Welcome to Sixth Grade and WBMS!!

Parents and Students,

We are so excited to have you on team 6E this year! I teach sixth grade Language Arts, Reading, and science. This website is used to inform parents of MAJOR projects and tests/quizzes this year only. Daily homework will not be posted. Please use your student's agenda to check what homework is assigned. We try to check agenda's as frequently as possible to make sure student's are utilizing it for all classes.

We are going to have a great year in sixth grade!

Tiffany Karoly

HAS YOUR CHILD BEEN READING THIS SUMMER??

High 5 for 25 is WBMS's reading initiative to fulfill the state requirement that each child should read a minimum of 25 books, or a million words, every school year.  This goal has been broken down into six due dates throughout the year. There is a tracking log in the students' agenda for students to write down the book and number of pages once read. Students will also complete coupons complete with a short summary for each book. The coupons are to be turned into their Language Arts class.The first due date for one book read is August 21st. ANY BOOK READ DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS COUNTS TOWARDS THEIR 25 BOOKS. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD WRITE DOWN ALL BOOKS READ THIS SUMMER IN THEIR AGENDA. There are due dates throughtout the year where LA teachers will check for 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 books read. ANY BOOK THAT IS OVER 300 PAGES IN LENGTH COUNTS AS TWO BOOKS! Additionally, 600 pages counts as 3 books, and 900 pages counts as 4 books.

STUDENTS, please scroll down to the bottom of the page to access links (check back weekly for new links to games to help you review for your quizzes/tests)!

High 5 Due Dates:

August 21st- 1 book

October 2nd- 5 books

November 24th- 10 books

January 15th- 15 books

March 16th- 20 books

May 14th- 25 books

 Important upcoming school dates:

May 4th--Geobots due to math

May 6th--6th grade Geobot Day in math class

May 7th--Spring picture money due back to HR teachers

May 7th--All media center books and textbook CD's due to the media center

May 3rd-13th--Peanut butter and jelly drive for Olympics-turn in plastic bottles of peanut butter and jelly to HR and win points for your team (food goes to NF community charities)!

May 13th-- 6th grade Olympics

May 14th--High 5 for 25 goal due for 25 books

May 18th-20th-- 2nd semester finals

May 21st--Last day of school!

 Link to pronoun game:

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=7&Unit=3&Topic=Verbs&x=26&y=19

Language Arts:

Tuesday, May 4th-- Spelling quiz

Wednesday, May 12th--Mythology Scrapbook Due

Wednesday, May 18th-- LA final--collection of literature stories

Link to preposition games:

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz98bck.htm

http://www.quia.com/cc/73781.html

 
Reading Logs are checked every Monday starting August 31st. Students are to read 140 minutes a week or 20 minutes a day! Parents, please initial on your child's logs on Sunday nights to make sure they have their sheets signed for the next day. Students can decide to read daily for 20 minutes or break it up to accomodate their weekly schedule.



Reading:

Wednesday, May 5th--Sponge vocabulary quiz

Wednesday, May 19th-- Reading final--Bud, Not Buddy novel test

Science:

Monday, April 26th--Geobot rough drafts due to science 

Monday, May 17th-- Chapter 5 vocabulary quiz

Thursday, May 20th--Chapter 5 test and folders due

GREAT FOSSILS WEBSITE:

http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/fossilfun/

SCIENCE WEBSITE TO USE FOR REVIEW FOR ROCKS!

http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/index.html

Science passwords will be distributed to students. Each student has a username and password to log onto the science textbook website--http://my.hrw.com (no www). Students can read and/or listen to their textbook on-line!




FYI- Spring testing (CRCT) is April 15th-22nd. Please mark your calendars in advance to ensure that your child is not absent/tardy due to doctors' appts or family vacations.





Please check back soon for more assignments and the announcements of any tests or quizzes.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email karolyt@fultonschools.org or at the school 770-667-2940. Check back weekly for updates on assignments and tests!