and 2.14). Your student will have a homework assignment on Monday (IM 2.10 Worksheet), Tuesday (IM 2.11 Worksheet), and an extra assignment on Wednesday (IM 2.14 - for XP and extra credit). We will then be taking our ratio test on Thursday and Friday this week. Students will also be receiving a green ratio packet to use for review in preparation for the test. We will have ASHH this week on Tuesday and Thursday, but this week will be the final week for ASHH. In social studies, we are continuing our focus on Rome with the lesson Daily Life in the Roman Empire, exploring what life was like for rich and poor Romans and if that wealth affected their daily lives. We will be finishing the rest of the notes this week for this lesson (TCI Lesson 35). In spelling, we are working on our last tic tac toe boards! Boards will be due on Friday, May 31 and tests will take place that day as well. Students will have class periods to work, but some may need to work at home as well! This board and test will be the final spelling grades for the year. Upcoming dates:
Good evening! Things are really progressing quickly here as we speed through May! As always please continue to check with your student and on Q to see if they have any missing work. As a reminder, students can do corrections on any assignment, which is a great way to earn some extra credit and boost their grade! We are also offering ASHH still (after school homework help) most Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 4:00, which any student can stay for to get extra help on homework or just have a quiet place to work on homework! They even get a snack and drink while working! Please also continue to check in with your student about their chromebook, Classcraft, and if they have gotten any behavior referrals that need to be signed (or detentions to be served). Detentions MUST be served in order to attend our upcoming field trip!
Speaking of the field trip... Please send any missing paperwork or money to school tomorrow (Wednesday)! Students without the signed paperwork or money will not be able to go on the field trip with us. For the field trip on Thursday, your student needs to bring the following:
In other news... In math this week, we are getting close to the end of our ratios unit, continuing to use lessons from Illustrative Mathematics Lessons (IM 2.8, 2.9, and 2.10). Your student will have a homework assignment on Monday (IM 2.8 Worksheet) and Tuesday (IM 2.9 Worksheet). We should be able to complete the 2.10 Worksheet in class on Friday. There is no homework (or ASHH) on Thursday due to the field trip. In social studies, we are continuing our focus on Rome with the lesson Daily Life in the Roman Empire, exploring what life was like for rich and poor Romans and if that wealth affected their daily lives. The sections 1-6 of the notes should be completed this week for this lesson (TCI Lesson 35), but we will need time next week to finish the last few sections. In spelling, we are working on our last tic tac toe boards! Boards will be due on Friday, May 31 and tests will take place that day as well. Students will have class periods to work, but some may need to work at home as well! This board and test will be the final spelling grades for the year. Upcoming dates:
Happy first full week of May! Please continue to check with your student and on Q to see if they have any missing work, including absent work, as absent work becomes missing/late after a few days. As a reminder, students can do corrections on any assignment, which is a great way to earn some extra credit and boost their grade! We are also offering ASHH still (after school homework help) most Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 4:00, which any student can stay for to get extra help on homework or just have a quiet place to work on homework! They even get a snack and drink while working!
Also as a reminder, please continue to check in with your student about their chromebook, homework/absent work, Classcraft, and if they have gotten any behavior referrals that need to be signed (or detentions to be served). Detentions MUST be served in order to attend our upcoming field trip! Field trip permission slips were due last week, so if your student has not had you sign a permission slip, please do so! Chaperones have been chosen and contacted and the 4-H release forms are due this Wednesday! If you have not sent in the $10 fee yet, please do so as soon as possible! In math this week, we will first complete our Spring Benchmark assessment, then continue to work on ratios using some Illustrative Mathematics Lessons (IM 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8). Your student will have a homework assignment on Tuesday (IM 2.6 Worksheet) and Thursday (IM 2.7 Worksheet). In social studies, we are continuing our focus on Rome with the lesson Republic to Empire, discussing how the republic was changed into an empire. The notes should be completed this week for this lesson (TCI Lesson 34). In spelling, we are working on new tic tac toe boards. Boards will be due on Friday, May 10 and tests will take place that day as well. Students will have two more class periods to work, but some may need to work at home as well! Upcoming dates:
Somehow, May is already upon us this week! Progress reports went home for 4th Quarter last Friday, so please continue to check with your student and on Q to see if they have any missing work, including absent work, as absent work becomes missing/late after a few days. As a reminder, students can do corrections on any assignment, which is a great way to earn some extra credit and boost their grade! We are also offering ASHH still (after school homework help) most Tuesdays and Thursdays after school until 4:00, which any student can stay for to get extra help on homework or just have a quiet place to work on homework! They even get a snack and drink while working!
Also as a reminder, please continue to check in with your student about their chromebook, homework/absent work, Classcraft, and if they have gotten any behavior referrals that need to be signed (or detentions to be served). Detentions MUST be served in order to attend our upcoming field trip! Field trip permission slips were due last week, so if your student has not had you sign a permission slip, please do so! Chaperone forms are due tomorrow (Wednesday) and the 4-H release forms are due soon as well! If you have not sent in the $10 fee yet, please do so as soon as possible. In math this week, we will continue to work on ratios using some Illustrative Mathematics Lessons (IM 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6). Your student will have a homework assignment on Tuesday (IM 2.4 Worksheet) and Thursday (IM 2.5 Worksheet). In social studies, we are continuing our focus on Rome with the Rise of the Roman Republic, discussing how the republic was founded based on unfair representation between groups. The notes should be completed this week for this lesson (TCI Lesson 33). In spelling, we are working on new tic tac toe boards. Boards will be due on Friday, May 10 and tests will take place that day as well. Students will have four more class periods to work, but some may need to work at home as well! Upcoming dates:
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