6th Grade

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Sixth graders are the oldest students at the Dennett Elementary School and 
therefore are expected to be the most responsible.  Your child should be 
aware of his or her assignments and should be able to communicate to you 
what needs to be done and when it is due.  He or she writes in the agenda 
book each day at school and students are given verbal reminders regarding 
which books and papers to have in their backpacks before they leave for home 
each afternoon.

We expect our students to be independent workers but do realize that they 
need guidance and modeling to help them learn.  We hope that you at home 
will also act as guides and will take the time each day to check in with 
your child to make sure he or she is keeping up will all assignments.  We 
have prepared some pointers to help you.

General:

•Please allow your child a quiet place to get organized and spread out if 
needed.

•It may be tempting to leave your sixth grader to do his or her homework 
without supervision. We find that at this age many students still require a 
watchful eye no matter how independent they may seem.

•Encourage your child to read a little every day and listen to him read out 
loud once in a while. Ask him to tell you about what he is reading.

•Require your child to do a bit of studying each night.

•Review math facts with your child.

How Much to Help When Your Child is Confused:

•Ask your child to tell you how the concept or lesson was explained in 
class.  If he or she has absolutely no idea, please remind him or her to 
listen more carefully to directions and to ask the teacher for clarification 
before leaving school.

•Have your child read the directions out loud to you, more than once if 
necessary.  Make sure he or she pays attention to the different directions 
in each homework section.

•Guide your child as he or she does one example from the homework paper, but 
allow him or her to do the rest independently.  Write us a note if confusion 
continues.

•We would rather you write us a note which explains that your child is 
confused, than to have you over help.

ON TESTS/QUIZZES:
•When a test is coming up, please review the material with your child.  He 
may tell you he is ready for the exam, but is always good to make sure.

•If we haven't made a study guide in school, have your child make 
flashcards.   Discuss any notes from class.

•Make sure your child is studying nightly and not waiting until the day 
before or the morning of the test.  This will reinforce good study habits.

ON PROJECTS:

We realize that certain projects may require additional assistance from 
parents, especially when constructing models or finding resources.  In 
general, please allow your child to make the creative decisions and let him 
or her do the majority of any "construction."  If a 
project is too difficult for your child to put together with minimal help, 
it is not a sixth grade level project and should be scaled back.

ELA/Social Studies:   Contact Ms. Andersen with any questions

•Vocabulary Sentences:  Please discuss the words' definitions and help 
clarify usage, but always allow your child to come up with her own 
sentences.

•Reading Comprehension questions:  Please clarify the question if needed, 
but allow your child to write his own answer.  Please make sure your child 
looks back in the text to check his ideas.

•Writing:

Children need guidance to become strong writers.  Please read over the 
assignment with your child and remind her of the focus areas.   Together, 
check back over your child's writing, looking for attention to the areas of 
focus.  If you see a problem with your child's writing, point out what you 
believe the weakness is, but  don't tell your child exactly how to fix it.  
Let her come up with a way to change it.   Your child should refer to 
our "No Excuses List" and eliminate any such errors from her work.

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6th Grade

Parent Guide