Solids, Liquids, and Gases

Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.  This mean that matter is everywhere and we cannot escape it!  We are exploring what makes each state of matter different from each other in class.  StudyJams has a great video and song explaining all the differences.  Take a look:

States of Matter

After looking at the website, can you track the flow of a water molecule through all three states of matter in a hurricane?  

Hurricane Irene hit the east coast last week and caused major damage.  Isn't it amazing how the most important liquid we need for survival can be the same liquid that can cause major damage to our communities? 

Morning Warm-up

Happy Monday Leaders!

Take a look at the multiplication websites below, choose one game to play, and practice your facts this morning using these websites.

Multiplication Games

Multiplication Games

Parents:  Please help your student to memorize their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts!! It is very important and crucial for their success on the new STAAR test this year.

Overview for the Week of August 29 - Sept. 2

This weeks theme is "The World Around You"


Monday:

• Personification in poetry
• The Importance of Fractions
• Scientific Method
• Work on State Project

Tuesday:

• Hyperboles in Poetry
• Simple and Compound Sentences
• Similarities of Fractions and the Ruler
• Displacement Density
• Presentations of Projects

Wednesday:

• Onomatopoeia and Alliteration in Poetry
• Fractions on the Number Line
• Solid, Liquids, Gases in the World
• Migration into North America

Thursday:

• Smilies in Literature
• Equivalent Fraction Paper Folding
• Solid, Liquid, and Gases Models
• Physical Features and Natural Resources in the World

Friday:

• Metaphors in Literature
• Fraction Games
• Complete Mystery Lab
• "My Homeland" Brochure
• Equivalent Fraction Quiz
• Spelling Test
• Project Topic Due

We will be returning to the library on September 9th.  Please remember to take care of your books and bring them back to school to read during extra class time. 

I am so pleased with the new sixth graders. They are bright, curious, and engaged in their lessons. This year is off to a great start so far! Language Arts is my focus, and I am so happy these kids are so interested in Mountain Language and having fun with it. I am especially excited about the poetry projects. Just a song lyric shows a child how writing can be incorporated into anything, which relates from reading and thinking critically. The poetry projects have evoked inspiration from these students who are artistic, determined and serious in their quest for academic achievement.

Great Week!

This week is going great!  All of the students are fantastic, and I am excited about what this year will bring!  It has only been 3 days, and we have already written two poems, learned our divisibility rules, discovered physical properties, learned how to draw the continents and oceans in under 1 minute, and so much more.  Most importantly, we are learning about respect and how we can learn from each other!  I will try to remember to take pictures of the kids working hard and post them tomorrow.

On another note, the tragic earthquake in Virginia has stirred up some great scientific conversations between the students.  Even though we will do Earth science later in the year, I love that they are interested now.  I have posted a link that will explain the Earth's tectonic plates, and another link about how the plates moved in this last earthquake.

Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanos

Animals Expecting the Earthquake

What Caused the Virginia Quake?

Overview for the Week of August 22-26

Our theme for this week is "All About You!"  We want to try hard this week to get to know each other and begin to create our family away from home. 


It is very important for everyone to return the library card registration with a parent signature by Wednesday!  This way our library trip will go smoother on Friday.


Monday: 

• First Day Paperwork
• Acrostic Poems
• Math Bumper Stickers
• Physical Properties
• Peaceable Person

Tuesday:

• Reading and Writing Journals
• Divisibility
• Seashells Physical Properties
• Continents, Oceans, USA

Wednesday:

• Fluency while reading
• Divisibility & other math games
• Matter's Descriptive Properties
• Explore North America

Thursday:

• Refrains in songs
• Diamante Poems
• Divisibility & other math games
• Displacement Density
• Adaptations of People, Begin state project
• 7 Continents / 5 Oceans Quiz

Friday

• Spelling Test
• Divisibility Quiz
• Density's States of Matter
• Continue working on state project
• Library Day! 

I am here at in-service and we are all working on our blogs. I have learned so much and am very excited about how they will help teachers can connect with their students and each other.

Get ready for fractions!!

We will be starting with fractions this year in math! I know that fractions can be very challenging for some students, but I have many hands-on activities for students practice using fractions in their own conversations and problems, as well as understand why fractions are so important in life.  Understanding that fractions represent a piece of a whole will make sense when we are done finding real examples in the community and our classroom.  Then we will be able to understand how to find equivalent fractions and how to divide one whole into different equal pieces.

For practice with fractions and to test your knowledge, try playing these games:
Jam It Fraction Games

Grammy and Grampy Fraction Games

If you like to rap....watch Mr. Duey rap :)

I would also like to add that many parents have offered to help us in many ways. I am very grateful for the SASIC community.

The sixth grade class is going o be awesome this year. They have so much to look forward to, especially working in pairs and helping each other out. I think by learning this way, the information being taught will really stick!

Hello everybody! I am here at Open House, and I am very happy about the turnout of new and reurning students! I believe today has been successful so far!