Welcome to the KMS 6th Grade Weekly Update!
Open House for Parent Teacher Conferences will be next week on Tuesday February 28th and Wednesday March 1st from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. More information will be sent out soon!
-The Sixth-Grade Team
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Hi all,
We will be transitioning from Informational paragraph writing to opinion writing this week. We will be doing bellringers 5 and 6. Two nonfiction AR book points are due in less than two weeks on March 3rd. These points can still be earned through the end of the quarter but will be considered late after March 3rd. The Paragraph test will be this week and next week. Students will be required to read a one-page essay and then respond with textual evidence (including restating the question, fully answering the question, citing evidence, explaining their citations, and summarizing their paragraph). This test will be worth 10% of their overall quarter grade.
There are a handful of students missing this week. The assignments they can do while absent are Bellringer #5, Bellringer #6, and the Group Paragraph assignment on Canvas (B-Day only). They will need to make up the Paragraph Test (A-Day only) when they return.
Upcoming Test:
Paragraph Test- A-Day: February 23rd
Paragraph Test- B-Day: February 28th
Upcoming AR requirement:
Nonfiction- A and B Day: March 3rd
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Alisha Giles
MATH:
In math this week we are working on finding the area of different shapes. We are also working on calculating the volume of 3D shapes and finding the surface area.
Our test over chapter 5 will be next week on Wednesday and Thursday.
Christine Landers
PACK:
This week in PACK we will be continuing with our weekly grade checks on T/W. As well as reviewing for our unit test with Kahoot. On Th/F there will be a test covering the paying attention, wasting time, and getting along packets. Please make sure to bring an AR book to read after the test.
Katie Poelzl
Pre Algebra:
This week in Pre-Algebra, we are learning about compound interest. We will then learn about exponent rules and scientific notation.
Jimmie Linn
SCIENCE:
Hey All,
This week we will be finishing our unit on Density by completing a lab and starting on our ecology unit. If you have any questions please feel free to email me and I would be happy to answer them!
Matt Courtney
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Hey everyone!
This week we will be working on completing North America! Make sure if you haven’t already to be getting the North America Maps turned into Mr. Wirtz. We will also begin working on our South America Maps this week as well. Let me know if you have any questions!
Matt Wirtz
STEM:
Hello, this week students will continue to learn about earthquakes and how engineers design structures to mitigate damage. We will also create and test a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows. The Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz D-Z will be Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th . Please have student study at home. There is a Canvas Page for the vocabulary and Gimkit's, along with their paper study guide.
If you have any questions, please contact me. Thanks, and have a great week!
Jamie Hyatt