Newsletter

Hello parents!

Welcome to a new school year and to the sixth grade! My name is Mrs. Mercier, and I am honored to be serving you child this year. 

Each week, I will be posting a newsletter on this page of the website. Its main function will be to explain concepts we are learning in particular classes and list important upcoming dates. 

For example, this week, your student will be assigned a brown bag autobiography. In this assignment, your child will be given a brown paper bag that he or she must fill with items that explain who they are. A sheet will be provided for them to fill out that explain the contents of their bags. These will be presented throughout the week. 

Other items that we will cover this week include classroom procedures, how to locate assignments, how to utilize a planner, and explanation of the rubric for the end of the semester project in science class. 

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me at kmercier@ascentclassical.org 

Cheers to a new school year! Go Guardians! 

Good morning, families!

We had a wonderful first week in our sixth grade classroom! As a class, we collaborated on how we would like our classroom to run and operate in order for it to be a healthy, thriving enviornment. As individuals, students created a "6th grade time capsule." In this activity, students answered three questions on sheets of paper describing how they want to grow, what they want to accomplish and what kind of person they'd like to be known for this year. They placed their answers in individual jars (the time capsule) and we proudly placed these jars in the back of the room above the cubbies. At the end of the school year, students will open them and discover if their goals were met. 

Thank you for all you do to make this a wonderful place to learn and grow!

Good morning, families!

We are off to a great start in our classroom this week!

In science class, we are learning about the interior of earth. As a class, we have taken notes after reading expository text over the different layers of earth and the scientists who discovered these layers. This week, students will write their first essay in science class depicting a journey to the center of earth. Students will use the formatting of "Excellent in Writing" to discuss continental and oceanic crust, the lithosphere, asthenosphere, the lower mantle, the inner core and the outer core.

Thank you for all you do to make our classroom such a specail and wonderful place to grow!

Happy Monday, parents!

It has been a wonderful week in out sixth grade classroom!

This week in math class, we are wrapping up our first unit. Students reviewed the order of opeations, properties of multipication and how to simplify a division problem by taking classroom notes and practice problems in class we completed as individuals and in teams. Students will take their first math test this week. 

Thank you for all you do to make our classroom a wonderful place!

Good morning, parents! 

We are off to a great start this week in our sixth grade classroom!

In grammar class, students are learning how to identify, analyze and diagram object compliments. We have taken notes together as a class and have worked individually, in teams and as a class to analyze and diagram various sentences containing object compliments. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make this classroom a wonderful place!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a wonderful start in our classroom this week!

In science class, students have learned about various forms of energies and their applications. As a class, we have read expository text and taken notes over forms of energy such as kinetic, potentional, thermal, elastic potential, gravitational potential, nuclear and electromagnetic. This week, students will pick his or her three favorite forms of energy to write an essay over. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make this classroom a wonderful place to grow!

Good morning, parents!

It is a productive week in our sixth grade classroom!

This week in science class, we are learning about different types of heat transfers. After reading expository text and taking notes as a class, students will be able to differentiate between radiation, convection and conduction and give an example of each. Next week, students will write an essay detailing the differences between these types of heat transfer. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make this a wonderful place to learn and grow!

Good morning, parents!

We have a shorter, but still productive, week in our sixth grade classroom!

This week in math class, students are learning and reviewing how to multiply with decimals. We have worked individually, in small groups and as a class on various multi-step word problems related to multiplying decimals, as well as taken notes as a class with step by step instructions on how to correctly and efficiently multiply decimals. 

I hope you all have a wonderful fall break spent with your families!

Good morning, families!

We are having a wonderful week in our 6th grade classroom!

In math class, we are wrapping up our unit over decimals. Students have taken notes as a class and completed mutli-step problems related to decimals as individuals, in teams and as a class. These problems included concepts regarding how to add and subtract decimals, how to convert a fraction into a decimal, how to multiply decimals and how to divide decimals. Our unit test over decimals will be this Friday. 

Thank you for all you do to make our classroom a wonderful place for all!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a great start in our 6th grade classroom! 

In grammar class, we are wrapping up our unit over appositives. As a class, we have taken notes over how to idenitfy, analyze and diagram appositives. We have analyzed and diagramed sentences with appositives indidivually, in teams and as a class. This week will wrap up the last unit of the book. We will go through the book chapter by chapter for the rest of the year, getting quizzed every Friday after a week long review. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make this classroom a wonderful place to grow and thrive!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a wonderful start this week in our sixth grade classroom!

In math class, students are wrapping up their unit over negative numbers. This week, we will begin a new unit over ratios. In this unit, students will learn how to create and identify various ratios, create and identify equivalent ratios and use ratios to solve a variety of multi-step word problems. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make our classroom a wonderful place!

Good morning, parents!

We are having a wonderful week in our sixth grade classroom before we take off for our Thanksgiving vacation!

This week in science class, students are learning about the phases of the moon. As a class, we have read and taken notes over expository texts and have learned new vocabulary such as eclipse, neap tides and spring tides. This week, students will create diagrams of a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse. 

As always, thank you for all you do for our classroom!

Good morning, parents!

I hope you all had a very restful Thanksgiving vacation with your families!

This week in math class, students begin their unit over rate. In this unit, students will take notes as a class and solve a variety of multi-step word problems in teams, as a class, and individually regarding how to calculate averages and unit rates. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make our classroom a wonderful place to grow!

Good morning, parents!

This week in math class, students are wrapping up their unit over rate. In this unit, students have taken notes as a class and solved a variety of multi-step word problems solving for unit rates. These problems included the rates of speed, distance and time. Next week, we will jump into our last unit for the semester--percentages!

As always, thank you for all you do for our classroom!

Good morning, parents!

We are finishing out our semester strong in our sixth grade classroom!

In science class, students will be presenting their final projects over these last few weeks. In this presentation, students "teach" the class over a topic they learned about in science this year, including a 5 minute presentaton, overview paragraph, a prop and five question quiz for their peers to take. I have been tremendously proud of these kids for their hard work and tenacity!

Thank you for all you have done to make this semester wonderful!

Good morning, parents!

I hope you had a wonderful and restful holiday vacation with your children!

We are off to a wonderful start this semester in our sixth grade classroom. In math class, we are jumping into our unit over pre-algebra. Students will learn how to identify, isolate and solve for a variable in a variety of algebraic equations. Additionally, students will learn how to identify and solve for a variable in a multi-step word problem by generating an algebraic equation by using the information at hand. 

Thank you for all you do! Cheers to a great semester ahead!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a great start this week in our 6th grade classrooms!

This week in math class, we are wrapping up our unit over algebraic expressions. Students have learned how to identify a variable, coefficient and constant, as well as how to create and solve for an algebraic expression when a value is given. This week, we will learn how to idenitfy and combine like terms in a variety of algebraic expressions involving addition, multipication, subtraction and division. 

As always, thank you for all you do to make our classroom thrive!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a wonderful start in our 6th grade classroom!

In grammar class, we are wrapping up our unit over adverbial clauses. Students have learned how to properly identify, analayze and diagram various sentences that include adverbial clauses over the course of the past week. We have worked in groups, as a class and individually with a variety of sentences. It has been awesome to see the students really engage in grammar class!

As always, thank you for all you do to make our classroom a wonderful place!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a great start in our sixth grade classroom!

This week in science class, students are wrapping up their unit over astronomy. During the past several weeks, we have read expository text and taken notes as a class over each of the inner planets as well as the outer planets. In this unit, students have learned the differences between terestrial planets and gas giants regarding the atmospheres, moons and features of each planet. We will end the unit by writing an essay over a planet of each student's choice. 

As always, thank you for all you do for our classroom! 

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a good start in our sixth grade classroom!

In math class, we are wrapping up our unit over coordinate planes. In this unit, students have learned to identify the x and y axis, the x and y coordinates, plot coordinates and calculate the distance between coordinates. This week, we will learn how to identify the independent and dependent variable in a function. 

As always, thank you for all you do for our classroom!

Good morning, parents!

We are off to a wonderful start in our sixth grade classroom!

In math class, we are starting our unit over area of plane figures. In this unit, students will learn how to identify parallel and perpendicular lines, the base and height of trapezoids, parallelograms and triangles and right angles. Further, they will memorize the formulas and calculate the areas of parallelograms, triangles and trapezoids. They will then use this knowledge to calculate the area of composite figures.

As always, thank you for all you do to make this classroom a wonderful place to grow!