WEEK OF 4/3/17- 4/7/17

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS:

·      The month of April and May is really full with extra school activities. Please be sure to review the school calendar on the Marlatt website and the 6^th grade newsletter to stay up-to-date on events. For a link to a digital copy of the newsletter click here. 

·      Also please be aware that students with an F in any class will be required to work on missing work or corrections during upcoming fun activities that are not a part of a class assignment (ie. FIT 6, 6^th grade picnic, etc.). This is consistent with both AMS and EMS policies.

·      This week students will bring home information about the Marlatt Color Trot Fundraiser. Please help support our school by helping your child raise funds for that event. The Color Trot is scheduled for May 12th.

·      We are beginning to collect pictures for the 6^th grade end of the year slide show. Please send those pictures via email or flash drive to Mrs. Sibbitt. We are specifically looking for 4-6 school age photos of your child alone or with a group at a school event. These will be put into a slide show that will be played at the 6^th grade transition ceremony.

·      Next week students will begin State Assessment Testing in reading. They will test on Wednesday 4/12 and Thursday 4/13 during their language arts rotation time.

HOMEWORK

Math:

This week we are continuing our Geometry Unit.  Students will take an extra day on Monday to do some extra practice on finding the area of polygons.  On Tuesday we will begin working on graphing polygons on the coordinate plane.  This will continue on Wednesday as we graph irregular shapes on the coordinate plane.  On Thursday we will begin discussing volume with fractional edge lengths.  This conversation will carry over to Friday as we discuss different formulas for volume.  Homework is as follows:

Monday:  Extra Area of Polygons Practice (if not finished in class) - Due Tuesday

Tuesday:  Graphing Polygons on the Coordinate Plane worksheet - Due Wednesday

Wednesday:  Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes worksheet - Due Thursday

Thursday:  Quiz 5.2 (Graphing Polygons); Volume worksheet - Due Friday

Friday:  Packing a Truck Performance Assessment (Try not to help your student with this!  I would like it to be all the student's work!) - Due Monday

Language Arts:

5-A-Day Language Review – 5 questions per day, due Friday

Vocabulary – Lesson 26 “bio” meaning “life”, definitions due Tuesday, flashcards due Wednesday, Quiz on Friday

Reading – begin Ancient Civilizations Unit with early civilizations and Ancient Egypt

Social Studies:

Monday- Wednesday: Studying Rome and the Romans

Science:

Thursday and Friday: Land Forms Lab

6S:

Lesson #26 Spelling Contract due Thursday and test Thursday

Problem of the Week: Irregular Measurement and Tile Drawing due Friday

6G:

Lesson #26 Spelling Contract due Thursday and test Thursday

6H:

Spelling List #26 Practice Sheets. Test on Thursday.

Daily Math Week #27