This week on 6 Red!

Truitt, Science:

This Week students started up on their Earthquake/Volcano Google Slides. Students are working in groups to create a presentation over their pages assigned. Students will need to have their presentations ready for Monday 12/08. For this topic we are doing an open book test on Wednesday 12/10 . Have a great week!

Next Week: 

Monday -  EarthQuake/Volcano Slide Presentations

Tuesday-  EarthQuake/Volcano Slide Presentations/Review Game

Wednesday - Topic 4 Open Book Test

Thursday -  Earthquake Stem Lab

Friday - Earthquake Graphing

Straub, Math: 
This week: Our week in General Math began with an ending to Ch. 5.  We then dove into our intro to integers with Ch. 6.  Students are comparing and ordering positive and negative whole numbers and working with them in relation to the number line

Acclerated Math students began Ch.7, in which we begin solving algeraic equations! We spent the week balancing equations and solving single variable problems.  On Friday, the class visited their Stock Market Game accounts.

Looking ahead: Next week, Accelerated Math students will continue Chapter 7, with a focus on two variable equations and inequalities.  General Math students will continue Chapter 6 by investigating absolute value, the coordinate plane and graphing.

PLEASE NOTE:  THE END OF QUARTER 2 IS 12/19.  ALL LATE/MISSING MATH WORK NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY WED. 12/17.

Taylor, ELA:

12/5: This week the students completed the novel, The Giver. The AR quiz and final comprehension/vocabulary quizzes were completed on Friday. Next week, the students will begin our narrative writing unit, where they will write "Chapter 24" for the novel. For this assignment, they will continue the novel and write the final chapter. The students will practice descriptive writing strategies on Monday and Tuesday and then have the class periods on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to complete their writing. All writing is due before the end of class on Friday. The rubric, expectations, and lesson materials have all been shared in google classroom. 

AR goal due Dec 18th

Frey, Social Studies:

We have started our new unit, GREECE! Geography is always the first lesson we learn. Students opened up with a little map work. We also started to learn about the Minoans, who were the first advanced civilization in the Greek world. Before the holiday break, we will have two projects the kids will be assigned. One project will be graded before the break, and one grade will start the next semester. Please remind the kids to stay vigilant while we head towards a large time off.

Next Week: Monday and Tuesday - The Iliad Story, Wednesday through Friday - Storyboard Project

Berg, ELA and Science:

Berg: ELA:  

We will finish the novel The Giver next week. Students will take an end of book comprehension test and the AR test over The Giver. Second quarter AR goals are due Dec 18, 2025.

Science: 

We will focus on earthquakes and volcanoes next week. Students will complete a webquest to obtain more information about earthquakes and volcanoes.