Important DATES:
Back to School Night: Monday, August 30, 2006 at 6:00pm
                                    *Meeting in Homeroom at 6:15pm
First Day of School: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 (1/2 Day)
Picture Day: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
First Fun Night:  Friday, September 15, 2006 from 4-6pm

Click here for the Welcome to Sixth Grade Packet

What Will We be Doing???

Learning about World Geography through hands on map activities…

Students will be finding, labeling and creatively coloring new places on a map of the world.

Discovering and understanding the Five Themes of Geography …

            
Be ready to write a lot in 6^th grade!  This year we will be using the Collins Writing Program.  Some of you might remember from last year, the “5 types of writing, skipping lines, reading your writing aloud, peer editing, using FCA’s…”

This is a very exciting year where I truly believe you will grow tremendously in your writing skills. 

Your first “Type 4” writing assignment will be about a memorable summer vacation you have had.  Start thinking about the past summers of your life and which one would make the most interesting creative story!

Check out the following link on the Collins Writing Program:

http://www.collinseducationassociates.com/Research.htm



 

We begin the year with our first novel, Bearstone, by Will Hobbs.  This novel is part of our “Survival” theme in Language Arts.  Students will learn about a young boy who spends the summer on a ranch in the mountains of Colorado.  “High on the mountain, Lone Bear discovers the power of his brave heritage.”