I have just finished reading all the dialogues your sixth graders wrote about life at Border Cave. I didn't realize there were so many talented, creative writers in this class! They were a pleasure to read and showed that the students have a good understanding of what life was like 70,000 years ago at Border Cave. One set of dialogues was compiled into a book for all to enjoy in the classroom, and the other set was copied so that each sixth grader and their family can have a set of the dialogues to enjoy at home.
I have asked the sixth graders to put their writing talents to use again. This time they are writing an essay about how technology has changed from the Old Stone Age to 2013. Your child should be asking you to help in the edit and revising process tomorrow (Monday). Final copies are to be typed or written in cursive using blue or black ink. Due dates are Tuesday for 6-2 and Wednesday for 6-1 (I hope I didn't switch those dates around!!)
Our math work this week will continue to focus on adding, subtracting and multiplying with decimals. A problem solving assignment will be given on Monday which is due on Thursday. Tuesday we will be focusing on making corrections to a multiplication assignment. Wednesday's assignment requires the students to apply the skills they've learned about multiplying with decimals to story problems. Thursday and Friday we will focus on assignments where all three operations will appear on the same assignment. This gets a bit dicey since there are different rules for setting up addition and subtraction problems than multiplication problems and then you have to think about which rule should be used for placing the decimal point in the answer. I am confident the sixth graders can handle the challenge!
Just a reminder that there will be no classes next Monday due to teacher inservice!
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