Field Trip Fun!

The field trip to Sunken Gardens and Brackenridge Park proved to be a success today. The kids were focused and on task with their work regarding measurement and reading the historical books they chose from the library. Great time with the sixth grade leaders! You guys are awesome!

Stay Motivated!!!

"Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." I definitely found this quote by Joshua J. Marine inspiring! :)

Mesopotamia Introduction

Mesopotamia Introduction

We are going to begin our unit on studying the Middle East.  It is full of history and one of the first civilizations.  We are going to compare the past and present in this unit.

Finding Volume

Not everything in math has to be boring.  Here is a song on finding the volume :)

Geometry Review

Review your geometry skills about everything we have learned by playing some of these games :)

Geometry Review

Students, please take this statement into consideration!

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.  ~Doug Larson

Conversions Rap!

Innovative Sixth Graders Recognized by KSAT!!!

This video shows sixth graders promoting their new invention; a thermal imaging cooking device. In this clip, they noted that food warmed in a microwave is unevenly cooked (I agree). This creation, a (TIM), provides a way to not only heat food, but turn raw meat brown and edible (microwaves cannot cook raw meat). According to the students, the chef will be able to observe his or her glorious cooking process to perfection. Awesome!

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Atoms Family Song

We are learning about atoms.  Here is the "Atoms Family Song."

I LOVE THIS COVER!

This is an awesome song. Ms. Lochridge played the original version of "Mean" by Taylor Swift for the sixth graders earlier this year, but I just wanted to show another version. The message remains...

Great Saturday!

The ATE conference on Saturday confirmed how beneficial student cooperation is... an essential to success!

Polygon Song!

Exercise

Read this article about why exercising is very important.

Healthy Exercise

Atoms and Elements

Bill Nye always explains science stuff better.....

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Persuasion is Powerful!

Kudos to Ms. Lochridge who works in Special Education.
The Special Place: Tips on persuasive writing

Propaganda Review

Another video reviewing the most popular propaganda techniques.  You will need to choose at least on to use in your advertisement.

All the Angles of a Quadrilateral Equal 360 Degrees

This is an example to remind you of why all the angles of a quadrilateral equal 360 degrees.

Use Your Persuasion!

Angles Rap!

Types of Triangles and Their Features

This video explains the details of each type of triangle.

The website below is a review of the triangle features.  Complete the practice problems.

Triangle Relationships

Positivity makes all the difference!

Be Yourself!

The Power of Literacy

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
S.I. Hayakawa

Persuasion Paper Pre-Write

Use this ReadWriteThink Interactive to do the pre-writing for your persuasion paper.

Persuasion Paper Pre-Write