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Welcome to the 6th grade Blue Team's Home
Page
Team Leader
Mrs. Megan Heller (Math)
Team Counselor
Mrs. Newman Ext. 308
Team Meeting Time
The 6th grade blue team meets daily. Teachers can be
contacted by phone or an appointment can be set up the following times:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 3:00-3:40 p.m or Wednesday from
2:05-2:40 p.m.
Team Members
 | Ms. Burnaugh........Language Arts |
| Mrs. Capper...........Language Arts |
| Mrs. Heller.............Math |
| Mrs. Iwen..............ESL |
| Mrs. Newman.........Counselor |
| Mr. Pillard............Social Studies |
| Mr. Van Wetzinga..Science |
Student of the Month:
September: Brooke Garnica and Jaziel Galaviz
October: Selena
Morales and Mick Baker
November: Tyler Masterson and Maggie Ward
January: Alexis O'
Callaghan and Collin Banks
February: Malynda Woodside
and Cody Pribble
Upcoming Events
No events at this time
ITBS Tips for Success
Here are some helpful hints and
little things we can do everyday to help prepare our students to be successful
on the standardized tests.
| Read a book with your child.
Take turns reading and discuss the story. |
| Read a newspaper, magazine, or
other non-fiction and discuss what you read. |
| Ask quality-thinking questions
such as; “What would you predict/ infer from______” or “What is the main
idea of _________?” |
| Watch “Discovery for Kids” every
Saturday morning on NBC. |
| Study pictures, graphs,
organizers tables, and talk about how to read them. |
| Study basic multiplication
facts, make flash cards. Show you know 0-12 mentally. |
| Cook and read recipes together. |
| Talk about everyday math-
balanced checkbook, shopping, setting up a budget. |
| Visit local library, museums,
botanical center, or planetarium at local colleges. |
| Relate new vocabulary words to
concepts your child already knows. |
| Model use of dictionaries,
glossaries, and thesaurus. |
| Model use of graphic organizers. |
| Encourage students to keep
journals. |
| Search and visit educational web
sites on the Internet. |
“The small choices and
decisions we make a hundred times a day add up to determining the kind of world
we live in.” Harold S. Kushner
6th Grade Benchmarks:
Language Arts/Reading
| use comprehension
strategies before, during and after reading |
| use specific vocabulary
strategies before, during and after reading |
| use text to determine main idea, drawing
conclusions and inference |
| distinguish between
relevant and irrelevant information |
| restate text to
synthesize information |
| use the writing process
to develop specific types of writing |
Social Studies
| develop a working
knowledge of timelines, tables and graphs |
| develop a knowledge of
map and globe skills |
| develop a knowledge of
key vocabulary terms |
| become familiar with
the 5 themes of geography |
| compare and contrast
ancient civilizations and analyze their influence on the present |
| understand the effect
of resources on the development and advancement of culture |
| develop knowledge of
how cultures are interrelated |
| analyze the development
of history and the effect of history on modern day life of several countries
in the Eastern Hemisphere |
| develop skills in
forming hypothesis in researching, defining, testing, and interpreting data |
Science
| prove that earth is the
only planet that appears to support life |
| use appropriate tools
and techniques to gather, analyze and interpret scientific data |
| prove that hereditary
information is contained in genes and traits can be passed from generation
to generation |
| prove that differences
of wavelength within a range of visible light are perceived as differences
in color |
Math
| interpret decimal
values resulting from calculator operations and use a variety of methods to
compute with decimals |
| demonstrate the concept
of proportion and proportional reasoning (e.g. percentage, ratio) |
| use a variety of
methods to compute with all types of fractions (addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division) |
| understand basic
geometric figures, lines, angles, and shapes |
| use a variety of
problem solving strategies |
| apply operations with
whole numbers, statistics (mean, median, mode) |
| apply metric
conversions |
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