Tuesday, December 10, 2013

How Much Carbon Dioxide Do Plants Give Off?

Let us read to find out!  While you are reading list key points to share with a partner.

http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=826

Carbon Dioxide Oxygen Cycle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFE9o-c_pKg

Video - Let us watch and listen to find out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgZG9T0y34

Monday, December 9, 2013

December 9 - Homework

Language Arts: Read chapters 7 & 8 Elephant Run
Quiz on Wednesday

Social Studies: Study for quiz tomorrow - Do challenge to help with the studying


Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Geography Bee

Congratulations to our sixth graders who worked so hard during the Geography Bee! The two sixth graders who are moving on to the School Geography Bee are Cassie and Jadon and our alternate is Tyler Corro.  We are proud of you ALL!

Homework Grade 6 - December 4

Language Arts:  Read chapter 3 & 4 Elephant Run
Alpha Boxes - 10 important words from the story

Social Studies:  Finish Section 5 & 6  and packet that goes along with it

Owl Pellets

Let's do a virtual dissection before!
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Food Webs, Food Chains & Energy Pyramids


Try different ecosystems to see how food webs, food chains and energy pyramids show energy flow!

http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

Homework - December 3 - Grade 6

Language Arts: In the Springboard book on page 76 do questions 6 a - e and question 7

For questions 7 it should be 2 paragraphs
Given an example of what your life is like before...... (Remember to show and not tell. Think of the toy story video clip)
An example of a topic sentence could be: Before I was given to Suzie my life was........




  Second paragraph topic sentence:         After Suzie has been in my life things have been more than I could have ever hoped for.



Reading: Read for 1/2 hour - Alpha Boxes over Elephant Run - Find important words from chapter 1 & 2 to put in the boxes. These words could be about the setting, characters, or events.   They could also be words you want to know more about.




Monday, December 2, 2013

Homework - December 2 - Grade 6

We have started a new book in Language Arts.  It is an historical fiction novel called  Elephant Run and written by Roland Smith.   Students have been learning about WWII and I have put some videos on the blog if they want to learn more or watch a video we have seen in class.

Students need to read chapters 1 & 2.  Students need a 1 spiral notebook to use for reading if they don't have one. 

Triple Entry journal for six words.  Students worked on this in class and many have finished.  I would like students to start putting new vocabulary words in their notebooks, but set the pages up like a triple entry journal.