Zixth Grade

There’s a new president in the White House! In unrelated news, we’ll learn about plants and read about the Great Wall of China this week. We’ll answer the question: How do plants meet their needs?

Objectives:

• Phonics: Suffixes -ion and -ation
• Comprehension: Summarize; Cause and Effect
• Vocabulary: Synonyms
• Identify and control variables related to seed germination.
• Identify the needs of plants and ways they are met in the environment.
• Distinguish between vascular and nonvascular plants.

• PB 23-35 (selected)
• Lesson 3 worksheet: RS 9-10

• Practice Book 2009.01.12 – Record your scores for the PB pages from last week.

Here are the links to find ideas for your own coat of arms.

• Heraldric Charges – There are literally hundreds of different symbols (or charges) that can appear on coats of arms. The colors that are chosen and even the shape of the shield itself can have significance for the Family, Clan or Sept that was to bear the arms.
• Symbolisms of Heraldry – Explains what the symbols and colors mean on each coat of arm
• About Heraldry and Coats of Arms / Family Crests – Heraldry is a language of emblems (patterns, signs & symbols) which grew out of the military life of the Middle Ages. It probably developed as it did from the need of recognizing Knights and their men in the field of battle.
  Coat of Arms and Surname Origins – Many pictures of coats of arms to choose from
• Spanish Surname Coats of Arms
• Coat-of-Arms of the Republic of Armenia
• The Armenian Flag – Scroll down until you see the coat of arms
• Armenia Religious Flags

[via Mrs. McGarity]

Objectives:
Comprehension: Evaluate; author’s viewpoint
Vocabulary: Multiple-meaning words and Suffixes -ure, -ic, and -al
Grammar: Adjectives
Describe how cells are organized in multicellular organisms.
Describe the functions of organs and organ systems.

Texts:
How do cells work together?
Lost Temple of the Aztecs

Assignments:
PB 3-15
Lesson 2 worksheet (RS 7-8)

Rudyard Kipling published this story around 1902. Complete the graphic organizer by picking out the most important events in the story.

Listen to the story here on the blog by clicking on the blue play button or download it by right clicking on the audio link and selecting “Save Link As…”

“How the Alphabet Was Made” (Audio Download)

“How the Alphabet Was Made” (Text)

Time-Order Graphic Organizer (PDF)