Augustan

1. Augustan 11.13.13 Social Studies by Thalia Garza and Mrs. Hale In Social Studies we learned about Canada and the USA. There are a lot of differences and similarities. Some of those similarities are, both have English as a major language and both have a type of limited government. A limited government is when the country has a written constitution, guaranteed rights for the individuals, public participation in government through voting and action committees, and elected officials. In the United States we have an elected President, and in Canada, they have an elected Prime Minister. Both of our countries were once colonies of Britain. The USA celebrates our independence on 4th of July and Canada celebrates theirs on 1st of July. Canada has a very large French population and most of those people live in the Province of Quebec. In the United States, we don’t have separate states set aside for different culture groups. Newsletter Remind 101 Make sure to sign up to receive messages from Team 6A’s core teachers via text messages or e-mail. This is a free tool and another great way for you to keep updated on your child’s homework, projects, and upcoming events. Look for the bright blue paper attached to your child’s report card for complete instructions or simply text this number 469-331-5239 and enter the message “@603a3” and hit send. Interview with Mrs. Meares by Avery and Claire L. Q: What is your inspiration to be a math teacher? I had awesome math teachers when I was a kid, and I wanted to do what they did, to help kids learn. Q: When you got in Mrs. Moore’s room what was your reaction and why? I thought, ”There is a lot of pink in here, and Mrs. Moore and all of you were all very nice and helpful. Q: When you become a math teacher for real, what grade do you want to teach and why? Well, first I wanted to teach high school, until I came to Greenways and saw how nice everybody was, and now I want to teach 6th grade. Q: What do you think so far of the 6th grade students here at Greenways? To tell the truth, I think that the 6th grade students this year are the best in the entire school. Q: Do you feel at home at Greenways , why or why not? I think that this is my dream school and if I get an offer to teach here, I would most totally take it. This is the BEST school I have ever been to! Mrs.Meares ,our student teacher for math , we thank you for all your hard work and love to the students! Language Arts by Bailey Wilson Can you believe it’s the end of the second 6weeks? We got a Lesson 3 vocabulary list so get ready for the test and study. We are still doing the Articles of the Week. Turn them in on Thursdays. We have done Venn Diagrams for “The Legend Sleepy Hollow“comparing the story vs. the movie. We also did a plot map for “Tell-Tale Heart”. Then we had to draw a big picture from the story and then draw ones for details without words on the inside. I have to say we have been busy in ELA! Math by Devanee Sena and Emma Ambs Recently in math class we have been studying ratios, adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators, and percentages. Yes, we have been doing a lot lately. But we manage to give 100%. See what I did there? Anyways, we have been working extra hard for our 6A team to pass and prove to our teachers we know best. But our knowledge comes all from our amazing math teachers! With all the work we have been doing, we will make sure we reach our goal in this long unit. So let’s make sure we study hard, and show what we can do! Holidays- by Claire Headings So we all know that the holidays are coming up, right? Well, if you don’t, you better be ready because they are sneaking up on us. Let’s talk about Thanksgiving. Some of the traditions my family does is we all go over to my grandmother’s house, eat our Thanksgiving lunch, stay over at her house, and talk to my relatives. I hope that everyone has happy holidays! Don’t forget to stuff your bellies for me! Science by Mrs. Hale We just finished learning about elements in science. Did you know that elements make up all the matter on earth, they are pure substances that cannot be broken down into something smaller and they are all represented by a symbol. It is very important to write symbol correctly. If it has two letters, the first one must be capitalized and the second one must be lower case. All the elements are organized in a chart called the Periodic Table. It is arranged by periods and groups, according to the properties of each element. Our next unit is compounds. We will be doing a “Building Compounds” Lab, and observing chemical reactions. Our challenge for this six weeks is building compound models. We will pick our team’s finalists to compete against all the other teams. Book Club By: Ben Stormer and Jarret Schaef Book Club is an extra activity for Mrs. Christian that you could have selected to do. Recently, it ended. The book we read was The Watsons go to Birmingham-1963. We read it in three parts. After we finished the book, we had a project that we had to complete for the book. It was a pyramid made out of paper, with a summary of the parts we read in each side of the pyramid. On the fourth side you did a connection from The Watsons go to Birmingham and the class novel we were reading, The Cay. We had a final Book Club discussion showing off our projects and talking about them. All of the students in Book Club did great in the end, and hopefully pleased Mrs. Christian.

2. Band by Jarrett Schaef and Ben Stormer This week, the band is starting a fall fundraiser to help us get new things for band or new stands, and we need your help doing this. This would help us get new school instruments if you could help, that would be great!!!!! Thanks for helping us out or being a good band student this year. There are some students switching instruments like from trombone to tuba, and trumpet to French horn. They will be excited that they will be playing their new instruments in the Christmas concert in December 2013 and the end of the year party. We will also go and compete with different schools in different school districts. We would like you to start or keep practicing for these specific things or go to morning early practice at 7:30am in the band hall. If you want to know more about these things go to the Greenways website http://www.canyonisd.net/Domain/502 or go to http://www.canyonisd.net/Domain/422 for the Westover band. Interview with Mrs. Yell- By Hien Doan & Preston Mullins Mrs. Yell started off with many jobs such as: a coach, lifetime sports, home economics teacher, health teacher, and a P.E. teacher. She went to Oklahoma Panhandle State University and W.T.AM.U. When she was a kid, she wanted to be a nurse. Then when she was in middle school, she wanted to be an archaeologist. Finally in high school, she wanted to be a physical therapist. We are so glad she decided to go into education! In her spare time, she likes to clean, do yard work, and watch movies. Mrs. Yell likes mexican food and seafood. P.E. Raider Ball Champions by Dannika Graef and Alesha LaCrosse-Womack Wow, what a great way to start off the year, with a excellent game of p.e. raider ball! Now lets take a look at the 6A champions. Wow lots of athletic girls on this team. Here they are our own Yesenia Torres, Emma Ambs, Adriana Lackey, Molli Lee, Bailey Wilson, Madisen Lee, Brooke Ward, Hope Bybee, Jaycie Day and last but not least Justine McAllister. So many awesome girls. Well that’s the girls, now lets take a look at those crazy dudes. Here they are our own Justin Thompson, Jarrett Schaef, Elijah Velasquez, Gabe Morgan, Darrian Lambert, Tristan Mouw, Raymond Hernandez, Brayden Pruett, Braeden Logue, Preston Mullins, Joshua Montoya, Jordan Schroeder and last Thong Huyh. Well those are all our amazing raider ball champions from September! Special Events by Hien Doan & Preston Mullins Red Ribbon Aftermath- Homerooms with the most participation- Mrs. Moore (And Mrs. Meares), Mr. Johnston and Mrs. Russ The events that took place- Monday-Greenways Shirt Day, Tuesday- Sports Jersey Day, Wednesday-Red Shirt day, Thursday- Future or College Day Friday- Sunglass, Hat, And Raider Day Students (and teachers ) had a great time during Red Ribbon Week dressing up as a what they want to be when they grow up or advertising the college they want to attend. We had a lawyer, gymnast, football players, baseball players, an AG teacher, policewoman, and doctor. And last, but certainly not least, some Starbucks baristas! All so much fun in honor of a great cause!