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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. 

 

4th Nine Weeks' Concepts: Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences; Using Commas; Revision and Editing of Writing; Persuasive Writing, Poetic Writing, Style, Tone, Connecting Ideas, Text Structure and application of previously learned concepts

Unit Focus: Feelings Through Words

Novel: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse; Read Aloud: Holes

Writings: Persuasive Writing and Poems

Please see the Assistance Page for the current spelling list and definitions that we have or are discussing in class.

 

 

 

 

 

Science Words for the week of 12/14/09-12/18/09

Features – a characteristic, trait

Properties – an essential quality or attribute

Characteristic – distinguishing feature or quality

Critique – criticism, detailed evaluation

 

Science Words for the week of 12/07/09-12/11/09

Fluctuate – to change continually, to shift back and forth

Preventative – to stop in advance

Evidence – an indication, proof or disproof

 

Science Words for the week of 11/30/09-12/04/09

Explain – to make clear, give detail

Define – state the meaning of, explain or identify

Advantages – favorable, superior, beneficial

Appropriate – suitable or fitting

 

 

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;

 

 

 

Education & Teaching Background:

  • Certified to teach English Language Arts and Reading Grades 4-12
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts/Theatre Performance---Auburn University, summa cum laude graduate
  • 2nd  year in Georgetown ISD

Contact Information:

  • My ext # is  6980
  • My email address is thomasm@georgetownisd.org
  • Please feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns.

 

 

 

 

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Last updated:  02/03/10 10:59 AM