March Newsletter
6th Grade Times
Important Dates
1st- Spring Picture Day
2nd- Dr. Seuss's Birthday/Read Across America Day/Wear red, white, and black
3rd- Dental Lesson for Zech's homeroom
3rd- Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character Day/bring a small blanket, pillow, or stuffed animal
8th-Golden Crust PTO Spirit Day/Night
13th- Book Orders due
17th- Be Lucky Day
8th- Dress Up Day23rd- On Demand Persuasive Writing
27th- Marking Period Ends
28th- Two Hour Delay
29th- Victim's Assistance lesson
31st- Polka Dots and Stripes Day
Once we conclude our social studies unit, we will begin to discuss text structures of nonfiction texts. This includes text organization and text features. We will follow this up with chapter 3 in social studies, which focuses on the Civil War. We won't conclude chapter 3 until the beginning of April.
Also, remember that we are working on our Blue Ribbon Challenge for extra credit points. The challenge ends March 27th.
This month will be busy in Mrs. Seufert’s class. Here is what we will be accomplishing.
Word Work- This month we will continue to learn about verbs. We will work on verb tenses, irregular verbs, and often confused and misused verbs. After we finish our study of verbs, we will focus on adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections. We will have covered all parts of speech at that point. We will then review before the PSSA test in April. Just a reminder that the students may get onto my diigo site, Study Island, and NoRedInk to practice and reinforce their word work skills.
Writing- This month we will conclude our persuasive writing. The students will complete their second piece and have an opportunity to add a digital component to enhance their persuasion. They will write their persuasive On-Demand on March 23rd. After that, we will review and practice narrative, argumentative, and informational/explanatory writing modes to prepare for the PSSA’s.
Science-We will continue our unit on electricity and magnetism. The students will have a quiz on Tuesday, March 7th on electricity, and then the unit assessment on Friday, March 17th on both electricity and magnetism. Science interactive notebooks are due on Thursday, March 22nd. We will then begin our last unit on environment and ecology.
We are halfway through Unit 6 as we being March. Please see below for the unit 6 vocabulary words. Many of these are words the students will see on the PSSA coming up in April. It would be very helpful to review these terms and use them as you discuss your child’s homework. The tentative Unit 6 test date is Thursday, March 16th. Please make sure your student is doing his/her math homework each night and review the topics with him/her at the end of each week. We have a Friday quiz on the topics that we cover each week. Please check out my district webpage to see the homework assignments for each day. We will be starting Unit 7 around Monday, March 20th. Unit 7 will focus on algebra and algebraic relationships.
Unit 6 Vocabulary
Bar model: A diagram that represents an equation with two equal-length bars.
Coefficient: The number, or constant factor, in a variable term in an expression. For example, in 3c + 8, 3 is a coefficient of c.
Constant: A quantity that does not change. For example, in x + 3 = y, 3 is the constant
Empty set (null set): The set containing no members. For example, 3 ˂ x ˂ -3 there are no numbers that would work for x
Equivalent equation: Equations with the same solution
Inverse-operations strategy: An equation solving strategy that involves isolating the unknown by applying inverse operations to both sides of the equation. For example, 2x + 3 = 5 can be solved by subtracting 3 then dividing by 2 on both sides of the equation.
Like terms: In an algebraic expression, either the constant terms or any terms that contain the same variable(s) raised to the same power(s).
Simplify: To rewrite an expression by clearing grouping symbols and combining like terms and constants. For example, 7y + 4 + 5 + 3y simplifies to 10y + 9
Term: In an algebraic expression, a number or a product of a number and one or more variables. For example, I the equation 5y + 3k = 8 the terms are 5y, 3k, and 8
Trial and error: A systematic method for finding the solution of an equation by trying a sequence of test numbers.
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