August 23-27

Dear parents and students:

Thank you for attending last Thursday's Open House. It was nice to see some familiar faces, and get to know some new parents as well. Important highlights that we discussed were the grading system , and how you can find the different blogs and wikis using the American School's site.

6th Grade Math
We will continue reinforcing our rules and routines, however, discipline chart and classroom expectations will be put into use this week.

We already reviewed forms of expressing numbers previously seen in Elementary. We will work a little with scientific notation and number word form, which are newly introduced skills regarding expression of numbers. We will go over ordering and comparing whole numbers and decimals as well.

Make sure binder is being arranged as students get more copies and documents. It will make it easier for the end of the quarter binder assessment!

We will be working on a project this week during the block. Make sure students bring old newspapers, glue, scissors and white paper. 6-3 needs the materials on Thursday, 6-2 and 6-4 on Friday and 6-1 next Monday

A quiz has been scheduled for next Tuesday, August 31st. Topics will include everything we have covered up to now.

Cívica
Los alumnos iniciarán 2 proyectos individuales en clase durante el bloque del Martes. Elaborarán su propio árbol genealógico, con el fin de conocer el parentesco por consanguinidad. Despues, utlizarán recortes de revistas para ilustrar los diferentes tipos de familia vistos en clase. Necesitarán materiales adicionales, como revistas viejas, goma y tijeras.


Have a great week!

Mrs. Hesse