Notebooks Due Monday!

Explorer's Notebooks Due Monday! 

Everyone has worked very hard on the project for Unit 2, the Explorer's Notebook.  I can't wait to see all the creative projects.  Below you will find the check list for the project make sure you include every part and you consult the rubric to see how each part will be graded. 

Unit 2 is posted

Look at the top of the blog page and you will see that Unit 2 is now posted.  If you need copies of any of the unit pages, you may print them from the blog.

Homework: 
Due Thursday, 9/20  Finish notecards in Assignment 1 
Due Friday, 9/21: Assignment 2 
Due Monday, 9/24: Assignment 3 

On Thursday you will choose your explorer for the notebook project.  

Hamburger Writing

Hurricane Isaac Finally Left Us!

Wow, what a week.  Most of us fled the heat and lack of electricity to places with an abundance of air conditioning.  Missing four days of school sure makes it seem like we are starting over.  Our class will move quickly to finish Unit 1 so we can stay on track with our schedule for the year.

Homework: 
Due Monday, 9/10: Assignment #8 
Due Tuesday/Wednesday: Assignment #10 
FRIDAY, 9/14: UNIT 1 TEST. 

Normally we will take tests during the 85 minute period so there is plenty of time for everyone.  Due to the missed days for the hurricane and the upcoming holiday for Rosh Hashana this will not be possible for Unit 1.  Therefore, all sixth graders will take the multiple choice portion of the test in class on Friday, 9/14.  Assignment #10 requires the students to write a paragraph from the perspective of the Taino tribe on the arrival of Columbus.  This paragraph will count as the essay portion of the test.  

Middle Ages

Our focus for Unit 1 will be the Renaissance, but we want to quickly take a few steps back into the Middle Ages to see how an increase in trade and the Crusades made the era possible.  (Notice the vocabulary words.)
Homework: 
Check your school email for instructions on how to complete your homework.  Answer the questions on your own loose leaf paper.  

Beginning Unit 1: Columbus - Friend or Foe?

All 6th graders survived their first 85 minute history class!  We talked about how to read a textbook which is a new task for the 6th grade.  Everyone should have an Active Reading Bookmark in their textbook.
Assignments 2 and 3 were completed, minus a few definitions we need to finish on Thursday.  The quiz on Monday will include the 13 items placed on the map and the 14 definitions.
I posted all of Unit 1 at the top of the blog.  If you misplace any pages from your unit, you may print them directly from the blog.

HOMEWORK due Thursday: 
Complete Assignment #5. There is a choice of two articles on the Black Death.  You are only required to read one of the two.  If you choose the first articles there are two questions that you should answer.  If you choose the second article, you will write a ONE paragraph journal entry as if you lived in an Italian town during the plague.  

iPads are awesome!

On Friday in 6th grade history we talked about the guidelines for using the iPads in our class.  iPads are great and we will be using them throughout the year.

We accessed a site using the iPads called todaysmeet.com:
You can look at the sites again at:
www.todaysmeet.com

Today we looked at Unit 1 and what we will be studying for the next two and a half weeks.  We completed Assignment #1 where students brainstormed about what they KNOW and what the WANT TO KNOW about the Age of Exploration.

Homework: 
Due Tuesday/Wednesday depending on which day you have class. 

1. Show your parents the unit and have them sign anywhere on the front page. 
2. Label your tabs: Current Unit, Tests and Quizzes, Notes, Other
3. Bring notecards to class.  You will need them on Tuesday/Wednesday.