165 Bethany Road Office Hours
Holmdel, NJ 07733 7:30 am - 2:45 pm
732-264-5578 M - F
Mrs. McGuckin
6th Grade Math, Science, and
Social Studies
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Math
We are beginning the last trimester with Chapter Six - Collecting and Displaying Date. This is a nice change of pace from the decimal and fraction marathon we have been on. In this chapter, we will be concentrating on collecting,creating and interpreting data and the visual presentations used to illustrate the data.
I am changing my recess help availability to Tuesday and Thursday in the hope that making it more formal may help with students taking advantage of the time. There was some fall off on grades this second trimester. Some of this could have been avoided if the students were proactive in looking for help. Please encourage them to do this.
If your student has not mastered their basic facts, encourage them to practice nightly. When doing multi-step expressions, they are lagging behind due to their need to figure out their facts. Practice will help them!
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Science:
We will be finishing with Module E shortly and then progressing to Module F: Geologic Processes and History.
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Social Studies
The Sixth Grade classes participated in a STEM Challenge to create an irrigation system that successfully moved water from one place to another, in a effort to understand the mechanical genius of ancient people. The STEM Challenge consisted of four class periods in which groups brainstormed the system (lever or pulley) they would create, anticipated problems they might incur, constructed using given materials, tested their systems, and reflected on their success or failure by discussing ways they could have improved their projects. Their level of communicating scientific and engineering concepts with eachother blew my mind! The way they critiqued eachother's projects was thoughtful and incisive. Kudos to them all!
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Announcements
On May 1, the sixth grade will be visiting Medieval Times in Lyndhurst, NJ. Buses will leave SBS at 9:15 and return in time for normal dismissal.
Permission slips and checks are due (made out to Saint Benedict School) on Monday, April 16th.
Wish List:
Tissues
4x6 Index Cards
* Make sure to come prepared for class every day. *
SPECIALS SCHEDULE for the YEAR
Monday: Music Tuesday: Art Wednesday: PE
Thursday: Spanish Friday: Character Ed
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2017-2018 Calendar
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Thursday, April 19
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