6th Grade Newsletter
February 23, 2021
Language Arts
What are we learning?
- We are analyzing poems to determine meaning and perspective.
- We are reading and listening to poems for appealing sounds in a poem, such as rhyme, rhythm, repetition, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
- We are examining different Poets' use of poetic devices/tools to convey meaning.
Home/School Connection
- Ask your child to share their poetry responses.
- Read a poem with your child and discuss your reactions. Share the images that were created and your feelings.
- Pick a topic and you can both write a poem on it and compare.
Math
What are we learning?
- We are learning to add and subtract integers.
- We are learning to use integers to solve real-world problems.
Home/School Connection
- How do zero pairs help you to add and subtract integers?
- Do you prefer to use counters or a number line to help you solve problems with integers? Why?
Science
What are we learning?
- We are learning about how to analyze water quality, and how to determine if a water supply is safe to consume.
- We are learning about atoms and how atoms are structured in different states of matter.
Home/School Connection
- Discuss the states of matter, and find things in your house that are in the different forms.
- Discuss ways to conserve water at home.
AAP Content
We will begin exploring the concept of Change and how it connects to our units of study.
- Math: We are wrapping up our unit on Linear Functions:
- Students will continue to make connections between different representations of a proportional or additive relationship.
- They will graph a line representing an additive relationship given an ordered pair on the line and the y-intercept.
- Language Arts:
- Students will evaluate character development against their own experiences to create new understandings about life lessons
- Students will analyze and incorporate all parts of functional texts to understand the author’s purpose and to locate and interpret information
- Social Studies:
- Students will finish their DBQ Final Products on the driving question - Valley Forge: Would you have quit?
- Students will begin to analyze and describe the forming of our nation and the historical development of the Constitution of the United States
- Science:
- Students will begin to investigate and understand that water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environments
- Table Talk:
- How does my learning community change over time?
- How does my learning about the changes in the past help me understand the present?
- How do organisms, including humans, change the environment they live in?
- How do personal experiences, relationships, and beliefs inspire people to make changes in their community?
- What causes positive, neutral and negative changes in society?
- How does the idea of change connect with the concepts I am learning in class?