Hi Students,
This week is short, but we will be busy. We will be taking our Spelling test on Friday in ELA and finishing up our discussion on Tuesday about the elements of a story. Soon we will be starting a new story to compare to "A Wrinkle in Time". We will start our unit on Persuasive Writing and work on grammar in our handbooks. This week's spelling words are listed below. We are moving up two levels this week, because everyone has shown improvements in Reading! Please visit online sites such as Spelling City to help you prepare for your test and improve in Word Recognition.

In Georgia Studies, we'll continue our discussion and lessons on the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, and the formation of our early government.

SS8H4 Students will describe the impact of events that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
a. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise the Articles.
b. Describe the role of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention of 1787; include the role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and reasons why Georgia ratified the new constitution

We will take a Unit Review test on Friday to practice for the CRCT.
I hope you enjoyed your day off and are ready to work on Tuesday! :)
Remember Saturday school is this Saturday. We will be making Prefixes/Suffix Dictionaries! :)
Mrs. Pastor
Spelling Words:admire love move though ought dough fright light sigh system

Online sites to visit:
ELA
Sixth Grade Spelling Words
http://www.clovisusd.k12.ca.us/century/Extras/6th%20Sight%20Words.pdf
www.spellingcity.com
6th grade assessments for ELA
http://www.vesd.net/curriculum/CGuides/G6_CG_A.pdf

GA Studies
bibbcsd.schoolwires.com/.../The_Georgia_Constitution.ppt
ushistory.pwnet.org/resources/pdf/USI7a.pdf
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/citizenship/billofrights.html
http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie2.html
Georgia Studies-Mr. Price
http://www.rockdale.k12.ga.us/personal/jprice/My%20Pages/Georgia%20Studies.aspx
http://www.clayton.k12.ga.us/2009Curriculum/Secd/Private/SocS/12AmGovt/Unit7.pdf

Georgia State Government diagram
http://a-s.clayton.edu/smattie/GAGovtDiagram.ppt