Below you will find a compilation of the blogs of Lakeview’s 6th grade team. Included are the 2 most recent entries in each blog. Please note that this feed is only the TEXT of the blog. Links, multimedia, etc. will not appear here. To see the actual blog entry, click on the title of the post, which will take you to the actual blog. If you click on the name of the blog, you will see all the blog entries, including active links. One other note: because this is a “feed”, spacing, paragraphs, etc, may not be accurately displayed as it was in the original post. Hope this is helpful!
6th Grade Social Studies- The Collapse of the Roman EmpireThe last few days we have been learning about the events that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. We stressed that the decline of the Empire was not caused by a single event or person, but rather a string of events and situations. We also found some similarities between the Roman times and our current economic situation. We will be taking a quiz on this mat […]
- Roman LawThis past week in social studies we discussed Roman laws. After creating what they believed should become law at Lakeview, students used the traits of persuasive writing to convince classmates that their bill should become a law. It was interesting to hear their ideas!
- The Collapse of the Roman Empire
- Sixth Grade Science News
- Urbas - Science Week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 3Students next week will start of the construction of their earthquake towers. Student teams will be attempting to engineer a tower capable of withstanding an earthquake of a magnitude 9. Stay tuned for some rockin and rollin. Pictures to follow next week.
- Urbas - Science 1/20 - 26Whose fault is it anyway?Students have been learning about the Earth's faults and they agree, there are many. Next week they will be acting Seismologists and responsible for finding the location of an earthquake located somewhere in the U.S.Keep you ear to the ground, but not too close!
- Urbas - Science Week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 3
- Math with Mrs. Snodgrass
- Cancer Smashers!Lakeview and Prairieview have had a friendly competition with Eisenhower and Lace Schools to see which district can raise more money for cancer research. Students have been generous with their time and money. Some students canvassed their neighborhood on the early dismissal day to collect donations. Monday is the final day of the competition. Here is the lin […]
- Winter!Students in periods 1 & 4 will be creating a scale drawing of the solar system next week.Students in periods 2, 5 and 6 will be starting addition and subtraction of fractions next week.Winter is making up for lost time! Stay warm!!
- Cancer Smashers!
- 6th Grade LA/Reading with Mrs. Benson
- Week of January 16Here are some samples from the 6th grade Poetry Unit:Little LucyLittle Lucy likes to shopWhile she licks a blue lolly popOne day her face turned blueAnd all she could say was boo!Daybright, sunnylaughing, playing, runningsun, sky-moon, starstalking, resting, sleepingquiet, darknightWaterSo cool and very wetYou make my summer much funYou are very clear
- Benson 12/9La- Persuasive article and questionsRDG- write Definition PoemADV RDG- none
- Week of January 16
- Applied Technology
- UntitledAPPLIED TECHNOLOGY-LAKEVIEW JR. HIGH6th Grade: The rockets were due last week. Students took them home and painted them for extra credit. Hopefully the kids were the one's that did the work (under parent supervision).The rockets have been graded and students will be "fixing" any problems with them Monday and Tuesday. Some of the problems are: […]
- UntitledAPPLIED TECHNOLOGY-LAKEVIEW JR. HIGHMAP Testing this week. No Applied Tech. work during MAP Testing. We meet in Mr. Little's room on Monday and in Mr. Safranski's room on Tuesday6th Grade: We are currently working on our Space and Rocketry module. Students are building a rocket from a kit during this module. Students can spray paint their rocket at […]
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- Lakeview General Music
- This week in Music:The students will continue to play the keyboards in music class. This week, the focus will be to play with both hands (treble and bass cleft) simultaneously. There will be a 16 point quiz on Wednesday, January 25. On Thursday and Friday, the students will be composing their own song and performing it for the class.
- This week in Music Class:The students will begintheir Piano/Keyboard Skills unit. The students will play the piano by learning proper ettiquette, playing position, and reviewing note names on the staff and how those notes apply to the keyboard. First the students will master playing with each hand (both treble and bass clef) individually before putting both hands together later in t […]
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