WELCOME TO 6^th GRADE September 2007

I’m Mrs. Sue Hug and I will be your child’s homeroom teacher. Mrs. Stoffer will be their Math and English teacher. I look forward to a great year, having had your children last year for Science, Spelling and Religion. This year will certainly be a unique one for all of us. I look forward to the change of pace. The following is a brief description of some of the topics we will cover this year.

RELIGION- The focus is on the Old Testament. They will learn the early history of our religion. They will develop an understanding of how Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophet’s teachings in the Old Testament.

ENGLISH- Increasing knowledge of the parts of speech and incorporating them into different forms of writing. Toward the end of the year they will pull all these skills together in the form of a Research Paper.

SPELLING- We will follow the same procedure as last year. A normal week will start with new words, alphabetical order, definitions and sentences; work in the book; writing 3 times each; play Sparkle for review; test.

READING- As in previous years Spelling and Reading are connected. We will normally begin a new story each week. There will be vocabulary definitions and students will be responsible for completing stories independently. They will have a test on Friday. Vocabulary definitions and story comprehension questions will be included. We will read 2 or 3 novels at various times throughout the year.

HEALTH/SCIENCE- We will begin our year with a quarter of health, building on past concepts of the physical body, mental health and responsible decision making to remain healthy. The rest of the year focuses on Earth Science. We will learn about space, earth structures and rocks.

SOCIAL STUDIES- This year deals with World Cultures. We will travel to the different continents learning about the histories and cultures of many countries. The students will be asked, on a rotating basis, to share a current event article on a world happening. I ask you to encourage them to start paying attention to the news (radio, TV, newspaper, internet).

I hope this gives you a glimpse of our action packed year. Any questions or comments, feel free to contact me at school. I look forward to working with you and your children.

Mrs. Hug

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