Mr. Thompson's Writing and Homeroom: April 2011

Classroom Messages

6th Grade Upcoming Events:
09/06....First Day of School

09/08....All School Open House 6:30 pm-8:00pm

09/30....6th Grade Team Building at Riverview Camp

10/14....LID (non student day)

10/19-10/21....Parent-Teacher Conferences (1/2 day on 10/19; non-student days on 10/20 and 10/21)

11/11....Veteran's Day (no school)

11/24-11/27....Thanksgiving Break

12/22-01/02....Christmas Break

01/16....Martin Luther King Day (no school)

02/20....President's Day (no school)

03/17....Snow make up day

04/01 - 04/09....Spring Break

05/29....Memorial Day (no school)

06/1 to 06/2 6th Grade Camp at Lutherhaven

06/05 - 06/08....Human Growth and Development

06/14....Last day of school (12:45 dismissal)

Monday, April 25, 2011

April 25th

HOMEROOM:
PE and weekend check in

WRITING:
DOL #30

Today we watch the first video about Ancient Egypt. Part 2 will be tomorrow. The students had 4 questions and need to answer 1 of them for tomorrow. They had 15 minutes in class to start this assignment.

Directions: Answer 1 of the following questions:

1. Write a paragraph giving three ways the Nile River was important and useful to the ancient Egyptians.

2. Write a paragraph describing some of the gods worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.

3. Write a paragraph describing how the tombs of the pharaohs gradually changed during the history of ancient Egypt.

4. Write a paragraph explaining some of the things modern-day people know about the ancient Egyptians, and how these things are known.

*Very tough time to miss right now since these videos are not available to check out.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Homeroom: Music today. Writing: Need to have the first body paragraph done for tomorrow. Students had 25 minutes to work on this in class.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

April 12

HOMEROOM: Spelling #27 WRITING: Started DARE Essay. Here are some ideas discussed in class but not limited to: How you will keep your promise to stay drug and violence free? Why staying drug/violence free is important to you? What you learned. How drugs/alcohol have had an impact on your life. You commitment to stay drug free. Health and Fitness Athletics Future Early Death Mind and Brain deterioration Parents trust Losing respect More friends Better jobs…or simply ‘a job’ Against the law You are a role model to others 5 points supported with 2 details are due tomorrow (Wed)