Franklin & Liam's News of the Week

 NEWS REPORT 

Week 7

By Liam & Franklin

This week was full of activities and much more. One fun activity we did in math was a game of war but it was with fractions. We also did around the classroom math studying. In English, we got to make our second poster in words of speech. This time it was a verb poster. In social studies, we learned about the disasters of the world, like tornados and hurricanes, and we also learned about which is more dangerous, how we could warn, and figure out ways to avoid them. In science we learned about food chains and food webs, in fact we did an entire webquest! In art we were making finishing touches on tessellation.

From Miss Dubberke:

I don't know about you all, but this week FLEW by. How are we done with Week 7 already?? I have enjoyed being able to learn more about your children day by day and seeing their personalities continue to shine. As a reminder, we have now passed mid-quarter. A.R. mid-quarter updates came out as emails this week. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. 

We also have our first field trip next week. YAY!! Thank you to our parent volunteers for making this all possible! More information will come out next week as we get closer to the date. Have a great and relaxing weekend! 

Photos of the Week

We LOVED the Walk-a-thon! 

Liam & Clark's News Report of the Week

 Clark and Liam’s News Report

This week we learned about landforms in Social  studies, and we also learned about natural disasters, like volcanoes, earthquakes, and definitely not last but not least, tsunamis! In math we learned about how to divide fractions, and also multiply them not terribly exciting. In English we learned about possessive nouns, singular and plural, and the way Ms.Dubberke teaches, it was super fun. James had a birthday this week and he brought the BEST snacks. We practiced our classroom songs, which lots, and lots of people love, (even though we’re loud) and we learned what to do when someone has a seizure. We had the walk-a-thon and we raised a LOT of money. In art we did tessellations, and those are basically puzzle pieces in a way cooler way than a normal puzzle. We did another art piece called well… “Camo art.” Creative, am I right? It’s basically just three different colors and it's just a mix, not very interesting.

This week in science we learned about food chains and animal adaptations. In Literature we were studying for our test  on our stories. Our test was on Southpaw, Becky and the Wheels and Brake Boys, Greyling, and Dragon, dragon. In religion we learned about Jacob and Easau. We also learned about Jacob and his 12 sons. How he gave his multicolored coat and his brothers hated him.

On monday we had gym, so in gym class we played a game with big cups and you tried to knock them over and blue team won the most, but congratulations to both teams! On throwback thursday we saw a picture of Ms. Dubberke on her first day of sixth grade. We also went to library to read.

From Miss Dubberke:

What a fun week we had in 6th grade! We are officially at mid-quarter, which means mid-quarter grades will be out soon. Make sure to keep checking Sycamore, and contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about their grade. It has been a joy to teach your child!

Photos of the Week!

We sure enjoyed the beautiful weather outside when we could!

Kailee & Clarks News Report

 Kailee and Clark's News Report

In science this week we’ve been learning about different units of life you can study. A few of those are organisms, ecosystems, and cells. In social studies we’ve been learning about different types of maps and how to identify maps. In art we did pop art. You have to cut out a big word like pop, pow, and blam.

For English we learned about nouns and got to make a fun noun poster on Canva. In Math both math classes are learning long division and how to divide. For Literature we did a project from the book Becky and the wheels and brake boys. In Religion we put some encouraging bible verses around the school.

Field Trip Save the Date!

 Save the Date:  Weldon Spring Field Trip ~ Oct. 6

On Friday, Oct. 6 the sixth grade will take our first field trip. We leave campus at 8:30 a.m. to go to the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center to learn about environmental cleanup.  After a picnic lunch, we head to Harvest Lanes for an afternoon of bowling.  We return by 2:45 p.m.  We are looking for parent drivers.  Please email your homeroom teacher if interested.  Chaperones will need an up to date background check.  More detailed information will come home with a permission slip next week. 

 

Autum & Kailee's News of the Week!

 Autumn & Kailee's New Report

• On Tuesday we did Computer Science

• On Wednesday we were playing volleyball in gym

• On Thursday we had an intruder & evacuation drill

• On Friday we started our pop art

For English, we had a test, it was about different types of sentences and subjects and predicates. For Religion, we had to do a storyboard, which is like a comic book. We also learned about the story of Abram. Both math classes we learned how to multiply decimal numbers. For Art this week we are doing pop art. Pop art is a comic book style type of art. It was really fun. 

For Science we did a lab safety activity. We also had an open note quiz. For Social Studies we have been practicing reading globes and latitude and longitude practice as well. We are also doing flip grids, which is where you have to explain how to read and look at a map. Lastly, in Literature we read Greyling. And Miss Dubberke was singing and acting out the whole story. It was super funny!