6th Grade News: January 27-31, 2020

General News: 

College and Career T-shirt Day - Monday, 1/27: 

Our monthly College/Career T-shirt Day will be this Monday, January 27. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. Please make sure the college/career is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope the students will join us! 

Credit Recovery: 

Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help students who failed one or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays). The program started this past week and will run through March. For more information or to get your child signed up, please contact Ms. Ward (wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us) 

Important Upcoming Dates:

• 2/5 - Surprise Guest Speaker at Hilsman Event 
• 2/17 - Teacher Work Day (no school) 
• 2/19 - Spring Picture Day 
• 3/4-3/5 - Parent Teacher Conferences 
• 3/5-3/13 - Spring Break (no school) 

Content News: 

Math News: 

Monday - Finishing work with volume. 

Tues-Thurs - Start and complete Unit 5 Study Guide. 

Friday - Unit 5 post test. 

ELA News: 

ELA is working on Literary Non-Fiction. Students also have a BLACK HISTORY PROJECT that is due March 3rd. This project is done COMPLETELY AT HOME. 

Science News: 

Science will be testing Unit 3, and beginning Unit 4 - Water Distribution 

Social Studies News: 

Social Studies will be continuing Unit 5, exploring the governments and economies in Latin America. There will be a short quiz over the governments of Latin America. 

Connection News: 

Band and Orchestra News: 

The Band and Orchestra Rock-a-Thon is Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00am! Money is due Friday morning! Hope you can come out to help and watch the students have a blast! 

Art News: 

6th graders will be finishing their color wheel pop portraits and then start a unit on paper weaving. They will learn about how colors express emotions, create a cool color and warm color painting, and then weave the two together to reflect the positive and negative balances of everyday life.  

Family and Consumer Science News: 

Next week in FCS, students will work to develop employability skills, focusing on resilience, honesty, integrity, time management, and decision-making through some class work and hands-on activities. 

6th Grade Faculty: 

Math

Ms. Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Ernest Watford, watfordn@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA

Ms. Chantal Brown, brownch@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Verne Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science

Mr. Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Josh Truitt, truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Mrs. Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Miller Barnett, barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us

                                          

6th Grade News: January 20-24, 2020

General News: 

Credit Recovery: 
Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help student who failed or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays!). The program will begin January 21 and run through March. 

Important Upcoming Dates: 

• 1/20 - MLK Day (no school)
• 2/17 - Teacher Work Day (no school)
• 2/19 - Spring Picture Day 
• 3/4-3/5 - Parent Teacher Conferences
• 3/5-3/13 - Spring Break (no school)

Content News: 

Math News: 

Tuesday we will be finding surface area. 

Wednesday quiz on surface area. 

Thursday and Friday we will be finding volume of objects. 

ELA News: 

ELA will be finishing up with our poetry unit and starting our Black History Projects as we move into our next unit of study - Literary Nonfiction. 

Science News: 

Science will be reviewing for the Unit 3 Exam on Friday. 

Social Studies News: 

Environmental Super Hero Projects due 1/21

Unit 4 Test Wednesday 1/22

Thursday and Friday will be spent introducing Unit 5.

Connections News: 

Band and Orchestra News: 

The Band and Orchestra Rock-a-Thon will take place Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00pm. Please ask your student for the information packet! 

Art News: 

6th Graders will be completing multiple projects that utilize the use of a color wheel! They will be creating their own color wheel, and they will be learning about primary and secondary colors and why they are fundamental building blocks of art. They will also play color bingo at the end of the week! 

6th Grade Faculty 

Math

Ms. Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Ernest Watford, watfordn@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA

Ms. Chantal Brown, brownch@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Verne Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science

Mr. Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Josh Truitt, truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Mrs. Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Miller Barnett, barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us

                                           

6th Grade News: January 13-17, 2020

General News: 

Report Cards:
Quarter 2 Report Cards were sent home Friday, January 10. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades or academic standing, please contact their teacher(s). A full contact list for the 6th grade faculty is included at the bottom of the blog.

Credit Recovery: 
Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help students who failed one or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays!). The program will begin on Tuesday, January 21st and will run through March.

Important Upcoming Dates

• 1/20 - MLK Day (no school)
• 2/17 - Teacher work day (no school) 
• 2/19 - Spring Picture Day
• 3/4-3/5 - Parent Teacher Conferences
• 3/5-3/13 - Spring Break (no school)

Content News: 

Math News:

Monday we will be finding the area of polygons. Tuesday we will be composing and decomposing to find the area. Wednesday we will have a quiz on area of different shapes. Thursday and Friday we will be finding the surface areas of 3D figures. 

ELA News: 

ELA will be continuing with Poetry and will be given their Summative Project that will be due on Friday, Jan. 17. 

Science News: 

Science will be finishing Unit 3 by learning to compare and contrast the layers of soil. 

Social Studies News: 

Social Studies will be exploring the environmental issues of Latin America. There will be a Unit 4 Test on Friday 1/17. Study Guides are available on Google Classroom; paper copies will be sent home Monday. 

Connections News: 

Band and Orchestra News: 

The Band and Orchestra Rock-a-Thon will take place Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00pm. Please ask your student for the information packet! 

Business Ed News: 

Public Speech Presentations will be starting Wednesday January 15. 
- Poem/Song/Speech: Can be someone else's or your own work
- No profanity or offensive language 
- Any piece must be approved by Mr. Lingerfelt
- Memorized (mostly)
- Minimum of 1 minute long
- Turn in paper copy of words for teacher and grade! 

Agriculture Science: 

Hello Everyone!

My name is Greg Brav, and I am the new Agriculture Science teacher at Hilsman. This week, 8th grade will begin their 2-week "Importance of Agriculture" unit. We will study the history of ag, and how the field has changed in modern times. We will also use class time to plan our SAE projects.

The "Supervised Agriculture Experience" is the only homework assigned to Ag students all quarter and counts for 2 summative grades. Students will design and complete a project that relates to agriculture to help themselves, their family, or their community. I will stay after school all semester on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5 if students would prefer to work on their project at school instead of at home. 

Our schools FFA chapter will meet on the first and last Thursday of every month from 4-5, and all AgSci students are encouraged to attend meetings. 

Students need to fill out a permission slip to stay after school for SAE workdays or FFA meetings, and are welcome to ride the activity bus home from Hilsman. Please reach out if you have questions, or if you would like to support the school agriculture program in any way.  

Thank you! 

- Mr. Brav

PE News: 

Monday: Running Fitness

Tuesday: Upper Body Fitness

Wednesday: Aerobic Game

Thursday: Flexibility

Friday: Activity Day

6th Grade Faculty

Math

Ms. Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Ernest Watford, watfordn@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA

Ms. Chantal Brown, brownch@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Verne Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science

Mr. Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Josh Truitt, truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Mrs. Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Miller Barnett, barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us

6th Grade News: January 6-10, 2020

General News: 

Report Cards: 

The second nine weeks of school have come to an end, which means teachers have submitted final grades for Q2 report cards. Report cards will be distributed and sent home Friday, January 10th. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades or academic standing, please contact their teacher(s). A full contact list for the 6th grade faculty is listed at the bottom of the blog.

Mid-Year Open House - Thursday 1/9

Please join us for our Mid-Year Open House on Thursday, January 9th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Get your student's report card early! For anyone who cannot attend on Thursday, report cards will be sent home on Friday afternoon.

5-6pm: Hear from administrators, PTO, and local school governance team (LSGT) about Credit Recovery, Milestones information, fundraising, and more. Also, you'll get to see the HMS band, orchestra, and step team perform!

6-7pm: Choose four 15-minute sessions from this list: Grade Level Info, ESOL, Gifted Education, Special Education, High School Spanish, Rising 9th Grader Info, Rising 8th Grader Info

Content News:

Math:

Math will be starting Unit 5 by finding the area of rectangles, triangles, and polygons.

6th Grade Math Lesson Plans

ELA: 

ELA will be focused on poetry writing for the first two weeks back! There will be a Test on January 24. 

Science: 

Science will be continuing Unit 3 and will be conducting soil and erosion labs on Thursday 1/9. 

6th Grade Science News

Social Studies: 

Social Studies will be beginning Unit 4 by exploring and the geographic features of Latin America and discovering the environmental issues of the region. 

6th Grade Social Studies Lesson Plans

Connection News: 

Art:

As an introduction to Art, 6th graders will be making avatars, having a scavenger hunt around the art room, making sketch books, and having team building activities. 

Band and Orchestra: 

The Hilsman Band and Orchestra Rock-a-Thon will take place Friday, January 31 from 4:00pm-12:00pm. Please ask your student for the information packet this week! 

Family and Consumer Science: 

Students are beginning new 3rd Quarter Connections classes this week! In FCS, we will be going over expectations and procedures, planning ahead for the three units we will cover over the next 9 weeks, and will receive a class syllabus to review, sign, and return. All syllabi and a notebook to keep in the classroom must be in by Friday! 

6th Grade Faculty

Math

Ms. Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Ernest Watford, watfordn@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA

Ms. Chantal Brown, brownch@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Ms. Verne Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science

Mr. Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Josh Truitt, truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Mrs. Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Miller Barnett, barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mr. Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us