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Welcome to Mrs. Howard's Science and Reading Class!

Welcome to 6th Grade Science and Reading!
Get ready to BLAST into another fun 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 both Science Textbooks and 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 and Internet permission form 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 on the internet or in labs unless I have both contracts back to me signed!

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.
(there has been some problems getting the online version, so if you have an issue please see me!)

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.

Feel free to contact me by e-mail jhoward@alden.k12.ia.us or phone at

515-859-3393 extension 121.

Events and Announcements:

August:

24: Orientation, 3-4 PM

25: First day of School! 1-hour early dismissal

September:
6: Labor Day-----No School (ENJOY!!!)
9: Alden School Open House, 6-7:30 (Mrs. Howard gone---volleyball)
13-17: MAP Testing
21: Alden School Fall Pictures

October:
1: Early Out---Homecoming Parade
14: Alden Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-7:30
19: Alden Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-7:30
(Mrs. Howard gone both dates----volleyball)

click on the school and be linked to our school site!

6th Grade Physical Science Textbook:

click on the textbook and you will be linked to the website!

Science Fun Fact!

Healthy nails grow about 2 cm each year. Fingernails grow four times as fast as toenails.

NASA PICTURE OF THE DAY:

Click on the picture and see what NASA has in store!

Learn about Science:

Who invented the light bulb?

(Check the Bulletin Board for the answer)

List of what you can do on the Physical Science Website:

Physical Science Standards and Benchmarks:

Standard 1 Understand and apply the skills of scientific inquiry.

6.1.1 Uses simple equipment and tools to gather and analyze scientific data and extend the senses.
6.1.2 Designs and conducts a scientific investigation

Standard 4 Understand and apply concepts and theories pertaining to the matter, its composition and the forces that govern it.

6.4.1 Demonstrates an understanding of basic atomic structures (protons, neutrons, electrons).
6.4.2 Distinguish between acids and bases.
6.4.3 Describe what happens to sound and light when they strike different types of matter and describe transmissions (prisms), absorption, and reflection (mirrors).

Standard 5 Learn how scientific knowledge develops and changes over time.

6.5.1 Knows ways in which sciences and society influence one another

Please get in touch with any questions or comments on the Bulletin Board page.