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I will provide daily opportunities for the students to write. Students will be guided through the writing process, and they will have opportunities to practice expository (facts), narrative (stories), and persuasive (opinions) writing. I use the 6 + 1 Traits method of teaching writing in which students learn how to make their writing great by focusing on word choice, organization, conventions, sentence fluency, voice, ideas, and presentation.
Writing Assignments
1. Community Paragraphs
2. Resume

In science, students should expect a daily journal page and an in-class activity. There will be a few at-home projects (such as Science Fair), but most science work will be completed at school. There will be a test at the end of each unit, and students will know test dates in advance so that they have time to prepare.
UNIT #1: MOON AND SEASONS:
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We will be doing a lot of experiments during our first science unitheat, light, and sound unit! Students, you're going to coincide with the "Growing Up" theme, welove it!! We will be looking upward at the moon! In this unit, we will learn to identify the different moon phaseslearning all about energy and be able to explain how why they exist. After masteringenergy can travel in waves in the moon, we will investigate the reasons for the seasons. It should be a lotform of fun!
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READING
Our school district has developed a new curriculum map for sixth grade language arts in alignment with the Common Core Standards that have been adopted. It is the goal of this program to individually challenge our students in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking at a very rigorous level.
of words. ​Currently, we are reading ​The Phantom Tollbooth​ by Norman Jester.
There will reading fluency. Our first theme is "Growing Up", and we will be reading The Cay. This novel is set in WWII and is about a boy who becomes shipwrecked on an island in the Caribbean. The novel is filled with excitement, emotion, and adventure. Enjoy!!
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Our new language stimulate interest. If any parents would like to volunteer as a reading helper, please contact me because I love to have parents help in the classroom.
Each student will be required to read at least twenty minutes at home each school night. Students can make up missed days over the weekend. Please look for an independent reading note each Monday that needs to signed by a parent and returned to school the following Monday. Monthly reading parties will be held to celebrate the students who accomplished their monthly reading goal. Look for those reading calendars each month! In addition to our class incentives, PTA is sponsoring a reading challenge and will be using those notes to monitor progress.
month. The SeptemberJanuary book report is an Award Winnernon-fiction book of at least 10075 pages.

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I have found that those students who have mastered their math facts early find math much more enjoyable, so I would suggest that parents really help their children review these very important skills. We will have daily timed math fact quizzes as part of our math routine.
Here are a few websites for math fact practice:

I will provide daily opportunities for the students to write. Students will be guided through the writing process, and they will have opportunities to practice expository (facts), narrative (stories), and persuasive (opinions) writing. I use the 6 + 1 Traits method of teaching writing in which students learn how to make their writing great by focusing on word choice, organization, conventions, sentence fluency, voice, ideas, and presentation.
Writing Assignments
1. Community Paragraphs
2. Resume

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Parents, I am always looking for great volunteers to help out in the classroom. So if you would like to help out in any way, please let me know!
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I know that with hard work and great attitudes, we can make this year at Canyon View the best ever! Sixth grade is going to be awesome!! I am so excited to be your sixth grade teacher!
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Welcome Back to School!
I know that with hard work and great attitudes, we can make this year at Canyon View the best ever! Sixth grade is going to be awesome!! I am so excited to be your sixth grade teacher!
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Try these fun learning websites:
For some fun and games, try Funbrain