December 10-14

Upcoming
December 18th Holiday food ends
December 18 Holiday Concert Event
December 19th End of the 2nd Quarter 1/2 Day
12/20-1/3 Winter Break

Field Trip-
On Monday December 17 we are going on a field trip to the Biosphere. The trip will be an all day so please bring bag lunches that day. MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR FIELD TRIP FORMS TURNED IN!!! Each child needs to pay $10 for the field trip, make sure they bring that in with them.

Winter Break
December 19th is a half day as well as the last day of this quarter. Students will be receiving report cards on that day, no earlier so make sure they will be there on that day. Winter break begins the next day and continue until January 3rd.

What we are doing....
Math - fractions, mixed, improper, lines, angles
Reading- short stories, point of view, story map
Writing- Board games, adverbs
Social Studies- More on Lincoln
Science- Biomes, Nutrition

Spelling ..
attendance
quirky
horizon
captured
isolation
prosperous
intelligence
complexity
assumption
corridor
particular
purification
satire
disposition
proposition

December 3-7

Upcoming Events
December 5 Duds for Dollars
December 7th Pancake Breakfast
December 17***
FIELD TRIP- we have a field trip coming up on the 17th of December to the Biosphere please make sure that you sign your students field trip form as soon as possible and get those returned to me with the money otherwise they may not be able to go. The field trip will last from 845 until 315 so please make sure your student is on time that day to school and brings a bag lunch to eat. Volunteers are welcome as well as needed on this trip so if you would like to volunteer to come along please contact me.
December 18 Holiday Concert Event
December 19th 2nd Quarter Ends half day no after school

What we are doing ...
Math -polygons, geometry, fractions
Reading-finishing Number the Stars, motivation, characters(minor, major)
Writing- Functional Writing board games, adjectives
Science- Biomes projects
Social Studies- Lincoln, Fast Food Sizes

Spelling Words
earnest
eccentric
eclipse
electricity
element
eliminate
emerald
enclave
medicine
melodrama
meticulous
migraine
maximize
miniature
miscellaneous

November 26-December 1

Upcoming Events
November 26-December 1 - Holiday Shop Open
November 26 Can Food Drive Stars
November 29 Skate Night

December 5 Duds for Dollars

What we are doing...
Mathematics.. Fractions adding and subtracting mixed numbers
Reading... Number the Stars, plot, motivation, rising action
Science- Biome Project
Writing- Functional Writing Project
Social Studies - Scholastic Magazine, The End of Elephants

Spelling Words
antique
applaud
appraise
approximate
aquarium
archaeology
architect
archives
arsenal
arrange
babble
banquet
bamboozle
baritone
barricade

November 12-16

Upcoming
11/13 Mid Quarter Grades go Home
11/13-11/19 Penny War
11/21-11/23 Thanksgiving Break
11/20 Harvest Feast

Important Events - Harvest Feast, Thanksgiving Break
Harvest Feast- Every year La Paloma has a feast right before Thanksgiving Break with lots of turkey, pie, stuffing and all other good foods. Sixth graders are responsible for donating money to help buy turkeys and supplies for that day. If every student could please do their best to donate 1 dollar to help buy food for this event it would be very helpful.
Thanksgiving Break- We have no school from Tuesday 21 - Friday 23, enjoy the break!

What we are doing...
Math - Addition and multiplication properties
Reading- Number the Stars, story elements
Writing- Functional Writing, Directions
Science- Biomes, Ecosystems
Social Studies - Political Wrap Up

Spelling Words
parallel
parody
patent
perplex
persecute
physics
oasis
occupy
omen
occasion
optimism
ordeal
outrage
outlaw
overcast

October 29 November 2

October 31 Halloween, Halloween Grams,
November 7 Duds for 1's
November 9 Mid-quarter ends

Good Job!- Good job to our class for winning second place in the door decoration contest everyone did a great job helping to decorate our door. A special thanks to Denise and Isabelle for coming up with the idea for the wall.  Another great job for our class bringing in the second most candy for the Harvest Fest, great job parents and students thank you.

What we are doing ...
Math- Multiplying and Dividing Decimals, Fractions, Number Lines Saxon Lesson 48-51
Reading - Making connections, compare and contrasting, story elements
Writing- Functional Writing
Science- Vision in people and animals, Mars Rover Landing
Social Studies- political parties, Republican vs Democrat, political ideology


Spelling Words
habitable
guitar
hazard
hearth
hermit
hinge
homage
homonym
humble
illusion
imagine
immediate
immortal
include
increase

October 22-26

Important Dates
October 22-26 Drug Awareness Week
October 25- Picture Retakes
October 26- Harvest Fest  6-8 PM

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!- Parents we need a few more volunteers to please sign up to help us at our booth this year. My class has been given the dunk tank to run this year and while we do not need volunteers to take the plunge we do need people to help collect tickets and give out the rewards. Please let me know ASAP if you are able to help with this.

CANDY- The school does need more candy to give out for its Harvest Festival, right now the winning class gets an Eegee party and our class sadly has not gotten much candy given to us to hand out. Please donate some candy so we have plenty of goodies to hand out at the Harvest Fest

Updates
Math - Decimals, Adding and Subtracting Fractions, Ordering Mixed Numbers
Reading -Finishing Bud not Buddy, inferences
Social Studies- Election, Political Parties, Campaign issues
Science- Fireflies, wild pets, giant fruits and vegetables
Writing- Country Report

Spelling List
propaganda
province
prospect
provide
punctual
purvey
rectify
refuge
regiment
renegade
reservoir
rubbish
sanction
salary
scourge

October 15-20

October 15
Thank you to all of the parents who came in for the parent teacher conferences we really had a great turnout this week. If you have any questions or comments about school information feel free to contract me at bboice@lpatucson.org
Reminders
October 15 Cookie dough fundraiser starts
October 17 Special Breast Cancer Awareness, Wear Pink!
October 22-26 Drug Awareness Week
October 25 Picture Retake
October 26 Harvest Fest
October 31 Halloween Grams

What we are Doing
Math- Fractions, multiplying, dividing; using zero as a place holder
Reading - Bud not Buddy, Comprehension Techniques
Writing- Culture Reports
Science- Giant Plants, x-ray vision, undersea diving, mummy doctors
Social Studies- Elections, Polling, Political Parties, Campaigning

Spelling Words
mantle
margin
marble
marvelous
mattress
mechanic
melody
neurology
newsletter
nightmare
election
nominate
obsession
objection
odious

Conferences

     Hopefully everyone had a great fall break and enjoyed the last nine days off of school. This upcoming week is a busy one with conferences scheduled for every day this week. Students were sent home a copy of this schedule with report cards as well as a questionnaire for parents to help them prepare for their conference. The conference schedule goes as follows.

Monday
8:00 -8:15 Denise F.
3:30-3:45 Nickolas M.
4:00-4:15 Luis R.
5:00- 5:15 Emilee A.

Tuesday
800-815 Gabbie N.
815-830 Lukas T.
330-345 Austin P.
400-415 Macdan M.

Wednesday
1145- 1200 Macdan M.
1200-1215 Anthony C.
1215 - 1230 Kyle M.

Thursday
800-815 Anthony D.
330- 345 John David

Friday
800-815 Annaleigha V.
330-345 Destiney S.
345-400 Gianna R.
400-415 Maneulla G.

If you have any questions about the schedule or if you may need to reschedule your time feel free to e-mail me at anytime at bboice@lpatucson.org.

Reminders -
September 21st - Last day to turn in work for this quarter
September 24 Sign up going out for conferences
September 25/26 - Rewards for Entertainment book sales
September 27- Pie throwing at Mr. Ewald and Mr. Rubasch
September 28 End of First Quarter
October 1-5 Fall Break

What we are doing
Math -Reciprocals, LCM, Dividing, Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
Reading - Bud Not Buddy, Main Idea
Writing- Friendly Letters, Writing Process
Science- Hurricanes, Animals, Mars Rover, Concussions
Social Studies- Meet the Candidates, Egypt

Words
cease
cherish
confiscate
dessert
discern
disavow
ratify
principle
principal
kernel
neutral
mirage
mire
lilac
lilly

Updates
September 21 Last Day to hand in papers for the quarter
September 28 Last Day of the 1st quarter
Fall Break October 1st-12th
Parent Teacher Conferences 10/8-10/12
Sign up will be on my door the last week of September 

What we are doing...
Reading: Context Clues, defining unknown words, Hatchet wrap up
Writing- Finish personal narrative, peer edit, revise
Social Studies- Geography, Ancient Egypt
Science -Mars Rover,
Math- Fractions, Mixed Numbers, Decimals

Spelling Words
maximum
mixture
notion
narrow
converse
loiter
pillage
riptide
billow
rumble
schematic
stealth
tread
treacherous
apathy

September 3- 7

Reminders
September 4 Mid Quarter Grades go home
September 5 Duds for dollars, Enterntainment Book Sale End
September 6 Duds for Dollars
September 28 End of 1st Quarter
October 1-5 October Break No School

Updates
Math  Lessons 21-25 Fractions, Fractions Fractions
Reading Finishing Hatchet, Context Clues, Word Meaning
Social Studies Ancient Egypt New and Old Kingdom
Science Human Body, Muscles, Bones
Writing 3 Personal Narratives

Important
Progress Reports went home today make sure you see your children's grades before signing and returning them tomorrow. Please ignore the missing assignments Parents Night EC and Root Words as they are worth no points and were only for extra credit.

Spelling Words
glucose
esteem
dignify
courteous
chameleon
initiate
integer
invisible
lagoon
language
liberal
luxurious
muscular
radiate
retain

Reminders
Book fair August 27 August 31
Open House August 29 6-8pm
August 31 Mid-Quarter Ends
September 3 No School Labor Day
September 4th Mid Quarter Grades go home

Updates
Math Lessons 16-21
Reading Hatchet, Root Words
Social Studies - Ancient Egypt
Science - Finishing Plants, Flower, Geography
Writing- Personal Narratives

Spelling
remorse
retinue
rudiment
scrounge
scurvy
shawl
stadium
suite
quart
parlay
origami
organ
monotone
maroon
heritage

Reminders
August 23 Special Duds for Dollars
August 23 Football Game
August 24 Back to school dance
August 31 End of Mid Quarter
September 2 Labor Day no School
September 3 Mid-Quarter Grades go Home

Updates
Math Lessons 11-15
Reading Hatchet, root words, main idea
Social Studies Geography- mapping, latitude and longitude
Science - Plants, trees and flowers
Writing- Personal  Narratives

Spelling Words
careen
circulation
dignify
extract
geometry
hangar
incubate
kernel
meek
miraculous
negate
particle
psychic
retrace
toil

August 13-17

Reminders- 
8/13 Entertainment Book Sale Starts
8/23 Special Duds for Dollars, Football Game
8/24 Back to School Dance
8/29 Open House 6pm-8pm 

Classwork
Math Section 6-10 in Saxon Book
Reading - Hatchet and Root Words
Writing- Sentence, Predicates, Simple Subjects, Sentence Types
Social Studies- Babylonia, Assyria, Ur, Judaism 
Science- Plants 

Spelling List 
antagonism
bacteria
combat
diplomat
gaunt
intellect
knack
lunar
module
notion
pageant
radical
rubble
skirmish
segment 

August 6-10

Welcome Back Students, 

   Welcome everyone to 6th grade in Mr. Boice's class I am excited to have all of you in my class this year. Parents this blog is a place to come view what is happening each week in class as well as any reminders on important upcoming events. This blog will also have weekly spelling words in case your child forgets to write them down. 

Reminders- 
Make sure supplies are brought into school, students will need to be prepared each day for class and without supplies they will not be. 
Also remember to turn in the parent contact form that was sent out the first week. I  will be sending out a mass email to everyone whose email account I have. Please use this as the main way of contacting me. 
August 8th - Duds for Dollars 
August 13 Entertainment book sales 
August 23 Skate Night/ First football game 
August 27-31 Book Fair

Classroom- 
Math- reviewing missing numbers, adding, subtracting, dividing  and mulitplication
Reading- Root words and starting Hatchet
Writing- Sentences (run on, fragment, complete, subject, predicate). 
Science- Cells 
Social Studies - Ancient Civilizations 

Spelling Words
drama
acrobatic
console
delve
dreary
mantle
diamond
jungle
nauseous 
thunder
lightning 
monsoon
hail
bright
cheery 

April 23-27

AIMS TESTING IS DONE!!
Congratulations to all of my sixth grade students for successfully completing the AIMS test.
Every one of you did a great job of being here each day on time and doing your best on the test, can't wait
to see how well everyone did on the test.

This week is Spirit Week with things happening each day
Monday- Crazy hair day
Tuesday- PJ day
Wednesday - Jersey Day with walk a thon and jump-a-thon.
Thursday- Dress as your favorite character or career you want to be.
Friday- Wear red or pink


Upcoming Events
Tuesday - last Skate Country night.
Wednesday - Jump a thon and walk a thon
Wednesday - Student vs Staff basketball game
Friday- all school dance

Donations-
This week we are also doing our annual penny war boys vs girls. Students can bring in loose change to donate to March of Dimes, we encourage all students to please donate as much money as they can to this noble cause.

Spelling Words
California
Alabama
Georgia
New York
South Carolina
Hawaii
Florida
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Maine
Arizona

April 2-4

Reminders
Easter Break 4/6-4/9
AIMS week 4/16-4/20
Spirit Week 4/23-4/27
*AIMS week is coming up in two weeks please make sure that your children are ready each day for the test and are here each and every day.
-Be at school at 830, tardy students who arrive after 845 will not be allowed to take the test that day
-Make sure they eat a healthy breakfast each morning
-Stay away from sugary foods in the morning, eat healthy high protein foods.
-Make sure they get a full night sleep each day before the test


Spelling Words
inverse
product
equilateral
isosceles
scalene
reciprocal
omniscient
analyze
synonyms
secondary
primary
sum
dividend
bandwagon
numeral

March 12 2012

Reminders -
Report Cards go out next week on Tuesday!
All late or missing work is due on Wednesday of this week.
March 16- Mother Son Dinner Dance
March 20 End of 3rd Quarter - 1/2 day no after school or lunch
March 21-23 Spring Break
March 27,29,30 Talent Shows

Updates -
Please remember next week on Tuesday there is a half day of school with no after school or lunch students need to be picked up at 1130. This is the last little stretch here before AIMS please make sure students are showing up to school on a regular basis, they will miss vital information if they are gone. Students also need to be remembering to bring a pencil, pen and supplies from home as well we are running low as a class.


Here is what we are doing...
Math- Geometry shapes, angles, measurement
Reading - Reading short stories, authors purpose
Science - Planets and the Solar System
Writing- Finishing persuasive letters, starting directional writing
Social Studies- Medieval Europe and Crusades

Spelling List
gracious
disaster
cooperate
obedience
vacuum
science
coincidence
scholar
forfeit
whistle
prediction
choir
evidence
silence
vitalize

February 13-17

REMINDERS:
THURSDAY SCIENCE FAIR IS DUE!!!!!
FRIDAY SCIENCE FAIR GRADED 
FEBRUARY 20 COOKIE DOUGH FUNDRAISER
FEBRUARY 23-26 RODEO BREAK 
WRISTBANDS FOR CARNIVAL AT FRONT OFFICE FOR $15 




Here is whats happening....
Math -continuing geometry and measurement 
Reading- Starting the Green Book and finishing poetry 
Writing- Analytic writing on pieces of literature 
Social Studies- Middle Ages 
Science - Astronomy and stars 


Spelling List 
unanimous 
religious 
peculiar 
quadrillion 
larynx
lagoon
mediocre
inquirer
intermittent
etiquette
diaphragm 
benediction
asterisk
acrobatic
abbreviate 

February 6 2012

Important Dates 
February 6th -Progress Reports Go Home 
February 6th - Tickets go on Sale for Dance 
February 6-10 Love of Reading Week 
February 7th Read in Day 
February 10th Student Council Dance 


Reminders 
Progress reports went home today please make sure that you look at and sign your child's form. If their is any questions please feel free to call, talk or email me at anytime. bboice@lpatucson.org.  Tuesday is read in day, students are allowed to bring in books, snacks, blankets, pillows and wear pajamas. 


In the Classroom... 
Math- Geometry- circumference, diameter, radius of circles and volume of 3dimensional shapes. 
Reading- The Green Book and Poetry 
Science- The Universe, Stars, Planets 
Social Studies - The origins of Christianity and Barbarians 
Writing - Expository Writing 


Spelling Words 
mystify 
judiciary 
epitome
immigrant
geyser
occupant
sophomore
vaccine
vitamin
tourist
waiver
zeppelin
vivacious
usury