Field Trip

Hey guys! Just wanted to remind everyone that we are having our first field trip of the year on Thursday, September 24th. We will be headed to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The park is providing lunch for all of us. They are also providing transportation and admission fees. We are all going to need to be at school at 8:30 because the bus will be there to pick us up. I am so excited about this and I am sure you are as well!

Justin

6th Grade Book List

Here is a list I have found of classic books for 6th graders. I will be finding more and updating the list.

Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850

Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey

Creech, Sharon. Rudy Holler

Dash, John. The Longitude Prize

Dickens, Charles. Christmas Carol

Fairly, Walter. Black Stallion

Filipovic, Zalata. Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo

Frank, Anne. The Diary of Ann Frank

George, Jean. Julie of the Wolves

George. Jean. My Side of the Mountain

Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Howe, James. Night Without Stars

Kipling, Rudyard. Captains Courageous

Kjelgaard, Jim. Big Red

*Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia, series

Lofting, Hugh. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

*Lowry, Lois. The Giver

Melville, Herman. Moby Dick

Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables

O’Dell ,Scott. Zia

Robertson, Keith. Henry Reed, Inc

Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square

Swell, Anna. Black Beauty (unabridged)

Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony

Steele, Mary Q. Journey Outside

Stevenson, Robert Luis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, Treasure Island (abridged version)

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels

Taylor, Mildred. Roll of Thunder , Hear My Cry

Taylor, Theodore. The Trouble With Tuck, Timothy of the Clay

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Prince and the Pauper

Verne, Jules. Around the World in 80 days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Winterfield, Henry. Mystery of the Roman Ransom

Wyss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson

What a Great First Week!

Hey 6th Graders,
What a great first week we had. Our goals for week one were to know each others names, know a little bit about each other, learn the basic expectations of the class (bathroom procedures, transitions, bell signal), create the class rules together, discuss our hopes and dreams for the year, and to have fun. I am really pleased to say that I believe we were successful in accomplishing all of our goals. I am also excited to say that I am happy with our behavior for the first week. Let's keep it up. If we keep up the good behavior then we will be able to continue to learn and have a blast. I am excited to keep learning about maps and scales and to find out what is going to happen with Stanley at Camp Green Lake. I am also ready to start doing math this coming week. We will still be having fun and getting to know each other every day, but be ready to work hard all at the same time.

Thanks,
Justin

Don't forget GO USC!