Chapter 5 Study Guide

The Chapter 5 test is this Friday. Here is a study guide to help you. Remember that on Friday, you will also turn in 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3 note taking sheets.Chapter 5 study guide

6th Grade Reading: Ugly Duckling Homework

Homework: prepare for Thursday's seminar
Here are the questions you will need: 

1. Do you think Great-Aunt Malkin’s gift to Camilla was a good idea? Why or why not?  How might Camilla’s life have been different if her beauty had not been hidden?

2. How would the world be changed if everyone looked exactly the same? 

3.  What attitudes are presented in this play about outer beauty?  About inner beauty?  How are the attitudes of the chancellor, the king and queen, Great-Aunt Malkin, the princess herself and Prince Simon similar and different?

Things to keep in mind:

• Speak so that all can hear you
• Listen closely
• Speak without raising hands
• Refer to the text
• Talk to each other and the middle of the circle, not just the leader
• Ask others for clarification. Don’t stay confused
• Invite and allow others to speak
• Consider all viewpoints and ideas
• Know that you are responsible for the quality of the seminar

How will the seminar be graded?

1. Student notes will be collected and checked for completeness but will not be graded

2. Students will be graded using the following rubric: 

Seminar grading rubric

This Week in Core

Busy week for us in Core. 
Here is our plan:
Monday: Social Studies Chapter 5 Section 2, library to check out SciFi/Fantasy book, book box work time.
Tuesday: Social Studies Chapter 5 Section 3, book box presentations begin
Wednesday: 6th Grade Movie Trip (study guide available for test), book log passed out
Thursday: Chapter 5 study guide, book box presentations
Friday: Presentation of "Scrooge" by Mr. Willing's class, Chapter 5 test

Current Event Assignment #1

 For your first current event (CE) assignment, you will need to have an article (not a tv program or video) but if you are looking for a way to get started, you can watch student news and get an idea...then look for an article on one of topics you saw. If you need a great site for actual articles, check out the links below.

Want 5 points extra credit? Do your CE assignment online using this form:

CE Form 

CE Links

CNN
C-SPAN
White House Press Release/Weekly Radio Broadcast
NPR
MSNBC
CBS
ABC
Fox News
C-SPAN in the Classroom
Associated Press
KOIN TV
KATU
Oregonian
BBC
Bloomberg Business News

Time for Kids

CNN Student News

The Week in Rap

Scholastic News Zone

Wall Street Journal Classroom

Lost your CE form? Want to print a new copy from home or library? Here:

Current Event

This Week in Core

Hey all.


This week in Core:


Due to OAKS Reading testing, we will not have Core during 2nd period this week (students will report directly to reading class each day 2nd period for testing)


Monday: Intro to Commas
Tuesday: Commas, Current Event #1
Wednesday: Comma practice
Thursday: Economic systems, comma quiz-ito (???)
Friday: Current event DUE, fun-write Friday


Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. 3 weeks until winter break!

Keyboarding Practice

Looking to practice your keyboarding skills?

Try these sites:

1. Learning Games for Kids
2. Keybr
3. Fingerjig

This Week in Core: Nov 7 - Nov 11

This Week: November 7-11