School Dance Friday, Feb. 3 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Science Fair February 10, 2012.  Judging during school. After school viewing.  Awards 7:00 p.m.

Week of January  30-February 3

Tuesday, Jan. 31 Classical Guitarist at Arts and Ed. Building 10:00

Students should be working on Science Fair Boards at Home--Boards are due Monday February 6.

Mass Wed. Feb. 1--5th grade prepares--Please come celebrate with us!

Biography book report due Tuesday, Feb. 7

Gym Thursday--bring clothes in a bag

RELIGION- Prepare for mass, Reconciliation

ENGLISH-- apostrophes, capitalization, Abbreviations

VOCABULARY--Vocab. and spelling test Friday, Feb. 3 

WRITING--Science Fair writing 

SCIENCE--Work on Science Fair, Continue Chapter on Ecosystems, making Prezi presentations

READING-- Reading the novel Survival by Gordon Korman

January book report must be a biography or autobiography. Book report due Tuesday, February 7.

 HOMEWORK--See Mrs. Skiles' website for Math and Social Studies

Note:  Homework is always subject to change.  Students are responsible for daily assignments in their student planners!

MONDAY--Read Chapter 15 Survival and write 3 quiz questions over chapter, English worksheet

TUESDAY--Write sentences with vocab words

WEDNESDAY--

THURSDAY--

FRIDAY-- Science Fair Boards and biography book report

Egyptian Wax Museum was a great Success!  Congrats 6th Grade!

MONDAY--Plan Egyptian Feast for Friday--Fill out Egyptian test review by Wed.

TUESDAY--Fill out review

WEDNESDAY--Review for test--Test Thursday

THURSDAY--Egyptian test

FRIDAY--

MONDAY-5-10 

TUESDAY- 

WEDNESDAY-Test review

THURSDAY-Test review

FRIDAY- Test chapter 5

Religion-Day 1 complete Activity #1 Venture--St. Paul's First Journey

                 Day 2 complete Activity #2 Venture-- Titles of Jesus

                 Day 3 Visit United States Conference of Catholic Bishops --Go to: Daily Readings Read the Sunday Gospel for next Sunday.  Write down the Gospel name, chapter and verse and then in a well organized paragraph summarize the Gospel you read.  After that, in another paragraph explain how you can live that Gospel

English-Day 1 complete the front and back of the prepositional phrases worksheet.

              Day 2-complete the front and back of the "Types of sentences" worksheet and the "Skillswise" worksheet on commas

              Day 3-complete the front and back of the Nouns as subject complements and Nouns as Direct Objects worksheet

Vocabulary-Day 1 visit Oxford-Sadlier web-site and play two games with this week's vocabulary words

                     Day 2 write 12 sentences using each vocabulary word correctly in a sentence.

                     Day 3 make a crossword puzzle with this week's 12 vocabulary words. (You may use a web-site crossword puzzle maker if you prefer.

Writing--Day 1 use the instructions on the Story Squares writing worksheet  to pre-write and write a rough draft story with one of the story square ideas. (pre-writing and rough draft must be handed in for a grade)

               Day 2 today take your rough draft re-read it, revise your story and  write a final draft in pen, on every other line, title the story.

               Day 3 read an article in the newspaper or a magazine.  Write a one paragraph summary of the article.  The article must accompany paragraph when turned in.

Science--Day 1 interactive cyberhunt--Extreme Planet Earth--complete worksheet

                 Day 2 Building Hypotheses worksheet front and back

                 Day 3 Cause and effect worksheet

Reading--Day 1 Read the story Sable and answer the questions after the story

                  Day 2 Read your AR book for a minimum of 30 minutes

                  Day 3 Read your AR book for a minimum of 30 minutes

6th Grade Math  Day 1--worksheet on Place Value Through Billions and Divide by 1 digit divisors (I must see your work on the division worksheet

                             Day 2 --worksheet on common factors and greatest common factors

                             Day 3--Add and subtract fractions worksheet

6th grade Social Studies  Day 1 Population Growth worksheet. 

                                         Day 2 Human migration plays a key role in our society.  Use CNNfyi.com or other current event source to explore how immigrants have influenced American society.  Write a minimum of one paragraph on your findings.

                                         Day 3  Pick a country or society of today in modern times that you know little about.  Research this country.  In note form describe their culture-include: geography, government, religion, entertainment, economics, and anything else you feel is important to the society.