Mrs. Knoedler’s 6th Grade
Newsletter
November 13,
2015
Dear Families,
These
November days remind me of poet Robert Frost’s, My November Guest. It was
great to meet with many of you last week at Parent Teacher Conferences.
Literacy: Students began a new
class read this week, Touching Spirit
Bear. Students are assigned chapters
and have questions to answer that will prepare them for discussions. These are thinking questions and often
require more than a sentence or two to fully and deeply answer them. Students are to read chapters 3, 4, 5 and
answer the questions for Tuesday, November 17th. Please
remember that students are required to read 30 minutes a day and to record that
reading on the Weekly Reading Log that is turned in each Wednesday.
Math: Students began work on learning how to change
a fraction to a decimal and then turn that decimal to a percent. If you divide the numerator of a fraction by
its denominator, you will find the decimal.
Then simply take that decimal, and multiply it by 100 to determine the
percent.
Ancient Egypt: In social studies, we are reading about
Ancient Egypt and the pyramids. Students
are reading to find the main idea of a passage and then writing 3 supporting
details to support their main idea. The
Ancient Egyptians were an interesting and intelligent civilization. We also watched an excellent video on the
building of the pyramids.
Have a great hunting or sock sale
weekend! All the best, Ellen
