St. Mary Magdalen School
9 Sharpley Road
Wilmington, DE 

Spring Uniform Starts this Monday, March 28th

See below for updates to the calendar for 6th grade

Welcome to 6A        
St. Mary Magdalen School  2021-2022
 
Thank you for all of your continued support. Please know that our greatest goal is to keep the children and families safe, as well as provide quality education.

Let us continue together as we are called to be
   Companions on the Journey with our Diocesean theme this school year 2021-2022.

      School Mission Statement
St. Mary Magdalen School, in partnership with parents, parish, and community, seeks to nurture, develop, and educate the whole child by faithfully carrying out the example of Christ through education, service, and worship.
 

                                                   
 Be sure to check out the Newsletter link to the left!

6A Specials for 2021-2022

Monday- ART
Tuesday- SPANISH

• Wednesday- GYM 
• Thursday- MUSIC
•           Friday- Library/Media

 
Students' Daily Schedule
   1.  8:05-8:48 Language Arts
   2.  8:48-9:31 Language Arts
   3.  9:31-10:14 Language Arts
   4. 10:14-10:57 Specials
   5. 10:57-11:45 Math
   6. 11:45-12:31 Lunch/recess
   7. 12:31-1:14 Social Studies
   8. 1:14-1:58 Science
   9. 1:58-2:42 Religion

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What's on the calendar for 6th grade?

• Next week we have STAR testing on Wed.18th and Friday 20th per the letter you received
• Monday, May 16th We have our May Crowning Ceremony at 1:20 (see newsletter for details)
• Tuesday, May 17th Vocabulary Workshop Test Unit 14
• Wednesday, May 18th STAR testing Reading
• Friday, May 20th STAR testing MATH morning
•         Also Friday, May 20th 1:45 Blessing of the Babies (see newsletter for details)
• Did you order your Chick-fil-A? (see newsletter for details and deadlines)
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A Note from the Principal

Dear SMM Families,    

This is a reminder that any birthday treat that is sent to school must be store-bought and pre-packaged. This has been policy since the beginning of the school year and was not implemented solely as a COVID-19 precaution. This is meant to protect our students with known and unknown food allergies. An ingredient list on any treat brought in is very important if any allergy-related questions should arise. This will remain in effect for the remainder of the school year and, at this time, will remain in the handbook for the 2022-2023 school year.

                                                                                                 

READING: Journeys series
  We will be continuing with the Journeys series that the children are familiar with since first grade. 
                                                            
There are some changes in 6th grade, as we are a bridge year to the Middle School program.
We will be focusing on Reading skills, as well as the selection in the text. We do not use the workbook or the spelling words in the Journeys series. 

(The Journeys series is available in an online version.)

 Reading: The story "Number The Stars" NOT a tested story, but an important topic.

GRAMMAR: Houghton Mifflin English series

In 6th grade, we use a separate text called   English; we often refer to it as Grammar.
It is a familiar series in its format of examples for the practice exercises. We do have separate English tests for grammar; they are not part of the Reading test
Grammar Review Units work

 

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Vocabulary Workshop Book
In 6th grade, we use the   Vocabulary Workshop series that begins in the 6th-grade level and is also used in 7th and 8th grade, as well as many of the surrounding high school programs.
The focus is on improving vocabulary and building a robust base for writing. 
The tests will focus on Vocabulary usage, rather than Spelling.
As the students increase their vocabulary skills, they also increase their reading comprehension.
We have been working on Unit 14
The test is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17th



Writing
We see writing as a skill that needs to be reinforced, developed, and practiced throughout the curriculum. Some writing assignments will be cross-curricular. For example, the students may do a writing assignment or research in Religion and it will receive a grade that counts both in Religion and in Writing. We stress the need for the students to use their skills in an integrated manner as they become more independent students.

• We have been working on our 6A book.
•     We are learning about Medieval Sonnets and we work on writing an original sonnet, too!

Social Studies: A History of the World McGraw Hill series
We are entering Medieval Times   A.D. 495- 1465
We have moved into Chapter19 about Medieval Times.
We have worked through Lesson One and are just beginning Lesson 2
Keep your notes and answers in order...a follow-up exercise is just around the corner.

6th grade Social Studies covers Ancient Cultures.
This is the order we usually cover the civilizations.
Pre-history, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, China, Ancient African cultures, Carthage,
  Roman Empire, Invasion of the Barbarians, Medieval Ages, the Rennaissance.

   

NOTE: We do NOT do the whole textbook; we only do the 12 civilizations listed!
This is an introduction, not an in-depth study.



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Religion- We Believe series
   We are working on Learning about the Israelites return to the Promised Land with Joshua as their leader 


And we are working on our theme Companions on the Journey with the Spiritual Works of Mercy and the Prayer of St. Francis as our prayer of the year.