This week we learned about exceptions to the i before e and e before i. That means that there are some words that have ei/ie but they don’t follow the rule. For example, friend should have a long e sound because of how it is spelled, but it doesn’t.

How confusing is that?

Catherine and Gabe

WORD STUDY

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We are continuing to work hard in 6th

grade. I am including the links to the new 6th

grade curriculum. You can check these out to see what we have covered so far.

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/science/6-8.pdf

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/common-core-tools/unpacking/math/6th.pdf

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/common-core-tools/unpacking/ela/6.pdf

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

Ms. Tarmey

Contact information: Please use the new

e-mail to contact me.dtarmey@artsbasedschool.com

school phone: (336) 423-1966

home phone: (336) 403-3199

HOMEWORK

- READ EVERY NIGHT FOR 30 MINS

- WRITE TWO RESPONSES A WEEK AT HOME ON PENZU BEFORE YOUR DUE DATE

PARENTS- PLEASE SIGN PLANNERS NIGHTLY

“What exactly is your fashion

statement, Ms. Tarmey?”

6th Grade NewsMs. Tarmey’s Homeroom

October 15-19, 2012

MATH

We just keep swimming in our Water Ecology books. We found out more research about our river critters that we saw on the camping trip. We gathered information about animals. We had drawn in our little booklets to learn about them later in school.

Check this out, did you know crawdads live under two years? Some salamander tongues are ten times as long as their bodies.

Fascinating!Adam, Addy, and Arianna

NOTES FROM MS. TARMEY

Do you know what 129.3÷71.2 is? Well we do because that is what we have been learning in math class.

We also looked at how to divide fractions. We were taught to multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal. That means you switch the numerator and the denominator of the last fraction.

We brushed up on multiplying decimals. Those are the fun things we did in math this

week. Addy, Adam, and Arianna

SCIENCE

Aaaargh! It’s ….it’s your pal Sh..Shakesbird. I am tired of this garbage smelling, rotten, old place (Peppito’s lair). He kidnapped me three days ago! Just wait until I get my wings on him. At least my partner in crime Willow is coming for a sneak attack today. All I have been doing is writing. Willow is going to take me to a Halloween Party. We are planning to play games, eat, cake, and dress up. I am going to have revenge on Peppito on Wednesday. Sorry, I have to go, Peppito is coming!

Your Pal,

Shakesbird

6TH GRADE NEWSLETTER PAGE 2

A BIRD’S EYE VIEW

Previously in the book The Transall Saga, Mark went to Trisad to find out there is no Shaman there. He talked a guy named The Short Man to find out if there is a Shaman. His answer was no. Short Man’s slave, Yonk, warned Mark about being a wanted man and that Short Man was planning to turn him in for the reward. Mark, Sarbo, and Yonk left the shed and headed to Listra.

Suddenly when they were leaving the desert a bunch of Samatin tribes people attacked them. They shot arrows and hit Sarbo on the side, wounding him. He couldn’t escape and Mark refused to leave Sarbo, so he got captured too. Mark got put in a cage that is small and was lifted off the ground by ropes.

The Samatin lived in an inactive volcano. In the middle of the night, Yonk came back to save Mark, but he got captured too! They both escaped because Yonk followed Mark’s directions. When they escaped, they rescued Sarbo and Mark used some volcanic ash to create an explosion. The explosion distracted the guards so they could escape.

We’re almost done with the book! We will tell you more next week. It is really exciting.

Catherine and Gabe

READING

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Creepy faces, squeaky voices, little people…What do you think that is? A puppet show! Dun, dun, dun, da!

Have you ever looked at those polka dots in the sky? Well those they are called stars. Do you see a spoon created out of polka dots? Well that group of stars is called the Big Dipper.

It all ended with little savage birds eating a bear. Who would have thought puppets could be so blood thirsty?

Elijah, Dania, Lindsay, and Mieko

BANDBang, squeak…Welcome to the Circus…I

mean Band. When we play, Maestro says we still keep huffing and puffing a lot. So far in our band books we have gotten to number 26.

Next week we have Master Band on Friday. It is going to be fun so don’t forget your instrument.

We also have solos next week and if yours is good, Maestro gives you an apple. It would be cool if we could get candy or something, but apples are OK…I guess.

I hope everyone does good on their solo.

Elijah, Willow, Mieko, and Lindsay

PUPPET SHOW

Websites: http://abs6thgrade.wordpress.comhttps://sites.google.com/a/artsbasedschool.com/6th-grade/

Bamba, Chacha, move those hips, clap, clap, slide, keep it crisp.

Ladies, DrummerEnergy to

Taught us to danceBamba

We wish you could have joined usAnd the crew

We learned about immigrants, And music

We learned Latinos Aren’t all the same

We know each instrumentNow by name

It was an exploding volcanoFull of knowledge and energy

Adios amigos- Jada Jones and Dania Shoaf

Fun Facts we learned with the Hispanic Arts Initiative: Peoples from Latin America are all Latinos but they are not all Hispanic Latinos are individuals who share languages that find their origin in Latin (such as

Spanish and Portuguese) Hispanic refers to individuals native to countries like Spain Latin America is a geographic region that has 22 countries Latinos are a melting pot of many cultures and ethnicities