March 29, 2024
Dear Sixth Grade Parents,
We hope you’ve had a blessed Holy Week full of prayer and reflection. With Easter Break upon us, we wish you all safe travels and a relaxing break. When we return in April, there will be many things to look forward to including Bingo Night and sixth grade camp at Miracle Ranch. We will be sending more information about this throughout the month, and let us know if you have any unanswered questions. Have a great break!
Homeroom Updates:
6th Grade Camp Forms: We will be sending forms to fill out for 6th grade camp on Monday, April 8th. Please keep the first 2 pink sheets and send the others back by Thursday 4/11. The packet will have all the info you will need for camp. If you have any questions, please let us know.
Curriculum Updates:
Math (Mrs. H):
Monday: *Extra lesson: Permutation
Tuesday: *Review (Day 1)
Wednesday: *Review (Day 2)
Thursday: *Review (Day 3)
Friday: *Ch. 10 Test: Statistics and Probability
Math (Mrs. C): When we get back from break we will begin Chapter 10, Volume and Surface Area. This is a very hard chapter and we will take our time with it.
Math (Mr. W):
Hello HRS families. Next week, we will continue chapter nine:
Monday: 9.3 Area of Trapezoids
Tuesday: 9.4 Changes in Dimension
Wednesday: 9.5 Polygons on the Coordinate Plane
Thursday: 9.6 Area of Composite Figures
Friday: Chapter Review
Have an exquisite Easter Break!
ELA: Please be sure your child finishes their book for the next book report by April 8th When we return from break students will have 1 day to work on their book report in class but the majority of the book report will be done at home. For this book report, students will find 4 songs that relate to their book and write a small paragraph why they chose the song. Information for this book report is in Google Classroom.
We will continue our figurative language unit analyzing poems, learning about personification, alliteration, allusions, puns, and irony, and writing a few different types of poetry.
Social Studies: This week students were placed in Greek Polis ( City-State) groups. Each group will be choosing a way to present to the class all the amazing details of their Polis group. These presentations will be after Spring Break. We will also be learning about a “History of Greece” handout . This is a great introduction to what we will be studying in this unit.
Description of Event: ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS WAX MUSEUM
May 23, 2024
The Wax Museum has been explained in class and students. The rubric has been placed on Google Classroom as well as a blank google doc for the written speech and bibliography. Looking ahead, the rough draft of the speech and bibliography is due on April 25th. The Wax Museum is on May 23rd. Please see below for more information regarding the day of the event.
- The Ancient Civilization Wax Museum is a culminating event for 6th Grade Social Studies. The sixth grade Social Studies curriculum focuses on the study of various ancient civilizations. At the end of the year, each student researches a famous ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek or Roman of history or Myth. They Memorize the “Four W’s” (Who, What, When, Where) about the person or god(dess); and recreate him/her by dressing as the person or god(dess). They also practice mannerisms consistent with the person’s or god(dess) character for a wax museum of the ancient civilizations. Then we perform in the hallways of our school. Each student has a “Button” that they create. As a museum visitor passes by they can press the button to indicate when the sixth grader can start the presentation. The Wax Museum is on May 23, 2024. Parents and relatives are all welcome to attend at one of the following times.
Please note the schedule : May 23, 2024
9:00 am – 11:00am – Students will be presenting in the hallways.
11:00 – 12:00 Break for Lunch and Recess
12:05 – 1:40 – Students will be presenting in the hallways.
Science: Students discover that stars have life cycles just as living things do. Students will create a flipbook showing the lifecycle of a star. Students will take a quiz on Astronomy based on their activities and notes taken in class Friday April 12th.
Religion: Our lesson will focus on the Easter Season. Students identify the Paschal Mystery as the story of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, and as a model for our lives. We will also revisit how we did on our Lenten Goals.
Calendar Updates:
- Apr 1st-5th – Spring Break
- Apr 12th – Bingo Bash
- Apr 19th – 8th Grade Pizza Lunch
- Apr 23rd – Class Pictures
- Apr 25-26th – 6th Grade Camp
- May 4th – Auction
Have a wonderful break and happy Easter!
Nicole Chiodo and Tommy Williams