DATA 6th Grade Newsletter

Week 19: Jan 6 - 10

Please check the newsletter homepage for important information and dates!

ELAR

Hope everyone has a great break. Coming back in January, we will continue our in-class reader's theater. Honors classes will be doing The Phantom Tollbooth and GT classes will be doing A Midsummer Night's Dream. No costumes or props needed; just scripts and voices. We will analyze the play after our reading, and there will be a test.

Students should still be reading their chosen biography and have access to their book or ebook at school, as we will be having certain SSR days dedicated to biographies only. To end this unit on January 22nd, each student will dress up as the person about whom they have read and present for three minutes, including questions. Instructions for this project are on Google Classroom early.

Homework for ELAR is once per week, assigned on Mondays, and due on Fridays. Through January, it will be found on BrainPOP. Classwork not finished in class can usually be taken home to finish for homework as well.

I have classroom assignments represented on Google Classroom, even if they are pencil and paper assignments. This should be the first stop for any student who misses a day of class.

Each student should be reading a self-chosen book for at least 200 minutes per week. 45-60 of these minutes will happen in class each week, but the other 150+ should happen at home, hopefully spread out over the week in 20-30 minute (or more) chunks.

The best way to contact me is through email but I am also on our 6th Grade Remind. rwayme@neisd.net

MATH

If your student did not turn in a permission for or waiver form, they will stay on campus and go to their regular classes.

HAM

Monday, we will go over expectations and rules. Then we will go into the new unit with exploring the attributes of transformations on a coordinate plane.

Wednesday - Friday, due to the field trip, we will have one lesson on Edpuzzle (Translations on a Coordinate Plane) the kids will complete with an exit ticket.

Honors

Monday, we will go over expectations and rules. Then we will go into the new unit with exploring how to solve one step equations for all operations.

Wednesday - Friday, due to the field trip, we will have one lesson on Edpuzzle (Intro to Inequalities) the kids will complete with an exit ticket.

Extensions/Extra Credit:

Delta Math Extensions!!!!

Students have access to their assigned extension lessons. Students will now work on these extension activities if they have time in class after their current lessons.

I will use their progress to help boost their grades at the end of the grading period. This was due last friday. I will post more lessons when we come back from the break.

Homework

Homework is usually given out Monday and it's due Friday. If there is a short week, I will adjust the deadline.

HAM: Generate Equivalent Numerical Expressions HW

Honors: Distance Between two Points HW

Tutoring :

NO TUTORING THIS WEEK

Tuesday 3:40 to 4:30 - help with homework, lessons, or need to catch up on work. (7H & 6H).

Friday 3:40 to 4:30 - Make up quizzes and tests Only (7H & 6H)

Students MUST let me know a week ahead of time if they will stay for tutoring so I can make sure to have the appropriate work available. If I need your student to stay for tutoring, I will reach out.

I can be reached via remind and email:jstarr1@neisd.net

--Mrs. Starr-Burt--

ALL missing/late work was due December 13th.

Any assignments this week will go into the 3rd grading period when we come back from break.

SCIENCE

WELCOME TO 6TH GRADE SCIENCE!

Hello!

We are going to maintain our routines and procedures!

Journals are the best way for a student to study for quizzes and tests, which they will have ample time to do in-class.

If a student was absent and has a missing grade, there is a file basket in my room with the week's notes and activities. If they fill in what they missed, I will upload it to the gradebook.

I have Tutoring on Monday and Wednesday morning, from 7:45am - 8:15am, as well as lunch tutoring on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Comic book club will meet on Fridays from 3:45 - 4:30, if your student has not given you a permission slip to sign, they may not participate until that is done. Similarly, they need to be passing all courses to be able to attend.

Remember: You can reach me via email ( jkelly3@neisd.net ) if you have any comments, questions, or concerns.

World Cultures

Week Ending 1/10/2025

NO Monday after school tutorial this week. Students will still be able to attend morning tutorials.

This week we will finish up our examinamination of culture with cultural diffusion. Unit exam next Monday the 13th! Field Trip this Wed, Thurs, and Fri:)

Tutorial times: Students who are in need of finishing up or have a quick question about an assignment can come in Mon - Fri during homeroom PODS (7:45-8:15 am). They will need to check in with their homeroom teacher first before coming to my room.

For students needing more guidance or remediation, I am available Mondays after school from 3:40-4:30 pm by appointment.

Group A Chicken Tenders meet this week!

Chicken/Garden Club Thurs. 3:40-4:30 pm. Club will be cancelled on Thursdays that we have early dismissal or bad weather(rain).

Service Hours - due March 31, 2025. 6th graders need to earn 5 hours before that time. Students will need to log their hours in Skyward. Skyward is a great online tool to track hours so that family sees totals from home too.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or are in need of anything! You can reach me on Remind or email: bdavil@neisd.net

-Ms. Stubbins :)

Technology Applications

Week 19:

We have made it to the end of the first semester. Please enjoy the winter break

and let's all get ready for a new year and semester!

We will pick up with our typing/keyboarding skills as well as continue other new Google Workspace apps that we may not be familiar with. We will also look at email protocols as we begin the first week back on remembering our campus and classroom rules and procedures.

We have 5 more months to finish this school year. Let's have an awesome week and semester at we begin 2025!

Tutoring appointments can be made ahead of time if you need the extra help. Just plan to meet any morning during POD time in Room 2414. Please make arrangements with me and your POD teacher.

~Mr. Garcia

ELAR Monster animation by Oliver Heath

Exploring
Multimedia

Before we officially start our unit on 3D modeling and animation students will be updating their digital portfolios by adding and documenting all of the vector artwork they drew and animated using Adobe Illustrator and After Effects. This includes PNG images with transparent backgrounds, animated GIFs and full-resolution video versions of their ELAR Monsters. We have a field trip this week so we'll dig into Sketchup and our first modeling project "Simple House" next week!

Tutoring appointments are available every morning before school and every day during lunch except for Thursday. Students are advised, if possible, to bring their lunch to school for those appointments to maximize time spent getting help with difficult tasks and techniques. Students who are given a cafeteria "front of the line" pass are under every obligation to show up for tutoring.

- Mr. Hicks (mhicks4@neisd.net)

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