Monday -- and a Fire Drill

Happy Monday! Today flew by again. I can't believe it is the last day in September.
Today we read the link Battling Everest. We also worked with our spelling words. That game was fun! I liked the sentences you came up with...
Test tomorrow over Climb or Die. I can't wait for the chapter book to arrive so we can find out what happened to the parents.
We talked about History Day. The theme this year is Rights and Responsibilities. Remember that your topic is due to me by October 15. It is such a broad theme that pretty much anything that interests you in history will work.
We had a problem solving lesson in math (solving multi step problems). Test tomorrow!
We started our second round of rotations today. In the middle of that, we had a fire drill. Overall, you did a great job at the fire drill.
Picture Day is October 10.

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency (Holocaust)
• Spelling -- take a practice test
• My math group -- practice 3-7, reteach 3-8, notecard for test, gas project due tomorrow
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• Writing: Jose and Zack are friends, but they don't want to play the same game at recess. What should they do?

Assembly Friday!

What a great day! We did a little work with Climb or Die before we went to the assembly. How exciting that we won for attendance! I love having the jaguar in our room. We need to name him...
The treats weren't bad either!
For math, we worked on solving equations with brackets. I understand that I was the only 6th grade teacher who did not assign weekend math homework. My group does have the math project (with gas prices) that is due on Tuesday.
This afternoon most of us went to the ice cream social. There was some dancing and singing outside -- that was fun.
Hope you have a fabulous weekend and see you Monday!

End of First Science Rotation Thursday

Thank you for being so patient with me today. If the pattern holds, I will feel much better tomorrow. Don't forget -- tomorrow is an assembly day and wear your school t-shirt day.
Today was our first visit to the library. I love the library! Mrs. Wassman is fantastic. I checked out a couple of books on earthquakes since that is what I'm teaching in rotations.
We did some more work with Climb or Die and then worked on complex sentences. I ordered a copy of the book because I have several unanswered questions. What happened to the parents? How do they get back down the mountain?
In math we divided a decimal by a decimal. Vocabulary to know: divisor, dividend, quotient
You each went to your science rotation for the second day. Since the ice cream social is tomorrow, the second round of rotations will start next week.

Homework:

• reading log
• fluency
• spelling -- choice
• my math group -- practice 3-6
• Studies Weekly due tomorrow
• Writing -- you found a turtle when you were walking home from school. Write a note to whoever takes care of you convincing him/her to let you keep the turtle as a pet

Wednesday

Sorry I'm so late in posting this. I just got home from the doctor. How was your afternoon?
Today we finished reading Climb or Die. We had time to write Costa's questions and play Cats and Fish. I continue to be excited by the questions you write!
In math, we divided a decimal by a whole number.
Tomorrow we go to the library! I'm excited, I love the library.
Next week band will be on Monday and Wednesday.
Friday is the ice cream social for students who were Proficient or Advanced on the CST. Sounds delicious!

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency (climbing), 3 minutes
• Spelling -- choice
• Studies Weekly due Friday AND worksheet due tomorrow
• My math group -- enrichment 3-3
• Writing -- rescue the princess from the tower

Science rotations!

Happy Tuesday! How was your day?
We started reading Climb or Die today. We left off right at the part where Jake and Danielle don't find the weather station. We also talked about the prefixes un- (which means not) and re- (which means back or again).
In math, we multiplied with decimals. This was our only day this year to practice multiplication. Tomorrow -- division.
We had our first day of our first round of science rotations. You were either in earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, or weather. Day two will be Thursday.
Band tomorrow! Next week band starts occurring two days a week.

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency (climbing), 3 minutes
• Spelling -- choice
• My math group -- enrichment 3-2
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• Writing -- you have turned into a cat. How do you convince your family who you are? How do you get changed back?

Monday!

So nice to be back! Today was a good day although it was a little warm. I'm very glad our A/C was fixed!
We started a new story, Climb or Die. Tomorrow we will read the first segment of the story. We also took a spelling pretest and started working on complex sentences.
In math, today's lesson was adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals.
We ended the day with PE. You chose which activity to complete. I enjoyed myself!
Science rotations start tomorrow. The four rotations are earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, and weather. Make sure to take good notes to help you on the test!

Homework:

• Reading Log
• Fluency (climbing), 3 minutes
• Spelling -- missed words on pretest 5x each
• My math group -- enrichment 3-1
• Studies Weekly due Friday
• Writing -- You found the end of the rainbow...

Climb or Die -- spelling words (and vocabulary words also, in case you need them!)

Climb or Die spelling words:

cycle
sweat
rhythm
rely
pleasant
routine
cleanse
shove
reply
meant
sponge
apply
threat
myth
deny
leather
rhyme
thread
meadow
ravine

Challenge words:

endeavor
oxygen
nylon
realm
trampoline

Alternate spelling words for those of you who got 100% on the pretest:

dynamic
limousine
satisfy
symphony
mezzanine
physician

Climb or Die vocabulary words:

belay
carabiners
desperate
fatigue
foothold
functioned
ice ax
improvising
overcome
pitons