Students Classroom Pages Grade 6 - Miss Wefers
Grade 6 - Miss Wefers
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Welcome to Sixth Grade! I'm looking forward to my twenty-ninth sixth grade class! If you have any questions or concerns, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Miss Wefers teaches social studies to the fifth and sixth grades at St. Christopher. She loves history, current events, and the Boston Red Sox! |
6W Spring News  
Grade Six Social Studies ABC Books on European countries have been completed and presented to the class. Awesome job, everyone! Students researched a country in Europe and presented their information in the form of an alphabet book. They included their own illustrations and collected pictures on each page. We have been studying the Middle Ages in class. Students will work in small groups to create replicas of European castles made out of "junk" brought in from home. They will have 60 minutes to work together as a team and build their castles. Castles will be on display outside the classroom. Grade Five Social Studies ABC state posters have also arrived. Each student researched a particular state and presented their information, illustrations, and pictures on a poster. They were displayed in the hallway after students presented their findings to the class. Wonderful work, Grade Five! Fifth graders have been studying the Colonial Period in class.They completed some amazing illustrations of a New England Town or a Southern Plantation that will soon be decorating the walls. There are some great artists in this class! In Grade Six Religion we continue to study the Old Testament. We have also been working on Lenten activities. Each student illustrated one of the Stations of the Cross. We participate in this devotion every Friday with the whole school. We will complete a Lenten Project on Holy Week in the classroom to prepare for Easter. Sister Lorraine and Sister Elizabeth visit our classroom and share their knowledge with us to enrich this program. We thank Mrs. Emond for putting our spelling words on Spelling City so we can have some fun practicing our list words at home on our computers. Everyone read a children's classic and an award winning book in children's literature. We made up our own test and answer key's for the classic modeled after a typical social studies and literature test. We also made huge paper dolls depicting some very famous characters in children's literature. We also made our own awards in the form of trophies, medals, or certificates for the award winning books. Currently we are all reading a non-fiction book on a particular event in history. The last round of Social Studies Jeopardy will be held this Friday. Then we will have the three winners in each class. They will compete against each other at the end of April to determine who will be in the Tournament of Champions to be held in June. We certainly have been very busy. We are looking forward to the better weather ! The playground has reopened and the four-square games, footballs, and basketballs are back! Students are getting excited about the school play in April. They have been practicing all year for this big event. Happy Spring! Happy Easter! Miss Wefers |
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The 6th grade had a special visitor on Thursday, January 7th. Midshipmen Second Class Rex Atwood visited the class and told us about his experiences with the Naval Academy. His goal is to be a trauma surgeon and he is studying chemistry. We were able to hear about all the exciting places he has been able to visit during his three years at the Academy. We saw pictures of Wyoming, a sailing trip from New York to Rhode Island, leaving from the Chesapeake Bay. Since he is in the choir at the Academy, he sang at the Obama Inaugural Ceremony and at every Navy football game. He also spent 42 days on a submarine and few days on an aircraft carrier. He has been to Turkey, Rome, and Nigeria, to name a few of his travels. He kept us entertained with pictures and a question/answer period.