DATA 6th Grade Newsletter

    This week, we will be outlining and giving our last impromptu speeches. Student will then choose one of their four impromptu speech outlines and develop it into a persuasive essay.  We will also have an in-class debate. 

   Along the way, we will be working on writing compound and complex sentences correctly. 

   There is no new homework this week but there are still a few students who did not yet complete their pre-STAAR individual e-tutorials. They should get these done and in ASAP.

     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

Students will continue their STAAR Review. We will review skills and problems from a Unit per day. Students will have stations and will rotate through the stations and work all problems within the time given. Students will also check their work at the end. 

Math STAAR is April 23rd. 

7th HAM

Students will continue their STAAR Review. We will review skills and problems from a Unit per day. Students will have stations and will rotate through the stations and work all problems within the time given. Students will also check their work at the end. 

Math STAAR is April 23rd. 

Homework

6H - Percents_Fractions_Decimals HW

7H - Slope of a Line 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--

Service Hours Check this week- Hours due Monday, April 15th, 2024.

This week we will have our Unit Test over Economics. We will also have a map test over Southwest Asia on Wednesday, April the 17th. 

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 - Fri 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 "Wu Tang LAN"  (heh).

We have finished going over the non-destructive and destructive editing tools in Photoshop, so this week students will be using all the techniques they've learned to edit images. Students practiced using dodge and burn techniques last week and this week they are learning how to blend layers, use layer masks, and create collages in Photoshop. 

To get an idea of what they are doing, please ask your student to show you their work and their DE Tools documents filled with the tools we are learning to use and have documents in Google Classroom with screenshots of their work. 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any other questions! - 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)