Pictures of Our Class

For our final novel of the year, Mrs. Mac shared Pictures of Hollis Woods.  It is an award winning story by Patricia Reilly Giff that we truly enjoyed hearing.  Hollis Woods led a difficult life for most of her twelve years, but finally found a family who loved her.  The story is told in pictures (flashbacks) and chapters (present time).  The pictures Hollis drew helped us to understand her true character and desires.  Some parts were humorous, and some parts were heart wrenching.  Our final project, Pictures of Our Class, relating to the story, is presented above in a movie.  Enjoy!

A Taste of Summer!

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We all had a taste of summer this past holiday weekend!  The weather was simply gorgeous, and it made us think of all the fun that's ahead.  We worked on portfolios this afternoon, choosing pieces of work we want to hold onto for various reasons.  It was fun looking back on all the work we've done, including work from earlier years.  Portfolio Day is Thursday, and all parents are welcome at 2:00 p.m.  Enjoy the slideshow above!  It also enables us to look back on fun we've had together in 6th grade. 

Homework:
Reading - Complete practice book p. 163.  Review your story "A Brother's Promise" and vocabulary/spelling words.  Tests tomorrow. 

A Beautiful Day to Play!

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Looking Back!

So many exciting events are coming our way!  Tomorrow we'll hear from our Attorney General as part of the D.A.R.E. program, our Spring Chorus/Band Concert is Thursday, 6th Grade Move-up Day is Friday, and that's just this week!  Next week will be exciting as well! 

In the days in-between, you will see Looking Back slideshows, featuring pictures taken from the beginning of the school year!  The year has been quite fun, and although there's so much to look forward to, it's always interesting to look back and remember the things we've done.  Enjoy!

Homework:
Math - Complete "Mow-Joe"
Science - Vocabulary quiz on Friday
Foreign Language - Twisters Test
Wellness - Reading and questions

Storyboards with Solutions

Class meetings this year have been productive and fun!  Most of us believe we've seen a difference in the way students are treating each other.  This is not to say that bullying situations do not exist, but a good many of us feel better prepared to deal with situations in a positive, firm way.  Today, we discussed one of the most frequent areas for problems to occur, the school bus.  In our groups, we worked on storyboards depicting a real situation (without names) or a reasonably common one.  Our boards had to end with a positive solution for the situation.  There were great conversations heard about the room, and everyone seemed to be thinking of the best way to solve the problems.  There was great team work!  Our storyboards will be presented next week in our meeting.  Enjoy the slideshow!

In Language Arts, we enjoyed a wrap-up with final discussion of 'From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.'  We enjoyed the story, and today we had fun thinking about what lesson the author conveyed to us, which character we most identified with, and so on.  Some students expressed that they wished for a sequel to the story.  There were some questions they wished the author would have answered.  We are all looking forward to sharing this story with classes from Cecil Intermediate through our wax museum project!  Fun!

Homework:

Social Studies - Review Ch. 1 East Asian Geography.  We will play a game review tomorrow, and the test will be next Tuesday.

Wellness - Complete questions 1-4 (pages 332-335) for tomorrow

Reading - The final test for our novel will be tomorrow.  

Creating a Special Museum

Hey, is that President Obama?  No, wait...it's a wax figure!  Wow, it's hard to see a difference! 

Our class is nearing the end of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and have enjoyed the adventure of Claudia and Jamie as they lived in a museum, hiding from their parents.  We are in the process of planning a wax museum, with Ms. Rader's classes, to depict scenes from each chapter of the novel.  Who will serve as the wax figures?  The students!  It will be interesting to see if everyone can hold their poses without talking or moving in any way!  We think the project will be interesting and fun, and we're looking forward to inviting the school to our wax museum!

Homework:
Reading - Finish the novel and complete your role for Thursday's cafe!  Study vocabulary!  Quiz on 'The Night of the Pomegranate' tomorrow.
Spelling - Study your homophones!  Quiz tomorrow.
Social Studies - Quiz on Ch. 1-3 East Asian Natural Resources tomorrow.
Wellness - Read pages 332 - 335 and complete 1-4

Cafe Day!

We are nearing the end of our novel, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and it has been an entertaining story.  During cafe, many interesting conversations could be heard.  Questions such as -  "How do you think this will end?", or comments such as, "I don't think I could be without my dog this long.  I would miss him too much." could be heard.  We all want to know how Claudia and Jamie will return home.  By next cafe, we'll know! 

Along with cafe, we met for our weekly class meeting.  Today's topic involved bullying in the cafeteria.  Most students say that this is one place where some bullying occurs.  Name calling, foul language, and other offensive things can happen without adults noticing.  We had a great discussion, and one of the best things to happen was to find out how confident we are feeling when it comes to intervening when bullying is happening.  Many of us feel more inclined to step in than we had at the beginning of the school year. 

Today is progress report day!  It'll be the last one for this school year.  The main thing to remember is that the year is not over!  Don't let up!  Keep working hard!

Homework:
Reading - Finish novel!  New roles will be assigned tomorrow.  Your vocabulary quiz will be given tomorrow.
Math - Shape and prediction packet
Spelling - Study your homophones
Social Studies - Quiz tomorrow.
Science - Quiz tomorrow
Wellness - Assignment is due tomorrow.