How to... expose your expository writing

How is your informative expository writing progressing? 

After roll playing your writing with a peer, share your plan for your "HOW to..." expository piece

right here, on our blog!

Denver's Capitol Bldg lit up for holidays, makes you wonder about...

How were these lights placed on our capitol?

Mr. Terry demonstrates a very important part of "How to walk a dog (azul)"

How to pack a backpack

How to play peek-a-boo with yourself, courtesy of Dylan "baby g"

Keeping Dry

Do you ever think about how you would dry off, no towel allowed? (psst...spelling word alert*)

Click and read the article (and pictures) below:
Shake it!  "Shake It! How Dogs, Cats, Even Hummingbirds Keep Dry"

a few more...

guess the desk!

Who's is who's... what are the clues that gave it away? 

stay tuned... more to come...

Fall is in the air

and so are FRACTIONS!!!!
    Name the fraction action below:

They are here! M&M's

1-Rewrite Multiplication Maze
2-Figure out the factor string the gives product at top of each maze
3-CK your math!
4-Trace Solution
5-Record Solution (math sentence) in comment section

 Have
FUN!!!!!

multiplication mazes!

Our 6th graders are rockin' the house with factor strings and factorization!

Look for multiplication mazes that they created in our next post.

     Will you be able to get through the maze???????

I wonder...

Garcia2017 our Sweet Class Webpage

Go to Google DOCS by clicking on this link

or type the following address into url:
docs.jeffcoschools.us

Find our Site: CLASS Webpage---
Garcia2017


Next, scroll down and click on the Continuation link 
Watch: 
~Continuation Video
~Video of High School Leaders at Windy Peak
~VoiceThread "Memory Walk"

Your big day has arrived!~)

Continuation
May 26

630pm

See you all there!!!

3.14

Check out the Scholastic link for more on Pi

MR! last one

Math Lawyers     here is your last chance!

Math Reflection1 due today or can turn in tomorrow.   (worth triple or 3x the points)

Defend your thinking...

Tiling a Beehive

1.3 (p. 14 & 15)

A-C

ACE #13-16 ( p.19-20)

Symmetry

Symmetries of Shapes 1.2
(p. 11-13)
#A, B & D

ACE 6-9 (p. 18-19)

Sorting Shapes 1.1

1.1
 A-D  (p. 10-11)

ACE #1, 2

E.C #17-25 (p. 20)

Shapes and Designs Book
2-Dimensional Geometry

May flowers

Portfolio Project

Can you work on it at home? YES!

What is due Tuesday?
The fist three sections are due:
My Life
My Rights
Our World
Two in each section to meet standard and three to be considered exceptional

Will we start working on Our Universal / Global HUMAN Rights next week?
Yes, if you have quality work that proves your first three sections meet the standard! You bettya!

I see voice~threads and web cams in your future...

algebra puzzles and graphing

Buff packet

Algebra puzzles (examples given too!) and graphing data

Your reading log is due tomorrow too!

Have you read our letters?

If you haven't yet, check out our letters to OPRAH and Ellen. They are so convincing!!

They are on our other class blog. (the Read-N-Rap)



Andy, Mini, Amory, and Lori Afrid at Skate-a-thon




Austin and his mom, Lori, at Skate-a-thon

 See you all Tuesday!

Algebra puzzles

We have all pretty much decided that algebra rules! 2 sided algebra page due Fri and Mon (depending on your flex day)

See you Saturday for the Afridi Skate-a-thon

dyna

MATH (2 sided)  angles and decimals

get ready for algebraic equations.... coming soon!

MR3

Math Refelction 3 (p. 63) Data About US
#1 & #2
all others = extra credit

3.3 due Monday

A &
B (p. 54)
ACE:
  #23 (p. 62)

DUE MONDAY

mean
mean
mean!!!! aka: average

Scholastic Book Orders due 4/21  Code for ordering online: GTF9F

read and be ready

Wed: Acuity Reading Test and Constructed Response.  Be ready!
     Bed rested and READy   catch some xtra z's    zz.zzzzz.zzzzz


Thur: Reading Log is due

Fri: Acuity Math Test


Continuation Committee Mtg: April 20 at 3:30 in Ms. Garcia's room

math and Bieber

Yellow sheet: practice with figuring mean and order of operations
along with:
3.1

ACE #1,2, 7 & 8 (p. 56-57)

extra/Ext #23 (p. 62)

We have 13 Math Lawyers to congratulate:
    Emma! Megan! Jamie! Erika! Tyler! Josh! Sydney! Natalie! Nikki! Dezz! Chesa! Harmony! and Chase!

stand up and be recognized you stunning 6th graders


If you haven't yet, finish up your essay answering the question: "Is Justin Bieber really happier than you?"

Math: #8 Data plotted on coordinate graph, due Monday

Start raising money for our skating fundraiser on April 23!