6th Grade Newsletter (October 2018)
Dear 6th Grade Families, Below you will get information about what your scholars are doing in each class and what events the whole grade can look forward to. Please enjoy! | |||||
Class to Class - What’s Being Learned in the 6th Grade Hallway | |||||
ELA - Ms. Yang - kyang@motthall2.org 6R/6B - Ms. Nam - knam@motthall2.org We have been working on identifying and annotating Notice & Note fiction signposts in short stories, and answering related anchor questions to uncover the themes of each text. Soon we will begin reading a class novel, The Misfits, and continue our annotating work using the novel. | |||||
Math - Ms. Tapada - etapada@motthall2.org 6R/6B - Ms. Alalouf - malalouf@motthall2.org We will soon begin investigating GCF and LCM of two numbers. After that we will work on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. There will be a lot of real-world connections during the decimals unit. | |||||
Science - Ms. Acevedo - yacevedo@motthall2.org 6R/6B - Ms. Alalouf - malalouf@motthall2.org We are currently working on steps of the Scientific Method and how to follow each step in order to carry out scientific investigations. We will begin with our electricity and magnetism unit. | |||||
Social Studies - Ms. Breach - lbreach@motthall2.org 6R/6B - Ms. Nam - knam@motthall2.org We are starting our second unit on Early Humans and Mesopotamia. Students will be learning about the elements of a civilization and will end their unit by writing an advertisement for Mesopotamia. | |||||
On the Calendar - Upcoming Events
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Reminders & Suggestions
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Sincerely, 6th Grade Team (Acevedo, Alalouf, Breach, Nam, Tapada, Yang) |