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Greetings from Grade
Six 3/10/08
What a week it has been! I
want to thank all the sixth graders for being so patient and flexible during
our classroom down pour! Everyone
was so helpful and responsible while we temporarily moved the classroom.
They definitely showed great leadership!
Because of the snow day, we are one day behind schedule.
In math we will work on writing fractions and ratios as decimal
numbers tomorrow and then next week we will focus on writing fractions and
decimals as percents, comparing fractions by converting to decimal form,
finding unstated information in fraction problems, capacity, and area of a
triangle.
We will have a spelling test tomorrow on our Dr. Seuss spelling
words. Next week our spelling
list will include some new words along with some review words.
I continue to hold sixth graders accountable for any spelling words
we have had since the beginning of the year.
These words should be spelled correctly in our everyday writing.
As a whole, our spelling has definitely improved and we will continue
to strive to create even better spellers.
On Monday we focused on stories by Dr. Seuss in honor of his
birthday. We discussed how his
stories, even though they are silly, have very important messages.
We used Guided Reading time that day to read a Dr. Seuss book and
find poetry and grammar elements as well as find the message he was trying
to give. What a fun way to learn
a little more about an author!
We continue to read Bridge to Terabithia, we are almost finished.
We have two chapters left to read!
We will finish reading the book next week, answer some chapter
questions, talk about the five story elements in this novel, and take an end
of book test. Junior Great Books
will begin again after that is completed.
In grammar we are using the comma rules we worked on last week to
combine sentences. Everyone
seems to be doing quite well. I
am even seeing what we learn in grammar carry over into our everyday
writing!! Bravo!!
We continue to plug along at Science Fair.
Our rough drafts are coming along nicely.
By the end of next week, we need to start preparing signs, titles and
labels for our display boards. We
will also start to design graphs, charts or other pictures to place on the
boards. Please feel free to take
pictures of experiments to place on the boards as well.
Experiments should be done in the next couple of weeks.
Science Fair will be here before you know it!
Here are some important dates to remember:
March 9 is daylight savings, remember to spring your clocks ahead.
The
That’s all for now, if you have any questions or concerns please
let me know. Thank you! Mrs.
Goulet
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