Homebase Success

Here is a video of our Homebase working together to play A, B, C ping pong. The students had to work together to get through the alphabet by hitting a ping pong ball in the air. They need to shout out each letter with each hit. They were so proud of themselves for making to to Z. Congrats Mesker's Madhouse!!!

Interger Notes

This week the students were introduced to intergers. Here are some of notes and example problems we have done this week.

Intergers- numbers often used to represent real-world quantities
Negative integers- integers that are less than zero
Positive integers- intergers that are greater than zero
Absolute Valie- number's distance from zero [-4] = 4 or [6] = -6

ADDING INTERGERS!
Same Signs- 1. add the numbers, 2. keep the sign (ex. -5 + -2 = -7 or 3+ 2 = 5)
Different Signs- 1. find the difference, 2. keep the sign of what you have more of (ex. -5 + 2 = -3 or 3 + -2 = 1)

Geometry! DONE!

The sixth grade students finished the Geometry unit on Thursday this week. We have moved into INTEGERS! This is something new for the sixth graders and will be a lot of fun! Today we started by writing the opposite of a number, finding the largest or smallest number, and ordering numbers. Here are some examples:

1. The opposite of 8 is -8
2. -2 <> -10
3. Order from least to greatest- -11, -5, 0, 3, 7

Literary Graffiti

Literary Graffiti
During the Reading classes, the sixth graders are created some graffiti. We are incorporating Dr. Seuss books to discuss the meaning of Theme. The students will be assigned a group and book. Here is an example of the guidelins the students will follow.


Please check in with your teacher after you complete each step!
Our Dr Seuss Book is __________________________________________________
The Theme of this book is _______________________________________________
Class Meeting 1:
_____ We read out Dr. Seuss book and wrote the title on the appropriate line
_____ We agreed on a general theme/lesson of our book and wrote it on the right line
Class Meeting 2:
_____ We picked a quote from our book that connects to our theme and wrote it in the quote box
_____ We summarized what the quote was about
_____ We created a DEEP visual representation (symbol) of the quote in color on a separate sheet of blank white paper
Class Meeting 3:
_____ We explained how our symbol relates to the quote
_____ We explained why this quote is significant (important) to the story
_____ We practiced, and we're ready to present our Literary Graffiti to the class TOMORROW!
Class Meeting 4: PRESENT TO THE CLASS

Quadrilaterals

The 6th graders were introduced to quadrilaterals this week. The students will need to classify each quadrilateral as many ways as possible.

We covered parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, and squares.

Here are some of the activites the students will be thinking about.
1. (some/all) rectangles are squares
2. (some/all) rhombuses are parallelograms
3. (some/all) squares are rhombuses
4. (some/all) parallelograms are squares
5. (some/all) squares are rectangles

ISAT Week!!!

It's finally here! We have been preparing all year for these tests. Here are some suggestions to help you get through the next four days.

1. Get a well rested sleep every night.
2. Eat a good breakfast with some proteins.
3. Take you time with the tests.
4. Read each question carefully.
5. Underline or highlight parts of the text that will help you answer the question.
6. Bring a book or something you can work on silently.