Week of 11/7- 11/11

Announcements and Reminders:

• Students will participate in Hoop, Holler, and Shoot on Wednesday morning.
• All 6th grade students are expected to enter the science fair. All projects are due on the 16th.

Homework:

Math

This week students will finish up there work with percents. The Rate and Percent Test will be on Friday with a test review on Thursday.

M: Finish % Practice or % Change Practice
T: Sales Tax Practice
W: None
Th: Test Review needs to be checked on the blog
F: Test; No homework 

Language Arts

Monday: introduce Lesson 11 root “mater”=mother; work on Prepositional Phrases; Finish “Wilma Unlimited” sequence chart and summary of her time at the Olympics-due by end of class today; Read “World’s Fastest” p. 126-129 Storytown and complete Venn Diagram on two animals-due Tuesday

Tuesday: complete and check “mater” definitions – due Wednesday; Read “The Great Serum Race,” Storytown p. 210-223 together in class and complete plot map together

Wednesday: human web activity with “mater” words and definitions; use graphic organizer, writing frame, and plot map to write an argumentative essay about “The Great Serum Race” – due Friday, turn in earlier if you finish earlier

Thursday: study for Lesson 11 vocabulary quiz “mater”; work on Prepositional Phrases; read “The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start” p. 84-103 in Storytown and complete sequence chart, write summary-due Friday

Friday: Lesson 11 vocabulary quiz “mater”; prepositions; complete Unit 4 study guide for open book test on Monday. Study over the weekend.

Spelling 6S and 6G

 Lesson #11 Test on Thursday 

6H

Daily math:  Week 11 Daily Math problems.  Remember to have someone at home look over your work.

Spelling: Week #11 practice pages 44, 45, 46.  Test List #11 on Thursday.

Social Studies:   

Lessons on Egypt with Mr. Davis.

Science:    

Science Fair Projects are due on the 16th.  Science Fair boards will be handed out this week.  The experiment should be completed by Monday the 14th.