6th Grade News
February 12, 2018
Reminders
Biscuits on Wednesday, $3.00
Science
The students will focus on classifying living things and taxonomy this week. They will have a quiz on the characteristics of living things this week. There will be assignments due on USA Test Prep and Study Island this week. Please help me to encourage the students to complete these assignments on time.
Strings
Drama
Drama rotation started the theatre history unit, beginning with ancient greece. There will be a quiz on the class lectures and information in the guided notes on Monday, and we will continue with a brief lesson on Commedia dell'arte before moving on to the Elizabethan period and conclude with a sampling of musical theatre history.
Focus students are studying the Italian theatre of Commedia dell'arte and will continue discovering physical acting styles associated with this period on Monday. Students will have a quiz on Commedia on Tuesday and will continue through the history of theatre with different types of performing arts in Japan for the remainder of the week.
Social Studies
Students have completed the unit of study on the Middle Ages. They will have an open book quiz, a study guide, and create skits to act out what they learned before their test on Friday.
Math
Production Technology
Art
Dance
6th dance focus: Flash cards (completed) are due Feb 14th. Jazz/Tap History study guides are complete a test will be on Feb 16th.
Language Arts
The stem test will be Thursday. The third book mark will be due on Monday,February 19.