Week of September 9

La Paloma Academy
6th Grade Newsletter
September 9, 2010
Mr. Festerling

MATH
This week in math class, one of the focal points for the sixth graders will be to slow down on homework, line up their work properly, and check over their answers. This will help ensure high quality assignment and assessment results.The upcoming learning concepts include: identifying and applying patterns in word problems, negative numbers on a number line, rounding, and fractions on a number line.

READING
Hatchet book reports are due on Friday, September 10. The students may select from a variety of book report options. The idea for this set of book reports is that each student is able to apply their unique learning style to a book report format they are comfortable with. This week we will also learn more about the author’s point of view in literature and prepare for the final test. The September Daily Independent Reading Time log was handed out. Each 6th grader should be reading a minimum of 20 minutes per night (5 days a week) and recording their time on the DIRT log.

WRITING
The Oil Spill papers were returned to the students for their running portfolio. Each student is assessed on the 6 Traits of Writing including ideas and content, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, and conventions. During the year, we will focus our writing improvement in those 6 areas. It is exciting to compare the student’s growth from his/her first paper to the last paper.

SCIENCE
Students will receive a study guide for most tests. If the student com-pletes the study guide and studies directly from it, he/she will be most successful as it sets forth the material each student is expected to know. This was the case for the most recent test on cells.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Sixth grade continues their study on “Planet Earth”. Highlights will include maps vs. globes, the International Date Line, and latitude and longitude.

OPEN HOUSE
Thank you, parents, for making the La Paloma Academy Open House so successful. Mr. Festerling appreci-ates you; he enjoyed the opportu-nity to meet your families and learn more about your 6th grader. We hope you benefitted from the event as well.
Questions for your 6th grader for the upcoming week. . .
 How can you be sure to minimize small mathematical errors on your math homework?
 How would you rate your involvement in class discussions on a daily basis?
 What point of view is a book you are reading or a video game you play (1st or 3rd person)?
 What is the IDL and why is it so important anyway?

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