The 6th Grade Splash

This was Ms Claire's last week before going on maternity leave. She has really enjoyed getting to know all the 6th graders and looks forward to seeing them again in the spring! Students will have a guest teacher in Math starting October 2nd.

Just a reminder, Wednesday the 4th of October will be a late start for students. See the schedule below.

Outdoor School is fast approaching! If your student is in need of any gear for the week, make sure they get a Gear Request form from their advisory teacher. When it's completed, return it to the advisory teacher who will pass it along to their ODS site.

This week our progress reports for Quarter 1 came out. At Harrison Park we use a 5 tiered grading system, which translates easily to the more-familiar A, B, C system that many families are used to.

A (5)

90-100%

Advanced Proficiency

B (4)

80-89%

Beginning Advanced Proficiency

C (3)

70-79%

Proficient

D (2)

60-69%

Developing Proficiency

NP (1)

<59%

Not yet proficient

For each core class, your scholars' core teachers are grading on the following standards.

Science

In 6th grade science, their grades are reflecting their ability to define criteria and constraints "MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions." and developing detailed models "MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved."

Language Arts

In Language Arts, 6th graders have been citing evidence from "A Schoolgirl's Diary" to support their analysis of the text (6.RI.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.). They have been extending this understanding to their own writing (6.RI.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.)(6.RI.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.), and incorporating our unit vocabulary words into this writing.

Math

Students Math grade is based on the following two standards:

• 6.RP.A.1

Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.”

• 6.RP.A.2

Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. For example, “This recipe has a ratio of 3 cups of flour to 4 cups of sugar, so there is 3/4 cup of flour for each cup of sugar.” “We paid $75 for 15 hamburgers, which is a rate of $5 per hamburger.”

Social Studies

Students' grade in Social Studies is based on a short geography unit covering map basics and the Five Themes of Geography. The unit standard is:

• 6.13 Construct and analyze maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases to make inferences and predictions regarding geographic distributions (e.g., perceptual impacts for creating boundaries, borders, cultural regions of indigenous peoples).

Every week the 6th grade teachers will meet and pick 2 students whom they believe demonstrated Harrison Park Middle School values exceedingly well.

This week we've chosen Jonar N. and Sapphire L. Well done!