Tuesday, December 20th

The students of Team Independence are almost done with the novel Bud, Not Buddy!

Homework:
Get permission slip signed for the movie tomorrow!!!
Math: Math Skills worksheet page 13

December 19th

Homework:
Tech drawings due tomorrow
Math: R3-2 and P3-2; page 148 numbers 1-39, do not do numbers 31-33
Wellness: Chapter 4 Lesson 2 Study Guide

Thursday, December 15th

Homework:

Read Bud, Not Buddy up to page 138
Math Workbook page 3-1 R and P

Wednesday, December 14th

Our students preformed in the Choir and Band Concert this afternoon. They looked quite dapper in their black and white! What an enjoyable concert!

Homework:
Spelling and Vocabulary Test tomorrow
Character Web for Lefty Lewis

Tuesday, December 13th

Homework:
Spelling: ABC order due tomorrow; test Thursday
Vocabulary for Chapters 9-12 due tomorrow; test Thursday
Read Chapter 10 of Bud, Not Buddy with Main Idea Post-its for tomorrow
Start to read Chapter 11 in Bud, Not Buddy.  It will be due on Thursday.  It is 21 pages long, so get started!!
Science Test tomorrow on Volcanoes
Math: page 240, set 4-1, 1-5 and set 4-2 numbers 1-5
page 243, set 4-1, number 1-5, set 4-2, numbers 1-5

Monday, December 12th

Homework:
NOTE: due to chorus students having a field trip on Friday, please see the following changes:

Spelling ABC Order due Wednesday
Spelling Test is on Thursday of this week
Vocabulary words for Bud, Not Buddy, Chapters 9-12 due Wednesday, test Thursday
Math: page 208, 7-20 and skip #17; Practice Book page 4-2, R and P
Science Test Wednesday
Wellness: Prompt

Thursday, December 8th

Students received their progress reports today. They are to be signed and returned tomorrow.
Homework:
Read Bud, Not Buddy, Chapter 8 with main idea sticky notes
Spelling and Vocabulary test tomorrow
Discussion Questions for Chapters 7-8 are due Monday
Math Sheets R and P, 4-1 and fraction sheet due Monday
Study for test on Tuesday for Science

Wednesday, December 7th

Today in Olweus, room 202 acted out scenarios in which bullying had occurred. The students had to apply one of the rules and show how they would appropriately act in the situation.

Homework:
Bud, Not Buddy - Vocabulary chapters 5-8 due tomorrow; read chapter 7 and include post-its; vocabulary test Friday
Spelling - ABC order; spelling test Friday
Science- page 36 and study guide

Tuesday, December 6th

 

Homework:

Bud, Not Buddy- Character Webs for Pretend Momma and Pretend Father, Momma

Discussion Questions for Chapters 5-6 are due at the end of the day tomorrow.

Social Studies:  Study Guide- can use book-will be graded

Science - Study Guide

Math- page 135 set 2-13; page 139 set 2-13; test tomorrow on solving word problems

Monday, December 5th

The students from Team Independence brought in their most valued possession. Just like Bud, in Bud, Not Buddy, had valuable items in his suitcase, the students shared their items with the class. The students also shared through writing why their items were valuable to them. Enjoy the slideshow!

Homework:
Spelling: 3x's each; ABC order due Thursday
Reading: Read Bud, Not Buddy Chapter 6 with main ideas
Vocabulary for Chapters 5-8 due Thursday
Math- R and P 2-13; multiplication and division sheet only Monday
Science- page 119, 1-17 and page D-34 with study guide

Thursday, December 1st

Homework:
Reading:  Complete the discussion questions for Chapters 3-4.  Remember to write them on composition paper, do not use pronouns, and cite the page number to support your answer.  Worth 33 points.
Vocabulary and Spelling Test on Chapters 3-4 tomorrow
Science-Study guide sheets (up to page 33) How  do volcanoes form and types of volcanoes

November 30, 2011

Homework:
Reading:  Bud, Not Buddy Vocabulary Chapters 3-4
Spelling ABC order
Bud, Not Buddy Written Prompt on Chapters 1-2, 70 points
Wellness-lesson 3 Review
Math- Page 44 1-10; lesson 24 191-194

Wednesday, November 16th

Homework
Reading:  Read Bud, Not Buddy Chapter 3 and use post-its to record main ideas
Vocabulary for Chapters 1-2 due tomorrow; discussion questions are due tomorrow and are graded
For Monday, be thinking about something that is valuable to you and bring it in for a picture.
Wellness:  Study Guide
Math:  Quiz page 105

Tuesday, November 15th

 

Bud, Not Buddy tells the story of Bud Caldwell, a ten-year-oil boy of the Depression Era.  Bud becomes an orphan at six and endures many unpleasant foster homes.  In Reading, we have begun taking this journey with Buddy as he looks for his father.

Homework:  

Reading:  Read up to page 25 and use post-its for main idea

               Character Web on Buddy/ Alliteration Poem Rough Draft/ Vocab and Spelling Test on Friday

Social Studies Test tomorrow on Africa, Chapter 1, Section 1 and the map of Africa's waters

Science Test tomorrow

Math: R and P 2-9

Thursday, November 3rd

Today, a group of students in Mrs. Beistel's class created their own skits to show how scientists find the location of an earthquake.

Friday, October 28th

Happy Halloween!!  Enjoy the slideshow from Team Independence!

Wednesday, October 26th

 

Today we kicked off our Olweus Program by having our first class meetings!

This afternoon we had our Terra Nova Testing.

Homework:

Spelling - humorous story with 20 spelling words due tomorrow

Social Studies- map of Africa test tomorrow

Science- test tomorrow

Tuesday, October 25th

A special "Happy Birthday" to Carly who treated our class with a beautiful cupcake cake! The icing was a huge hit! We hope that Carly has a special day!

We also had a great kick-off to the Olweus program! There were inspirational videos and speeches to motivate us to keep our school bully-free!

Homework:
Spelling Paragraph due Thursday
Comprehension Questions due tomorrow for room 202 (April's Mud)
Comprehension Questions 1-5 due for room 204 **Both rooms, use quotes from the story to support your answers!

Monday, October 24th

All this week, Team Independence will be focusing on being Drug-Free!  We have a busy week filled with the following activities:

Tuesday:  Wear Camouflage or Black Day/ Olweus Kick-off in the afternoon

Wednesday:  Bring in a canned good/ Terra Nova Testing in the afternoon

Thursday:  Team Jersey Day/Terra Nova Testing in the afternoon

Friday:  Blue and Gold Day/ Halloween Parade in the afternoon (bring costumes and change in Exploratory)

Homework:  Spelling words missed, 3 x's each

                     Write your spelling words in a humorus paragraph, due Thursday, 20 points

                      Spelling Test Friday

Social Studies:  Africa Map Test Thursday.  Please study!!

Science:  Study Guide (front and back), Test on Thursday

Tuesday, October 19th

Social Studies are beginning to learn about Africa!

Homework:

Social Studies:  Label map of Africa and complete Key Places

Science:  Finish study guide and main idea study guide

Monday, October 17th

Sedimentary Rocks was the focus of our labs today in Science Class.

Homework:

Spelling:  3x's each; ABC order due Thursday; Test on Friday

Writing:  Complete 2nd revision on Rule for tomorrow.  Remember to use vivid adjectives.

Social Studies:  Read pages 9-14 and complete Key Words

Friday, October 14th

Have a wonderful weekend!  Good luck to all the Canon-Mac teams in their games this weekend!  

If you want to study spelling words, they are "April's Mud" list on Spelling City.

No homework

October 13th

In writing today, we are creating our own explanations of the rules that our parents make!  With great humor and description, we are bringing our stories to life!

Homework:
Math: pages 41-43, 1-40;  workbook 1-13, R and P side
Science:  worksheet, front and back
Spelling:  Test Tomorrow!
Writing:  complete your rough draft on your rule
Reading:  four worksheets on prefix/suffix/antonyms/synonyms

Wednesday, October 12th

Today we had an informational assembly about fire safety from our local fireman, our heroes!  They provided us with useful information on how to prevent fires and what happens when a fire starts.

Homework:
Spelling worksheet due tomorrow
Grammar:  Subject/ Verb sheets due tomorrow (make sure Mrs. Haddox checks them)
Math:  Coach book pages 48-49 and 82-83
Science:  worksheet vocab only

Tuesday, October 11th

In Reading today, we are learning what parts make up a word!  How quickly the meaning can change by adding a suffix or a prefix!

Homework:
Spelling Test Friday, Spelling Worksheet due Thursday
Reading (202):  6+1 Traits pages 4-5; (204) Write 10 Rules for The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups
Math:  Test tomorrow:  Practice workbook P1-11 (1-14) do not do the R side; Textbook page 21, 4-8; Textbook page 68 Set 1-9 # 1-4, Set 1-10 #1-6; Textbook page 72 Set 1-9 #1-5, Set 1-10 # 1-11
Science: Test tomorrow

Monday, October 10th

What a beautiful fall weekend we had! I hope that you and your family enjoyed the sunshine!
In Reading today, we took our spelling pretest, reviewed our new words, and started to prepare for our benchmark.  Main idea, theme, summary, and main details were all discussed and modeled in class.

Homework:
Spelling:  Test Friday; write missed words 3x's each, worksheet due Thursday
Social Studies: Tuesday, World Map Test
Math:  Properties Test tomorrow
Science:  Wednesday test on Chapter 8 (Rocks)

Friday, October 7th

Today in class, the students in Team Independence are learning about Africa.  We surveyed many maps and discussed location and climate.  On Tuesday of next week, we will be having a world map test.  Students are coming home with a study guide to help them prepare.
Team Independence has also been blessed with a i Pad!   The students have already enjoyed reading and playing educational games on it.  We will be using it in our studies to come.

Hope that you have a great weekend!

Homework:
Social Studies:  Test Tuesday on World Map
Math:  Test Tuesday

Tuesday, October 4th

Today Team Independence revised their paragraphs about Jonathan's soccer game.  We will be reviewing how to create a good sentence using subjects and verbs tomorrow.

Homework:
Spelling ABC Order due Thursday
Spelling Test Friday
Writing (202) finish hamburger paragraphs
Science complete worksheet

Monday, October 3rd

Are you hungry for a good paragraph??? The students from Team Independence are!  Today in writing, the students viewed a flip chart that reviewed the parts of a paragraph.  We talked about how not only do we need the bun (topic sentence and conclusion sentence) to hold everything together, but we need some ingredients to make the burger more appetizing.  The meat, cheese, lettuce, and ketchup represent all the juicy details we can add to our paragraph.  After viewing a video about Jonathan's soccer game, the students were asked to create a "juicy" paragraph detailing what happened.

Homework:
Reading:  Skills test tomorrow on Teammates
Writing:  Finish hamburger writing on Jon's video (202); finish hamburger paragraph (204)
Spelling:  Put words in ABC order for Thursday,  test Friday
Math:  Monster Math

Friday, September 30th

 

Please excuse the "sample"! Mrs. Haddox used this hand to remind us how to write good paragraphs.  We are to include a topic sentence (main idea), three supporting details with quotes from the text, and a good conclusion sentence.  Ask your son or daughter to share the chant with you!

In the computer lab, we discovered  more about the animals whose fossils Alfred Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift.  We are writing a report on these animals.

Homework:

Reading: Comprehension Test on Teammates

Thursday, September 29

 

Language Arts classes finished reading Teammates in class.  Next week we will have our comprehension test.

In Grammar class today, we reviewed subjects and predicates with a humorous power point on the Promethean Board!  Who knew that grammar could be fun?

**Progress Reports are coming home tonight** Please sign and return!

Homework:

Grammar workbook pages 7-8 (room 202) 7-9 (room 204) 

Spelling Test tomorrow

Math - page 23, 1-24 and page 25 1-32 and R 1-8 and P 1-8

Wellness -study guide

Wednesday, September 28th

Fall into learning!  We were extremely busy today in our learning centers!  The centers included leveled readers, comprehension questions from Teammates, multiplication review, and a science review.  The students also created a beautiful name tag designed with leaves for their lockers.  The students worked so well that they earned 5 puzzle pieces for each class!

Homework:
Math page R 1-6 and P 1-6
Science Test tomorrow!
Reading Workbook pages 12 and 13

Monday, September 26th

Reward Movie!

Today, Team Independence received their reward movie!  Both classes earned enough puzzle pieces to create a hundred piece puzzle.  Great job!

Homework:
Social Studies quiz tomorrow
Spelling Test Friday
Science Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Test in Science

Friday, September 23rd

Today the students of Team Independence put on their Great Sentence Caper Skits! They did a great job and the skits were quite humorous!! I think we have some future actors in our midst. The students were so surprised that they were having fun in grammar class! The Mrs. Haddox was very proud of all the effort that the students put into their costumes and scripts.

Homework:
Wednesday- Chapter 7 Lesson 1 Test in Science
Tuesday- Quiz in Social Studies on Sections 1 and 2

Thursday, September 22

We are getting ready for our Sentence Capers!  The students worked and practiced on their scripts today.  We are so looking forward to presenting them in class.  Mrs. Haddox will post pictures tomorrow!

Homework:
Spelling Test tomorrow
Math:  Unfinished seat work

Wednesday, Sept. 21st

Smile!  Class pictures were taken today!   

Today in Language Arts, we completed a rough draft and final draft of our Reading Prompt on Tony and the Snark.  Mrs. Haddox is very anxious to read them.  The prompts will receive two grades, one for writing and one for reading.  Mrs. Haddox's class also went to the Book Fair.  We are very anxious to read our new books!

The afternoon was filled with Learning Centers.  One center was in the computer lab where we worked on our Great Sentence Caper. The other two centers were Social Studies and Math.

Homework:

Social Studies:  Page 19, 2-5, learning center worksheets are not homework

Math: R 1-5 and P 1-5

Language Arts- Great Sentence Caper Script due tomorrow;  we will practice the plays in class tomorrow and present Friday.

Tuesday, September 20th

The Great Sentence Caper!  Today in Language Arts, the students started to brainstorm on what theme they will be presenting to the class.  In teams of four, the students will become a character that can only talk in one of the types of sentences.  Through the use of theatre, the students are integrating the use of the four types of sentences in their writing.  On Friday, we will be presenting our capers to the classroom. Mrs. Haddox will not only grade our writing, but our presentations.

In Science, we are studying the layers of the Earth and in Math we are estimating.

REMINDER:  Tomorrow is PICTURE DAY!  Please bring in your form and money.

                       Also, Mrs. Haddox's class will visit the Book Fair in the morning.

Homework:
Spelling:  Test Friday (don't forget to use Spelling City!)
Reading:  Tony and the Snark writing prompt tomorrow in class
Social Studies:  Complete questions 2-5 on page 19
Science:  Finish the study guide

Thursday, September 15

It was great to see all our students' parents and grandparents last night. Thank you so much for coming to Open House!  Today in Language Arts we completed our Tony and the Snark Comprehension Test and our Daily Edits for the week.  We worked really hard today so Mrs. Haddox gave us a break!  No homework this long weekend!
In Math today, we reviewed place  value and exponents.
Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow.  Monday through Friday of next week is the Book Fair and Wednesday is Picture Day!
We hope that you have an enjoyable weekend.

Open House Night!

We are looking forward to meeting all the parents tonight at Open House. Remember that it is from 6 to 8 PM.

Homework:
Language Arts: Tony and the Snark Comprehension and Vocabulary Test tomorrow. Study your questions and vocabulary

Social Studies: Graded Homework: Write a question for each of the five themes of geography.

Science: Back of Study Guide

Tuesday, September 13th

Hello Team Independence! Just a reminder that Open House is tomorrow from 6-8 PM!
We look forward to meeting with you.

Homework:
Language Arts: (202) Finish last comprehension question
Social Studies: (202) Complete questions 1-4 on page 13
Math:  R and P sides on pages 1 and 2
Science:  Define vocabulary; Chapter 7, Lesson 1, 1-9 only

Friday, September 9th

 

We remember.

Homework:
Language Arts: Tony and the Snark Vocabulary words in a sentence; Complete Reading Workbook page 2; Complete 3 sentences on Sentence Worksheet

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 8th

Homework:
Spelling Test tomorrow on Tony and the Snark; complete vocab for the story
Math Worksheet

Working Away!

We were mindfully working today.  In language arts, we reviewed sequencing in text.  By spotting the clue words, we were able to see the text develop.  Afterwards, we brainstormed words to creatively fill our acrostic poem on freedom.  With the 10th anniversary of September 11 on Sunday, we wanted to pay homage to the fallen men and women.  We are looking forward to you seeing our displays when you visit during Open House next week!

Math classes discussed place values and had some time in learning centers to review.

Homework:
Math:  Page 6, 7-26 and Place Value Worksheet from Centers
Language Arts:  Spelling Trace Plus Two; ABC Order, Colored Freedom Poem, Grammar pages 1-3

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

 

The rain made it a cozy school day!  We are starting to get into the groove with our classes and schedule.

In Language Arts today, we discovered that some words can clue us into sequencing.  By using these words, our text can become easier to understand.  We also received our first spelling list and stared our daily edit on the Promethean Board.

In Math, we searched for answers in our Math book through a scavenger hunt!  We have a lot to look forward to this year.

Homework: 

Spelling:  Trace plus Two; ABC Order, both due Thursday.  Test on Friday

Reading: Page 1 in Reading Workbook (sequencing)

Welcome Back!!

We are so elated to meet all of our new students in Team Independence.  Mrs. Beistel and myself would like to personally welcome you to 6th grade.  We are looking forward to having a wonderful and productive year!

Our first week has been filled with classroom activities to make the students feel comfortable in our classrooms and to feel comfortable with our procedures.  We have learned that our students are very talented and filled with creative ideas.

This blog is designed to give you weekly updates on classroom activities.  Please feel free to contact us through our email at haddoxg@cmsd.k12.pa.us for Mrs. Haddox and beistelt@cmsd.k12.pa.us for Mrs. Beistel.  We look forward to partnering with you in your child's education.

Homework:
Parent's signature on Handbook form
AR book

Welcome Back!