Weekly News 3-4-12

What's Happening in 6th Grade

Religion - Our walk through Matthew focuses on how Jesus demonstrates his power, authority, and compassion through miracles.  We are beginning to see more skepticism of the Pharisees and get a glimpse of why many of the Jews did not accept Jesus to be the Messiah they expected.

Math - Operations with Fractions can be broken down into steps with a clever acronym and flow chart.  Ask your child what S.O.S. means in math.  We are learning more Geometry concepts with Quadrilaterils.

Social Studies - We move from China to Japan as examples of a countries dealing with population issues.  As we study countries around the world, we see the U.S. connections in geographic, economic, political, and humanitarian relationships as well as how Christians can be a witness in the world.

English -  By now you have seen the research paper information and have helped your child begin research.  This week: Evaluating Resources, Bibliography,  and Note-taking.

Literature - We are wrapping up our Non-Fiction Unit with an autobiography of Beverly Cleary.  In our study, we have learned how writers present information with different types of details: facts, statistics, explanations, examples, anecdotes, and opinions.  This is a prelude to the research paper the students will be writing in English.

END OF THIRD QUARTER - Friday, March 9
Grades will not be updated on Edline again until the report cards are issued on Friday, March 16,  Your  child may have turned in absent work that is not reflected in the gradebook yet.  Remind your child to check with each teacher if they have been absent recently.