Geography Test Review

We have spent class on Wed. and Thursday reviewing for the test on our mini Geography unit. The students have a practice review sheet they did in class and can study from. The packet is here if you would like to practice with them. They have also seen the test and should know what is on it.

Fruit World 9/26

The students have an assignment called Fruit World due Tuesday. Fruit World applies the 3 rules of climate we learned. The rules look to see if a place is near to the equator, high in altitude or near an ocean and then estimate its climate.

9/20-9/21 Climate Rules

We are studying the 3 rules that determines a places climate. The first rule is the further a place is away from the equator the colder its climate is. We are doing an assignment that talks about the 3 major climate zones. The sheet is attached.
For day 1 it will be due on Thursday and for Day 2 it will due on Friday.

9/14-9/15

Class is starting to learn about climate rules. Our first rule will be learning about how climate is affected by latitude. As a review, there will be a short assignment on the directions. It will be due on Friday for all students. If a student doesn't get at least 8 out of 10 correct, I will reteach directions on Friday and reassign another check assignment.

Attached is the assignment on directions.

9/12-9/13

Today we talked about brain power and how a positive attitude can help. We did an activity that showed that with a string and a fishing sinker.

We also discussed the 3 R's for success. Responsibility. Respect. Resourcefulness.

We started a discussion on the unit of Geography. More will come in the next couple of days.

Great News

We didn't have to call a single 6th grader for having late work this week. Keep up the good work!

First Skinny

We had our first skinny day of the year. A skinny day is a day when the students meet all their classes in one day. This is an experiment. We have 4 days of blocks (long classes) and 2 days in a row of skinnies. The reason is that during a total block schedule, if a student missed a class it is possible that they would not see that teacher for 6 days. Doing it this way a student sees every teacher a minimum of 3 times each week. We hope that helps the continuity of learning.

Today we took a quiz on the oceans and continents. During tomorrows skinny I will individually practice with students who did not do well and have them retake the quiz. I hope to use skinnies as quiz, reteaching, and work days.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this kind of schedule.

Assignment notebook-sign by parents

The concensus of the 6th grade teachers was to ask the parents to sign their student's assignment notebook each night. The homebase teacher will also intitial the book before the students leaves. This way we will have better communication between school and home about student work.

So please, look at the assignment notebook every day and sign the book.

Any questions, please contact the individual teacher or your homebase teacher.

Quiz: Oceans and Continents-Thursday

We are starting a short unit on geography. There will be a quiz for all students on the oceans and Continents on Thursday. The practice sheet is here. Those who do not do well will have a reteaching session after the quiz and a retake on Friday.