6^th Grade  

News and Assignments

January 22, 2008  

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Notes
World History	Holiday	Ancient Rome Chapter 7 all blue words due by next Wed. in notebook. Discuss Aqueducts	Review Aqueducts. Turn in illustration on aqeducts with facts	Geography of Rome and the Italian Peninsula Work on blue words	Map assignment with facts due in class	.Possible quiz on terms and notes

Literature

6th Grade Literature

Monday   No School

Tuesday   Reading Journal Assign AR books   Into the Ice Narrative Nonfiction   QUESTION OF THE WEEK What drives people to explore in harsh climates and dangerous places?   Skill:  Cause/Effect Preview/Predict   Read  Into the Ice – p. 412   Answer Handout questions     Homework: Workbook p. 153 read over  the Vocabulary Words   Read page 411 in textbook                     Workbook p. 154.  For Write a Description use at least 6 words

Wednesday      Class discussion – Into the Ice and Vocabulary Homework   Homework: Practice Page 156 – 157   Expanded Group Homework: Leveled Reader

Thursday   Quiz Into the Ice and Vocabulary   6th grade literature: Read  leveled reader together and answer Reader Response.  If it is not finished in class it is homework.    Homework:  AR reading     Expanded group: Leveled reader discussion.   Homework: Group Reader

6th Grade Literature does not meet on Fridays.     Home readers: Each student is given an AR reading goal on the first day of each six weeks.  This 6 week assignment is 20% of the students overall six week grade.

Math

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
6th Math Houghton Mifflin Series	Martin Luther King            Day	Unit 4, Chapter 11 Lesson 11.1 Integers       H/W P. 275 (1-28)	Unit 4, Chapter  11 Lesson 11.2 Compare, order integers     H/W P. 277 (1-14), (16-30) Even (31-34)	Unit 4, Chapter 11 Lesson 11.3 Problem solving       H/W P. 279 (1-6) P. 280 (8-14) Even	Unit 4, Chapter11 Lesson 11.4 Add integers       H/W P. 283 (1-10) P. 284 (12-40) Even