WEEK 14: May 14-18, 2018

GRADE 6Y STUDY GUIDE

Announcements
May 17– Math Test
May 15– English Weekly Test Coverage: Noun Clauses, appositives, VCOP-“-ing”, “ed” as
openers, Ch9-10 RC & vocabulary, idioms, Formal Writing, PBL questions on process/rubric

LESSON / TOPIC WORKBOOK / MATERIALS

A. READING COMPREHENSION SKILL /
STRATEGY
Reading: Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo KK Ch9-10 RC
 Chapter 9, 10– Reading/Discussion RC
Kensuke’s Kingdom book
 Inferring & Finding Evidence from Text
 Discussion on implications of events.

B. VOCABULARY / WORD STUDY / SPELLING

REVIEW Chapter 9 Vocabulary Vocab Ch9-10

Kensuke Notebook
Ch10 vocabulary torrents swamp saturated abundance Idioms NB
reserve, howling replenish hackles buckle outboard Handouts
Idioms: horse around, eagle eyes, busy beaver, monkey
business, sly fox, high-tail, proud as a peacock, pig out,
hopping mad, wild-goose chase, cool cate, have a whale
of a time

C. GRAMMAR
- Review: GS Lessons 4: Nouns- Phrases and GS pp16-17; Conditionals
Clauses Appositives VCOP Handout
 VCOP Activities: “-ing” and “ed” as an openers
 Conditionals
D. WRITING/ PBL ACTIVITY
 PBL Team Planning, Research & Writing  PBL booklet
 Writing Stationery
 Outline and Written Report;
 Journal NB
 Start making the final product
 Writing: Expository writing on country/body of
water

MATH Unit 4: Area & SCIENCE 6.2 Unit 2: Simple Machines

Perimeter
Unit Test – May 17, Thursday.
Unit 5: Volume of Solids
Vocabulary / samples / grouping
ACTIVITY; Design a Rube Goldberg machine that
incorporates the simple machines learned.

ART Continue with project -

Unit 3: Plaster Painting: Painting on a plaster using acryllic paints. Bring brushes, water bucket,
black marker, sand paper, picture as reference.

Unit 2: New Art Project: Shell or rock painting. Shell to be painted may be one big sized-shell or
a collection of small (fan) shells that will be the background.