This week on 6 Red!

Truitt, Science:

Reminder: Students should have brought home Permission Slips for Ag Safety Day, which will be on Friday May 8th. Please fill out and sign asap. 

This week covered the Moon Phases with Oreos, learned about eclipses and orbits! Next week we have our Test on Tuesday May 5th!! Then we will be creating a Planet Brochures before Ag Day on Friday. 

Next Week: 

Monday -  Test Reivew

Tuesday- Topic 11 Test

Wednesday - Planet Brochure

Thursday - Planet Brochure

Friday - Ag Safety Day

Straub, Math: 
This week: General Math students did an amazing job on their Fraction Computation Project!!  We had dancing, singing, artwork, commercials, and comics galore!  Thank you for some of the parent "cameos" on the projects as well.  It always amazes me of the creativity students show on projects like this!

Accelerated Math students finished with Chapter 14, over rates and ratios with an assessment on Thursday.  

Looking ahead:
Math Accelerated Math
Monday: Introduction to "Once Upon a ... Division" Project BI 15.3 - The Percent Proportion
Tuesday: "Once Upon a ... Division" Brainstrom/Planning BI 15.4 - The Percent Equation
Wednesday: "Once Upon a ... Division" Begin rough draft BI 15.5 - % of Increase and Decrease
Thursday: "Once Upon a ... Division" Complete rough draft BI 15.6 - Discounts and Mark-Ups Friday: AG Safety Day Field Trip

Have a wonderful weekend!

Taylor, ELA:

5/1 

This week, we continued reading Roll of Thunder. I have shared a list of upcoming assessments related to the novel in Google Classroom, for the students to track their progress and study timelines. Students will have weekly vocabulary and comprehension assessments throughout the novel. Students are encouraged to utilize all the notes, slides, and handouts provided in class to prepare for these assessments. 

Next week's schedule:

Monday May 4- p 227-241 & review the rising action worksheet

Tuesday, May 5 - Ch 11 p 242-256

Wednesday, May 6 - Ch 12, p 257-276

Thursday - Finish reading and discussions, work on study guide, Ch 9-12 vocab quiz, ch 9-10 reading quiz

Friday - Field trip

**AR test Monday, May 11

4th Quarter AR goals due May 15th. Last day for HMS library books is May 13th.

Frey, Social Studies:

The Renaissance has begun! We have been discovering great artists, explorers, inventors and other important figures during this time period. We are running  out of time this year, so each student should give forth their best efforts on the few remaining assignments. This includes the End of the Year project. This will be due on May 11th.

Here is our plan for next week:

Monday and Tuesday - DaVinci Days!!

Wednesday- The Reformation

Thursday - Explorers

Friday - Ag Day

Berg, ELA and Science:

Berg: ELA:  

We will continue to read Crash next week. Students will take their last STAR reading test next week. Fourth quarter AR goals are due May 15, 2026.

 Science: 

We focused on star constellations and moon phases this week. Students were able to model the phases of the moon in a delicious way using OREO cookies. Next week we will focus on the planets in the solar system.