Homework - May 28

ELA: Read up through chapters 37 - using two coding symbols for each chapter -

Finish your compare/contrast essay over the characters - make sure you have an introductory paragraph where you Include the name of the genres, (Holes & poem) restate the question, provide background or gist, include evidence from the genres, (The author states, An example, In the poem.....)  You need to have paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.

Keep reading to meet your independent reading goal.

Social Studies: If you are going to be out Thursday and Friday you need to use stickies to write down 3 to 5 important details about each region in China.

How Does Electricity Move?

Why does your hair stand up on end?

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/static.html

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static_electricity.html

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_charge.html

Articles about Static Electricity
http://amasci.com/static/electrostatic3.html

Bringing down the Bolt
http://mpbn.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sf10.sci.psci.elecmag.downbolt/bringing-down-the-bolt/

Lesson from MPBN
http://mpbn.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sf10.sci.ps.psci.elecmag.lpdownbolt/lets-make-some-static/

When Lightening Stikes
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-interactive.html

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

Let's read the Poem, Annabel Lee, and compare it to the characters, Kate Barlow and Sam in Holes.  How do the circumstances of the events affect all the characters? How are the characters alike?

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174151

Wednesday May 21 Homework

ELA: Continue to work on reading goal
Read up through chapter 32 in Holes

Social Studies: Finish second page of packet including detail about each region in China.  You need to include 3 to 4 important details about each region.

Tuesday May 20

ELA: Finish reading up through chapter 28 - Fill in graphic organizer on page 244 over chapters 24 - 28

Social Studies: Fill in graphic organizer over sections 19.6

May 19

ELA: Finish inference wheel over Zero - (Characterization - What a character says, does or what other characters say about that character or how other characters treat that character)

Read for 1/2 hour

Social Studies: Finish map over China and answer questions that go along with the map
Front page of packet

Example Monologue

Can you guess who is speaking?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHMSU7xR8BU

You will be writing a monologue from either Mr. Sir or Mr. Pendanski and you will be describing Stanley to the Warden, who has not yet met him.  You need to do it in the voice of the character that you choose.  Make yourself sound as much like him as possible.  Imitate the way he talks and have him talk about Stanley in a way that reflects the way the adult is presented in the book.

You could begin with this starter: Warden, have you seen Stanley Yelnats?

NWEA's for 5th & 6th Graders will be Tuesday, May 13

Please get a good nights rest for the NWEA's tomorrow!

May 12 Grade 6 Homework

Social Studies: Study for a quiz - Chapter 13 India
Finish challenge if you didn't finish or get to do in class

ELA: Finish Parts of Speech worksheet

Read for 1/2 hour to work on independent reading goal

Holes- Make sure you are up through chapter 10 (Double Entry Journal - 1 quote for chapter 8 and explain why you choose it.  2 quotes for chapter 9 & 10 and explain why you choose it)

What Form of Energy Do You Use?

Bill Nye The Science Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btLU2lb3-xs

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/46550

Sound Energy
http://science.howstuffworks.com/27960-assignment-discovery-science-of-sound-video.htm


Table to Explain Forms of Energy

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=about_forms_of_energy-basics

http://www.energyeducation.tx.gov/energy/section_1/unit_quiz.html


Radiant Energy
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/what-is-radiant-energy-definition-examples.html#lesson

Experiment
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/students/prisms.html

Mechanical Energy
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/energy/Lesson-1/Mechanical-Energy

Types of Chemical Energy
http://www.softschools.com/facts/energy/chemical_energy_facts/391/

Nuclear Energy
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Community/WhatIsNuclearEnergy.shtm

Where in India Should we Settle?

http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/IndiaUnit/PredictingAreasofSettlementinIndiaActivity.html

Homework May 8

ELA: Read for 1/2 hour; Make sure you are up through chapter 7 in Holes and have written down the major events in the subplot! Also work on your reflective essays if you are not done.

Social Studies: Friday is the last day to work on the posters!!!

Poetry Day

Students had a great time listening to poetry and learning about how to write poetry with Robert Pottle.  Wow! What a great day!

Robert Pottle Poetry

Presentations by the After School Poet Society       

"Gotta Go" by Shannon and Destiny

"Peepers Song" 

"I'm a Little Lobster" by Mykaylah and Emily

"The Bus" by Emily and Shannon

   

May 5 - Grade 6 Homework

Reading: Reading Goals need to be met by May 7
Bring books to conference

Finish reading up through Chapter 4 in Holes and you need to complete double entry journal
Passage from text & Personal Response (refer to page 221 in Springboard book)

Social Studies:  Finish details and pictures for each geographical feature for Ancient Inda ( 5 to 6 key facts for each one)

Roller Coaster Video

Let's Explain
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdpd12.pd.sci.mgenergy/energy-assessment-and-roller-coasters/

Centripetal Force
http://mpbn.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.roller/centripetal-force-roller-coaster-loops/

Centripetal Acceleration
http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/roller-coaster-physics.html

How Roller Coasters Work
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/4633-how-roller-coasters-work

Homework May 1

ELA: Read for 1/2 hour; 1/2 way goal due next Friday, May 9th.

Finish descriptive paragraph about favorite place [remember sensory imagery what you see, what you hear, feel, smell, and/or taste] (include at leas 5 adjectives, an example of parallel structure, and a simile or metaphor.

Social Studies: Study for map quiz; 5 -6 details about Brahmaputra River, Deccan Plateau put on rough draft paper

Scientific Method for Evaluating Roller Coasters

http://www.sciencebob.com/sciencefair/scientificmethod.php

http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/duk_/activities/duk_rollercoaster_music_act/duk_rollercoaster_music_act.xml#vocab