As part of Middle school, travel week the 6^th grade will be leaving for Camp Lotus on Wednesday, April 28 and returning on April 30.

Language Arts Homework due Tuesday, May 4: Please bring in you Weekly Word Sheet with the five words you have picked for spelling.

Cultural Studies due Tuesday, May 4: Cultural Studies Inquiry groups that will present today are: What Are Some of the Changes That the Vegetation and Animal Life of California Have Gone Through?

Language Arts Homework due Wednesday, May 5: Please have your assignments completed and be ready to participate in your Literature Circle Group. Prepare to take your weekly spelling quiz. Please bring in your five sentences containing your spelling words. Remember to turn in your corrections for last weeks spelling assignments.

Cultural Studies due Thursday, May 6: Cultural Studies Inquiry groups that will present today are:

How Did Clothing & Fashion in California Change: Native Americans to the Gold Rush?

How Did The Gold Rush Affect Families, Native Americans, and Other Groups?

How did Mexico Lose So Much Land to the United States?

How is an Ice Age Formed, and How Did the Ice Age Affect Life in California?

Language Arts Homework due Tuesday, April 20:  Please bring in you Weekly Word Sheet with the five words you have picked for spelling. Everybody should have finished marking their Write with Information handout, and have started researching and collecting information for their essays.

Language Arts Homework due Wednesday, April 21: Prepare to take your weekly spelling quiz. Please bring in your five sentences containing your spelling words. Remember to turn in your corrections for last weeks spelling assignments.Please have your assignments completed and be ready to participate in your Literature Circle Group.

Language Arts Homework due Thursday, April 22: Prepare to take your weekly spelling quiz. Please bring in your five sentences containing your spelling words. Remember to turn in your corrections for last weeks spelling assignments.

 Language Arts Homework due Thursday, April 15: Prepare to take your weekly spelling quiz. Please bring in your five sentences containing your spelling words. Remember turn in your corrections for last weeks spelling assignments.

Language Arts Homework due Thursday, April 15: All students should be working on their essay topics. Some of you still have to write 10 questions under the headings; What would I like to know? What does my reader need to know? Other students should be using the Write with Information handout to explore some of the many ways to collect information and many forms of information to collect. Please write your essay question or topic on top of the handout, and mark any source of information that will help you gather information for your essay.

Language Arts Homework due Tuesday, April 13: Please bring in your Weekly Word Sheet with your five spelling words.

Language Arts Homework due Tuesday, April 13: Pick a topic for your essay question. Brainstorm the questions: What would I like to know? What does the reader need to know?

Language Arts Homework due Wednesday, April 14: Come prepared to participate in your Literature Circle Group. Each group member must be aware of his or her group’s assignments.

Language Arts Homework due Thursday, April 15: Prepare to take your weekly spelling quiz. Please bring in your five sentences containing your spelling words. Remember turn in your corrections for last weeks spelling assignments.