WELCOME 6th Graders to the Eagles' Team!
On this page, find general information about what's going on in our classes and with our team. MNMS's upcoming events will be posted, too. Check it often, and be sure to check the MNMS and MPS websites as well as our individual websites for more complete info. Students, on our individual websites, you are able to take quizzes and do other activities that support the topics you are studying.
MNMS Website: http://mnms.mustangps.org/ MPS Website: www.mustangps.org
MORE INFO: Parents, please notify the school office, 324-2236, the morning of your child's absence, and also, if your child is going to be absent in the future. Make sure he/she gets work for the day(s) absent.
Absent One Day-- Assignment packets with all core class work will be given to students 1st hour upon return for an all-day absence.
Absent More Than One Day-- Work can be picked up in the office the following day of a parent's notification.
Assignments are due based upon how many days a student has been absent. For every day absent, a student has one day to turn in work.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Feb. 20, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Feb. 24, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Finish Myth Creature notes & Begin outline
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Monday, Feb. 13
Subtracting mixed numbers (same den) with regrouping (practice sheet "title of pic")
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
finish Essay questions
"Apollo's Tree/Arachne" Vocab. Practice
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Finish Myth Creature outline
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Tuesday, Feb. 14
Subtracting mixed numbers (unlike den) with regrouping (practice sheet "love")
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (Take AR Testing Log)
Reread stories
Receive Study Guide - Test tomorrow
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Write Myth Creature rough draft
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Wednesday, Feb. 15
Fraction review (search/shade lesson 21)
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Apollo's Tree/Arachne" TEST
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Finish Myth Creature rough draft
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Wednesday, Feb. 15
Fraction review (search/shade lesson 21)
Thursday, Feb. 16
Elapsed time (practice sheet 4-7a)
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Read "Spellbinder: The Life of Houdini"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Citing Sources ws
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Friday, Feb. 17
Fraction Review (practice sheet 4-5)
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Spellbinder: The Life of Houdini" Vocab.
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Feb. , 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Feb. 6, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Spelling, Lesson 4- Write 5 times in spiral & do worksheet.
Topic Write- Title: "You, A Myth Creature"- If you could be a
myth creature, what would you be? Why?
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (50% due today)
Read "Apollo's Tree/Arachne"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Students will work in the computer lab to make power points that teach about diseases.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Myth Creature Research Paper Class Discussion
Select a Topic for Paper
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (Take AR Testing Log home)
Do "Vocabulary"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Students will finish working in the computer lab making power points that teach about diseases.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Write a sentence for each Les. 4 spelling word.
Transition Words ws
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Apollo's Tree/Arachne" Reading Check
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE: Students will present their ppts. to the class.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Take Myth Creature Research Paper notes from print outs
or books. (Hi-light info first)
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Vocab./Essay Questions
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE: Students will present their ppts. to the class.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: MCRP Take Notes wsTraits, Literary or Historical Accounts
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Finish Essay Questions
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE: Students will present their ppts. to the class.
No School Friday--- Professional Development Day
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Jan. 30, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
(Analyze & Correct Tenses/Principal Pts. and Comma ws's- in class)
Tenses/Princi. Pts. Verb Pretest
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Unit 6 Academic Vocab.
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Last Plant Measurement, Finish Cell Drawings-these are due Tues. 1-31. Begin cover of the plant/light project.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Sp. Les. 3, Write words 5 times ea. and write 10 sentences
using spelling words: 3 simple, 3 compound, & 3 common expression.
Complete Lesson 3 ws.
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Finish Unit 6 Reader's Workshop
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Cell drawings are due. Today we will be making a bar graph to compare the heightsof our plants. We may begin analyzing data and writing our conclusions. Students will receive a rubric today.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Grade Unit 6 Assign.
Read "Dragon, Dragon" writings
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:We will complete our graphs, analysis, and conclusions. Project is due at the start of class tomorrow.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (50% is due today)
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Plant and Light project is due. Disease ppt and assign disease to research next Mon-Tues.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Define Lesson 2 spelling words.
Sp. Les. 2 ws
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (50% due Feb. 2) (Take AR Log home)
"Dragon, Dragon" Questions
Dragon, Dragon Story Map
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:1st hr-Reward Party, 2,5,6-Cell Video write 10 facts over the video, 7th hour-turtle observation.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Write Les. 2 spelling words 5 times ea.
Principal Pts. of Irregular Verbs, pp. 483, 484, 486
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"A Poet's Technique"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Read pgs 83-85-TSW work with their group to list the cell organelles and their functions.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: ***Helping Verb Quiz
Irregular Verb Chart
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Rewrite "Dragon, Dragon" through
the dragon's point-of-view
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Students will draw a picture of a plant and animal cell. Pictures must be neat, colored, labeled, and the same size or larger than the original.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: **Spelling Test, Les. 2
Create Principal Pts. of Verbs foldable study guide
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Reread "Dragon, Dragon"
Receive "Study Guide"
(Test tomorrow)
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Measure plants and complete cell drawings.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Topic Write- Explain why people do things they know that
they shouldn't.
***Tense and Principal Pts. Quiz
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Dragon, Dragon" TEST
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Cell cycle quiz, cell pictures due, microscope review, Museum of Osteology Family Field Trip is tomorrow 11 AM.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Jan. 16, 2012
NO SCHOOL- Martin Luther King Day
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Preview Helping Verb List
Subj./Verbs- p. 382, Ex: 3
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (Take AR Testing Log)
Finish "Dragon, Dragon" Vocab.
Finish "Poetry Terms" Test
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:2nd Step
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Practice Helping Verb List
Helping Verbs, p. 323, Ex: 17, 18, 19
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Read "Dragon, Dragon"
"Dragon, Dragon" Reading Check
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:We will explore the mysteries of the cell cycle and mitosis.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
Thurs.: Write Helping Verb Phrases from list- 23 total
Verb Tenses Cartoon ws
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Distinguishing Fantasy and Reality"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:We will measure our plants, figure the mean and record our measurements. we will review mitosis and begin reading pgs. 83-85 on cell organelles and their functions.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Jan. 20, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Helping Verb Prac. Quiz
Principle Pts. of Verbs (reg.), pp. 481, 482
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Dragon, Dragon Questions
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Bell work is due. We will review microscope parts and procedures and begin drawing cells.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Jan. 9, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Spelling Lesson 1- Define words & complete ws.
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Grade Poetry Terms
Read pages 281-283, 299, 300, 303
in old Textbook
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Finish experiment set-up, check plants and pets, begin cell notes
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:Write L-1 sp. words 5 x's ea.
Interruping Words & Phrases (Work in spiral from projector, p. 147)
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR (Take home AR Testing Log)
Poetry Rhyme Schemes
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE: 2nd Step with Mrs. Roach
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Story Starter- "Stop Fighting"
Commas, p. 573, Ex: 22
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Read pages 630-631
Pages 632-633 (Questions 1-12)
Page 634 (Questions 1-7)
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Cell Notes. 6th hour, turtle observation with Mr. Hurst
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Write a 50 words persuading your parents to let you go to
the movies on a school night. Include 3 direct address words. (circle)
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Two Limericks"
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Cell Notes
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Jan. 13, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: "Tiffany, what did you do?"
Include 3 introductory words or phases. (circle)
p. 568, Ex: 15 (in spiral)
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
"Dragon, Dragon" Vocab.
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Notes Quiz, Osmosis Demo. Finish notes
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: Good/Bad News ws
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Chapter 3 vocabulary (divisibility, GCF, LCM, LCD)
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Unit 5 Academic Vocab.
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Harvest Fast Plant seeds, Review procedures, begin 3rd 9 weeks notebook set-up.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
Topic Write- What would your life be like without a telephone?
Commas- Series, p. 566 (1-5) & p. 567 (1-10) --- in spiral
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Divisibility rules 2,3,5,9,10 Practice Sheet 3-1
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
Unit 5 Reader's Workshop
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:Finish and grade 3rd 9 weeks notebook set-up. A few notes on light and setting up an experiment (begin).
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Friday, Jan. 6, 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE: p. 570, Ex: 16 (if absent)
Comma Rules Chart (if in class)
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER: Prime and Composite numbers. Practice Sheet- Sieve of Eras.
READING___
MCKINNEY: Read AR
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE: Planting Day 3, finish setting up the new experiment.
ASSIGNMENTS, ACTIVITIES, TESTS for Monday, Feb. , 2012
ENGLISH___
MCINTYRE:
GEOGRAPHY___
BUXTON:
MATH___
WAGGONER:
READING___
MCKINNEY:
SCIENCE:___
WOLFE:
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