Letort's Sixth Grade Blog

Reading

Theme 1 has come to an end.  Theme 2 will begin Monday.  In this theme, students will read about people who use problem solving skills to face different challenges.  The comprehension skills will involve plot and characters, rereading to monitor comprehension, main idea and details, and summarizing texts.  Book Clubs will also begin on Monday.

Math

In both math classes, we are starting Chapter 3 which will focus on division.  Our first lessons teach the students about division expressions, division equations, and order of operations.  Please continue to look over your child’s homework each night to see if it is complete.

Science

In our meteorology unit, students learned about air pressure and how high and low pressure systems impact the weather.  Students also learned how to read a barometer and thermometer.  Next week, students will be collecting and recording air pressure and air temperature data.

Social Studies

We are nearing the end of our Reconstruction unit.  Students will be taking the test on this unit Monday, November 2.  An outline of the information that students will be responsible for has been handed out.  Students should begin studying this information each night for about 15 minutes.  Creating good study habits now will benefit your child’s education in the future.

Writing/English

In Mrs. Mitchell’s class, we are revising our rough drafts for our personal narrative and will be publishing them within the next two weeks.  In English, we are working on the last few lessons in our first unit.  The last few lessons involve conjunctions, compound sentences, and correcting fragments and run-ons.

In Mrs. Johnson’s class, students wrote a rough draft of their personal narrative, including a catchy introduction.  Then students worked on revising this first draft.  Next week we will write the second draft.  In English, we talked about simple subjects and simple predicates.  We also continue to work on Daily Language Review to practice grammar skills.

Reading

We are working on Lesson 4.  Lesson 4 focuses on text structure by recognizing characteristics of texts using chronological order.   The comprehension strategy involves using graphic organizers to help students understand and remember what they have read.  Our whole group reading selection is a biography about Wilma Rudolph.

Math

In Mrs. Mitchell’s class, we are half way through Chapter 2.  On Thursday, students completed their midchapter quiz.  This week, we will be estimating decimal products, as well as multiplying with decimals.  Our Chapter 2 test is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21.

In Mrs. Johnson’s class, students learned to estimate products.  We also did problem solving where students had to decide whether or not an answer was reasonable based on the information presented in the problem.  One of our enrichment activities this week required students to use algebraic reasoning skills to determine the value of a variable; the game students played is on the website MathPlayground.  The Chapter 2 test is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21.

Science

We started the meteorology unit.  Students have been learning about weather forecasts and their benefits.  Students also learned about the numerous instruments meteorologists use to gather weather data.

Social Studies

Students have completed their Freedmen’s Bureau pamphlet.  They look fabulous.  The students spent a lot of time working hard to produce an attractive and informative pamphlet.  We are now discussing Special Field Order 15.  There are only five lessons left in this unit.  In the coming weeks, students will be given a study guide to help prepare them for their first test in social studies.

Writing/English

In Mrs. Mitchell’s class, we have started writing our rough draft for our personal narratives.  We will continue working on the rough drafts by adding a strong lead to their piece.  In English, we will be learning about compound subjects and predicates.

In Mrs. Johnson’s class, students brainstormed a list of possible events they could write about for their personal narrative.  We also started filling in the prewriting four square.  In English, we learned about the four different types of sentences (declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory) and how to find the subject and predicate of a sentence.  We continue to work on Daily Language Review to practice grammar skills.