Well, last week was certainly interesting! I hope everyone was able to stay healthy over Thanksgiving break! We are planning on being back in person starting on Tuesday, with students completing meets and remote work on Monday. As a reminder, the 6th grade website is the best place to look for daily directions, reminders, and updates about learning! This is also where your student should start each day that we are remote or when they are absent for any reason. If your student did not complete work while remote recently, remind them to get on the 6th grade website and work on their late work! Thanks for any help with this! We are in the final 3 week stretch before Christmas break and the end of Quarter 2 is coming up quickly!!
This week in math, we are kicking off our next chapter, which should be completed before we leave for Christmas break. This chapter focuses on variables and expressions in the first half and ratios in the second half. On Monday during the Google meet, students worked with Ms Kennell to complete the first lesson 4.1.1 - Introduction to Variables. If students missed the meet, there is a key with hints to help them along. Students were also expected to complete four Khan Academy assignments (2 video, 2 practice) on dividing whole numbers, which should be a review from last year. On Tuesday, we will work on lesson 4.1.2 - Writing Equivalent Expressions. Wednesday will be spent completing the first two homework assignments for this chapter (4.1.1 and 4.1.2 Review Preview). Then on Thursday and Friday we will work on lesson 4.1.3 - Using Variables to Generalize. This lesson is long, so it will take us two full class periods. At the end of this post, there will be a list of the homework that is expected to be completed throughout the week. Check it out! You can see an updated list of missing work on Skyward. You can also see a day by day breakdown of classwork and homework on the 6th grade Google site! This week in science, we'll be finishing the lesson we were working on before Thanksgiving, which focuses on improving a balloon model rocket. We will be completing our final rebuild and testing on Tuesday/Wednesday, presenting our findings on Thursday, and checking grades/working on late work on Friday. Next week, we will start a new unit on genetic variations! Math/Science classwork/homework this week:
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It's a short week thanks to Thanksgiving break, but also a strange one since we are entering our first district wide remote days. You should have received a variety of messages by this point, but please reach out if you have questions. As a reminder, the 6th grade website is the best place to look for daily directions, reminders, and updates about learning! This is also where your student should start each day that we are remote.
While we are all remote right now, students should be attending their scheduled Google meets starting on Tuesday (8:30-9:30, 9:45-10:15, 10:30-11:30, and 2:00-2:30) as well completing additional school work outside of the meet times. Everything is listed on the 6th Grade Google Site each day, including directions and meet links. There will NEVER be a day where students do not have any assigned work. If your student has missed time before our remote days, talk with them about their work and getting caught back up. This week in math, we are doing some review and also taking our chapter 3 math test. On Monday, students will complete 2 of the math activities from the emergency remote packet, as well as play one of the games. On Tuesday during our meet, students will take their chapter 3 math test. After completing their test, they also have a coordinate graphing mystery picture to complete, along with a place to submit a picture of their work. We will start working on chapter 4 next week, which focuses on variables and ratios! At the end of this post, there will be a list of the homework that is expected to be completed throughout the week. Check it out! You can see an updated list of missing work on Skyward. You can also see a day by day breakdown of classwork and homework on the 6th grade Google site! This week in science, we'll be taking a short break from Mosa Mack and working on the activities in the emergency remote packet. On Monday, they should read the article about the Slip 'N Slide and answer the questions. On Tuesday, they will be creating their own invention to make their lives easier! This should all be on paper from the packet. Math/Science classwork/homework this week:
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If you have any questions, please reach out and let us know! Let's have a wonderful week! Ms Kennell It's the fifth week of Quarter 2 and the last full week before Thanksgiving break! Progress reports for Quarter 2 will be coming home soon, but grades are always changing, so checking them regularly is a must! Students can also do corrections on any paper to help raise their grades. They should be bringing home graded papers, so ask them about their papers if you aren't seeing them! Once grades are entered online, I make sure to pass them back!
As a reminder, students who are absent for any reason (quarantined, appointments, sick, etc.) should check out the 6th Grade Google Site each day and complete the posted activities. There will NEVER be a day where students do not have any assigned work. If your student has missed a week or more, they will not have time to get caught up at school and will need to work on the assignments at home. With all of our lessons building on the previous lessons, it is very difficult for students who fall way behind. If your student has missed time, talk with them about their work, which starts by looking at the 6th grade site! This week in math, we are finishing our work with chapter 3, completing our learning about absolute value, coordinate graphing on a four quadrant grid, and distance between points on a coordinate grid. Monday, we completed our last lesson, Lesson 3.2.4. For the rest of the week, we will be completing the 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 review preview assignments, taking some more notes on coordinate graphing, practice coordinate graphing, and really focus in on distance between points. We will then be taking our chapter 3 test on Monday next week. At the end of this post, there will be a list of the homework that is expected to be completed throughout the week. Check it out! You can see an updated list of missing work on Skyward. You can also see a day by day breakdown of classwork and homework on the 6th grade Google site! This week in science, we'll be continuing our Claim-Evidence-Reasoning and the Scientific Method unit by starting our last lesson - Lesson 3: The Engineer. This week and next, students will be working to design a balloon rocket model that can travel more than 287 cm while carrying 10 grams of cargo! Steps 1-5 for Lesson 2: The Engineer should be completed this week. Math/Science classwork/homework this week:
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If you have any questions, please reach out and let us know! Let's have a wonderful week! Ms Kennell It's the second week of November already and we're moving right along through quarter 2! Grades are being entered for Quarter 2, with some students starting to have quite a few missing assignments. As a reminder, grades are always changing, so checking them regularly is a must! Students can also do corrections on any paper to help raise their grades. They should be bringing home graded papers, so ask them about their papers if you aren't seeing them! Once grades are entered online, I make sure to pass them back!
As a reminder, students who are absent for any reason (quarantined, appointments, sick, etc.) should check out the 6th Grade Google Site each day and complete the posted activities. There will NEVER be a day where students do not have any assigned work. If your student has missed a week or more, they will not have time to get caught up at school and will need to work on the assignments at home. With all of our lessons building on the previous lessons, it is very difficult for students who fall way behind. If your student has missed time, talk with them about their work, which starts by looking at the 6th grade site! This week in math, we are finishing our review on adding and subtracting fractions, as well as moving into the second half of Chapter 3, which focuses on integers and how numbers move on a number line. We will be completing lessons 3.2.1, 3.2.2, and 3.2.3 this week, as well as the review preview assignments for 3.2.1 and 3.2.2. At the end of this post, there will be a list of the homework that is expected to be completed throughout the week. Check it out! You can see an updated list of missing work on Skyward. You can also see a day by day breakdown of classwork and homework on the 6th grade Google site! This week in science, we'll be continuing our Claim-Evidence-Reasoning and the Scientific Method unit. This week, we will be finishing our work on Lesson 2: The Lab, where we will test the claims made in a paper towel commercial! Steps 5 and steps 7 for Lesson 2: The Lab should be completed this week. Math/Science homework this week:
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If you have any questions, please reach out and let us know! Let's have a wonderful week! Ms Kennell Happy November! We could definitely tell that students had a busy weekend! Make sure to rest up for the full week that we have coming up! Grades are being entered for Quarter 2, with some students starting to have quite a few missing assignments. As a reminder, grades are always changing, so checking them regularly is a must! Students can also do corrections on any paper to help raise their grades. They should be bringing home graded papers, so ask them about their papers if you aren't seeing them! Once grades are entered online, I make sure to pass them back!
Either last week or today, your student should have brought home an envelope containing their Q1 report card, IAR scores from the spring, and benchmark scores from AimsWeb testing in the fall. If you attended a conference in the last couple of weeks, you received these at the conference. Students should have also brought home an order form for Knightwear. This is your chance to purchase new Knights clothing, which students are encouraged to wear at least on Fridays to show school spirit! Let's get lots of Blue Ridge apparel on Fridays!! The due date for those orders is next Monday, November 8. As a reminder, students who are absent for any reason (quarantined, appointments, sick, etc.) should check out the 6th Grade Google Site each day and complete the posted activities. There will NEVER be a day where students do not have any assigned work. If your student has missed a week or more, they will not have time to get caught up at school and will need to work on the assignments at home. With all of our lessons building on the previous lessons, it is very difficult for students who fall way behind. If your student has missed time, talk with them about their work, which starts by looking at the 6th grade site! This week in math, we are finishing the first half of Chapter 3, wrapping up our work on the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percents. We are also spending a couple of days previewing ratios! This will be a topic we will spend a lot of time on later this year. We will also be taking a mid-unit quiz on Wednesday before moving on to the second half of the chapter. To wrap up the week, Thursday and Friday will be spent reviewing how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. At the end of this post, there will be a list of the homework that is expected to be completed throughout the week. Check it out! You can also see a day by day breakdown of classwork and homework on the 6th grade Google site! This week in science, we'll be continuing our Claim-Evidence-Reasoning and the Scientific Method unit. This week, we will continue working on Lesson 2: The Lab, where we will test the claims made in a paper towel commercial! Steps 4-5 for Lesson 2: The Lab should be completed this week. Math/Science homework this week:
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