All classes worked on Chapter 1, Section 2.
In Social Studies A and B we had a class discussion reviewing the partner work the students completed yesterday. We discussed the section review questions 1-5.
Social Studies C worked with a partner today to answer questions 1-5.
HOMEWORK: Students worked individually on #6 in class. Anyone that didn't complete #6 has it for homework to complete (page 20). Students will have a quiz on Monday, October 5 on Sections 1 and 2.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
MATH
Today is Tuesday, 9/29
MATH A created number lines to use while we work on ordering decimals.
MATH B continued their work on ordering and comparing decimals.
MATH C finished working on 1-3 and started rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.
HOMEWORK-a practice sheet numbered 1-3 was handed out. The completed sheet is due on Friday. Students will have a quiz on Friday to assess their knowledge of Chapter 1-1 and 1-2.
MATH A created number lines to use while we work on ordering decimals.
MATH B continued their work on ordering and comparing decimals.
MATH C finished working on 1-3 and started rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.
HOMEWORK-a practice sheet numbered 1-3 was handed out. The completed sheet is due on Friday. Students will have a quiz on Friday to assess their knowledge of Chapter 1-1 and 1-2.
Monday, September 28, 2009
SOCIAL STUDIES
Two of the three social studies groups met today due to an assembly and the gathering at the end of the day.
The two groups that had class worked on the Chapter 1, Section 2 review questions while working with a partner. Tomorrow we will review together as a class.
No homework tonight.
The two groups that had class worked on the Chapter 1, Section 2 review questions while working with a partner. Tomorrow we will review together as a class.
No homework tonight.
MATH
Students worked on updating their check register with the points earned from 9/21-9/24. PCA Bucks and Gathering admission tickets were handed out for the Gathering at the end of the day.
Tuesday, 9/29: Homework (Practice Sheet 1-3) will be handed out and due back on Friday.
Tuesday, 9/29: Homework (Practice Sheet 1-3) will be handed out and due back on Friday.
Friday, September 25, 2009
SOCIAL STUDIES
Friday, September 25: all social studies classes began Chapter 1, Section 2 Climate and Vegetation today. We read the section (pages 15-20) and then we had a class discussion about the reading.
Reminder-please bring your signed point card back on Monday!
Reminder-please bring your signed point card back on Monday!
MATH
HOMEWORK-Please return you signed point card on Monday in Math class.
Students were given their point cards today for Mon., 9/21 through Thurs., 9/24. The cards must be signed and returned on Monday for eligible students to be permitted to attend the gathering on Monday afternoon.
Students were given their point cards today for Mon., 9/21 through Thurs., 9/24. The cards must be signed and returned on Monday for eligible students to be permitted to attend the gathering on Monday afternoon.
HOMEROOM STUDENTS
- Monday there is an assembly to explain the fundraising kit that came home yesterday.
- Monday afternoon the first gathering of the year will be held from 2:30-3:20pm.
- Scholastic Book orders are due back October 2. If you would like to place an online order Mrs. Bloemker is waiting for an e-mail from Scholastic with the log in information. The info will be passed along to parents as soon as it is received.
- LEAP forms are due back by October 5 with the appropriate money for the course selected.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Thursday, 9/24-We had a class review of Chapter 1, Section 1 Physical Geography. We also discussed key concepts of the chapter that students need to know for the final Chapter 1 test.
Mrs. Bloemker collected any current event articles student found in the newspaper, magazine or through the internet. All classes will be doing an activity with the articles next week.
Mrs. Bloemker collected any current event articles student found in the newspaper, magazine or through the internet. All classes will be doing an activity with the articles next week.
MATH
MATH A and B-Thursday, 9/24 the students continued working with manipulatives to find different decimal combinations and then write the expressions in expanded form.
MATH C-the students moved ahead into the next chapter to begin comparing decimals and placing on a number line.
MATH C-the students moved ahead into the next chapter to begin comparing decimals and placing on a number line.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
MATH
The first week of school the students 'played' math games with foam dice working on their multiplication math facts. We spent a lot of time working on multiplication fluency with single and double digit multiplication. I wanted to get the students thinking about math again after the long summer break.
Last week we began exploring decimals. Students worked in groups with math manipulatives and grid paper to investigate decimals.
This week the students worked on reading and writing decimals, place values and expanding decimals. The students began writing decimals in written form, standard form and expanded form and we compared the three expressions.
Tuesday, 9/22: the lesson began with a life skill-using a check register. All sixth grade students will be filling out a check register to record their PCA bucks earned through their weekly citizenship grade. Homework-Math A and B were asked to complete exercise A, problems 1-8 on Page 10 and Math C was assigned Exercise A, Page 10 problems 9-16.
Wednesday, 9/23: students worked in groups to create their own decimal problems by using dice and dominios. Students were then asked to write those problems in expanded form.
HOMEWORK: On Monday Practice Sheet 1-2 was handed out and given to students to practice the skills we have been working on in class. The Practice Sheet is due Friday, Sept. 25.
Last week we began exploring decimals. Students worked in groups with math manipulatives and grid paper to investigate decimals.
This week the students worked on reading and writing decimals, place values and expanding decimals. The students began writing decimals in written form, standard form and expanded form and we compared the three expressions.
Tuesday, 9/22: the lesson began with a life skill-using a check register. All sixth grade students will be filling out a check register to record their PCA bucks earned through their weekly citizenship grade. Homework-Math A and B were asked to complete exercise A, problems 1-8 on Page 10 and Math C was assigned Exercise A, Page 10 problems 9-16.
Wednesday, 9/23: students worked in groups to create their own decimal problems by using dice and dominios. Students were then asked to write those problems in expanded form.
HOMEWORK: On Monday Practice Sheet 1-2 was handed out and given to students to practice the skills we have been working on in class. The Practice Sheet is due Friday, Sept. 25.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We have been working on the United States and Canada in Chapter 1, the activity atlas. We spent the last two weeks working on learning the 50 states in the US. We studied maps and discussed latitude and longitude. Students worked on activities to assist them with learning what physical geography is and what it tells us about the US and Canada.
This week the students began reading Chapter 1, Section 1 Physical Geography. The students created vocabulary study guides to help them learn the key terms in this section of chapter 1.
Glacier-a huge, slow moving sheet of ice
Tundra-A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year in the Artic
Permafrost-permenantly frozen subsoil, thaws only during the Artic summer
Prairie-a region of flat or rolling land covered with grass
Alluvial-the silt that is left by rivers after a flood
Tributary-stream that flows into a larger river
Continental Divide-Rocky Mountains that separate rivers flowing toward opposite sides of the continent.
Irrigation-watering farmland by artificial methods
The students have read chapter 1, section 1 two times. Once silently and once as a read a loud in the class. We discussed the key terms as we read them in the chapter and how they relate to the physical geography of the US and Canada.
HOMEWORK-students are asked to find a current event that discusses the US or Canada. They may look in the newspaper, internet or a magazine to locate an article.
Suggested news sites were:
CNN, Delaware Online (News Journal), New York Post or Washington Post.
This week the students began reading Chapter 1, Section 1 Physical Geography. The students created vocabulary study guides to help them learn the key terms in this section of chapter 1.
Glacier-a huge, slow moving sheet of ice
Tundra-A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year in the Artic
Permafrost-permenantly frozen subsoil, thaws only during the Artic summer
Prairie-a region of flat or rolling land covered with grass
Alluvial-the silt that is left by rivers after a flood
Tributary-stream that flows into a larger river
Continental Divide-Rocky Mountains that separate rivers flowing toward opposite sides of the continent.
Irrigation-watering farmland by artificial methods
The students have read chapter 1, section 1 two times. Once silently and once as a read a loud in the class. We discussed the key terms as we read them in the chapter and how they relate to the physical geography of the US and Canada.
HOMEWORK-students are asked to find a current event that discusses the US or Canada. They may look in the newspaper, internet or a magazine to locate an article.
Suggested news sites were:
CNN, Delaware Online (News Journal), New York Post or Washington Post.
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