Using Protractors

The following website explains how to use a protractor to measure and draw angles.  Complete the practice problems.  When everyone is done, we will draw our own angles, and your partner will measure the angles.

Using a Protractor

Element Research

To help you out with your research about the most common elements on Earth, use the following websites.

Web Elements  - Click in left margin on essential data, history, geology, and biology

It's Elemental  -  This is a little more detailed, but also a good website.

Element Song

You will not have to memorize all the elements, but this is fun!

Estimating Angles

Practice estimating angles using this game to rescue the aliens.  Move the slider to the correct angle position.

Estimating Angles

Main Idea

Main idea can be confusing, but always remember that it is the topic of a paragraph too.  This videos explains the main idea.

Angles are FUN!!

The following website explains the different types of angles.  Complete the practice problems at the end.

Angles are FUN!

Transfer of Heat Interactive

Use the following interactive website to create a Venn Diagram about the similarities and differences between radiation, convection, and conduction.

Transfer of Heat Interactive

Respect! A Funny Video We All Can Relate To!

Mean, Median and Mode Rap!

Mean, Median, Mode Rap

Great Song!  I know y'all like rap!

World War 1: Cause and Effects

This video shows how to create your own bar graph.

Convection Box

Convection is the transfer of thermal energy to air which flows from cool to warm.  Below is the demonstration of the air moving from warm to cool.

Stem and Leaf Plots

Watch until he starts talking about the different "quarters."  This is a good video about understanding stem and leaf plots.

This song can not some up thermal energy transfer any better than I could have!

The following is a more sequential way of talking about thermal energy transfer.

Bar Graphs & Circle Graphs

This is a great explanation of how to change bar graphs into pie graphs.

Persuasive Articles to Analyze

Use WebQuest and choose 2 articles to read.  You may pick from any of the categories.  Follow the the "Data Response Format" to guide yourself through analyzing the articles.

Persuasive Articles

Stop throwing pebbles, they lead to stones. Eventually, they all turn to boulders...

Comeback Can

We are going to design a comeback can to demonstrate kinetic and potential energy.  Here is a visual on how to design your can.

Comeback Can

Once you are done, this video shows how it should work.

Area of a Circle

This is the video of how the formula for the area of a circle came to life :)

Don't Buy It! Advertising Tricks

One technique used in advertising is called Faulty Reasoning.  We often fall into the trap of believing something that isn't entirely true.  This website has the insights into advertising tricks that are used to make us believe something is better than it really is.

Don't Buy It! Advertising Tricks

Propaganda Rap!

Propaganda Techniques

Area of a Circle

Circumference of a Circle

Read and practice the following about circumference.

Circumference of a Circle

Map of Europe

Follow the link to an interactive map of Europe to assist you with labeling and coloring your map.

Interactive Europe Map

Circles

The following is the link to notes about circles.......

StudyZone Circle Notes

Complete the practice to check for understanding.

Read, Write and Spell Some More...

Here is a great resource for Language Arts studies that is beneficial to fifth and sixth grade teachers.

http://www.teachersdesk.org/

Persuasive Text

We are beginning a new unit on Persuasive Text and Media.  This video is a great introduction about techniques used in advertising.

A Comma is vital to a Commentary...

Quotation Mark Rules

Rules on how to use quotation marks are below:

1. Use quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. Example: He said, "I saw that." "I saw it too," she said.

2. Use quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. When the words identifying the speaker come between the parts of the quotation, put quotation marks around each part. Example: "Yes," said Jack, "I will be there."

3. Use one set of quotation marks for two or more sentences not broken by explanatory material. Example: "I know that. He has known for several days," said Jim. If part of the quotation is a new sentence use a capital letter. Example: "I know that," said Jim. "He has known for several days."

4. Use no quotation marks with indirect quotations. An indirect quotation often begins with the word that. Example: Betty said that she wished the election was final.

5. Begin a new paragraph with each change of speaker in dialogue.
Example:
"Can I count on you?" asked Carl.
"Yes, you can," said Matthew.
"You cannot fail us," replied Claudia.

6. If a quotation has more than one paragraph, use quotation marks at the beginning of each paragraph and at the end of the last paragraph of the quotation.

7. Use quotation marks around the titles of short stories, short plays, short poems and short musical compositions; of art works, articles, chapters, essays, and speeches; of radio and television programs. Example: My favorite painting is "Blue Boy."

8. Use single quotation marks for a quotation within a quotation. Example: "Dad always says, 'Maybe,'" cried Pam.

9. Use quotation marks to set off words or phrases used in a special sense: technical, ironical, coined, slang, and words used as words in informal writing. Examples: Grant always uses the word "terrific." The car driving slowly down the street went "ka-lunk! ka-lunk!"

10. Always place commas and periods inside quotation marks. Example: One famous painting is "The Song of the Lark."

11. Place question marks and exclamation points inside quotation marks if they are part of the quotation. Examples: Jim asked, "Where are you going?"

Capitalization Rules

When editing your writing, it is very important to pay close attention to capitalizing the proper words.

Capitalization Rules:

1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence. Example: The lessons begin tomorrow.

2. Capitalize the word I, either alone or in a contraction. Examples : Do I get to go? I said that I'm here.

3. Capitalize words such as Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather, Son, Daughter, and Sis when they are used in place of the person's name. Do not capitalize them when they follow possessive pronouns such as my, your, his, her, our, or your.

4. Capitalize proper nouns. A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. Examples: girl - Rebecca, city - Orem, newspaper - Deseret News


5. Capitalize a common noun when it is part of a proper noun. Examples: river - Jordan River, uncle - Uncle Al, street - Main Street

6. Capitalize North, South, East, West, and words such as Northwest when they indicate a section of the world or country. Do not capitalize them when they indicate a direction.

7. Capitalize religions, creeds, and denominations; the Bible and its parts; other sacred books; nouns and personal pronouns referring to the Deity (God). Do not capitalize god when it refers to mythology. 

Examples: Christianity, Protestants, Exodus, Koran, and Jesus and His works

8. Capitalize the days of the week, the months of the year, but do not capitalize the seasons. Example: Monday, March, summer

9. Capitalize names of countries, nationalities, races, languages, and adjectives derived from them. Examples: Germany, Swedes, Indians, French, English countryside

10. Capitalize geographic names and places. Examples: Mount Rushmore, Hudson Bay, Michigan Avenue, Washington D.C.

11. Capitalize the specific name of buildings and other man-made structures, ships, trains, and planes. Examples: the White House, Mayflower, Amtrak, Concorde

12. Capitalize the names of organizations (business, school, professional, social). Examples: Audubon Society, Orem High School, Better Business Bureau, Lion's Club

13. Capitalize holidays, special or famous events, historical periods or eras and famous documents.

14. Capitalize titles preceding personal names, abbreviations of those titles used with proper names, initials, or titles when used alone in place of the name or person. Examples: Mr., Miss, Rev., Dr., W. C. Johanson, Captain

15. Capitalize the abbreviations Jr., Sr., and Esq. following names; the abbreviations A.M., P.M., B.C., and A.D.; and abbreviations of academic degrees.

16. Capitalize the titles of books, newspapers, magazines, and all other kinds of literary works. Capitalize works of art, motion pictures, and musical compositions. Do not capitalize the articles (a,an,the), prepositions, or conjunctions unless they come first or last in these titles. Example: Death of a Salesman, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

17. Capitalize the first word of every direct quotation. Example: He asked, "Can this wait until tomorrow?"

18. Capitalize the first word and all nouns in the salutation of a letter. Example: My dear Mary, Capitalize only the first word of the complimentary close. Example: Yours truly,

6th Graders Making African Music!

Great Job!  This is awesome!

Reducing Fractions

This is an awesome song to remember how to reduce/simplify and put fractions into lowest terms!

Decimals to Fractions Song

Here is a fun song about converting decimals to fractions.  "Say it, write it, simplify it!"

Here is the explanation written out step by step.

Fractions to Decimals to Percents

This video explains the entire process of converting fractions to decimals to percents.

Fractions to Decimals

One of the most important concepts to understand in math is converting fractions to decimals to percents,  Here is another way of explaining converting fractions to decimals besides using our phrase "BT."

Always stay true... To You!!!

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Letter Writing

Use the website below to practice writing a letter.  Write to someone (either a friend or museum) about your piece of Africa's culture that you will be presenting.  Remember to give details about what makes your visual unique and why it is important to Africa's culture.

Don't forget to check for spelling and complete sentences :)

Letter writing

Area of a Trapezoid

Here is some extra help with trapezoid.....

Read through the explaination and then work the example problems.  I will come around in class to check your work.

Trapezoid

Tangram Fun!

When all your work is complete.....Have some fun with tangrams.

Tangram Fun

How to Write a Formal Letter

How to Write a Friendly Letter...

Area of a Parallelogram

Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Tim and Moby Cell Time

Tim and Moby from Brainpop can help us out with the cells!

Never, Ever Give Up!!!

If we all did the things we are capable of,
we would astound ourselves.
Thomas Edison

Students, read this quote and take it seriously. There are are unlimited possibilities to what you can achieve in life. You all have so many precious gifts and potential!

Let us Proceed More... and more...

Today, the leaders were introduced to procedural text. This type of writing is expository. Procedural text gives step-by-step instructions concerning how to proceed from Point A to Point B. Let us think of directions to learning as a tool to organize, locate a destination, or cook a celebrated family meal. These skills will never cease to be utilized!

Area of a Triangle

Area of a triangle help......this shows why we use such a weird formula to find the area of a triangle.

Area of a Triangle

Write right!

Never think that what you've written can't be improved. You should always try to make the sentence that much better and make a scene that much clearer. Go over and over the words and reshape them as many times as is needed.
(Tracy Chevalier, "Why I Write." The Guardian, Nov. 24, 2006)

These are key points to always keep in mind when writing an essay, composition or final paper. I would not be the writer I am today without utilizing these tools. Students, use patience when revising and editing. Common errors in spelled words and punctuation used hold so much importance on grading criteria. Believe me, take these words of advice. They will never fail you...

Surfing Video

We are going to compare different types of media that share the same topics.  Here is the video of Andy Iron's view of surfing:

We will also read a "How-To" on surfing and an opinion on surfing in class.

Dreams do not fade unless you let them!

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

This is a quote that may guide you for life. Everyone has issues, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Pursue your happiness.