Tuesday 1/5/16
Special: PE
ELA: 30 + minutes of reading at home
Vocab. review new words
Character Analysis - Other's Opinions
Math: Percentages, no homework
Science: Earthquakes, google doc
Social Studies: Review 5 themes of geography
Mrs. Peterman 6th Grade ELA
Course Description
Mrs. Peterman teaches all the reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar for both sections of 6th grade. This is where students & parents can see daily assignments, links to content and any other general information about 6th grade ELA.
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Monday 1/4/16
Happy New Year! Welcome Back!
Special: Art
ELA:
Reading: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Vocab./Writing: Define all 10 new vocab words and write a short story with a clear beginning, middle and end using all 10 new words. Underline the vocab words in your story.
This weeks vocab. words: absurd, anxious, combine, hearty, identical, myth, purchase, solo, thrifty, vivid
Math: minute to win-it, no homework
Social Studies: Year in Rap 2015 - current events review
12/17 Thursday
Specials: PE & Science Lab
ELA:
HW: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Writing: 3 paragraph Holiday Essay due tomorrow
Reading: shared Holiday Vocab. Raps, they were due today
Math: Played 24, watched the original Grinch cartoon
Roller Skating Party tonight at Tarry Hall 6:30 - 8:30
Cookies and Photos with Santa at East 6:30 - 8:30
Christmas Party donations need to come in for tomorrow! Our food part of the party will be at 11:00.
12/16 Wednesday
Special: All School Sing-A-Long
ELA:
Read for 30 + minutes
Holiday Vocabulary Rap - due tomorrow
Holiday Family Tradition Essay - due Friday
Math - Tournament complete! Winner Maddi Sarber!!!!!! WAHOO!!!!!!
Cookies & Photos with Santa tomorrow night 6:30 - 8:30 at EAST
6th Grade Roller Skating Party tomorrow night at Tarry Hall 6:30 - 8:30 - wear a Santa Hat.
6th Grade Christmas Party Friday morning with a movie in the afternoon.
12/15 Tuesday
Special: PE
ELA:
HW: Read for 30 + minutes at home -you should have one book done by now for the 2nd trimester.
Vocabulary - created Holiday Rap using a minimum of 5 vocabulary words
Writing - Began drafting a Holiday Family Tradition Essay
Math - Tournament for multiplication - dice game
We finished our classroom Spelling Bee! Congratulation to our
Top 5 Spellers ---
Alyssa, Josh, Angelica, Manuelito, & Maddi
They are encouraged to participate in our School Spelling Bee January 15th at 1:30!
12/14 Monday
Special: Art
ELA:
HW: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Writing: Family Holiday Tradition Essay - brainstorm a list of family traditions & pick one tradition that you can write a 3 paragraph essay on. Due Friday
Vocabulary: with a partner create a Holiday rap using 5 of the 90 vocabulary words we have had this year. Due Thursday
Math: TenMarks - due tomorrow - long division
Spelling Bee: We have narrowed our class bee down to 12 students, we will identify the top five by Wednesday this week.
Christmas class party on Friday - please bring in party donations anytime this week.
6th Grade Roller Skating Party Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 (wear a Santa hat)
12/14 Monday
Special: Art
ELA:
HW: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Writing: Family Holiday Tradition Essay - brainstorm a list of family traditions & pick one tradition that you can write a 3 paragraph essay on. Due Friday
Vocabulary: with a partner create a Holiday rap using 5 of the 90 vocabulary words we have had this year. Due Thursday
Math: TenMarks - due tomorrow - long division
Spelling Bee: We have narrowed our class bee down to 12 students, we will identify the top five by Wednesday this week.
Christmas class party on Friday - please bring in party donations anytime this week.
6th Grade Roller Skating Party Thursday 6:30 - 8:30 (wear a Santa hat)
12/9 Wednesday
Special: Be Fit Wednesday
ELA: Read for 30+ minutes at home and write a 3 sentence summary on your sticky note.
Flocabulary: Complete section G & H for tomorrow
Math: Study for the test that is tomorrow - see Mrs. Carlson's website for video
Science: watched a video about plate tectonics
Social Studies: JA reflection - make sure you have 5 sentences per paragraph.
Talking / off task tally sticky note signed and brought back tomorrow - Peterman's class only
Mrs. Carlson's Website
12/7 Monday
Special: Art
ELA: Read for 30 + minutes at home and write a 3 sentence summary of what you read on your sticky note - due tomorrow
Flocabulary - Sections D, E & F are due on Wednesday
Math - Practice A, Using Tables to Explore Ratios & Rates due Wednesday - Test on Thursday.
Junior Achievement Blitz Day tomorrow all day! Volunteers from Independent Bank will be coming to teach economics to our 6th graders.
12/4 Friday
Flocabulary Quiz
Field Trip in the morning to DeVos Performance Hall to tour back stage.
PBIS celebration for October and November - bounce house and a cookie
PBIS / be nice assembly to review what we learned on our be nice day
Fun Friday for those who earned it
Report cards coming home tonight! Please sign the cover sheet and return on Monday. Have a great weekend!
12/3 Thursday
Specials: PE and Science Lab
ELA: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Flocabulary: packet due tomorrow & quiz tomorrow
Math: Word Problems with ratios and proportions worksheet - due tomorrow
Science: Plate Tectonics document - summary and questions due on Monday
Social Studies: In class quiz over our video yesterday
Classroom Spelling Bee
Field trip tomorrow - permission slips should be in
12/2 Wednesday
Intervention groups
ELA: Read for 30 + minutes at home
Flocabulary packet due Friday
Practice class spelling bee
Math: Story problems with proportions
Science: video about plate tectonics
Social Studies: Location video & note taking - answer the question on google classroom by tomorrow.
Permission slips due tomorrow!
Toys for Tots Collection
This year we are collecting Toys for Tots through the GHS Senior Executive Board.
Please note that they are offering a visit & surprise delivery from Santa to the classroom that donates the most toys per building.