6th Grade Newsletter
December 2018
What We Are Up To:
Reading: Tapping the Power of Nonfiction from Schoolwide
Writing: Research-Bases Information Writing
Science: The Scientific Method & Plate Motion
Math: Unit 3 Rational Numbers
Social Studies: Did the Chinese and Romans Know Each Other?
Information Writing
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Science
What is Survivor Science? Find out here.
Math Support for Rational Numbers
You can find many supportive lessons and video through Khan Academy
Additional Resources: IXL (Letters M,P, H, & X)
Social Studies
Learn more about our current unit of study with the link below:
Second Step
Chorus Concert!
A good time was had by all when students performed both at school and for their afternoon concert at JJH. So many talent singers! A special shout out to Logan and Sofia for doing a wonderful job on their solo performances.
Plate Motion
Students have been learning more about Plate Motion. They have been demonstrating both convergent and divergent boundaries. In this lab they discovered that convergent boundaries collide into one another whereas divergent divide.
Informational Writing Gallery Walk
Our 6th graders have been working hard researching different topics such as Animal Abandonment, Bullying, Child Labor, Environment, and Girls Education. In this picture students are doing a gallery walk and with different colored pencils they evaluated other students with the informational checklist. Students reviewed peers that had the same topic, which was indicated with the same construction paper.
Important Dates to Know
- Dec. 20th-21st: Locker clean out (the lockers in the school are being replaced)
- Dec. 20th: STP meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the LRC
- Dec. 21st: Last day of school before Winter Break
- Dec. 22nd-January 6th: Winter Break
- January 7th: School resumes
This Month's Birthdays!
Wolfie
Tayler
Jack
Mrs. Zei
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Email: zeij@woodridge68.org
Website: http://www.woodridge68.org
Phone: (630)985-7150
Twitter: @Zei_Sipley