What's Happening in 6R?

We are starting December with a bang!  We have been working hard the entire month of November and will continue to do so in December, but with a holiday theme throughout!

Math:  We will be working on different concepts in the strand of measurement.  Our learning goals for the month are stated below.  Our culminating activity will be creating and measuring our own versions of Santa's Workshop!  We are continuing with number talks and using math starters (which are little math activities) to begin our math periods.  If you'd like to know more about number talks and math starters, ask your kids to play with you, or lead a number talk with you.  They would love that!

Literacy:  We are currently exploring organizational patterns (problem/solution, cause and effect, sequence and compare/contrast) in writing and identifying the main idea in Reading. 
Students will be writing an essay with a Christmas theme and will be reading various non-fiction articles from the "Newsela"website.  All articles have been chosen and saved already and geared to the sixth grade level.  I will add more articles throughout the month.

Newsela website: click here

Religion:  We have finished exploring the story of Moses and are creating our own modern day commandments.  We will be discussing the story of the nativity as well.

Health:  We have a student teacher, Ms. Stafford, that has been coming in to teach the students various lessons based on the sixth grade health curriculum.  She has explored the concepts of media and body image, making healthy food choices, mindfulness and meditation, and how to approach having difficult discussion with others.

Social Studies:  Mr St. Louis is exploring some geography concepts with the students.

Phys-Ed:  We are wrapping up our unit on Volleyball and will conclude December with some more fitness activities.

Christmas Concert:  We are currently working on our act for the Christmas Concert.  Your kids are absolutely hilarious!  I am so lucky to be teaching them this year!  In this act you will find some singing, some dancing, some story-telling, some angels, shepherds, wisemen, and even some rockin' sheep!  See you on December 20th!

Photo Gallery:

 
Gabby's Birthday Get-up!  Ava's Photobomb!

 Below are photos taken during volleyball play-offs.  What an exciting time!  We had members of the High School Volleyball team come out to help with net minding and lines, and we even had a pep talk from the Principal!  Great season ladies!  We are proud of you!  Many thanks to our referee Mr. St. Louis!  What a pro!  Great job scorekeepers Anthony and Rino!

 

UNIT 5:  Perimeter and Area

	LEARNING GOALS	SUCCESS CRITERIA
	I can justify when to estimate or do a precise measurement.
	I can estimate, measure and record length using the metric system.
	I can select and justify the appropriate metric unit to measure length or distance in real-life situations.
	I can construct a rectangle, a square, a triangle, and a parallelogram using a variety of tools given the area and/or perimeter.
	I can explain the relationship between the area of a rectangle and the areas of parallelograms and triangles.
	I can explain how to calculate the area of a parallelogram.
	I can explain how to calculate the area of a triangle.
	I can solve problems involving the estimation and calculation of the areas of triangles and parallelograms.
	I can solve problems that require changing from larger to smaller metric units.
	I can determine the relationship between cm2 and m2 and use it to solve problems.