St. Theresa School Oakland, California

Welcome to our sixth grade web page! Sixth grade is a year of adjustment for our students who will have many different teachers and a constantly moving and changing day. Students will study Math and Science, Religion, Spanish, Music, P.E., Art, Social Studies, and Language Arts.

Our curriculum includes studying Ancient Civilizations, Earth Sciences, Pre-Algebra, Literature such as The Boy of the Painted Cave, Al Capone Does My Shirts, and The Golden Goblet, Sentence structure and writing, and learning how to read the Bible.

Check our pages often to see what we are up to in class!

We look forward to having lots of fun learning and doing this year!

Student Projects
Greek Myths
Save the Bay
More Save the Bay
Class Trip to Loma Mar
I Am From Project

Select a NewsletterPERMISSION SLIP-GENERAL2009/2010 Field Trips and important datesJune 14, 2010June 6, 2010

June 14, 2010

SUMMER

HAPPY SUMMER!


If you are traveling this summer, locally or far away, send us a postcard at school for our bulletin board! Address:

Sixth Grade
4850 Clarewood Drive
Oakland, CA 94618


If you would like to read this summer, see the recommended reading list on our links!

If you would like to participate in the Scholastic summer reading program, you can log on to their website: http://summer.scholastic.com/summer_tracker/tracker.htm?ESP=Corp/ib/20100602/awa/th_summer_reading_4_5///thlp/tout////
(Also on the 6th grade links)


Summer Reading questions (optional)
If you read a great book this summer, let us know about it!


Name: ________________________ Date: _________________________

Sixth Grade
Summer Reading Questions
(For Summer 2010)

Please answer in complete sentences!:

1. What is the title and who is the author of the book?


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2. Where does this story take place?




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3. Write three or more sentences describing the main character.



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4. Briefly describe the basic plot. (What happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story?)

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5. What did you think of the ending? Do you think the author wrote an appropriate ending? If you could end the story differently, what change(s) would you make?

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6. What are the biggest challenges that the main character faces?

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Describe any aspects of the main character's life that you admire or envy.

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7. Describe any aspects of the main character's life that bother you.

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8. Describe any similarities between you and the main character. How are your personalities similar? How are your lives similar?

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9. How would you rate this book on a scale of 1-10 (1 being low, 10 being high)? Explain your rating. Please also describe the type of peron you think would enjoy this book.

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Student Links
Save the Bay Restoration Projects	Save the Bay Restoration Projects
Greek Festival	Oakland's Greek Festival
Catholic Telemedia Network	CTN website with activities and streaming videos. Log on using st. theresa and ctnoak.
Social studies textbook	Social studies textbook corresponding website with loads of activities and tools for reviewing the textbook
Religion textbook	Corresponding website to our Religion text with review activities for studying. Click on Grade 6
Camp website	Exploring New Horizons camp Loma Mar. Tentative camp dates for the 2010-2011 school year will be Nov. 8-11, 2010. If interested in being a parent chaperone, please email us!
English Practice- Houghton Mifflin	Find activities to practice English skils from our textbook.
Scholastic	Class webpage and online book ordering
Spelling and Vocabulary Text	Spelling book lists and activities
8th Grade Religion Text and activities	Activities and homework links that correspond with our Religion text. 8th Grade activities are "VOLUME II"
Egyptian Pharoahs	List of pharoahs
List of Major Pharoahs
Saints	Saint Biographies
More Saints	More Catholic Saint biographies/ directory
Scholastic Summer Reading Program 2010	Get St. Theresa School into the World Record Book by reading this summer!
Suggested Reading List	This reading list is taken from online. Students DO NOT have to read 3 books. This link is simply for the suggested reading list only.

SUPPLY LIST FOR SIXTH GRADE
2010-2011


Here is what you will need to start the year. Please replace these items as needed.
LABEL WITH NAME:

- 12 inch ruler - metric and standard units
-1-2 large soft pink (or other color) eraser
-1 pair of pointed scissors
- 1 pencil sharpener with container to hold shavings
-1 pkg. broad markers - one set of 8-10 colors
-1 pkg. thin markers (no more than 16 count)
-1 box of 24 crayons
-a calculator with basic functions
-1 pocket Dictionary
-4 single-subject spiral notebooks for the following subjects (please label):
1)Math, 2)Music, 3)Science, 4)Library
-1 accordian file with at least 9 sections
-( a flash drive for student computer work would be great if they have one, to transfer work
from school to home computers)

NO NAME NEEDED: (These will be shared so nothing fancy)
-1 large glue stick
-1 roll of scotch tape (with a dispenser)
-2 packages of college ruled binder paper (200 sheets each)
-1 24 count boxes of #2 pencils (please sharpen!)
-24 red ballpoint pens
- 24 black or blue ballpoint pens
-2 black Sharpies ( 1 fine point, 1 extra fine point)
-1 package of index cards (3x5)
-1 large package/box of hand wipes/baby wipes
-2 boxes of tissues

NO ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENERS OR WHITE-OUT, PLEASE.