Veterans are coming

Tomorrow is our assembly where we have Veterans from all wars from WWII on. The students really enjoy this presentation and it is so nice to see Veterans coming to share their heroic stories. Parents, if you have the time, you may come and join us for this presentation. It starts at 1:15pm in the cafe.

What we did today!

All Classes:

We reviewed for our test tomorrow. Our test tomorrow is on our Environment, Trade, and Resources notes. Students have had a study guide since Friday last week.

Homework tonight: STUDY STUDY STUDY

Also, we began working on our South America maps and are starting our unit on South America.

GREAT project due November 19th. That is next Friday!!!

What we did Today!

Block 1:

No GREAT today. Mr. Bullins is on the Outer Banks trip.
We reviewed our quizzes and maps from last week.
We worked with partners on our study guides for our test Wednesday.

Blocks 2 and 3:

No GREAT today. Mr. Bullins is on the Outer Banks trip.
We reviewed our quizzes and maps from last week.
We worked with partners on our Junior Scholastic magazines.
We worked in groups to answer questions on our study guides for our test on Wednesday.

HOMEWORK: STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

GREAT PROJECT DUE NOVEMBER 19TH (13 DAYS)

NO CURRENT EVENTS DUE THIS WEEK!!!

Next Week

Monday:     

GREAT class

Tuesday:

Review for test tomorrow

Wednesday: 

Test

Shortened schedule due to War Veteran's coming and talking to the 6th graders

Parents: please feel welcome to come to this. It is a fantastic presentation. It begins at 1:15pm in the cafeteria

Thursday:

NO SCHOOL/Veteran's Day

Friday:

We have school

Dance 3:15 - 5:15pm

What we did today!

All Classes:

• Turned in current events
• Watched the week in rap
• Finished our Trade notes
• Took a pop quiz
• Worked on our Junior Scholastic Quiz Wizards and Cuba map (some students finished these and some did not)
• Began working on our study guides for our test on Wednesday

Homework:

GREAT Project due November 19th
Late current events due Monday with two articles

What we did today!

All Classes:

Today we concentrated on three stories on our Junior Scholastic magazine. One was about mother nature and global warming. The second was about Cuba and Fidel Castro. The third was about Mesopotamia and ancient civilization.

After reading and discussing the three articles we began working on a Quiz Wizard which has questions to answer about the articles. We will finish these and the Cuba map tomorrow in class.

We are having a pop quiz tomorrow. We will turn in current events, watch the week in rap, finish our trade notes, take a quiz, and then finish our Junior Scholastic. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. Bring your thinking caps.

I am sending home study guides tomorrow for their test on Wednesday.

Reminders:
GREAT project is due November 19th
Current Events are due tomorrow

What we did Today!

All Classes:

Today we read aloud four readings about natural resources and their uses. Then we worked in groups of 5 to fill out a graphic organizer about two of the readings. Students worked really hard today and did a good job overall on the assignment.

Homework:

Current events due Friday
Environment, Trade, Resources Test will be Wednesday next week.
GREAT project due November 19th.

Usually I do tutoring on Wednesdays after school. Next week, I am changing it to Tuesday after school from 3:00 - 3:45pm. This way we can review for their test on Wednesday.

What we did Today!

All Classes:

We reviewed our Population tests and received stickers for them. We also reviewed our vocabulary quiz from Friday and received stickers for these.
We began working on our Trade notes today.

NO HOMEWORK

Current Events due Friday
GREAT project due November 19th. That is 18 days from now.

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• Mr. Bullins came in and conducted his GREAT class. 
• We received our Current Events notebooks back to look at grades.
• We reviewed students' guided readings on resources and environment
• We finished our economic and natural resources maps and turned these in
• We began working on four readings... these are not homework and will continue to work on these tomorrow.
• No Homework tonight.

Reminders:

• GREAT project is due November 19th
• Tomorrow is an EARLY RELEASE day. Students leave school at 1:01pm
• November 11th is Veteran's Day... There is NO SCHOOL

Happy Halloween!!!

Blocks 1 and 2:

We watched the Week in Rap. Then we took our vocabulary quiz today. Students said this was easy. I passed back a whole bunch of papers and projects today. Students need to have the papers we passed back today with them on Monday so that we can go over them and they can correct their answers. We began working on economic activity maps.

Block 3:

We took notes on our Environment section. We watched the Week in Rap. Then we took our vocabulary quiz today. Students said this was easy. I passed back a whole bunch of papers and projects today. Students need to have the papers we passed back today with them on Monday so that we can go over them and they can correct their answers. We began working on economic activity maps.

All Classes:

Current Events were due today.
Bonus was due today, graded, and passed back.
Progress Reports were due today.
Block 3 had to turn in their Resources guided reading.

I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween.

What we did today

Block 1 and 2:

We took notes on the Environment.
We reviewed yesterday's notes on resources and then played a review game. We took a quiz on resources.
We turned in our homework from yesterday (guided reading on resources).

Block 3:

We reviewed resources notes from yesterday. We played a vocabulary BINGO game. We played a game reviewed resources. We took a quiz on resources. We received a homework assignment (guided reading on resources). Some students were able to finish this in class, others had to take this home.

All Classes:

Progress reports are due tomorrow.
Bonus is due tomorrow.
We are having a vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Current Events are due tomorrow.



Reminder: GREAT project is due November 19th.

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 2:
Today we finished our vocabulary definitions and then completed the vocabulary sheet where we had to draw illustrations for our words and create a sentence using our vocabulary.

Then we took notes on our Resources topic. Lastly, we played BINGO to practice our vocabulary.

Homework: Guided Reading about Resources

Block 3:
Today we finished our vocabulary definitions and then completed the vocabulary sheet where we had to draw illustrations for our words and create a sentence using our vocabulary.


Then we took notes on our Resources topic.

Because of the tornado warning, we were unable to play BINGO or get our homework assignments.

All Classes:
Progress reports went home today. These need to be signed by a parent and brought back by Friday.
Current Events are due Friday.
Bonus is due Friday if you decided to do it.
Vocabulary Quiz Friday.

I hope everyone gets home safe tonight!

What we did Today!

All Classes:

We took our Population Test today. If you were absent, you will have to Friday to make this up. You can either come in the morning before school or in the afternoon after school.
We began working on our next section's vocabulary words. Some students finished these and some did not. We will finish them in class tomorrow.
We also began working on a visualization of our vocabulary words. We will finish this in class tomorrow as well.

Homework: No homework tonight... but Current Events are due on Friday.

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 2:

We reviewed study guides today and I answered any questions the students had about their test tomorrow. We also discussed two other population density maps to get a better understanding of them for our test tomorrow. We also read about population statistics in the United States and answered questions on this.

Block 3:

We reviewed your population guided reading.
We reviewed study guides today and I answered any questions the students had about their test tomorrow. We also discussed two other population density maps to get a better understanding of them for our test tomorrow.

Homework for all classes:

STUDY FOR YOU POPULATION TEST

Mr. Bullins did not come in today to conduct GREAT. Remember that your GREAT projects are due November 19th.

What we did Today!

Block 1:

We reviewed your population density map and population guided reading. Students were able to work on their study guides with a partner today to start filling in some answers.

Block 2:

We reviewed your population density maps and population guided reading. Study Guides were given out so that students can start studying this weekend.

Block 3:

We practiced and performed our population songs. The students did a really great job on these.

All Classes:

Students need to begin studying this weekend for their population test on Tuesday. We will finish reviewing on Monday. Their test is Tuesday. Current Events were due today as well.

Reminder: GREAT project is due November 19th