Sixth Grade

The Earth Science Test is scheduled for Wednesday, June 11th.  Your science notebook is also due on this day.

Items to Study:

Be able to explain the process of plate tectonics - different types of plates, why they move, how they move.

Who is Alfred Wegener?  Why is he important?  How did he prove his theories?

Layers of the earth - mantle, crust, inner/outer core and what they’re all made of.

Different types of boundaries - transform, converging, diverging, subducting, etc.

The Rock Cycle

Different types of Rocks - igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic

Volcanoes - different types and eruptive elements

Earthquakes - what causes them, how to keep yourself safe if one occurs, definitions of magnitude/epicenter/focus/fault/P Waves/S Waves etc.

ALL of this information should be in your science notebook based on the notes we’ve taken in class during the four weeks of this earth science unit!

ALL LATE WORK IS DUE TODAY, JUNE 9TH!

This week’s schedule:

Monday: A, 1-6

Tuesday: 1-2-3-4

Wednesday: A, 6-1

Thursday: 5-6-1-2

Friday: 3-4-5-6

Math Homework: Challenge Problem #2 due on Monday, June 9th. Monday night homework = review your math notebook in preparation for the district’s End-of-Year exam on Tuesday.

Science Homework: Volcanoes booklet due Monday, June 9th. Monday and Tuesday night homework = review for science test scheduled for Wednesday, June 11. Science notebooks due on Wednesday. Use study guide posted online to help guide you with what to study for the science test.

There will be no more homework from Wednesday, June 9th until the end of the school year in order to give Miss Schmidt time to grade and record everything up to that point. Students will still be earning in-class grades up until Monday, June 16th.

1.  Students will be expected to submit class assignments when due up until the final day of school.  Summer vacation does not begin until June 17th, and the second semester does not end until June 16th!

2.  End-of-Year Recycling Program celebration = Friday, June 13th during Period 5.  <a href=”http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=OdB8CsopNMUsgKo_2fwwvbPw_3d_3d”>Click Here to take survey to vote for which WWF animal we adopt.</a>

3.  Sixth Grade District End-of-Year Exam (not related to your semester grade for Math class) scheduled for Tuesday, June 10th.

4.  Science test - Wednesday, June 11th.  (Science notebooks due on that date, too.)

5.  Do not wait until the final days of school to talk to your teachers about your semester grades.  If you have questions, ASK NOW, before the end of the year!

Science:

Monday:  Complete Pangea puzzles in Science Notebooks

Tuesday-Thursday:  Work on Volcano 4-tab booklet (started in class on Tuesday) due Friday.  Note:  You will have time in class to work on this assignment during the science period on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Science notebooks due Wednesday, June 11th.  Earth Science test - Wednesday, June 11th.

Math:

Monday:  Take two baseball cards home for player analysis.  FB books due for review on Tuesday.

Tuesday:  FB books due at end of period.

Wednesday/Thursday:  Begin Challenge Problem #2 in class.  (Due Monday, June 9th)  Work on Challenge problem.

Friday:  Work on Challenge problem.

S.S:

Monday-Thursday:  Work on Ch. 11 (Rome) packet.  Review packet due Thursday, June 5th.  All textbooks are due Thursday, June 5th.  (Return to the library w/ your English class.)

Friday:  No HW for S.S.

Tuesday:  Math:  Study for 6th-7th grade placement test… review pages in your math journal, review old tests and quizzes, review the review sheet we went over today in class.  S.S:  Work on review packet (due Thursday, 5/29)

Wednesday:  No homework

Thursday:  Ch. 10 Review packet due for S.S.

Friday:  No homework.

Math:  Work on Math Review Packet - due 5/21 for Period 2 and 5/22 for Period 4.  No math homework for the rest of the week other than to keep up with Fantasy Baseball.

S.S./Sci.:  Family Life begins in class.  Monday: Read S.S. textbook pp. 268-275 and answer Q 3 (Due 5/22).  Thursday:  Ready Ch. 10 in textbook and complete review packet.  Review packet due Thursday, May 29th.  (No, the “Review” packet is not leading up to a test… yet!) 

After our class conversation today, I looked up the information online…

From earthquakecountry.info:

The “triangle of life” advice is based on the concept of the Survivable Void Space but makes several wrong assumptions: 1) buildings always collapse and crush all furniture inside; 2) residents can always anticipate how their building might collapse and anticipate the location of survivable void spaces; and 3) during strong shaking people can move to a desired location. Experts agree that in the rare case that a building collapses, residents inside will not be able to anticipate the location of void spaces nor move to them during the strong shaking before the collapse. Some other recommendations in the “triangle of life” email are also based on wrong assumptions and very hazardous. For example, the recommendation to get out of your car during an earthquake and lay down next to it assumes that there is always an elevated freeway above you that will fall and crush your car. Of course there are very few elevated freeways, and laying next to your car is very dangerous because the car can move and crush you. A compilation of rebuttals from many organizations to these alternative recommendations, as well as news articles about the controversy, is online at www.earthquakecountry.info/dropcoverholdon

In conclusion, the “Drop, Cover and Hold On” protocol, when performed correctly with an awareness of your surroundings, remains the most effective single piece of advice that you can follow when an earthquake occurs. More detailed information about what to do during an earthquake can be found at www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/step5.html.

5/12:  Social studies: Read S.S. textbook pp. 254-259 Q’s 1, 2 due Wednesday, 5/14.

5/13:  Math - Manager’s Log 2

5/14, 5/15 S.S.: Read S.S. textbook pp. 262-267 Q’s 1,2,3 due Monday, May 19th

5/16:  Math - Manager’s Log 3

Note:  Science = in class, Social Studies = homework

Math:  Monday = PW 21.3 due next class period.  Tuesday/Wednesday = PW 21.5 due April 30th.  For the entire week:  Review Friday Quizzes, Review Math Notebook.

Social Studies:  No homework for the week.  We will be completing in-class assignments only.

STAR testing:  Thursday = English.  Friday = Math.  Get a good night’s sleep the night before and remember to eat breakfast the morning of!

Monday:  Math:  Review for Ch. 17/18 math test.  No S.S. HW

Tuesday:  Math test.  (No HW after test.)  S.S.  Read pp. 226-231 in textbook.  Q’s 1,4,5 on p. 231 due Friday.

Wednesday:  Math PW 19.1,  Work on S.S. Q’s.

Thursday:  Math PW 19.1,  Work on S.S. Q’s.

Friday:  Baseball ticket orders due today.  Math HW:  PW 19.2.  S.S. Q’s due.  (No S.S. HW over weekend)