I hope Friday the 13th was a good day for all of you. It was another busy week in sixth grade. In math, we worked with estimation strategies to use to estimate sums and differences and got our toes wet today with two new strategies to be used when finding estimated products and differences. We will continue to work on these strategies into the coming week. A game of Jeopardy on Tuesday will help prepare us for a quiz on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will do a Diagnostic Checkpoint to check for understanding on the concepts we've been working on since school started. We're aiming for a score of 80% or better which indicates mastery of the skills; students who do not reach that level will receive extra instruction to help bring them up to mastery. By the end of the week, we should be ready to meet Aunt Sally and a tackle a series of lessons on order of operations.
Today, I introduced the Create a State project which will be the culminating activity in our maps skills unit. The sixth graders will have time to work on the project in class on Monday, and the map is due on Tuesday. Just a reminder to the 6-1 students that their Shieldlandia project is due on Monday! Since DGP (Daily Geography Practice) is now due on Thursday instead of Friday, several students asked that they get their DGP on Friday so they could have it over the weekend. Your sixth grader was assigned their DGP today, and it is due on Thursday, September 19th.
Since we are wrapping up our first Social Studies unit on Monday, we will begin a Science unit on Tuesday. The focus of thefirst chapter in Science is cells which are the building blocks of a living things and will move into genetics later on. Cell Theory will be introduced Tuesday, and the rest of the week we will be focusing on learning about the parts (organelles) of plant and animals cells. On Thursday, I will go over the Edible Cell Project which will be due Wednesday, September 25th. Look for directions for the project on Thursday evening. This is a project that takes a bit of support from you parents. Thank you in advance for your help with this project.
Tenative Assignments for the Coming Week
Monday
Math--Estimation strategies for multiplication and division Assignment: P1-6
Social Studies--Shieldlandia Project due for 6-1
Finish Create a State Project (due Tuesday)
Tuesday
Math --Review estimation strategies No assignment
Science--Introduction to cell theory No assignment
Wednesday
Math--Quiz over estimation strategies
Science--Parts of a cell Assignment: Finish packet page 1
Thursday
Math--Diagnostic Checkpoint
Science--Edible Cell Project to be assigned (due the following Wednesday)
Assignment: Packet page 2
Social Studies--DGP due
Friday
Math--Order of Operations No assignment
Science--Parts of a cell Assignment: Packet page 3
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