Sixth Grade Weekly News
January 29, 2016
A Week in Review
Reading - We are still studying nonfiction text and working with text structures and features to help with our comprehension
Social Studies - We continue to do research on the geography of our Ancient Civilizations to get ready for our presentations.
Science - We finished up our extreme weather presentations!
Writing - We have finished our first round of research on "Teen Activism" this past week and wrote a Flash Draft about what teen activists have in common.
Kindergarten Buddies - We made symmetrical snowflakes with our kindergarten buddies this week. Check out a few in the pictures below.
Genius Hour - We have been working all week to blog about our first round of Genius Hour. Check out our blogs at: trabilsyd.weebly.com
A Peek into Next Week
Social Studies - We will begin our slide presentation on the geography of different civilizations.
Science - We will be making weather reports with our extreme weather.
DARE - We will start our first two lessons of nine next week on Monday and Tuesday morning with Officer Hogan.
Student-Led Conferences - We will continue to prepare for our 2nd round of Student-Led Conferences.
Housekeeping
DARE - Monday and Tuesday morning
Tuesday is Groundhog Day. :)