December 7-11
LANGUAGE ARTS (Scroll way down for spelling words and homework).
COUNTRY REPORT TABLETOP DISPLAY (due Dec. 18) -
For FESTIVAL OF THE NATIONS (half-day right before break) - Dec. 18th
Grading on the display will be based on neatness, creativity, design,
thorough and interesting work.
Ideas for the tabletop could include pictures, maps, recipes, sample items,
and be sure to be creative and neat with your design:) I will show some
examples of tabletop displays so students know they are on the right track.
The guidelines below should provide plenty of ideas as you prepare your
tabletop display and your written report.
COUNTRY REPORT - WRITTEN (due in January, AFTER the break) -
The rubric below is for the WRITTEN REPORT, which is DUE IN JANUARY, after
the break. Much of the guidance, research, and examples will be done in
class or in the school library, but some is to be done at home or the public
library as well.
ORGANIZATION AND IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS FOR TABLETOP DISPLAY AND WRITTEN REPORT:
Note: The words that are ALL CAPITAL LETTERS are required sections (which
would also be great as major headings on the tabletop display). The lower
case words are suggestions as to what you might include in those sections.
I. INTRODUCTION - Introduce the country and give a little history of the
country (example: when it was founded, how it came about, etc) - 5 pts
II. LOCATION - 1)RELATIVE - WHERE IS IT LOCATED IN RELATION TO OTHER PLACES?
2)ABSOLUTE - PHYSICAL CHARACTARISTICS, like vegetation, landforms, lakes,
mountains, desert, soil, beaches, wildlife habitats, dry(?), moist(?) - 10 pts
III. CULTURE - population, form of government, people, ethnic groups,
languages, religious beliefs, sports, holidays, lifestyle (small towns? big
cities? clothing styles, foods, buildings, homes, transportaion,
communication, etc.) - 10 pts
IV. MAJOR RESOURCES - industry (production); agriculture - what is grown
there? foods?; tourists? - 10 pts
V. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY - man-made features? Major natural or
physical features? - 10 pts
VI. NOTABLE PEOPLE OF THE PAST AND/OR PRESENT - political heroes, war
heroes, sports figures, literary giants, composers, writers, artists, etc. -
10 pts
VII. CONCLUSION AND RESPONSE - Wrap up your country report in a short but
interesting way. Then share your personal thoughts, what you especially
liked learning about the country, and any questions that you still have about
it. - 5 pts
The paper was well organized. 30 pts
Facts/relevant details/examples were clear, well - researched, and enhanced
the report. 30 pts
The writer followed the rules of convention by
capitalizing proper nouns, inserting paragraphs,
using correct grammar & punctuation, and writing/typing neatly. 30 pts
Total Points 150 pts
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SPELLING WORDS FOR THIS WEEK - We had a class spelling bee on Friday as well
as bibliography card checks, so we ran out of time for the spelling test. On
Monday we will take last week's test, then on Friday we have another test
with the following words:
angle (not to be confused with angel), apartment, appeared, applaud, apply,
appointment, appreciate, approach, Arctic, arithmetic, artistic, assignment,
Atlantic, attract, audience, automobile, autumn, average, avoid, bead,
beautifully, beef, beetle, begins, beliefs
HOMEWORK (Reminder: Don't forget to turn in your reading log Tuesday)
Monday - Write each word in cursive handwriing.
Tuesday - Choose ten words that you can rhyme with another word. Make a list
of ten rhyming pairs. For example: beef-chief; angle-dangle
Wednesday - For each spelling word, write other forms of the word (unless
there is no other form of the word). Write as many as you can think of.
Stretch yourselves even further than last week. Try to think of prefixes and
suffixes that would change the form.
(Hint: Look in a dictionary for help with ideas and correct spellings).
Example: appeared, appear, appears, appearing, disappear, disappeared,
disappearing, reappeared, reappearing, etc.
Thursday - Be ready for your spelling test.
Friday - No homework
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Quarter One: fiction book (collected Sept. 25)
Quarter Two: nonfiction book (due date December 1)
Quarter Three: classic fiction book or historical fiction (I will have
suggestions posted soon).
Quarter Four: biography or autobiography
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SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS WORK AND ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday - Friday
We will begin chapter 8 on Classic Greece this week. Most of the work
will be done in class unless a student is absent or does not complete
assignments. Then it's important that the section is read at home on
classzone.com.
SOCIAL STUDIES NOTES:
The following information will help you to be successful in
Social Studies this year, and it will enable you to access the book's
contents without bringing the heavy text book home. If you have access to
the internet, please give this a try:
World History Survey, On Line Book, 6th Grade
Go to Classzone.com to get connected.
Go to Book Online (at the bottom)
Go to create student account
Type information as directed.
Your USER NAME is your first and last name (NO SPACES/lower case).
Your password is your school student ID Number.(Try adding S
to the ID # if your number is only 5 digits).
Go to create student account again if necessary.
Your code for getting started is: 2562731-20
Nora Johnston
Language Arts and Social Studies 6th Grade
Room A8
email njohnston@msd38.org
phone 602-664-7608
...and don't forget this teacherweb.com