Stepping In to 6th Grade
Jan 11th - 15th
Important Announcements
Jan 14-20th: Social Studies China Test
Jan 15th: ELA Post Test
ELA
Standard:
- I can determine if a resource is reliable when doing research. I can paraphrase written information when researching.
What Will We Be Learning: Students will be learning about reliable resources and how to identify those resources when completing research. They will also be learning about plagiarism and how to paraphrase when writing. Students will play a game at the end of the week to review for the test scheduled for Friday, Jan. 15th. In addition to this week's learning, we will be helping students get caught up with testing.
Assignments to be Completed this week:
Monday: Website Reliability Research Challenge
Tuesday: Complete Goblin Threat Game
Wednesday: Exit Ticket #1
Thursday: Complete Paraphrasing Lesson on Okapis
Friday: Complete Post Test on Gathering Information for Research Based Writing
Please make sure students are reading each day for 30 minutes.
Ms. K. Clark: kclark@fulton58.org
Mrs. L. Clark: lclark@fulton58.org
Ms. Hervey: ahervey@fulton58.org
Testing Expectations
Focusing On Your Goals
Enjoying A Good Book
Math
ELO 6: Students will be able to divide fractions.
What will be learning?
Fractions: using diagrams to find the number of groups, what fraction of a group, and how much in each group (part 1 & 2)
Assignments to complete this week:
Monday: Complete Lesson 6 Pear Deck, Cool Down and Edmentum 15 minutes
Tuesday: Complete Lesson 7 Pear Deck, Cool Down and Practice Problems
Wednesday: Complete Lesson 8 Pear Deck, Cool Down and Practice Problems
Thursday: Complete Lesson 9 Pear Deck, Cool Down and Edmentum 15 minutes
Mrs. Alexander: talexander@fulton58.org
Ms. Lechiara: glechiara@fulton58.org
Ms. Simonin: asimonin@fulton58.org
Science
Standard:
- I will develop and use a model of the Earth-Sun-Moon systems to describe moon phases and eclipses.
What we will be learning:
This week we will complete the science NWEA and compare scores from September to see the growth of science concepts! We will also start learning about phases of the moon and eclipses.
Assignments to complete this week:
- Moon phase readings and notes
Ms. Doering: mdoering@fulton58.org
Ms. Simonin: asimonin@fulton58.org
Social Studies
Standards:
- Student can describe how the geography of river valleys led to settlement and the beginning of civilization
- Student can describe the advancement of civilization and its legacy
What we will be Learning:
We will be finishing up our unit on Ancient China, and preparing for the test at the end of the week.
Assignments to complete this week:
- China Study Guide
- Quizizz China Review Game
- China Test
Mr. Hoskins: jhoskins@fulton58.org,
Mrs. Windmann: ewindmann@fulton58.org