6th Grade Newsletter
Fourth Six Weeks
Life as an Otto Bobcat
College Week
Food Truck Friday
Winter Social
The Winter Social will be held on Friday, January 22nd. Sixth graders are invited to attend from 6:00-7:15. Please drop off and pick up at the cafeteria.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES!
THE POWER OF “YET"
PBIS
Otto students are proud to be Organized, Mindful, and Scholarly. Teachers incorporate these values throughout their lessons and interactions with students. The article linked below provides great ways for parents to help their children develop strong organizational skills. The next two newsletters will include articles that discuss developing mindful attitudes and scholarly habits.
Every Kid Needs a Champion!
What's Happening In Class This Six Weeks?
English Language Arts
We are beginning our next unit of study, Exploring Textual Design. In this unit, students are introduced to the idea that the author's purpose influences the forms of writing and the text structures used to convey the message.
The whole group novel experiences for this unit include Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodsen and Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmann – both of which are written using distinctive and inviting textual designs. Students will also select and begin reading one novel written with unique text structures in a book club group.
Two writing workshops are built into the unit – the first focuses on authentic “how-to” structures found in contemporary magazines, and the second workshop focuses on compelling persuasive structures with call-to-action statements. In addition, students will apply what they learn by writing in several different types of structures and forms throughout this unit.
Brett Randall
David Giamundo
Mary Herrera
Sara Price
Shelley Lytle
Patricia Garvin
Math 6 and 6 Honors
As always, homework is an important piece of our rigorous curriculum, and we always appreciate your support in this area.
Christine Mason
Susan Dobrey
Jeanne Dean
Caresir Gonzales
Elizabeth Jacobsen
Math Rocks 6
Science
Doug Finn
Kathleen Farquhar
Ron Ohlig
Social Studies
During the fourth six weeks in Social Studies we will be finishing our Cultural Borrowing unit by writing our first historical essay.
We will then move into the next unit, Cultures in Transition. In this unit, we will be examining Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. We will begin by studying the geography of these two regions of the world. During this unit, we will also look at colonialism and imperialism, as well as what makes a country developing or industrialized (developed).
Jennifer Evans
Elizabeth Miller
Miriam Carpenter
Shelly Furlong
Niki Matasso
PACE
During the fourth six weeks we will be finishing our Cultural Diffusion unit by looking at the progression of an item/idea from its origin to present day. We will then look at the pieces of a historical essay.
A New Year brings a new Unit...we will be moving into the fourth unit, Conflict & Cooperation. In this unit students will examine the reasons for conflict, study examples of real world historical conflicts, and evaluate how those conflicts have been solved. During this unit we will also be reading a historical fiction novel to illustrate how conflict can affect an individual.
Elizabeth Miller
Counselor Corner
Angie Chavez
After school Coding Club
Upcoming events
College Week
January 11-15, 2016
Student/Staff Holiday
January 18th, 2016
Winter Social
January 22, 2016
Student Holiday
February 15th, 2016
End of the 4th six weeks
February 19th, 2016