Mrs. DeRitis 6A

 
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                
Those parents who wish to order from Scholastic Books, please copy and paste link for the 6A homeroom.  Students will be receiving flyers about every month and there are books available online as well.

https://orders.scholastic.com/LX6C7

                              

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Dear Parents,

After the first full week of instruction and learning a new schedule, our class is coming along well!  Most are following the expectations of the school and having respect for self and others.  We will continue to review rules and procedures in the classroom, hallways, stairways, recess yard and lunchroom daily.  Students know the positivity of following this and are aware of the consequences for not.  Again, these are life lessons that all students need to learn.

For Week of Monday, September 11 to Friday. September  15
 

Religion - Unit 1 Session 2:  God Created the World

Monday - Define Session 2 Vocabulary neatly in copybook:  culture, racism, exile, sexism; if desired, print study guide
Tuesday- read and complete pg. 13 - begin studying from study guide
Wednesday - complete handout using Workbook; study from online study guide (can be printed each week) and/or highlighting from Session 2
Thursday - review using intereactive online game

Math - Unit 2 Lesson 9 - Divide a Fraction by a Fraction for Monday and a quiz on Tuesday; Unit 2 Lesson 10 - Problem Solving with Division of Fractions and Mixed Numbers on Wednesday thru Friday.

Students were instructed to watch this video if they need further explanation of dividing fractions:

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fraction-arithmetic/arith-review-dividing-fractions/v/dividing-fractions-example

Monday - complete rules for Division of Fractions in the Interactive Notebook; study workbook pages and INB for quiz on Tuesday
Tueday - complete SIMPLE SOLUTUONS Workbook Lesson 7 #2, 5, 6, 12, 15 showing any necessary work

Wednesday - complete Workbook pg. 93
Thursday - Complete Workbook pg. 95 and 96 #14, 15, 16, 17 
 

Vocabulary Workshop  - students will follow the same homework procedure with each unit.  To help with time management, students may choose to do an additional night's homework if they desire, but they are not allowed to do more than that.  If there is a shorter week, the same schedule will stay in place but the days it needs to be completed will change.  

Unit 1B

Monday -  write and highlight vocabulary word, write the part(s) of speech in parentheses and definition
Tuesday - write synonyms and antonyms
Wednesday - write words in syllables with stress mark three times
Thursday - write words in original 6th grade sentences using capitalization and correct punctuation; study for test
 

Unit 1 Story 2

Grammar - continuing with complete subjects and predicates with a quiz on Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we will move to the Four Kinds of Sentences:  Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory.

Monday -  complete copybook work that was started in class
Tuesday - complete RNB pg. 22
Wednesday - complete the exercises on RNB pgs. 19 and 20
Thursday - complete RNB pg. 21
 

Writing - Journal prompt on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.  Some students have not checked their school email yet and accepted the invitation in the 6A Classroom.  This needs to be done before they can answer the writing prompt directly in google classroom.  (to be explained in class)
 

Cursive Handbook - complete pgs. 13, 14, and 15 neatly.  Due Friday
 

ReadWorks - none this week - will begin next week.
 

Reading 

Monday - RNB pg. 15
Tuesday - 
Wednesday -
Thursday - 

Independent Reading - find a book or magazine you like and read for 15 minutes minimum every night.  

Access to HHM Journeys Reading Series:  Link is listed on the right hand side.  All students have a user name and password.   Students can preview the upcoming story.

 Please make sure you have access to these for work that will be assigned for home.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THE PLAN IN PLACE ABOVE IS JUST A PLAN, AND AT TIMES WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED  FOR SEVERAL REASONS: a change or addition in our daily schedule - this could be a quick meeting about routines, a requested meeting with our principal or vice-principal; spending additional time on a confusing concept for students, or an assignment or project needing more time. 

The student planner takes precedence and should be checked nightly just in case the website is not updated.