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ELAR
This week, we will be finishing, sharing, and publishing to our portfolios, the memoirs we have been working on. We will also be giving our last impromptu speech, and beginning our review for the Language Arts STAAR test on April 9th.
Homework is now 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.
MATH
6th Honors
Students will finish out the unit with a lesson over Percent Bar Graphs. We will then take a CFA on Wednesday and have a make up day on Thursday. There is no school Friday.
7th HAM
We will Close out our mini project over Financial Literacy by Wednesday. We will then take a CFA on Thursday. If your student will need to make corrections, they will need to come in to tutoring the following Tuesday after school. There is no school on Friday.
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 - Statistics STAAR Review HW
7H - Scatter Plots 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--
AIR SHOW Permission Slips DUE MARCH 22nd
SCIENCE
We are moving on to our biology unit! The 6th grade PBL (project-base learning) is starting with this unit, and we will explore the benefits of hydroponic gardening vs. traditional soil-based cultivation.
Please turn in field trip permission forms to the Scobee Center by April 1!
(no joke!)
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 03/28/2024
Service Hours Check this week- Hours due April 15th, 2024.
Tutoring Monday the 25th has been cancelled due to Contract Signing Night.
This week we will be exploring economic indicators and comparing nations based on these indicators. Thursday, March the 28th is a map test over Southeast Asia.
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 :)
Tech Apps w/ Mr. G
Hi, everyone! Mr. Gonzalez here.
This week's ridiculous WiFi name is "Go Go Gadget Internet" (heh).
We are beginning our Photoshop unit this week by going over tools and workspaces so we can get to creating some new images. Students will be learning how to cut people out, colorize, and shade pictures in Photoshop over the next couple of weeks. Please have your student sign into Google Classroom and into Quizlet so you can see the terms we are learning over the next couple of weeks.
- Mr. G
Please click here to see some of the amazing things kids have made!
- Mr. G
Tutoring Times:
Mon-Wed 7:45-8:30
Mon-Wed 11:45-12:30
Contact: agonza33@neisd.net
Exploring Multimedia
Between wrapping up our 3D Modeling projects (we'll be printing through the end of the year) and our next unit on Android Programming, we have a week in between that has a couple of days of testing, limiting limit the length of two of our class periods. That makes this the perfect time to do a short introduction to MIT App Inventor and make sure our USB connection to the tablets is fully functional (as well as go over several troubleshooting techniques when it is not). Students will learn how to add the AI Starter program to the Windows startup routine since it's essential for that wired connection.
Aside from that this week will focus on the About page of our Digital Portfolios, with one section being a paragraph focusing on the student and another for the DATA program. We'll have to use our imagination for ways to add multimedia to this page, but several ideas for this are provided in the instructions. Once that's done students will polish the rest of their website so that it's at 100%. Ask them to show you what they've put together!
~ Mr. Hicks ~ (mhicks4@neisd.net)