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Spelling- Week 21 skill: words with/ou/ sound. Packet is due Thursday and the test is Friday. Social Studies- We are finishing up our 7th unit. The test is Wednesday, February 28th. Then we will begin our 8th unit on the middle ages and renaissance era. Don't forget that our first current events project is also due on Friday, March 1st! English- We finished our argumentative/ persuasive writing piece so now we are moving back into our study and practice of grammar skills with unit 3 in the book over adjectives.

Spelling- Week 20 skill practice and word study. Packet is due Thursday and the test is on Friday. Social Studies- We are finishing up our study of the Byzantine Empire and the test will be next Wednesday the 28th. The study guide is going home on Wednesday the 21st to give the students a week to prepare/ study. English- We are finishing our Persuasive/ Argumentative essays and will begin a new unit on Friday.

  CURRENT EVENT DIRECTIONS 2023-2024 Current Events. What is a current event? An event is something that happens or is regarded as happening; an occurrence, especially one of some IMPORTANCE . Current refers to now - for our class something that has happened since August 1, 2023 through the rest of the school year. In general, sports and accidents are not to be used for current event assignments. Current events are an assignment that you should get an A on. These will help bring up poor quiz or test scores. Of course that means you have to do them correctly and on time or they will take your overall grade down. This will also help to prepare you for completing these current event projects more often in 7th and 8th grade. For current events you must read a NEWS article (internet or newspaper is fine) and complete the assignment requirements. Make certain you are using reputable internet news sites.   Each current event will be turned in via Google Classroom....

Social Studies- We are diving into our next unit on the Byzantine Empire. English- We are continuing to discuss the parts of an argumentative writing piece to prepare to begin writing our own piece beginning on Friday! Spelling- week 18 word study

 Social Studies- Reminder that we will have our test over unit 6 on Thursday, February 1st! The study guide was sent home last Thursday and there is an additional copy on Google Classroom as well. English- Finishing our introduction into Greek and Latin root words which we will continue to practice weekly throughout the rest of the year. We will also begin our next writing piece which will be a persuasive/ argumentative paper. Spelling- Week 17

 The unit 6 test over Ancient Rome will be next Thursday, February 1st. The study guide is coming home today. There is also a digital version available on Google Classroom. Thanks!

 Hello!  With all of the days off and odd schedules, I have not been able to make an update so below you will find some info for this week and next. Social Studies: We are finishing up our unit on the ancient Roman Empire. The study guide will go home on Thursday, January 25th and the test is next Thursday, February 1st. English: We are finishing up our unit on pronouns and we will begin our next writing piece which will be an argumentative (persuasive) writing piece. Spelling: We WILL have spelling this week! We are on week 16. The words can be found under the spelling lists tab here on the blog or on the students' Google Classroom. The packet is due Thursday and the test is Friday. We also have our January praise assembly this coming Friday, the 26th. Each month, a grade level is required to lead a praise assembly and this month is 6th grade's turn to do so! We have been practicing a lot and working on preparing our songs to lead the school in a wonderful afternoon of prayer...