Decimals!

The sixth grade students are deep into our Decimals unit. So far, they have written out decimals in word form and numbers, and practiced using a cm ruler to write "how many hundredths of a meter" objects are. We will continue by ordering decimals by their amounts, least to greatest or greatest to least. Later in the week we will start rounding decimals. We will use the same techniques as originally taught. Students will be asked to underline the number in the place value they are told to round to, and arrow forward from the number that tells them to round up or stay the stay. They SHOULD NEVER round down, ONLY up or stay the same.

Parts of Speech project

During their language arts class, the sixth graders are working on an in class project. The students will be "Taecher for a Day".

Directions: It’s your turn to lead the class! Together with your group, you will create a lesson to present to your peers. The lesson will focus on one of the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs. Be creative and have fun!

The presentation will include:
1. Definition of your assigned part of speech
2. Examples of how to correctly use the part of speech
3. Activity for your classmates to complete
Activity Ideas:
*Mad Lib - Create a story for the class and have them fill-in-the-blanks with the part of speech
*Word Scavenger Hunt
*Game
*Your own idea?

Timeline:
Work days – Tue, 10/19 & Wed, 10/20
Presentations – Thurs, 10/21

RtI Reading

The RtI reading classes will be focusing on narrative writing and reading a science article.

For narrative writing, the students will read and analyze a personal narrative. These activities are an extension of the lesson being taught in language arts and reading. The students will be making sure the personal narrative contains the following:
*a beginning, middle, and end to the event
*includes real events, people, and places
*uses specific details that let the reader "see and fee" what's happening
*expresses the writer's feelings

While reading the science article, the students will be focusing on cause and effect as well as interpreting the information available in a science article. Students will practice reading diagrams and explaining the information in the text. They will use the title and labels in the diagram to help them know what the article is about.

Find the Average!

Sixth grade students are working on finding different froms of the average of a set of numbers. Below is a list of the forms they have been working on. There is a quiz on averages this Friday.

Median- the middle number of an ordered set of numbers. If there are two numbers, add the numbers and divide by 2.

Mode- the number that happens the most

Range- the difference between the biggest and smallest number (biggest-smallest)

Mean- add all numbers and divide by how many numbers there are

Personal Narrative Elements

The students will be writing a personal narrative this week. We are practicing the elements of a personal narrative with the story of the "Three Little Pigs". Listed below are the elements we are asked the students to find in the story, and what they need to include while writing their personal narrative.


Setting (time and place)
Situation (background)
Characters (main and supporting)
Initial incident (starts the conflict)
Conflict (problem)
Plotline (actual rising action/events)
Climax (resolution of the conflict)
Impact (effect of the solution on characters
or situation of the story)