DATA 6th Grade Newsletter

        I bumped the formative assessment on persuasive writing to Monday, Instead of last Friday. This week, we will also put our hand-written memoirs together in a typed form, revising and continuing to create as we go.

   If possible, parents, please encourage and facilitate you student to keep up with current events this semester. Knowing what is generally going on in the world will help them to have a richer experience in our upcoming units, which will include in-class debates. 

    Through mid-April, we are temporarily disallowing comic books, graphic novels, manga, and picture-heavy funny fiction from SSR time. This is in an effort to get kids to read many different kinds of books. Any help parents could give in helping kids find non-picture-heavy books that they enjoy would be appreciated.

   This week, I will be introducing the new homework. It will be on Edgenuity and be tailored to each student's individual needs. 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.

6th Honors

We will start a new unit over Statistics. Students will explore Measures of Center, Measures of Spread, Variability in data. 

7th HAM

We will start a new unit over Finanicial Literacy with Simple and Compound Interest. Once students explore each one they will then compare the two given scenarios. 

Homework

Until STAAR, students will have STAAR Review for HW every week. It will be 10 questions with a notes page attached for reference. 

6H - Equations and Inequalities STAAR Review HW

7H - Volume and Surface Area STAAR Review 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--

This week we move to Factors of Production in our Economic Unit. We will be exploring how Land, Labor, Capital, and Entrepreneurship come together to build a healthy economy.

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.

Tutorial times are Mondays after school from 3:40-4:30pm and Mon - Wed through homeroom PODS 7:45-8:15 am. (Except for holidays when school is out or we have early dismissal.)

Chicken/Garden Club Thurs. 3:40-4:30pm. Club will be cancelled on Thursdays that we have early dismissal.

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 :)

Hi, everyone! Mr. Gonzalez here. 

This week's ridiculous WiFi name is "Wi believe I can Fi" (heh).  

This week we are just doing make up work and making DATA T-shirt designs in Adobe Illustrator for extra credit. 

Students can redo assignments for up to an 80 if they earned below an 80. Students can redo any Tech Apps assignment except for the following: 035, 033, 029, 028.3, 025, and 021. 

Please have your students sign into Google Classroom so you can see the work they have done. They're making amazing things! - Mr. G

Tutoring Times: 

Mon-Wed 7:45-8:30

Mon-Wed 11:45-12:30

Contact: agonza33@neisd.net
 

~ Mr. Hicks ~  (mhicks4@neisd.net)