6-312 Mr Gerson
WELCOME BACK
Martin Luther King Day is January 19. School will be closed.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO SHORT WEEKS UNTIL THE ELA. JANUARY 21 - 23.
In order to contact me please email at agerson2@schools.nyc.gov.
Check out the new video section below.
Click on the standards documents to see all the skills that each sixth grader must demonstrate mastery of to earn standard or above standard grades.
Assignments
Homework
Standing Assignment: 45 minutes independent reading everyday. Have parent sign log. Friday book report.
1/6 due 1/7
Dragonwings-chapter-1. This document has several assignments on it. You only need to complete 1 - 8 for tomorrow.
Math Advantage pg 377 1 - 9
12/16 due 12/17
SS. pg 156 Chapter 6 review Vocab and Think About Fact questions.
12/15 due 12/16
Math Advantage Chapter 18 review pg 364
Spelling Sentences
12/12 due 12/15
1. Complete Venn Diagram comparing Hinduism and Buddhism. Use info from SS textbook pages 142 - 155. Then use your Venn Diagram to do a retell. Be sure to group information accordingly.
2 Impact Math pg 267 problem set G all. Impact Math pg 275 11 - 38
Sorry about no HW posts. Technical difficulties.
As of 12/11 you should now have at least 2 of your Walk Two Moons final paper outline sheets completed. The paper deadline is the 19th of December. Check the Assignment Page for more info.
12/3 due 12/4
Math Textbook – pg 358, 359, 364 all
Social Studies – Travel Log of pg 134 – 139. Full summary and retell of all key facts and details.
Do full drawing on computer paper.
12/2 due 12/3
Math Workbook page 82/ be sure to complete pg 80 if you did not do so yesterday
Walk Two Moons: Read through Chapter 32. Complete the following:
Answer all questions in paragraph form. Include all appropriate details from the story as well as any relevant explanation.
Chapters 29-32
1. Who said, “Maybe dying should be normal and terrible”?
2. After Phoebe shared the story of her mother’s disappearance with Sergeant Bickle, he excused himself and returned with whom?
3. Why did Sal like Phoebe?
4. What did Sal find unsettling about Mrs. Partridge?
5. What did Mr. Birkway share with the class?
6. Who did Sal recognize in Sergeant Bickle’s photograph?
7. What did Sal find out about Mr. Birkway?
8. What made Mr. Birkway regret sharing the journals?
12/1 due 12/2
Math Workbook pgs 78, 79, 80
Social Studies Textbook p. 134 - 139 answer 1 - 5
11/25 due 11/26
“Brave Irene” literary essay to be completed in class. Check out the assignment page for a copy of the story.
Follow “Priscilla and the Wimps” model.
Math Advantage pg 355 all
11/21 due 11/24 and 11/25
Walk Two Moons
Answer in complete paragraphs.
Each answer should:
1. restate the question
2. provide details from the text
3. conclude by reconnecting to question
Chapters 15-19
1. What happened to Gram while she was wading in the Missouri River?
2. Who was Tom Fleet?
3. From what type of tree did Sal hear the beautiful birdsong coming?
4. About what important thing was Prudence worried?
5. How did Sal describe her father?
6. Sal’s mother said she had to leave in order to do what?
7. Sal’s mother left Sal a good-bye letter. In the letter, when did she say she would return?
8. How did Phoebe respond when she encountered “the lunatic”?
Phoebe has received three messages. What do they each mean? How are they connected?
Write a paper of 500 words due November 25 in which you explain all three messages.
You essay should have 4 body paragraphs. One for each message and one to combine ideas.
11/19 due 11/21
1. Turn in the following questions begun in class re: Walk Two Moons Ch 11 - 14
2. Book Report
3. Math Workbook page 75
4. SS - Travel Log pg. 130 - 133: Compare and Contrast Indus/Mesopotamia/Egypt
-Answer pg 133 #1 - 5
Answer all questions in complete paragraphs.
Topic Sentence
Supporting details from the story.
Concluding Sentence.
Chapters 11-14
1. Another message was left on Phoebe’s front steps. What did this message say?
2. Which term did Sal’s mother and Gram not like?
3. How was Pipestone, Minnesota similar to Bybanks, Kentucky?
4. Why did Gramps purchase Sal a peace pipe?
5. When Gramps asked Gram to marry him, what did Gram say?
6. Who was Mr. Birkway?
7. “We had absolutely no idea all the trouble they were going to cause.” To what did this
statement refer?
8. What did Phoebe not notice about her mother?
9. What did Sal’s father want to tell her?
11/18 due 11/19
Math Workbook pg 74
Reread Wlak Two Moons chapter 11
11/17 due 11/18
Math Advantage pg H66 Lesson 17.1
Reread Walk Two Moons Ch. 6 - 10
11/14 due 11/17
Don’t judge a man until you walk two moons in his moccasins. What does this statement mean? How does it apply to Pheobe so far in the novel? How does it apply so far to Sal?
Be prepared to share you answer on Monday.
11/13 due 11/17
Today in class you and your group created laws for a city that you controlled just as Hammurabi did in Sumer. Your job now is to create a myth for your city like the Epic of Gilgamesh which teaches a moral or value of your society.
Create a hero and a challenge for that hero to over come.
Be sure that your story has a moral.
11/12 due 11/13
1. Walk Two Moons - Read through Chapter 5
- Complete vocabulary worksheet
- Answer the the comprehension questions.
Walk Two Moons
Chapters 1 -5
1. Whose face did Sal see “pressed up against an upstairs window next door”?
2. Who was Sal locked in a car with for six days?
3. What did Sal’s father do when he learned Sal’s mother was not returning home?
4. Where did Sal and her grandparents go on their trip?
5. Once Sal decided to go on the trip, she prayed she would be in Idaho by when?
6. What was Sal’s real name and for what was she named?
7. In the car, Sal entertained her grandparents with stories about whom?
8. Who was Mrs. Partridge?
9. Give an example of how Sal’s grandparents got into trouble.
Prepare to discuss the first 5 Chapters of the book.
11/10 Due 11/12
Remember: NO SCHOOL 11/11 VETERANS DAY
1. Study all operations with fractions
2. Finish The Cay
Imagine you are Phillip looking back on your time on the cay. What are the life lessons you learned? What specific events led to that learning? How did being on the cay effect the rest of your life?
500 words. This can be written as a journal entry or as a letter to a friend. It can also be written as an essay.
3. Finish Line workbook p35 - 42
4. What is the significance of Veterans Day? Why is it celebrated tomorrow?
11/7 due Monday 11/10
The Cay – Explain the challenges that Phillip faces now that Timothy is gone. How has Timothy prepared Phillip for this? Is Phillip ready? What tasks did Timothy set out for Phillip to do so that he would know he is ready to take care of himself?
Use direct evidence from the text to help explain your answer.
500 words minimum. Answer should be in proper essay form.
Math Advantage – Textbook pg 150 – all
RW – 45 minutes per day of independent reading
11/6 due 11/7
Friday book report.
Read next two chapters in The Cay ch. 14 and 15
SS - travel log Mesopotamia ch. 2
Math workbook pg. 32
11/5 due 11/6
500 words
1. What do you hope for?
-be detailed and specific
2. How does this election effect your beliefs that your hopes can be realized? Explain fully.
3. What can you do today to make your hope into a reality?
Reading Workshop - 45 minutes; log your time.
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