Week of 6-15

Hi Lions!

• You made it!  Our last week of school!                                                        
• We are so going to miss you!!  
• You have Math and Social Studies classes on Monday and Science and ELA on Tuesday.  
• We will also have Office Hours on Tuesday at 9 a.m. and noon.
• Our Team Meeting will be Wednesday at noon! - Please try to drop in - we'd love to see you!                                                                                                                                                            

                      

• And we're not ready to let you go!  We will meet as a Lions Team throughout the summer - Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.  Once a Lion, Always a Lion!

                 

Week of 6-8

Hi Lions!

Our last full week of school!  
Do a good job on the assignments! 
See you at Office Hours! (Tuesday & Thursday: 9 a.m. & Noon)
And Team Meeting will be Friday at noon!



Here is a Summary of Learning Opportunities this week.  Be sure to follow the links posted on Google Classroom to access readings and assignments!

Click here.

Have fun with it!  Good luck!

Week of June 1

Hi Lions- 

The school year is flying by, even with Remote Learning!  Our Office hours are the same this week- Tuesday and Thursday at 9 am and noon.  Our Team Meeting will be Friday at noon.  Please drop in to ask questions or even just to see and be seen!  We miss you!




Here is a greeting from Mrs Carsley:

Click here.

And Mr Kirby:
Click  here.


And here is an overview of the work for this week.  Be sure to go to your Google Classroom for the links to assignments.

Let's have a great week!  Lions rule!

Week of May 25

Hi Lions!

Week of May 25




Hi Lions- 
We miss you!  Hope to see you at Office Hours and Team Meeting!

Math and Social Studies will be on Wednesday and Friday this week due to the Memorial Day holiday!


Here is a message/intro to the week:

Mrs Carsley

Mr Kirby

And follow the link to this week's assignments.  This is just an overview, Check your Google Classrooms for the links to assignments.

Summary

Let's make it a great week!

Week of 5-18

Hi Lions!
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Here is the link to the Parent's Summary for the Week of 5-18!  Remember to go to your Google Classrooms for links to the assignments!

Week of 5-18

And here are Greetings from Mrs Carsley & Mr  Kirby 

Hi from Mrs Carsley 

Hi from Mr Kirby

Week of 5-11

Hi Lions!
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• Here is a Monday Greeting from Mrs Carsley
• Greetings Lions
• And Mr. Kirby made this one:
• Morning Greeting May 11 

We have more and more Lions working hard on our Remote Learning Activities!  It's great to see!

• We will continue with the M/W and T/TH classes this week.  Friday is a day to finish up the work from the week.
• It was great to see many of you at Office Hours and especially team meeting!
• Office Hours will be Tuesday & Thursday 9 am and noon.
• Our Team Meeting will be Friday at noon.

• Click here for a summary of the week

Remember to check Google Classroom for links to your assignments!

Have a great week!

Week of 5-4

Hi Lions!
We hope everyone is well and making the best of our Spring!  Finally some great weather this weekend! :)
Here is a Morning Message for May 4th.
Morning Message

(I only counted 2 ums on this version!  Haha!)

We appreciate all your hard work and flexibility as we transition to remote learning!  We miss seeing you in class, but we are trying to develop meaningful lessons for you remotely.  
Check them out below:
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Here is the links to your lessons this week!

Math- Monday & Wednsday

Social Studies Monday & Wednesday

ELA Tuesday & Thursday

Science- Tuesday & Thursday

Our Office Hours are Tuesday and Thursday at 9 am and noon.
Bring an artifact for a 'show & tell' type activity for Tuesday.
Team Meeting is Friday at noon.
Bring you favorite stuffed animal(s) to team meeting.
Have a great week!

Week of 4-26

Hi Lions!
Welcome back!  We hope you enjoyed your April Vacation!
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Here is the link for this week's work!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/116WwL3f8DqFsG0l4A02Yb7peHE0qpeOJcW2X5xj_VaU/edit

• Try your best to complete learning activities in core subjects and specials this week!  

• We will continue to have our Office Hours - Tuesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.  This is a time for you to ask any questions you have about this week's learning opportunities!  We hope to see you then!

Wed 4-22

Hi Lions!

You asked and it's here!  CNN 10 is back!  I made a Google Doc for you to keep track of headlines, trivia, 10 for 10 and, of course, Carl's puns!!

It is posted on Carnivore & Predator Classrooms!

Happy Stay-cation!       

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This week we are offering some enrichment activities.  They won't be for a grade, just for the fun of learning!

Here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oga4pdYOa_qKN9WKUz6XG6nxHZKiS5YqE73MCvQy5Hg/edit

Have fun!  Stay safe!

Week of April 20

Hi Lions!

Happy Stay-cation!       

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This week we are offering some enrichment activities.  They won't be for a grade, just for the fun of learning!

Here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oga4pdYOa_qKN9WKUz6XG6nxHZKiS5YqE73MCvQy5Hg/edit

Have fun!  Stay safe!

Thursday 4-16

Hi Lions!

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We have a really busy week this week!  We continue to be proud of all the Lions who are actively engaged by our Learning Opportunities!  Keep it up!

Here is the link to this week's work.  Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6OltvnZwF-OQPKecp5XfSPW4s_twnHNqSDGNiE6YGE/edit

We have office Hours today at 9 and noon!  Hope to see you there!  Keep up the good work!  The link and code are in your Social Studies classrooms!

Wednesday April 15

Hi Lions!

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We have a really busy week this week!  We continue to be proud of all the Lions who are actively engaged by our Learning Opportunities!  Keep it up!

Here is the link to this week's work.  Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6OltvnZwF-OQPKecp5XfSPW4s_twnHNqSDGNiE6YGE/edit


Office Hours were a big hit yesterday!  We really enjoyed seeing those of you who made it!!  Our next Office Hours are Thursday (tomorrow)  at 9 & 12.  I will post the link in Carnivore & Predators Google Classroom!  Hope to see you there!

Tuesday April 14

Hi Lions!

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We have a really busy week this week!  We continue to be proud of all the Lions who are actively engaged by our Learning Opportunities!  Keep it up!


Here is the link to this week's work.  Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6OltvnZwF-OQPKecp5XfSPW4s_twnHNqSDGNiE6YGE/edit


We will be starting Office Hours today at 9 & 12.  I will post the link in Carnivore & Predators Google Classroom!  Hope to see you there!

Monday April 13

Hi Lions!

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We have a really busy week this week!  We continue to be proud of all the Lions who are actively engaged by our Learning Opportunities!  Keep it up!

Today is the start of 4th Quarter!  Please remind your teammates and friends that our Learning Opportunities are expected!!

Here is the link to this week's work.  Good Luck!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6OltvnZwF-OQPKecp5XfSPW4s_twnHNqSDGNiE6YGE/edit




We also have exciting news!  We will be offering Office Hours this week on Tuesdays and Thursdays!  We will have morning and afternoon times.
Our first meeting will be a Team Meeting!  We can't wait to see you!  Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MccFQJdBlg4IH8ocNOUgCx75PB5CNQa/view

Let's make it a great week!  Stay safe!

Friday 4-10

Hi Lions!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        



Here is the Link to this week's assignments:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ap6cNOIym0cDobsvjhoEMoFecOl7eXKkYAC1FuF9YoI/edit

We are seeing more and more Lions working on their Learning Opportunities! Way to go!
Keep up the good work!

Some students are emailing us, others are commenting through Google Classroom. Both ways work! Be sure to go back on the Google assignments you've turned in! We are reading your work and commenting!

Have a great weekend! Stay safe!

Thursday 4-9

Hi Lions!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        



Here is the Link to this week's assignments:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ap6cNOIym0cDobsvjhoEMoFecOl7eXKkYAC1FuF9YoI/edit

We are seeing more and more Lions working on their Learning Opportunities!
Keep up the good work!

Wednesday, 4-8

Hi Lions!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

We are so proud of the many Lions who have been working hard on the Learning Opportunities provided for 6th graders!  We have been checking your progress regularly and appreciate all of your efforts!

Starting this week, Learning Opportunities are mandatory (required) in order to get credit for classes.  So keep up the good work!   Mr Curley, following guidelines from the Department of Education, will release more details as they become available.  The work on sites like Common Lit and Ixl self-correct so you will be able to see how you're doing.  If you submit an assignment on Google Classroom, we are reading it, and making comments.  Please scroll down if you don't see the comments right away.

Here is the Link for this week's work.  You can also access from the school website.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ap6cNOIym0cDobsvjhoEMoFecOl7eXKkYAC1FuF9YoI/edit


ELA
Go to your Google Classroom. Click on the link.  Carefully consider the quotations, and write a thoughtful response.

Science

CK-12:  Predation activities:

• Read
• Adaptive Practice - Please complete.
• Videos
• Real World Application

MATH

Exploring Volume

• Video:

Introducing Volume

• Khan Academy videos and practice

Video: Volume intro

Video: Measuring volume with unit cubes

Practice: Volume of rectangular prisms with unit cubes

• (Grade 5) IXL EE.13 Volume of rectangular prisms made of unit cubes
• Khan Academy videos and practice

Video: Volume of a rectangular prism

Practice: Volume of rectangular prisms

• (Grade 6) IXL FF.14 Volume of cubes and rectangular prisms

• Game

Cube Perspective (Math Playground)

Social Studies

Ancient Egyptian Gods Review: 

On the doc, review 12 main Ancient Egyptian gods and complete the activity about which god might be prayed to in each scenario. An editable doc has been uploaded on each teacher’s Google Classroom if you would prefer to do this work on a computer, but you may also print it out and bring it in when we come back to school.

Tuesday 4-7 Update

Hey Lions!-




We know a lot of you have had trouble getting into ELA Common Lit!














We think we fixed the problem.  Mrs Carsley posted some directions on your Google Classroom page. Please follow them to access ELA Common Lit!
Good Luck!

Tuesday 4-7

Hi Lions!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

We are so proud of the many Lions who have been working hard on the Learning Opportunities provided for 6th graders!  We have been checking your progress regularly and appreciate all of your efforts!

Starting this week, Learning Opportunities are mandatory (required) in order to get credit for classes.  So keep up the good work!   Mr Curley, following guidelines from the Department of Education, will release more details as they become available.  The work on sites like Common Lit and Ixl self-correct so you will be able to see how you're doing.  If you submit an assignment on Google Classroom, we are reading it, and making comments.  Please scroll down if you don't see the comments right away.

Here is the Link for this week's work.  You can also access from the school website.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ap6cNOIym0cDobsvjhoEMoFecOl7eXKkYAC1FuF9YoI/edit



Tuesday 4-7


ELA

1. Read the poem “The Land of Story-Books” by Robert Louis Stevenson on CommonLit. Respond by trying your hand at the assessment questions once you’re done. 
2. In the Google Doc, write for five minutes (or more!) about this question: 

Why do you think the parents in this poem “do not play at anything”? What is the author’s message in this line? Explain your answer.

         (If you have a thought about this topic that isn’t directly addressed by this question, go ahead and answer it! This is a discussion question, and we invite you to follow your thoughts wherever they take you.)

Science

Video Day!

• Predation reading and video 
• How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other in the Forest video 

Extension:  TED Talk: How Trees Talk to Each Other

Math

Area

• Khan Academy Videos & Practice

Video: Transitioning from unit squares to area formula

Practice: Area of rectangles with partial arrays

Practice: Area of rectangles

Video: Find the missing side when given area

Practice: Find a missing side length when given area

• Math Antics Video

Area (this includes triangles at the end -- ignore that for now!)

• (Grade 5) IXL EE.5 Area of squares and rectangles
• (Grade 5) IXL EE.6 Area of squares and rectangles with fractions
• (Grade 6) IXL FF.2 Area of rectangles and squares
• Game (Math Playground)

Area Snatch Pro  or Area Snatch Jr. (easier)

Social Studies

The British Museum: Click on the link below.  Read the Chaos STORY and read the myth of how the Earth was formed. EXPLORE the many gods and goddesses that the ancient Egyptians worshiped. Click on the name to learn more. http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html