Welcome to 6th Grade Science and Reading! I would like to share with you some information as
we begin the 2009-2010 school year. As a classroom we will be spending the first days of school helping students become
familiar with each other and also become comfortable with various classroom routines and safety in the classroom.
In science this year our focus is to study and become masters in physical science. We will be working out of Science
Notebooks that each student will receive at the beginning of the year. Students will also work in a "Science Journal"
that will be used to become familiar with physical, life, and earth science.
Students will be given a Science Safety
Contract at the beginning of the year that they are to sign as well as have you sign and return. Your child will not be allowed
to participate in labs unless I have this contract back to me signed by both you and your child.
One way to become
familiar with the physical science textbook is to visit the online website to help with studying, reviewing and taking pre-quizzes
and pre-tests. Visit www.gpscience.com. The access code to get the online version of the textbook is: C71A05DFC1.
I will also be teaching one reading class this year and am excited to get our reading skills back into
shape! We will work on skills such as comprehension, summarizing, inferrencing, sequencing, vocabulary and much
more.
If
you have any questions or concerns you are always welcome to contact me. Please visit my school website at http://jhoward.alden.iowapages.org/.
Feel free to contact
me by e-mail jhoward@alden.k12.ia.us or phone at
515-859-3393 extension 121.