South Canton Scholars Charter Academy

6th Grade

Weekly Newsletter for March 2, 2012

Conferences are back!

Please stop by or to call the font office to sign up for your March Conference date and time. Please remember confere3nces are student run. If you would like additional time, please contact your childs homeroom teacher or ask for another conference during your scheduled time. Conference Format 1. Sign in 2. Discussion of MAP Scores 3. Discussion of Goals a) Student will showcase one assignment b) Teacher will showcase on assignment c) Student will discuss strengths, weaknesses, and goals for the month d) Expected MAP Growth e) Student Action Plan f) Additional Resources 4. Review Parent Compact 5. Questions/Follow Up 6. Completion of Conference Evaluation

Calendar Counts March

Reading Month
5th No school for Students 7th and 8th Student Run Conferences 9th half day for students 11:30 Dismissal 9th Living Museum from 9:00-10:00 a.m. 14th PSS meeting (5:30-6:30); 14th Credit Union Deposit Day 20th Lottery (6pm) 22ndHands on Museum night 29thDrama performances of SchoolHouse Rock Live! Jr. 5:30 and 7:30

Field Trips!
April 5th---Detroit Institute of Arts

April 20th Howell Nature Center

Please email Mrs. Lee if you have any questions.

Got Running?
Cross Country is coming! If you were unable to come to the information meeting on the 29th but still want to join, contact Coach Morgan for an informational packet.

Encouragement
~Give Freely to Others~

Moral Focus

SPELLING BEE
Congratulations to the top ten 6th grade finalists. The finalists from each homeroom competed against one another and were narrowed down from 30 students to 10 students after 12 rounds of spelling. Mrs. Lee, Mr. Owens, and Ms. Textor are all very proud of their students for doing so well.

6 Grade Finalists
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Rosie the Riveter An icon from the 1940s encouraging women to join the workforce during WWII.

Amaan R. Claire G. Farheen V. Prahlad S.

Syed J. Taaha H. Mohammad Talal S. Summer B.

Dhashvin D. Nirali P.

Friday March 16, 2012 School Wide Bees 8:30 a.m. (time tentative)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Vocabulary and Spelling
All students took a break from their Wordly Wise this week to focus on learning about Greek and Latin Root words. They started by looking at different dinosaur words and realized why they were called what they were called based on the roots. This new information should prove to be helpful for students as they continue to prepare for the school wide spelling bee that started today!

SOCIAL STUDIES WITH MS. TEXTOR

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Grammar Adjectives Bringing Color, numbers, and descriptions to all types of writing! Adverbs are proving to be a challenge and students are working hard to incorporate them into their writing. Please take a moment to ask students how they are doing. They have all discussed the difference between good and well and should be able to use them both as adjectives and adverbs. Writing This week marked the start of our poetry unit. Students jumped in head first by analyzing a famous poem entitled Homework, oh, homework! They even had the opportunity to write one poem this week that will be the first in their poem books that will be published at the end of the unit. ReadingMark Ups! Students used Mark Ups this week to analyze historical passages based on famous African Americans and events.

his week students took an in depth look into

ancient Rome and Roman life. In each hour, students had the opportunity to create a comic strip of the life of a Roman man and woman. Once they investigated what life was like they all moved on to learn about the Punic wars from our guest teacher Dean Kobylarz!

Toward the end of the week we had the great

MATH WITH MR. OWENS

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pleasure of having our own architect, Mrs. Rahman, stop by and talk to the students about Roman architecture and how we still use and see the ancient Roman-like buildings in our everyday lives here in the United States. Next week students will begin to take a look into the life of Julius Cesar and his power in Rome.

I can... Locate Rome on a world map Describe Rome's physical feature Explain how Rome began Describe what a Republic is Describe different governmental systems of Rome and compare then to the U.S.

Thank You. . .
First, I would like to thank you all for your well wishes regarding the passing of my grandfather last week. All of your thoughts are very much appreciated. Second, the math rotations will be continuing our progress towards the end of curriculum. Rotation 1 will be progressing from numbers and operations into data and probability. We will continue to review the math basics throughout the year but in the context of other math topics. Rotation 2 will be continuing to work towards mastering proportional reasoning including converting measurement units and geometry. Rotation 3 will be working on geometry using proportional reasoning.

SCIENCE WITH MRS. LEE

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The Living Museum

Bringing history to life When: Friday March 9, 2012 Where: Middle School Wing Time: 9-10:00 a.m. What:

Student Scientists have been working very hard on

understanding how energy flows through ecosystems this week. They worked in groups to create a giant web for a Prairie Ecosystem and will use that information to assist in comparing and contrasting the different science cycles. After viewing several videos on the water, nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen cycles they will organize information in a short essay that will demonstrate their knowledge of the different cycles and what they have in common. Unit Topics and Standards The Living Environment: Ecosystems The Living Environment: Food Chains and Webs Next Week: Photosynthesis
6 CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6 O2 Carbon dioxide + Water + Light energy Glucose + Oxygen

Students of the 6th Grade have been working hard to bring to life their historical figures. They have researched using MLA format, created a powerpoint presentation, and will now come to life as their historical figure. They will each have their own section in the museum with a play button where they will come to life for each guest for a brief one to three minute mini presentation.