Mr. Waage's 6th Grade Social Studies Class

2011-05-16T15:09:00.001-06:00

The Piranhas have a test tomorrow so they are encouraged to study tonight. They will however be able to utilize their study guides during the test.

No homework for all other classes.

2011-05-11T14:04:00.003-06:00

No homework tonight for Sharks, Barracudas, and Piranhas.

The Stingrays have a test tomorrow and have a study guide that must be completed by test time.

I have postponed the test for the Piranhas. They will take the test on Tuesday 5/17

No homework, all classes 5/9

2011-05-09T15:52:00.001-06:00

No homework for the weekend of 5/6-5/8

2011-05-06T13:55:00.002-06:00

The test on Immigration will be next week. The days on which this will occur will vary a bit due to MAP testing this week.
I will update the exact dates next week.
As always there will be a study guide for the test.

No homework tonight, all classes

2011-05-02T14:57:00.001-06:00

Family project due Monday!

2011-05-01T18:48:00.001-06:00

Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays, don't forget that your family history projects are due on Monday the 2nd of May

Homework for the WEEK of 4/25

2011-04-26T18:03:00.003-06:00

Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays have a week long project.
The goal of the project is to discover how immigration has affected students.
The assignment is to interview three family members from an older generation and complete two charts that the students have been given.
One of the charts asks if they know of any family members who have immigrated to the US within the last 130 years.
I have a bet going with the kids that if they can prove that ALL of their ancestors have been in the US for more than 130 years I'll buy them a candy bar of their choice.
Students need to get a parental signature so that I know they have completed three interviews and they need to fill out the forms as completly as possible.

***I have extended the due date for this project until Monday May 2nd in order to give some kiddos time to get the required interviews***

No homework all classes 4/18

2011-04-18T14:48:00.001-06:00

Possible homework due Monday 4/18

2011-04-17T12:02:00.002-06:00

This week Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays have been working on maps of US immigration. The maps and the assessment for the maps are due on Monday April 18th. Most students were able to finish these in class but there are a few who were not able to. This whole assignment makes for a large grade so you might want to ask if your child has turned it in already. Piranhas only started this project on Friday so they have no homework this weekend.

No homework for 4/13 all classes

2011-04-13T15:51:00.002-06:00

No homework all classes 4/12

2011-04-12T16:53:00.001-06:00

No homework for all classes 4/11

2011-04-11T15:08:00.000-06:00

No homework for all classes over the weekend

2011-04-10T15:18:00.001-06:00

Homework due 4/8

2011-04-07T15:06:00.002-06:00

Sharks, Barracudas and Stingrays have homework due on Friday April 8th. They have a KWL sheet that should list at least 4 facts they have learned about Napoleon Bonaparte over the last three days. Tomorrow they need to turn in a paragraph that discusses at least four of those facts. The paragraph must be a complete and proper paragraph i.e. it must have an introductory sentence, four sentences that make up the body (the four facts in sentence form) and a concluding paragraph. It does not matter in what format I recieve this paragraph (written, typed, email etc.) There is no homework for Barracudas.

2011-04-06T15:56:00.000-06:00

No homework for all classes 4/6

No homework all classes 4/4

2011-04-04T15:11:00.001-06:00

Back from Break

2011-04-04T07:40:00.002-06:00

We are returning from Spring Break and I hope it was relaxing for everyone. The week of 4/4-4/8 we will be finishing up the French Revolution and starting in on American Immigration just after. This will lead the 6th grade into the annual Immigration Day which we do with the 2nd grade. The date for this will be decided soon. Outdoor Education is also coming up (April 20-22) so if you have any questions or concerns lets us know soon.

Possible HW over the long weekend

2011-03-10T14:20:00.002-07:00

3/10 Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays MIGHT have homework this weekend. They had an assignment where they had to extract information from historical documents regarding the French Revolution. If they finished in class they did not have homework but if they did not finish it is due on Monday the 14th.

2011-02-22T14:51:00.002-07:00

Homework for Wednesday 2/23
The Sharks, Barracudas and the Stingrays have to read chapter 2 Rene Descartes pages 103-104 for tomorrow.

The unit assessment for The Enlightenment will be on March 1st Tuesday. As always there will be a study guide given out before-hand so that students can study effectively.

FOR PIRANHAS: Their assesment on Rome will be this Friday Feb. 25th. They also will have a study guide given to them.

2011-02-14T14:00:00.002-07:00

*Don't forget, parent/teacher conferences are this week.
They are being held Tuesday-Thursday 4-8PM
Please follow your "assigned" date as closely as possible but if you have to come another day you may of course do this.
Just go to your child's classrooms to meet with their teachers.

Homework for the night of 2/14
Barracudas and Stingrays, read to first three pages of the new reading packet (pages 100-102)
about the Enlightenment.
As always with a reading there might be a quiz on the material.

Happy Valentines everyone! :-)

PS. Thanks for all the great gifts that I got from so many students! I'll probably gain a few pounds from all of the chocolate but its nice to have the show of support :-)

2011-02-08T15:59:00.001-07:00

Homework for 2/8
Sharks, Barracudas and Stingrays have to read a two page piece on feudalism called Lords and Ladies. I passed this out in class today so hopefully they brought it home with them.
There will be a quiz tomorrow on the material.

2011-02-04T13:20:00.002-07:00

For Monday, February 7th
There will be an assessment on Ancient Rome/Beginnings of Christianity.
Just like the last assessment it will be in the form of a long quiz/short test.
This is because we have only been on this subject for about 2 1/2 weeks.

There is a study guide that was passed out on Friday. This will caount as part of the assessment so this MUST be completed and turned in.

The next unit that we will be covering the Enlightenment

2011-02-03T14:02:00.002-07:00

Update for February 3rd.
There is no homework tonight for all classes.

I will be giving the test on Rome/beginnings of Christianity on Monday Feb. 7th. all classes EXCEPT Piranhas.

There will be a study guide for the test that students will need to complete over the weekend.

2011-01-31T13:59:00.002-07:00

Homework Jan. 31st
Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays have homework tonight.
They are pretending to be a Roman Gladiator being interviewed.
The assignment is due Tuesday Feb. 1st and must be written in completed sentences.

*Wednesday Feb. 2nd will be the unit test on Rome. Like last time, it will be a bit shorter than most tests as we have only spent about two weeks on Rome. After that we will start The Enlightenment.

2011-01-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

1/26 There is no homework for all classes tonight

2011-01-25T15:20:00.002-07:00

Homework for 1/25 due 1/26
Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays need to read pages 11-14 in their reading packet "The Life of Jesus"
There WILL be a quiz on the material on Wednesday 1/26

2011-01-24T20:23:00.001-07:00

Homework for 1/24, due 1/25
Sharks, Barracudas, and Stingrays need to read pages 8-10 "Rome and Christianity," in their Rome reading packets.
There might be a quiz tomorrow. ;-)

2011-01-19T15:15:00.002-07:00

Jan. 19th.
There is homework tonight for Sharks and Barracudas.
The map portion of the homework has proven to be more confusing than I had anticipated.
The idea is that the kids have to have three things on it.
1. They must have the 11 countries on the original map written in on the blank map
2. They must have the general outline of the borders of teh Roman Empire from the original map.
3. They must correctly label the five cities (marked with a small square) on the blank map.

This is just meant as an assesment of how well the kiddos are understanding the scale of the Roman Empire. If your child(ren) are having a difficult time please feel free to help them or just write me a quick note saying that they did not understand and I will excuse that.

2011-01-18T20:00:00.003-07:00

Sorry for the late post on this .
There is homework due tomorrow (1/19) for Sharks, Barracudas and Stingrays
It is to read Ch. 1 (pages 1-3) of the new reading packet for Rome/Christianity unit.
What is due is the Textbook Preview/Review think sheet.

Welcome back

2011-01-04T15:54:00.003-07:00

January 4th 2011.
Thanks so much for all of the wonderful and generous gifts. From tasty candies to movie tickets and scented candles and cookies and a wonderful dinner at Le Central (best French restaurant in Denver, go sometime!) I received many great gifts. Bromley is such a wonderful community to be a part of :-)

There is no homework today.

For the first two weeks of the new year we will be covering the Greek gods, Alexander the Great and the philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
One of the points that I focus upon with the Greeks is how much we borrow from them culturally, so feel free to point out any Greek influences you spot in our society today.