Thursday, February 25, 2010

Holocaust Web Quest Due Friday

You will be researching background information on the Holocaust. Go to these sites for information. You will read the first website and go through each page, including photos and videos. Extra information can be obtained on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website. Click on “Articles A-Z” then look up topics.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/holocaust/
http://www.ushmm.org/
1. What is the Holocaust?
2. Who was affected by the Holocaust?
3. What happened?
4. When did this start?
5. Who was involved?
6. What is Genocide?
7. What is Anti Semitism?
8. What is the Nazi Party?
9. Persecution of the Jews began with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s rise to power. What year was this?
10. What was the objective/goal of the “Final Solution”?
11. How many Jews died?
12. What percentage of European Jews was killed by 1945?
13. What did the Nazi do on Kristallnacht?
14. What does “pogrom” mean?
15. What was the outcome for Jews from Kristallnacht?
16. What are concentration camps?
17. What started WWII?
18. What were the “Jewish Ghettoes”?
19. How were these used by the Nazi?
20.Who are the SS and what did they do?
21. What does Liberation mean?
22.What happened to the Nazi leaders?
23.Which country was most famous for help in rescuing Jews? (go to holocaust museum page)

Homework

Monday
Get letter signed

Tuesday
No Homework

Wednesday
No Homework

Thursday
Finish Web Quest

Friday
No Homework

Monday, February 22, 2010

Letter Sent Home Today

Dear Parents,
We will start our first class novel, Number the Stars, this week. The novel deals with the Holocaust and teaches a great theme, tolerance. Before we begin the novel, it is important that students have background information on the Holocaust. They will begin researching the Holocaust in a couple of days using a website from the social studies textbook and from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Please review the websites listed below. These are informative websites which allow students to read and listen to videos about the Holocaust. We will do a basic research project of who, what, when, where and why. This can be a wonderful opportunity for students to discuss what they are doing at school with their family. I encourage you to talk with your child about questions that they may have as we study the Holocaust. Most students are very excited and interested in learning about the Holocaust. While the events of this tragedy are horrific and shocking, the rich educational opportunities that it encompasses can not be denied. It is my hope that each student will gain a new perspective not only on the world, but their fellow students as well. Teaching Tolerance is a constant theme in 6th grade literature and it is very important for students to understand and learn. Number the Stars is an excellent novel and I hope they enjoy reading it.
Thanks,
Mrs. King
Resources:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/holocaust/
http://www.ushmm.org/
Nonfiction books and videos in our library based on the Holocaust
Number the Stars
*you can go to my website, www.mycsclass.blogspot.com, and you can go to the links on the Holocaust.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Homework

I have been out this week. Students have had a lot of work. They need to make sure that it is all done by Monday. It will be separate Class Work Participation Grades. All work should be stapled and labeled with titles and page numbers.
Friday's Work 2-12-10
Cornell Notes pg 762-763
Read Story (The Tiger Who Would Be King and The Ant and the Dove) 780-781 and answer questions 1-8 on page 782.
Write a fable on page 783
Connecting to Literature
Monday
Review Notes and Finished work from Friday
Tuesday
Connecting to Literature
James and the Giant Peach pg 825-832
Questions 1-4
pg 833 Comparing Elements of Fantasy Chart
pg 834 questions 1-5
Wednesday
Connecting to Literature
Why the Tortoise's Shell is not Smooth
Answer Questions 1-9 pg 856
pg 859 1-3
Thursday
Preposition Notes
Worksheet 15

Friday
Review/finish work and go over worksheet 15

Monday, February 15, 2010

Homework

Monday
Students need to finish all classwork from Friday and Monday. (Read pages 762-763, Read 778 do connecting to literature, read 780-781 and answer questions 1-8, Write a fable and illustrate page 783, and Fable Worksheet.)

Monday, February 8, 2010

Holocaust

We will start reading our first classroom novel next week. Before we start the novel, we will research the Holocaust. It is important for students to know what is going on in the novel. We will spend a lot of time discussing this topic before we read the novel. Students are very interested in learning about the Holocaust and have lots of questions. I use a social studies book website for research purposes. Please look over this site so you will know what we are talking about in class. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me. A lot of the students have informed me that they have been to the Holocaust Museum and they are very excited about sharing this experience. Tolerance is a constant theme in 6th grade literature and very important for students to learn. Number the Stars is a great novel and I hope they enjoy reading it.

Website:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/holocaust/

Homework

Monday
No Homework, unless they need to finish work from last week.

Tuesday
Study for Grammar Quiz

Wednesday
No Homework

Thursday
Study grammar notes and worksheets for Test

Friday
No Homework

Monday, February 1, 2010

Homework

Monday
"Arachne" Questions in literature book
Quiz on Tuesday

Tuesday
Paperwork signed

Wednesday
Students should have their grammar notes together. We started worksheet 11 today in class.
We will review and move on to adverbs.

Thursday
No Homework

Friday
Finish writing myth (1page) This myth is explaining something that happens in nature. (like why it rains or why flowers grow) They are to use gods or goddesses in their myth. They can make up these people and places or use ones that we have discussed already.