Newletter for Learning by Meagan and Kenny

Math
 The first few days of school, we were working on Division & Multiplication in math. Also we were talking about decimals. 
           
                 

                                                852            __306___     
                                           x   212         6 ) 1836
                                   ----------------           -18           
                                            1,704            ---------       
                                    +    18,520                 036       
                                        170,400                 - 36
                                     -----------               ----------
                                      180,624                      0
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Writing

    In writing we have been working on Narrative Poetry.   During our Narrative Poetry time we have been watching the videos and analyzing song lyrics like “White Horse” by Taylor Swift, “In The End” by Licoln Park, “Travelin’ Soldier” by the Dixie Chicks, and “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” by Will Smith. We have been watching these videos so we have examples of narrative poems. Another reason we have been watching these videos, is to look for Poetry Devices!
    The storyline of “White Horse” is about Taylor Swift who is dating a guy, and they are in love. Then her friend tells her friend tells her boyfriend is cheating on her, then she dumps him. “In The End” by Lincoln Park is about a former girlfriend and how she was mocking her boyfriend, picking on him & more.  He tells her that he wrote this song to remind himself why he won’t go back to her, and that she was a waste of his time! The last song “Travelin' Soldier” is about a pretty girl, with a bow in her hair, who was a waitress. Then a Traveling Soldier comes in, and asks her to sit with him, because he was feeling low. Then she said “I'm off in an hour, I know where we can go” Then they went up on a peir and fell in love, he asked her if he could write to her when he goes to Vietnam. She said yes, then when she went to a football game, when they were naming off the people there was a name that was called that nobody cared about. Except a girl with a bow in her hair. The “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” by Will Smith is about Will Smith living in West Philadelphia. When he was playing basketball, some guys who were making trouble in his neighborhood started beating him up. Then his mom got a little scared, and told him he was going to live with his auntie and uncle in Bel-Air.
    Our next step in writing is to begin writing our own narrative poem using everything we have learned this past week.
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“The Giver”

    In class we have been reading “The Giver” by Lois Lowry.  In the book you don’t have a birthday you are just called ones, twos,  threes and so on. But there are ceremonies every time you get older. The last ceremony that you have is turning a 12. Then you are an adult! Also you are given your spouses, and you can only have two kids. But you don’t have the babies there is birth mothers that have the babies. But the birth mothers don’t get to see the babies, that they have. Also when you turn eight, you have to volunteer, at places. Like the Old House, The Nurturing Center, and many more. If you don’t do so many hours then when you turn a twelve, then you won’t get your job or assignment, and have anyone clap for you. There is a rumor that one kid didn’t do enough volunteer hours and he didn't get his assignment! When he did finish his hours he got his assignment privately, and nobody clapped for him.
                                            

These are some of the things that we have read about.

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Class Photos

This is our 6th Grade class, one of our first days! We are getting ready for the wonderful year ahead of us! c[:

This is Ethan & Jacob working on their Prezis

This is Mrs.Starr eating a HUGE apple!

This is Mrs.Wetherby! She has been helping us in class the first few weeks of school : ]