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Welcome to 6th Grade! My name is Mrs. Thomas, and I am very excited to be your guide through Language Arts this year. This is going to be a very successful and fun year, and I hope you are as excited about it as I am.

Starting this week, all CORE classes will have a spelling test, and Pre-AP will do a writing exercise with the spelling words.

IMPORTANT DATES:

11/30/09: GRADED PAPERS GO HOME

11/24/09: LAST DAY

12/02/09: READING BENCHMARK

Science Words for the week of 11/23/09-11/24/09:

Distinguish – to set apart as different

Contrast – to show unlikeness or difference

Describe – illustrate, use words to represent

Examine – to observe, test, or investigate; inspect

Science Words for the week of 11/16/09-11/20/09:

Differentiate – identify differences

Compare – identify similarities and differences

Calculate – to determine by mathematical methods; to compute

Classify – to arrange or organize

Science Words for the week of 11/09/09-11/13/09

Collect – to gather together; to assemble

Construct – to build or put together

Analyze – to examine carefully and in detain so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.

Identify – to recognize or establish; to choose or decide

Science Words for the week of 11/02/09-11/06/09

· Matter – anything that has mass and takes up space

· Solid – atoms are arranged very orderly; has a definite shape and volume

· Liquid – atoms are loosely held together; has a definite volume but not a definite shape

· Gas – atoms are very far apart and moving around very quickly; has no definite shape or volume

· Atoms – the building blocks of all matter; made of protons (+), neutrons (0), and electrons (-)

Science Words for the week of 10/26/09-10/30/09

Sort: to arrange based on class, kind, or size

Summarize: to provide a condensed version

Test: to try and prove or verify

Understand: to perceive the meaning of

Verify: to prove by presenting evidence

Science Words for the week of 10/19/09-10/23/09

Represent: to be an example of

Review: to study or look over again

Select: to chose or pick out in preference to another

Sequence: to arrange in order

Science Words for week of 10/12/09-10/16/09

Recognize: to identify as something previously seen or known

Record: to put in writing

Relate: to tell or describe in some detail

Replicate: to copy or reproduce

Science Words for week of 10/05/09-10/09/09

Model: to plan, construct, or fashion according to a standard

Observe: to notice or watch

Plan: to form a detailed procedure to accomplish an objective

Predict: to say beforehand based on knowledge

Science Words for week of 09/28-10/02

Justify: to show good reason for

Make: to produce; cause to be or happen

Manipulate: to control, move, or manage

Measure: to determine the quantity of

Science Words for week of 9/21-9/25

Implement: to put into effect; to carryout

Infer: To make a conclusion based on facts and observations

Investigate: to observe or inquire in detail

Interpret: to present an explanation

Science Words for week of 9/14 - 9/18:

Abundant: a great quantity. A lot.

Evaluate: to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study

Communicate: to convey knowledge of or information about : make known

Accuracy: freedom from mistake or error

Science Words for week of 9/8 - 9/11:

Sustain - to keep going; sustainable; having to do with keeping species or environments healthy

Valid - relating to conclusions based on graphs and charts; ex - which of these is a valid conclusion based on the information in the table?

Deposit/deposited - when sediment (sand, rock, dirt) is dropped or settles out of moving water or wind

Influenced - to have an affect on; how the environment can change traits of organisms; humans influence on the environment;