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R. DePollar - Tabb Middle School

For the School Term

2005 – 2006

The Raptor Team

English – (Homeroom)

SCIENCE

ENGLISH

The Agenda of English studies will cover the Sixth Grade SOL’s

Which will include;

· Developing skills in identifying How to Write a Sentence

· How to punctuate the four Kinds of Sentences

· How to distinguish the subject and predicate

· Recognizing which words form the eight Parts of Speech and how to use them correctly in writing

· Conjugate regular and irregular verbs

· Developing Composing skills in writing a Narrative, a Research paper, an Expository, and Poetry

· Identify and use Library research skills

· Diagram sentences

Note: Students will have homework three to four times a week to reinforce the daily lessons.

SCIENCE

Students will receive Study Guides a week prior for, each test administered and two weeks prior for Quarter and Semester tests. The Mid-term and Final Exams (semester tests) Study Guides will have a place on the last page for the parent’s signature and is to be returned to me. The signed note tells us that you are aware of the upcoming exams and are taking note to remind your child to study each night in preparation.

Projects are to be completed in class. There are exceptions when a student feels that they need more time to complete their project and therefore will be permitted to take it home.

Homework assignments will be selected labs and activity pages from the student’s workbook.

I have prepared power-point study guides that will be e-mailed to parents to further enrich the student’s study in preparation for certain tests.

Sixth Grade Science SOL’s to be covered:

· 6.1 Investigation – Students will be learning the steps of the Scientific Method and Experimental Design procedures for investigating research problems and Lab Safety Rules

· 6.2 Force, Motion, and Energy – Students will identify types of potential and Kinetic energy; the role of the sun; energy transformations; renewable and non renewable resources

· 6.3 Force, Motion, and Energy – Students will investigate and understand solar energy as a driving force within the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the Earth’s surface

· 6.4, 6.5 Matter – Students will explore the atomic structure; identify the chemical structure of elements as found in the Periodic Table of Elements; chemical formulas; recognize water as the universal solvent; the properties of water; the states of water; the uses of water

· 6.6 Matter – Students will investigate and understand the properties of air and the atmosphere of Weather

· 6.7 Living Systems – Students will investigate and understand the natural processes and human interaction that affect the watershed system

· 6.8 Earth/Space – Students will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system and the relationship among the various bodies that comprise it

· 6.9 Resources – The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment (this standard will be introduce along with standard 6.2)

General Instructional Procedures:

· Each Monday or beginning of the week, students will be required to write in their Agendas the week’s lessons for each day of that week

· There will be a Lab or demonstration relevant to the week’s lesson at least once a week

· There will be a quiz every two weeks and a test at the end of a chapter of study or unit.

· There is always a day of review before a quiz or test.

Thank you for all your support and cooperation for making this a successful learning experience for your child.

Sincerely,

Roberta DePollar

e-mail rdepollar@ycsd.york.va.us