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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;
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