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ELAR
This week's main focus is 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.
I have been encouraging your students to talk to you about getting a Bibliotech card. It's free! They have information about it on Google Classroom. Here are some links to get you started:
https://bexarbibliotech.org/starthere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4F9d-X6I4U&t=5s
Homework 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 not Google-based. 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. 45-55 of these minutes will happen in class, but the other 150+ should happen at home, hopefully spread out over the week in 20-30+ minute chunks. All DATA 6th graders need to always have their own self-chosen book for SSR time in class twice per week, and opportunities to read when finished early.
The best way to contact me is through email but I am also on our 6th Grade Remind.
MATH
6th Honors
This week we will close out the unit with a practice assignment, review and then the end of unit exam. There will be HW and all assignment grades for last week and this week will go into the gradebook for next semester.
7th HAM
This week we will have our last lesson by using the pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points on a coordinate plane. We will then have a review and the end of unit exam. There will be HW and all assignment grades for last week and this week will go into the gradebook for next semester.
Homework
6H - Additive and Multiplicative Relationships HW
7H - Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse HW
Tutoring
Students need to see me and let me know if they need to attend tutoring. If your student needs tutoring for any reason, I will reach out and let you know.
6H - Thursday - 3:40 pm to 4:30 pm.
7H -Tuesday -3:40 pm to 4:30 pm.
I can be reached via remind and email:jstarr1@neisd.net
--Mrs. Starr-Burt--
SCIENCE
Extra credit opportunity available!
Students can digitally design a model of Earth's layers, with all layers labeled, including the lithosphere and the asthenosphere. Paper copy to be turned in by Tuesday, Dec 12!
Tutoring available Monday, Tuesday or Thursday morning
7:45-8:15.
Accelerated Tutoring Reminder:
If you received correspondence from me regarding the need for additional tutoring for your student, please remember to have your student attend Monday, Tuesday or Thursday mornings, 7:45-8:15am OR on one of the designated Saturday School dates.
Please email me at knucko@neisd.net if you need additional information regarding this.
If tutoring is needed, I am available every weekday morning (except Wednesdays) from 7:45-8:15. Just please let me know if your child will be in attendance.
Please let me know if you have any questions! I can be reached via Remind or email: knucko@neisd.net
--Mrs. Nuckolls
World Cultures
Week Ending 12/15/2023
This week we are finishing up our study of belief systems and moving on to art and architecture. We will have a mini Unit assessment on Wednesday, Dec. 13th.
Reminders:
Service opportunities have been posted in DATA 6th Grade Google Classroom. Please have your student show you the various opportunities they have to possibly earn all 5 required hours before the December break:)
Tutorial times are Mondays after school from 3:40-4:30pm and Mon - Wed through homeroom PODS (7:45-8:15am).
Chicken/Garden Club Thurs. 3:40-4:30pm. Club will be cancelled on Thursdays that we have early dismissal.
Service Hours - due April 15th, 2024. 6th graders need to earn 5 hours before that time. Students will need to log their hours in their Agendas and now can also log them into Skyward so 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 :)
Tech Apps w/ Mr. G
Hi, everyone! Mr. Gonzalez here.
Last week of the semester is here! This week's ridiculous name for a Wifi connection is "Vladamir Com-Putin" (heh).
We will be making our holiday pixel art this week using Google Sheets! Students will also have until Wednesday December 13 to submit any missing work or work they want to correct. Students can correct 010, 012, 014, 015, and 017 and I'm offering 018 quiz retakes on Tuesday 12/12 and Wednesday 12/13.
When we come back from the break, students will be doing advanced typing and a bit more work with Google Sheets before we move into Photoshop. Please have your student log into Google Classroom and show you their work. Have a safe and wonderful holiday!
- Mr. G
Contact: agonza33@neisd.net
Tutoring times:
Mon-Wed 7:45-8:15 AM
Mon-Wed 11:45-12:20PM w/ appointment
Exploring Multimedia
This final week of the semester is filled with keyframes as we use After Effects to spin, wiggle, shrink, change colors and so much more in order to animate of our "vectorized" vocabulary monsters. Adobe Bridge will make it much simpler for students to browse the many presets that can be applied to entire compositions and/or individual parts of drawings that our students have been working so hard on.
Keyframing is not new to them, having used the technique in Adobe Premiere to make their My Favorite Things video, but there is now a whole new world of values that can be changed over time. By the end of the week students should have used Media Encoder to generate an HD video and an animated GIF, both of which they will be adding to their Vector Art portfolio.
~ Mr. Hicks ~ (mhicks4@neisd.net)