Welcome Note

Welcome to the 6th Grade Page! Each post below pertains to something the class is currently working on, or something they will be learning about within the week. Homework for the week will be posted on or before every Monday.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Yard Sale and Goodwill Fundraiser!!!

THIS WEEK SATURDAY!!!  Please donate your gently used items for our Yard Sale!!  Any items not sold will be donated to Goodwill.  






Any uneeded stuff lying around your house to our "Yard Sale" to raise money for our class trips!!
  • Clothes, shoes, baby clothes, hats, accessories
  • Books, DVD's, CD's, Shelves
  • Electronics, tools, small furniture
  • Toys, bikes, sports equipment
NO LARGE FURNITURE PLEASE

Items may be dropped off at the school as early as TODAY!!!!! Get rid of all that needed stuff!!!!

Monday, February 9, 2015

Spelling List: Week 20 List 20

Spelling and Vocabulary List-
***Please copy your list words three or more times,and your definitions twice for ALL Monday homework assignments***
Spelling List:

  1. vacate- to leave
  2. evacuate- to remove from a dangerous area
  3. vacant- empty
  4. diversion- a turning aside from a course or activity; a pastime
  5. introvert- to turn inward; a person who concentrates mostly on his own thoughts and feelings
  6. extrovert- to turn outward; a person who is outgoing and interested in others
  7. versatile- able to turn from one thing to another easily; having several skills
  8. adversary- an opponent or enemy
  9. exceed- to be more; to be greater than
  10. extension- an extra part or addition
  11. excessive- too much; more than enough
  12. expanded- made larger
  13. external- having to do with the outside
  14. exempt- free from obligation or duty
  15. exterminate- to completely destroy
  16. defenseless- without protection
  17. fruitless- without profit; unsuccessful; having no results
  18. needless-unnecessary
  19. powerless- without power; helpless
  20. peerless- without an equal; matchless

Monday, February 2, 2015

Spelling List: Week 19 List 19

Spelling and Vocabulary List-
***Please copy your list words three or more times,and your definitions twice for ALL Monday homework assignments***
Spelling List:

  1. vocation- a special calling; one's occupation
  2. convocation- a special assembly or meeting
  3. evoke- to call forth; to draw forth
  4. provoked- stirred into action; irritated
  5. revoked- repealed; canceled
  6. advocate- a person who pleads for the cause of another; a lawyer
  7. vocal- oral; uttered by the voice
  8. unify- to combine into one
  9. unilateral- one-sided
  10. permanent- lasting
  11. perforate- to make holes through
  12. extravagant- too much; wasteful
  13. extracurricular- outside the regular course of study
  14. percentage- a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
  15. juvenile- pertaining to young people
Reading Vocabulary:
  1. dubious- doubtful; uncertain; questionable
  2. morass- a wet, swampy bog; something that traps and confuses
  3. deft-skillful; nimble
  4. paltry- ridiculously or insultingly small