Weekly News 1/30/17 - 2/3/17

Room 17’s 6^th Grade News

This Weeks News Week of:    1/30/17 - 2/3/17 Wednesday is Global Game Day!  Students may bring in a game from home - no trading cards allowed and  no electronics.    Friday our class will be presenting their Ancient Civilization Projects in the MPR. They have been working very hard on these and we hope you can attend one of the 2 sessions being offered.  Students will present 11:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 2:00.  Thank you to those who were chaperones on our fieldtrip to the Getty Center.  We had a wonderful time, and we were able to see an exhibit on Ancient Roman and Greek Art that is there for a limited time!   IDIOMS are the same as last week. Happy Birthday Jake (2/1)

Notes, Reminders, and Upcoming Events: February 10th is the Valentine's Day Dance February 14th Valentines Exchange

Homework Check Student Homework Calendars daily! Homework is assigned on a daily basis and should be turned in the next day unless otherwise given a different due date. Daily Reading, Math, and Language Arts assignments will be given Spelling Words: inspire, inspiration, consult, consultation, separate, separation, illustrate, illustration, instruct, instruction, observe, obseravation, react, reaction, connect, connection, hesitate, hesitation, represent, representation Vocabulary words: dilapidated, swiveled, decades, auction, rafters, decrease, instinctively, shakily Idioms of the Week: “Foam at the moth,” “From riches to rags,” “Fuddy-duddy," "Fully monty"

Room 17 Weekly News for Jan 09-Jan 13, 2017

Happy New Year!!!!!

This Weeks News:  1/09/17-1/13/17 

• New idioms, spelling, and Vocabulary for 2017
• Students will be continuing to work on their Civilization projects. There are 2- One is non-fiction and research based in which they are doing in the classroom. The other entails a fictional society they will be creating for their books.
• We need your help! We are in need of 3’x2’ closed (3’x4’ opened), tri-fold presentation boards. Any donations of boards this size would be greatly appreciated.
• Happy Birthday to Asia and Diego (1/12)!

Notes, Reminders, and Upcoming Events:

• There will be no school on Monday, January 16^th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
• Tentative field trip to the Getty on Wednesday, January 25^th. We are waiting on pending bus confirmation.
• February 10^th is Valentine’s Day Dance.   

Homework 

• Check Student Homework Calendars daily! Homework is assigned on a daily basis and should be turned in the next day unless otherwise given a different due date.
• Daily Reading, Math, and Language Arts assignments will be given.
• Spelling Words: address, against, always, answer, because, believe, brought, children, cousin, doesn’t, dollar, enough, guess, instead, people, receive, straight, until, usually, woman
• Vocabulary words: bewildering, moderate, hamper, prohibit, accessible
• Idioms: “Finger lickin’ good,” “Fixed in your ways,” “Flea market,” “Flesh and Blood”