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.