Sixth Grade News
May 9, 2008
Reminder: Wednesday, May 14th will be a half-day for students.

In Social Studies students will be reading and taking notes about the topic they picked for their topic papers

In Math students will be learning about surface area. Review Sheet 14 will be due on Tuesday for those who will continue to do them and Portfolio 31 will be due on Friday.

Next week in English, the 6th graders will be writing audio dramas for homework and trying their hands and voices out in recording a few sample audio drama scripts. They will have a chance to be voice actors as well as be on a Foley sound effects team.

In Science, students will be using their knowledge of work and machines to create their own virtual Rube Goldberg using Return of the Incredible Machine software. Students will be working individually to create their machines.

In French next week students will begin working on lesson 8. The students will learn how to ask les questions d'information using est-ce que and using l'inversion. They will also learn how to conjugate and use the irregular verb faire.


Have a lovely weekend.