Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Perimeter and area

Indirect and Direct Objects

Adverbs

Reading summary

Harvesting Hope

Cesar Chavez is known as one of America's greatest civil rights
leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through
California, he ignited a cause that improved the lives of thousands
of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn't always a leader. As a
boy, he was shy and was often teased at school. His family slaved
in the fields, earning barely enough money to survive. Cesar
believed such conditions had to change. He thought that, maybe,
he could bring about those changes. So he took charge. He spoke
up, and an entire country listened.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Recycling

Respect

Friday, January 8, 2010

Spelling words (January 7th)

1. field trip 11. lightning rod
2. someone 12. myself
3. snowflakes 13. life jacket
4. polka dot 14. bulldozer
5. roller coaster 15. masterpiece
6. solar system 16. area code
7. thunderstorm 17. cliffhanger
8. leftovers 18. wheelchair
9. cell phone 19. hour hand
10. whitewash* 20. rain forest

21. graham cracker 24. racquetball
22. rhinestone 25. thoroughbred
23. chain reaction

Daily Fix-It

1.-The swimmers was anxios about the ocean.
2.-The vendor sold ice cream,
and sherbert at the beach.
3.-The atheletes lined up buy
the pool.
4.-The lifeguard's called for a
rescue hellicopter.
5.-The sun bathers looked familar.
6.-In Washingten, D.C.,
people have swimmed in
the Potomac River.
7.-Swimmers narrowly escaped drownding when he got caught in a riptide.
8.Yesterday after algabra class, Mark swimmed.
9.-Aquatic sports is
relacksing.
10.-Karen and me have brung
our towels.

Reading Practice for "Learning to Swim"

"Learning to Swim"
by Kyoko Mori
Student Edition
Unit 3, pp. 326–339

An autobiography is a story about a person's life told by that person. As you read, think about the clues that identify this as a true story that the author has written about herself.

My goal one summer was to learn to swim the front crawl. At school I hadn't been able to make it the length of the pool. My mother had taught me how to dog-paddle when I was six. The front crawl, however, had a lot more steps to remember. We were staying at my grandparents' house, which was near a river. On July 7, my family and I celebrated the festival of the stars. On that day, it is customary to make three wishes. One of my wishes was to swim the front crawl the length of the pool in September.
Every afternoon, my mother took me down to the river to swim. She was a patient teacher. She taught me the strokes on the sandy riverbank. Then she swam beside me while I practiced them in the water. By mid-August, I could swim twenty-five meters downstream and then back again.
The next week our whole family went on a trip to the Sea of Japan. I had never swum in the sea before, but I knew that the salt made it easier to float. Our first morning there my mother and I walked in. A big wave crashed on my head and knocked me down. The cold seawater stung my nose and throat. "Float on your back," my mother said. She showed me how easy it was. We floated, and then we jumped the waves. After riding the crashing waves for a while, I suddenly noticed that my feet could no longer touch the bottom. When I looked at the beach, the people looked tiny. I could not see my family.
"Mom, I'm getting tired," I gasped.
"Swim toward the shore," she said. She was working hard to tread water beside me. The waves kept coming, and I could feel the water pulling us sideways. I saw her hold one hand above the water and try to wave it from side to side. She was signaling for help! That's when I saw the look of fear in her eyes. I put my arms around her neck and held on. "Let go," she said calmly, "or we'll both drown."
Between waves, we treaded water and caught our breath. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't make it back to shore. My mom could, but because I wasn't a strong swimmer neither of us would. I started kicking my legs and tried to make big strides with my arms, not frantic little circles. That's what she had taught me in the river. Mother said we could make it to some rocks on a bit of land that jutted into the sea. Going that direction, we could swim slowly. The waves were suddenly helping us. Soon we were climbing up on the rocky ground. We stood in silence for a while, too stunned to speak. Then we started walking back to the beach, being careful not to cut our feet or fall back into the sea.
On the beach, I noticed an ice cream stand. I asked mom if I could have some. After that day, whenever she told people the story of how we nearly drowned, she always emphasized how calmly I asked for ice cream afterwards. She said that I had been a brave girl. She had me go back to swim that same afternoon, and we returned to my swimming lessons when we got back to my grandparents' house. I know now that was her way of keeping me from being afraid of the water.
When I got back to school in September, I could swim the length of the pool without stopping. At the other end of the pool, I turned back to look, and the distance was much shorter than the shore had been from us that day at sea.

Spelling Sentences

1.-Today we are going on a field trip.
2.-I hear someone calling you.
3.-The snowflakes were sticking to the windows.
4.-Lisa has a polka dot dress.
5.-Do you like the roller coaster?
6.-There are nine planets in our solar system.
7.-Last night there was a big thunderstorm.
8.-Do you want leftovers for dinner?
9.-My cell phone is not working.
10.-Tom had to whitewash the fence.
11.-There is a lightening rod on that house.
12.-I sometimes talk to myself.
13.-Always wear a life jacket when you are
14.-The bulldozer tore down the old shed.
15.-That picture is a masterpiece.
16.-What is your area code?
17.-The chapter ended with a cliffhanger.
18.-Mom uses a wheelchair.
19.-The hour hand is on the two.
20.-Many animals live in the rain forest.

Dividing integers

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-6-divide-integers

You have more practice about integers (multiplications)

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-6-multiply-integers

Practice subtracting integers.

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-6-subtract-integers

Pactice adding integers.

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-6-add-integers

Click in the adress to practice integers

http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-6-compare-and-order-integers