Newsletter 3-13-2012
Newsletter 3-13-2012
Newsletter 3-13-2012
6th Grade
Got Running?
Cross Country is coming!
9th half day for students 11:30 Dismissal 9th Living Museum from 9:00-10:00 a.m. 14th PSS meeting (5:30-6:30); 14th Credit Union Deposit Day 16th School wide Spelling Bee 22ndHands on Museum night 29thDrama performances of School Rock Live! Jr. 5:30 and 7:30 $1 for students and $2.00 for adults
All forms to coach Morgan by the 1st practice on March 14th. The first practice will be at 5:15pm on March 14th and Dean Kobylarz will meet all athletes in the gym.
Reading and Writing All readers and writers have been working hard to understand different forms of poetry. This week student worked on analyzing and understanding Haikus. They worked on meaning, theme, and tone in three professionally published pieces then went on to compose their own.
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about the rule of Julius Cesar and his power over the Romans. They also found out how Cesar was murdered and how his murder led to the 'Pax Romana' or Peace in Rome for a little over 200 years.
This
week students will be discovering how Rome began to fall and we will wrap up our quick trip to ancient Rome. Towards the end of next week students will be traveling through the future to the middle ages. Get ready to hear about castles, royal life and the plague coming to a home near you!
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Welcome to Geometry! That is the theme for our math classes. we will be enjoying geometry for the next 6 - 8 weeks. Rotation 1 will be working on ratios, rates and proportions since the entire basis of geometry is proportional reasoning. Rotation 2 will be worling with similar figures and scale models. Rotation 3 will be working with angles, lines and their relationships. Please know that there is an increase in homework for this unit and the students will have to show their work or it will not count.
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We do on 3.14!
Photosynthesis
6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2 Carbon dioxide + Water + Light energy Glucose + Oxygen
Students will be celebrating Pi day in their math workshops and would love for some help! We are looking for donations of round foods such as cookies and pies. Please send in your donations on March 14th!