READY OR NOT, FIRST GRADE HERE I COME!

You read correctly I am moving across the school to 1st grade.  I am excited to learn and grow along with the kindergarteners I taught last year during target time, PE, and art.  I have been attending literacy classes the last three days to better know how to teach my future first graders.  I have learned there are differences between sixth graders and first graders for sure, but teaching is still teaching and I plan to give it my all.  

FINAL Grades Posted

All assignments have been entered along with the extra credit. 

DANCE FESTIVAL CLOTHING

The dance festival will start and end with the 6th grade performing.  The first dance is a folk dance, please have your child wear blue jeans and a white t-shirt.  Our second dance is Thriller.  Students are strongly encouraged to dress up like zombies for this performance.  Some students are wearing old Halloween costumes, others are finding old worn out clothes and adding further tears, it would be awesome if most of the kids could wear white make up on their face with blacked out eyes.  Whatever is chosen by you for your child to wear please make sure that they can change into it quickly.  Students will only have 5 minutes to change!  Thanks for all your help in making this a dance festival to remember.

Final Grades and Dance Festival

Last Wednesday every student took home a progress report to be signed by a parent/guardian.  All grades have been entered into skyward.  The only item left to enter is the movie night extra credit. 

For dance festival we are dancing two dances.  The first dance our folk dance, it is suggested that students wear a white t-shirt and blue jeans.  The second dance, we are dancing to Thriller.  For this dance students are encouraged to dress like zombies, no blood though.  Students will only have 5 minutes to change in between the routines so zombie outfits need to be easy to get in and out of.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW!

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED THIS YEAR! 

6^TH GRADE SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE

ALL TERMS NEED TO BE DEFINED and EXPANDED ON.

HEAT

·      Synonyms –transfer/flow

·      Types of heat (3 types), examples of each

·      Heat always flows from ________ to _______

·      Conductors, what it is, 2 examples

·      Insulators, what it is, 2 examples

Light

·      Define light

·      Define Reflection

·      Define Refraction

·      Angle of Incidence = Angle of Reflection (Draw)

·      Prism, what does it do?

·      Electromagnetic Spectrum Order, Biggest to Smallest

·      Natural Producers, 3 examples

·      Natural Reflectors, 3 examples

·      Speed

·      How it travels

·      Visible Light

·      Convex/Concave

Sound

·      Define sound

·      Volume – List synonyms, waves look like

·      Pitch – List Synonyms, waves look like

·      How it travels

·      How to increase/decrease volume.

·      How to increase/decrease pitch.

Microorganisms

·      3 scientists who pioneered the field of microorganisms and what they did.

·      Bacteria – shape, 2 diseases caused

·      Fungi – shape, 2 diseases caused

·      Protists/Protozoa – shape, 3 ways to move, 2 diseases caused

·      All living things must have these 7 things:

·      Why is a virus different?  2 diseases it causes.

·      5 foods we have because of microorganisms.

·      Major role of microorganisms.

·      List three good things microorganisms do.

Moon

·      Moon Phases

·      What can be studied on the moon?

·      Length of phases.

·      Time to rotate/orbit/direction

Seasons

·      Earth’s tilt, how many degrees?

·      Longest, Shortest days.  NAMES

·      Angle of sun in winter/summer

·      Draw direction Earth rotates in and diagram the seasons.

·      What is an equinox?

·      When is Earth closest and furthest from the sun?

Solar System

·      Planet Order

·      Planet Facts (2), include direction of rotation.

·      Describe relationship between MASS/GRAVITY.

·      Scientist who came up with the theory of gravity.

·      Compare/Contrast – Asteroid, Meteoroids/Meteors/Meteorites, Comets

·      Probes job

·      Orbit direction

·      Scientist who proved Earth’s rotation and how.

Universe

·      Difference between Radio/Optical Telescope

·      Earth’s EXACT location.

·      Constellations, zodiac, 3 circumpolar, 1 for each season

·      What blocks seeing constellations during other seasons?

·      Geocentric vs. Heliocentric

·      Two scientists who discovered/supported the heliocentric theory.

Scientific Method – Know the order and an example of each.

·      Define Purpose

·      Define Research

·      Define Hypothesis

·      Define Experiment

·      Define Analysis

·      Define Conclusion

·      Define Variable

·      Define Control

TEST PREP

In class we have been working on test taking strategies in all the core areas of testing, language arts, math and science.  Here is the site we have been using in class that you might find helpful.

http://lindon.alpinedistrict.org/webinstruct.html

This site has multiple choice tests based on the standards and objectives students have been learning all year. 

Forbes Family Movie Night Schedule

Hello everyone!

We here at Forbes are having a fundraiser sponsored at The Water Gardens movie theater in Pleasant Grove right across the street from the Macey's grocery store. The fundraiser will be Thursday, April 21st and it will run from their 3 pm show until their late show.

How it works. We need to recruit as many people as we possibly can. Each person that goes to the movie, any movie of your choice, on this evening and tells the box office they are with Forbes, all their ticket proceeds will come to us, that is $3 per person which is awesome! I am hoping we will have an amazing turn out so our 6th graders won't have to pay for Clear Creek.

Long story short, please help if you can! Come one, come all, bring your families and your neighbors and your friends! Share this even with everyone you know.

Thanks in advance!