Warm Weather Brings Warm Feelings
With spring in full swing and summer’s heat just around the corner, these warmer days have everyone—myself included—thinking about fun times outside. This weather is what truly makes Charleston such a special place to live, allowing us to experience so many different experiences in such a small area. This weather also brings an end of school fever, with EVERYONE looking forward to the summer holiday. With that, it is important to remind ourselves that though we are nearing the finish line, it is important to remember how much we must still accomplish before we get there. From ERB testing, to class trips, Field Day to graduation and everything in between, this year is far from over and keeping our focus through it all has never been as important as it is now. So as we start to wrap up the year, let’s make sure we do not lose focus on all we are trying to accomplish, so we can truly enjoy the summer break!
-KH
Math:
This week, 6th graders began wrapping up their unit by writing expressions with variables and equations with variables that include negative numbers, and explored how negative numbers affect the solution to an equation. Next week, we’ll review for and take our unit 7 test over operations and applications of all rational numbers.
ELA:
6th grade readers continued reading The Last Cherry Blossom this week. We kept a visual map of the pressures the lead character might be feeling and created charts to track ‘unanswered questions’ or mysteries the novel has not yet revealed. Students also took an open-note grammar test on Friday, April 11th. They did such a lovely job presenting their sonnets at Spread the Word. Bravo, again, to our poets!
Next week, 6th graders will continue reading and responding to The Last Cherry Blossom. Please be reminded that their journal response pages will be due by April 25th. Having completed grammar and vocab for the year, we will begin ERB practice work during those times.
Social Studies:
Sixth graders continue to work on their research papers. They have really picked up the concepts of outlining and researching it takes to write a historical paper! We have also continued to learn about the Greeks and how they’re civilization helps shape the world we live in today. We are also starting to prepare for our next project, in which they will become Greek soldiers and fight off the Persian invasion!
Science:
The sixth graders learned about senses and how they help us understand our surroundings. They learned about feeling receptors and how the stimulus/response integrates with our neurons. The sixth graders also continued to read Omnivore’s Dilemma and work on the family cookbook. Next week, they will continue to learn about senses, and how smell receptors work.
Important Dates:
April 18th-April 21st – April Break
May 6th – Elementary Pass It On (11:30 dismissal)
May 7th-May 9th – Earthshine Field Trip
Upcoming Assessments and Deadlines:
April 16th – Math Test
May 6th – Math Test
