6th Grade Wolverine News
April 30-May 4, 2018
Happening this week....
Pre-AP Science ~ Mrs. Sanchez and Ms. Marek
We are continuing to investigate natural disasters and our changing earth in our Apocalypse Now unit. Please be checking Skyward for missing assignment or major grades that need to be corrected.
STEAM Science ~ Mrs. Sanchez and Ms. Hernandez
We are continuing to investigate natural disasters and our changing earth in our Apocalypse Now unit. Please be checking Skyward for missing assignment or major grades that need to be corrected.
Accelerated Science ~ Mrs. Irons
We will begin our STAAR review with Category 3: Earth Science and finishing up the week with Category 4: Life Sciences. Be prepared for fun and fast review!
Pre-AP Math ~ Mrs. Justice, Ms. Gregg and Ms. Parker
We will begin our STAAR Academy this week in order to provide a review to students over all of the concepts we have learned this year. Students will participate in review activities in class each day and then will have a progress check over the material to each day to complete. These progress checks will be a grade.
STEAM Math ~ Mrs. Justice and Mr. Maddox
We will begin our STAAR Academy this week in order to provide a review to students over all of the concepts we have learned this year. Students will participate in review activities in class each day and then will have a progress check over the material to each day to complete. These progress checks will be a grade
Accelerated Math ~ Mrs. Morgan
This week we will continue our STAAR Bootcamp. On Friday, students will have an individualized spreadsheet based off of their performance during Bootcamp. This allows each student to see their strengths when it comes to the STAAR standards, as well as the areas in which they will need to focus on before the test. Students also have resources for each standard that they can use at home or during academic lab to prepare for the test.
Humanities ~ Mrs. Moore, Ms. Lindamood, Mrs. Strother and Ms. Peden
Students in ELA are reading the from the novels Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events and exploring character analysis. They are also pairing poetry with expository texts in preparation for STAAR. World Cultures has started the study of Asia with a study of India and China.
Global Business and Professional Communication ~ Ms. Tedford and Ms. Owen
This week we are learning about credit history and how it influences our credit scores. Students will add questions about everything we have learned so far to the game show they are creating “Are You Smarter than a 6th Grader?”
Michelle Owen
Email: michelle.owen@bisdmail.net
Twitter: @_MichelleOwen_
Art ~ Mrs. Beam
We will be working on our Clay Unit this week! Students will be creating zentangle inspired relief sculptures.
Thank you to everyone who came out to the art show on Friday!
Beginning Band ~ Mr. Sypert
This week we are preparing for our end of year auditions for next year's bands. We are also working towards out Spring Concert (May 8th 6:30pm at CHS) and our District Solo Contest (May 12th at Kerr MS.)
Please continue encouraging your student to practice everyday! Thank you
P.E. ~ Coach Dunson
Due to bad weather earlier this semester we will repeat our lacrosse unit. We will brush up on some skills before starting our games. Keep up the good work and let’s finish strong!
STEAM Middle School
Email: peggy.barnes@bisdmail.net
Website: http://steam.burlesonisd.net/
Location: 900 SW Hillside Drive, Burleson, TX, United States
Phone: 817-245-1500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steamsoc
Twitter: @steam_ms