Grade 6

Mrs. Clewell (jclewell@gscregional.org)

Good Shepherd Catholic School

God~Scholarship~Community~Service

2/17 – No school. Faculty Meeting.
2/20 – No school. Presidents Day.
2/22 – Ash Wednesday. We will attend 8:00am Mass, so please arrive to school on time. Pizza Lunch. Math Counts Meeting after school.
2/23 – 6th grade will attend Mass every Friday in Lent. Stations of the Cross, 1:30pm (also every Friday in Lent)
2/27 – Lunch envelopes due. Enrichment Program begins.
2/29 – Bullying Assembly

Please send yor re-registrations forms back to school.

Order your 2011-2012 yearbook now.

Assignments/Tests

We will begin to practice for the Terra Nova tests.
Spelling p. 144
Math worksheet #1-6
Exercises in Einglish p. 31
Get your tests signed.

Other reminders:

The 6th grade is experiencing a tissue shortage. I would ask that if you have not sent a box to school yet this year, that you please do so. We would greatly appreciate it!!
Uniforms - Boys need to wear their belt everyday (except gym day). They should have brown or black sketchers type shoes and brown or black socks (again, except gym day). On gym day, boys and girls should be wearing white sneakers and white socks. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Some students are running low, are out of, or lost their necessary supplies such as index cards, theme paper, pencils, red pens, scissors, etc… Please check with your child to see what supplies need replenishing. Thank you again for your attention to this matter.

What’s Happening in Science?

The cause of nutrition and growth resides not in the organism as a whole but in the separate elementary parts—the cells.

— Theodor Schwann

The 6th grade will begin studying Cells.

This diagram of the human body shows a range of organs that are important to human anatomy. They include the brain, heart, lungs, spleen, muscles, stomach, kidneys and more.

The 7th grade is traveling through the rest of the human body over the next two weeks.

Grade 7 Assignments

Work on the Excretory System extra credit packet

The 8th grade will take a journey back through geologic time. They will learn how fossils reveal the history of life on Earth.

Each student will research a specific geologic time period, create a travel brochure for it, and present it to the class. We will also create a geologic timeline as a class. It will be displayed in the hallway for all to enjoy.

Grade 8 Assignments:

I am still missing signed tests. Please bring them in TOMORROW.
Bring in items for timeline 2/22-2/24. It must be completed by 2/24.
Final copy of brochure due 2/22. If you did not have your draft today, you will have to show it to me with the final draft. Everyone must have a draft and a final copy.
Presentations will begin 2/22.

*Specific instructions and other tentative dates for this project can be found in the Chapter 9 project packet.