November 29, 2010 by Paige

Today was one of those days when I just couldn’t get myself out of my warm bed. It was another school day, on a Monday. Oh, boy! So I grabbed a biscuit, and headed outside to wait for the faithful bus.

It was so cold outside as I walked on the track, that I buttoned down my hat and had to keep walking just to keep my blood circulating. Hannah did the lunch count today. Then we did the Pledge of Allegiance when Mrs. Dux got back. After that, the crazily hectic day began.

First, we had reading in our schedule. In reading we went over the test we had taken, last week. Then Mrs. Dux read our Haiku’s. A Haiku is a Japanese poem that has 5 syllables for the first line then 7 syllables for the middle line, for the last line there is 5 syllables. My Haiku is: Sunrise signals day, Bright colors fill the wide sky, The day has begun. She made us type them on the computer and draw a picture to go with it. Even though we got an assignment, it was actually a pretty good reading class. Hopefully language arts would be as interesting as reading.

In language arts we went over our lesson 40 test. Then dreadfully, I realized that it was my turn again to do Roving again, so I grabbed the camera and a graphic organizer. Then as quick as a blink, it was time for science.

In science class we turned in our science books to pg. 377, and that’s when I found out that I had grabbed my social studies text book instead of my science book. I had to borrow a text book from Mrs. Hudson, the science teacher. After all today was a Monday. She gave out an assignment that everybody got done with. Then it was time for social studies.

In social studies we watched a movie on Egyptian pharaohs. Did you know that King Tut wore sandals made of gold? I don’t think those would have been the most comfortable shoes to wear. Once the smells of lunch got so great, and my stomach couldn’t stand one more minute, it was time for lunch.


Today’s lunch was Jeff rib on a bun. It wasn’t too bad! Then off to recess we went. If I had thought that this morning was cold, then it was like the tropics compared to what it had been like this morning. Recess lasted forever until the bell saved us from freezing.

Mrs. Dux read to us for 10-15 minutes, and then it was time for music. Once in music, we did an activity learning about what syllable went with what note and how many beats per measure they got. Then, in library we did keyboarding practice #6.

Then we had math. In math Mrs. Dux introduced a new lesson with patterns. With that introduction came an assignment. Then with a bit of excitement and curiosity, we headed off to spelling.


In spelling she gave out a lesson to do as an assignment, which I got completed. Then off to band I headed along with the other flute players.

After band was study hall. There was just enough time for me to print my Haiku before the bell sent off a chain reaction of students all making a mad dash for the door.

As far as Mondays go, today wasn’t too bad.

November 30, 2010 by Antonio

Woke up this morning feeling like P Diddy. Just kidding. I felt like I need two more hours of sleep, but that didn’t matter I had too school.

When I got there, we did what we usually do every morning, lunch count and the flag salute. So after we got done transitioning into reading, the class went over our unit test.

Holy funky monkey! It was already time for language arts. Mrs. Dux taught us about character sketches. What most people didn’t know was that she was going to make us start off with a G.O.
Once we got done walking from Mrs. Dux’s classroom to Mrs. Hudson’s, it was time for science. In science we went over a pretty interesting paper called graphing changes.

So after we got back from Mrs. Hudson’s, we played a game called Vocabulary Cards. It was a review on our social studies vocabulary words.


After I looked at the clock, it was time to go to lunch.

Once we got back, Mrs. Dux read this book called The Endless Step. But she only got to read two pages, because we had to go to P.E. and music.

When we got back, we had math all we really did was go over 3-4 practice.

And that’s pretty much it…….I’m Antonio, and I just took you through a day in sixth grade.

November 23, 2010 by Hannah

It’s hard to imagine how busy we are in 6th grade. I’ll tell you about a normal day starting at the beginning, and by the end, I’ll bet you’ll be as tired as I was.

After being dropped off at school at 8:10 and walking around the track in what felt like 100 F weather, I rushed inside to thaw my toes. Since Mrs. Dux was busy, she picked me to do the lunch count. We said the Pledge of Allegiance and hurried to our reading class.

In reading, we took the Reading Classics test, and then we learned what a haiku is. A haiku is a Japanese poem with three lines. The first line usually has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five again. Haikus do not have to rhyme. Here is an example:

Reading can be fun,
When you have your haikus done.
Off to language arts.


During language arts, we read each others’ roving reporter essays, except mine of course. (‘Y’ am I always last?)

Changing from language arts to science was like a solid changing to a liquid. The students were molecules getting up and moving to the science classroom. We learned that one way matter changes state is through heat. When I looked up at the clock, it was time for social studies.


As I walked into social studies class, I was thrilled to see we were watching a video on ancient Egypt. It transported us back to a time when pharaohs ruled and mummies walked the earth. No, that was some horror movie I watched. Our video didn’t have walking mummies, but it did have blood and guts. It showed us how Egyptians mummified bodies.

Next was lunch, and I could hear my stomach growling. I answered it with turkey gravy and mashed potatoes. There were a variety of flavors from sweet pumpkin pudding and corn, to tart cranberry Jell-o. After lunch, we usually go outside to recess, but since it was so cold, we stayed inside and played Twister.

When the recess bell rang, we went to our seats, ready for our teacher, Mrs. Dux, to read to us. We’ve been listening to a book about a Jewish girl in World War II. Just when Mrs. Dux got to the good part of the story, we had to stop, line up, and go to music.

After music, we went to PE. In PE, we started “Hoops for Heart”, a program to raise money for the American Heart Association. We found out that we would be starting a section on basketball.

When we came back from PE, we sat down for math. Math was the same as always – numbers, numbers, and more numbers. The only good thing was that Mrs. Dux let us redo the questions we had gotten wrong on our tests.

Spelling was the next subject, and it meant the school day was almost over. We did some fun Thanksgiving puzzles, and we were assigned a handwriting worksheet.


Finally, study hall gave us a chance to do some homework before marching off to band. We’re only just beginning to learn how to play our instruments, so there was no actual marching yet. But, we sure made a lot of noise with the whole band together.

Whew! I told you it was going to be a long day. After sitting through nine subjects, changing classrooms four times, and doing all the assignments, I could barely stay a…ZZZZZZZ.

November 22, 2010 by Megg

As I woke up to the sound of my alarm, I knew that it was going to be a very dreadful Monday morning. When I got to school, everyone was so tired. It looked like some of them were going to fall asleep right then on the sidewalk. People walked a few laps on the track, and then we headed inside for the nice warm, out of the oven, feeling of heat in our classrooms.

Once everyone unpacked their bags, we took lunch count. After that we said the Pledge of Allegiance. Then off to reading we went.

In reading, Mrs. Dux talked to us about a few things and then gave us our assignments which were a G.O. and workbook pages 73. After that, we went over some questions in our book from last week. I could hardly believe that it was already time for Reasoning and Writing.

In Reasoning and Writing we finished a test which wasn't too hard. Then when we got done, we could either work on other homework, read an A.R book, or study vocabulary on the Mac computers. (I chose to work on homework.) BRRRIIIINGGG rang the bell, and it was time for social studies.


When social studies began, we talked about some mummies we were going to be making on Wednesday. Mrs. Dux even showed us one that she had. It felt weird and stunk horribly. After that we drew on some papyrus that she had. We were so into drawing that we didn't even notice that it was time for spelling, so we left her room in a hurry.

In spelling, we wrote down a few sentences in our workbook. Then Mrs. McAllister let us do whatever we had to do for homework because some of the kids didn't get their homework done so they had to do it.

With stomachs growling like bears, we headed off to lunch. For lunch we had chicken nuggets, bread, peaches, and applesauce. That was delicious! During recess, some people played dodge ball, and others played basketball. But as for me, I built a sand castle with some sand on the ground. Frozen as we were, we finally headed inside for the warmth of the heaters.

After we got inside, Mrs. Mac read to us from Peppermints in the Parlor. Emily was trying to figure out what all had happened, like why Tillie's breath had the faint scent of a peppermint. She suddenly stopped and said “ Take out your math please.”


In math class, we put some answers into clickers from a worksheet we had to do. We also talked about pages 108 and 109 in our textbook. After that, we had our assignment, which was page 110 in our math books. Finally, math class was over so we went to music.

In music, we played some songs on the keyboards and had some free time to play around on them. It was then time for library.

In library, Mrs. Johnson read us a story that was about Thanksgiving. That class went by in a flash. It was science time.

When we got to science, we read and talked about pages 374 and 375. They were about boiling things. For our assignment we had to do question #1. It was finally time for study hall.

In study hall, I worked on some homework that I had. Then at 2:55, Natalie and I went to flute lessons with Mr. Luebbe. The bell rang so it was time to go home.


After a hard-working Monday finally came to an end, we were all ready to go home for the day. As we headed outside, kids were buzzing like bees everywhere. Today was a really good day.

November 19, 2010 by Shaye

“You’re going to miss this.” Sang my alarm clock. As I hopped out of bed, I remembered it was Friday! But not even that could cheer me up because all I wanted to do was go back to bed and sleep, though it’s good to have an education. So I got out of my pj’s. and put on a long sleeved shirt, a pink t-shirt, some skinny jeans, a pair of socks, and my black boots to complete my casual, as far as school goes, outfit. Next thing I knew I was chugging a glass of milk and finishing up my breakfast. Then I put on my book bag, headed for the door, said my goodbyes, and went to the end of the driveway to wait for the bus. Of course it was freezing, so I kept myself warm by walking in place because everyone needs a little exercise. Finally the bus was here, so I sat in my seat and headed off to school.

At school we walked on the track with usually the same people we walk with every day. Nothing changed much in the day. Except for Mrs. Dux being gone, everything seemed normal. Right as we were turning the corner, the bell rang, but I looked over to see Anthony racing to the finish line as if he was going to die if he didn’t get there in time. Scooping up my book bag, I walked to the school preparing myself for the best and the worst that can happen.

The first few minutes flew by! I couldn’t believe I was already in reading! In reading we did a weekly test with the vocabulary words also. I don’t think I did so well. After the test, we could have the choice of getting a laptop, so I went to get one. Of course it didn’t turn on. Second laptop…it didn’t turn on. So I asked Hannah what I could do, and she said to get one more. Third time’s a charm! Of course she was right; it finally worked! But after that it was time to transfer into language arts.

In language arts we did lesson 40 which was a test. It wasn’t too bad, but there were some things I was still a little unsure about. Oh my, already time for spelling?

Walking in to Mrs. Mac’s room smelled like cinnamon - No, cinnamon buns. I don’t know what it smelled like, but it made me hungry! In spelling we had to write the 2 most common spelling rules on a card. Then she assigned lesson 31. While I was getting out my spelling workbook, I quickly checked the clock, and it was time to head to homeroom for science.


Once I took my seat, she said to get out our colors. We had to color a meter about gas, liquid, and solids and answer 8 questions. Grumble, grumble went my tummy. Finally it was time for lunch!


We had a Jeff roll which is like a Runza. Teachers excused us and we headed out for recess. I played shark tag with my friends. Bring went the bell. It was time to go inside for Mrs. Hudson to read to us.

I listened to Mrs. Hudson read Peppermints In The Parlor. Then it was time for library.

In library we typed. See if you can type these 2 times under 10 seconds: had a fall; as a fall add; a sad dad fall; a dad dad;! Time always flies during library, and next was math.

In math we had to color pilgrims, and then Mrs. Hudson assigned 18-30 in our math book. I got it done in class, so it wasn’t too bad. Putting away my math, I checked the clock and saw it was almost time for social studies.

Packing up my books, I headed out the door with the rest of my class like a row of ducks. I took my seat, and Mrs. Welsch talked about papyrus, and how we were going to draw and color on it. I did my name which is really cool! It’s like drawing on bamboo, only better, I think? I also drew the lions of the horizon. “Okay, time to go,” Mrs. Welsch said. Heading towards the door, I couldn’t believe how fast time flew. Friday was coming to an end.

In study hall, we had fun Friday. We got a treat and finished up Pinocchio. The clock said 3:00. We still had a little time left which I used to finish up my science. Once I heard Mrs. Hudson say to start packing up, I gathered my homework, got my coat, and lined up. As we went through the double doors, kids ran up the ramp to get to their house. I went up to my bus, took my seat and prepared myself for the next destination…home.

November 18, 2010 by Natalie

I got out of the truck and heard the laughs of my friends playing around and telling stories of the past day. As I slowly walked to the track, I looked for my friends. When they had seen me, they rushed up to me to talk. They wondered where I had been for so long (I was sick for two days). As the bitter chill of the morning November day rushed up and down my legs, I walked and talked and was glad to be with friends! Ding! Well, that meant it was time to go inside.

When I got inside, I made sure I had all my homework from the past two days (I did). Then it was time to do lunch count; today’s lunch was country fried steak. When she called out my name to choose what I wanted for lunch, I hesitated to answer because I didn’t know what it was, so I told her to come back to me while I looked. I ended up choosing turkey sandwich pack because I don’t like steak. Next, Mrs. McAllister said “flag” which means to do the flag salute. Every one jumped up from their chairs and put their right hand over their heart. Then it began,
“I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.
Then, it was time for reading.

In reading, Mrs. Dux gave us partners to read “The Great Serum Race”. The story is about people in Nome, AK getting diphtheria so the doctor sent a plea for medication. Medication then was on its way, but the train couldn’t go all the way to Nome, so dog sled teams would have a relay to carry the serum to Nome. The serum gets there safely and is given to the people in need, and the people of Nome are saved thanks to the dog sled teams. After we read the story, we had to fill out an event worksheet on the story. Then, we had to do the comprehension check. Whoa, Time flies when you’re in reading. It was time for language arts!

In language arts we checked lesson 39. I still have to do it because I was gone. Then, it was time for social studies! What did I tell you? Time does fly!


In social studies we watched a video on Ancient Egypt! The video talked about mummies and pyramids. It showed us pictures of the mummies. It told us about the pyramid and the heavy stone blocks the Egyptians had used. Afterwards, it was time to go to spelling.

Barter, anaerobic those are just some of the words we used in spelling for L to J. After we wrote down the words for the definitions, we checked them. (I got 5 right.) Spelling went by faster than a herd of horses being chased by a mountain lion. Time for lunch!

At lunch I sat and talked to some of my friends until the teacher said it was time for recess! During recess I played on the monkey bars and the swings. Wow! We need a longer recess! That went by faster than light! Now, it was time for Mrs. McAllister to read to us.


When we got inside, instead of having her read, we played sparkle! I won one game! I like playing sparkle, but we had to have math.

First, we checked our paper. Then, we had a multiplication test. (I’m not very good at that.) After that, we had a math test! It was over the things we have studied the past few weeks. Next, it was time for music!

Music went by like a flash of lightning. (It usually does when you use the keyboards!) We practiced playing a song when all of a sudden, it was time for P.E.!

P.E. was amusing. We played Shark. When you play Shark, you sit on the floor with your legs under the parachute, and then the shark comes and tries to bring you under the parachute. If the shark does, then you will become a shark to! A lifeguard can come and save you. It was finally time to go to science!


We had Dr. Dave for science. He told us about earthquakes and how tectonic plates shift, and that is how we have earth quakes! The project we did was delicious. We took gram crackers and peanut butter and made houses to withstand an earthquake. The fun part was eating the house! Science went by like the speed of sound, and then it was time for study hall or band (if you are in band).

I’m in band, so as soon as I got into the classroom, I grabbed my flute and book then headed off to band. We had full band today, so it got a little noisy! We practiced and practiced until band was over, and then it was time to go home!


Everyone rushed into the classroom to grab their backpacks and homework to go home. The whole 6th grade rushed out like a lion chasing prey! Everyone was glad to be out, but pondered what wonder the next day would bring!

November 17, 2010 by Garret

When I woke up this morning, I thought it would be a normal day, although it proved to be a truly weird day. When I got to school, we did video exercises on account of rain. At the point that we needed exercise balls, we did it without them because we had none, although a classmate brought his own. Little did I know, this would set a chain reaction of strange happenings.

We got to the classroom and did the lunch count and pledge. Then at reading we came in and got hot cocoa! We had no idea why, but we knew to go with the flow. While drinking it, we talked about reading material we had to know.

At nine thirty, we went to reasoning and writing class. That class wasn’t too weird .We did our work from the book. After a while we went to social studies. Alot of days we have assignments or at least talk, but today we just watched a video about Egypt.


At ten thirty, we had a spelling test. Then afterwards we played a game named Sparkle. When the bell rang, we knew what time it was now. It was time for lunch.

Today’s lunch was cheesy enchilada. When everyone was done eating, we went out for recess. At the time we came in, our teacher read from “Peppermints in The Parlor”.

When it came to math, we check our assignment from the day before. Then we had the usual assignment .When math came to an end, we worked on art. Then we went to science.

For science we did an assignment where we took a piece of paper and changed its mass by cutting it.


At the end of science, current band members had band practice. Then we went home knowing we have school again tomorrow.

November 16,2010 by Justin

First, I woke up to my blaring alarm clock and headed for the shower. Then, I had a colossal, warm, fresh out of the oven cinnamon roll that felt like an explosion of flavor inside of my mouth.

Next, it was time to walk on the track in the crisp, cool, fall morning air before school starts. The bell rang and the freezing cold bodies walked into the school for the lunch count and flag salute. Today, we had a change of schedule. Instead of reading right away at 8:30, we had to go to the cafeteria to get our fingers scanned for the new biometric finger scanning system. While we waited for the other sixth grade classrooms to get done with that, Mrs. Dux read a story, The Endless Steppe, for her class only. Finally, the other classes were finished in the lunch room. It was time for reading.

Today in reading, we started 30 minutes late, then, we talked about word origins for our vocabulary that belong with our story this week. We didn’t quite get finished, so, guess what we get to do tomorrow? We’re going to finish our vocabulary practice.

It was time for our Reasoning and Writing class. We had to write two paragraphs that go with our lesson about the biggest living thing on Earth, which is a sequoia tree that is named, General Sherman. The tree is 272 feet tall and 80 feet around with bark that is 24 inches thick.

Next on my schedule is science class. First, we checked our worksheet from the previous day. Then, we learned about solids, liquids, gasses, and plasmas. Most of my class already knew about solids, liquids, and gasses, but almost nobody knew about plasmas, including myself. A plasma, such as gelatin is not a solid, or a liquid.


Then I was heading back to my homeroom (Mrs. Dux’s classroom) for social studies. For starters, we checked a page from our workbook. Then we visited Egypt through Google Earth. We saw pyramids and the sphinx, which has the body of a lion and the head of a human that was made by the Ancient Egyptians.

Finally, it was 11:00 and time for my number one subject, lunch. I ordered a delectable grilled chicken sandwich on pita bread. Off to the side, I had chocolate milk, bread with butter, and some delicious noodles.

After we ate for 15 minutes, it was time for recess. I played a sensational game of three on three basketball. It seemed like we just got out there when the bell rang and everyone raced to the lines on the blacktop to go inside.

Before we could go to music and P.E., Mrs. Dux read some more of, The Endless Steppe. Everyone sat in complete silence, listening for 10 minutes.

Then, everyone walked on the newly carpeted hallway to see Mr. Roby for music class. There, we played a game with mostly flats, but we had a couple of sharps. It was a two team game where two people went head to head. One person from each team tried to guess what the key signature was. The first person to get the question right got to shoot a ball into a trashcan for a certain amount of points (my team won!).


Next, Mrs. Hilton picked us up from music class and it was time for my favorite subject, P.E. Everyone ran five laps around the volleyball court and then stretched. It was time for the best part; everybody played an eye-popping game of kickball. Unfortunately, my team lost, but it was still a lot of fun. Then, we walked back across the parking lot to the school to get ready for math.

In math, we took several quizzes on Moodle, a website to do work online. Then, right in the middle of my second quiz, the fire alarm sounded with its irritating voice that would wake the dead (it almost made Mrs. Dux fall out of her chair). Everyone rushed outside to the blacktop with the other classes. Then Mr. Hippen said it was okay to go back inside. Thank goodness it was just a drill. Then I finished as fast, but as accurate as possible before it was time for spelling.

In spelling, we played my favorite game, sparkle. The first two times, Kadin and I were the last two standing. It must be pure luck because that was the first two times that I won in the whole year.

It was time for band where everyone brought their instruments because it was Tuesday. After band, I went back to my homeroom for study hall where I took one more math test.

Finally, school was over and I walked home with Blake and Brent. As you can see, today was an action packed, fun filled day with all of my friends. I’ll be back in 19 school days for roving reporter.

November 15, 2010 by Patrick

The wind was not whipping our faces for once, but it was still freezing; the temperature was only 33 degrees. Finally, the bell rang. It sang a song that cut though the air like a hot knife through butter.

We came in and the heat of the school started defrosting us immediately. Right after we emptied our homework from our book bags, we said the Pledge that has kept our nation together for years. The scrumptious food we were going to get to devour at lunch time today happened to be hamburgers and French fries.

The school day started with reading. We wrote as much as we knew about dog sledding on an index card. Then we watched videos about dog sledding and about the Great Serum Race. Dogs saved many lives in Nome, Alaska when they delivered the serum. Wow! Dogs really are man’s best friend. Next, we had a bathroom break and Reasoning and Writing.

We talked about an assignment we had that was about a kid that was messy. We had drawn pictures and wrote a descriptive paragraph. Then, we did Part A on Lesson 39.The next class was science.


We talked about matter that could have a specific color, taste, odor, or that has a boiling and freezing point, conduct electricity or can be mixed together. No homework yet. I had hoped that I could get through the morning with no homework.

Social studies was interesting as we talked about the ancient Nubians and Egyptians. But the no homework dream just died. Workbook page 21 was assigned. So I went to the tasty smelling cafeteria with the thought of my homework.

The hamburger was delicious and I ate it all. My full belly helped me play basketball better. But the bell rang ending the recess. The bell saved us from the cold in the morning, but it made recess come to a halt. The bell rings at the best and the worst times.


Next, we listen to The Endless Steppe. Then, we went to music. We played a game involving note names. My team lost. After that we went to the library and typed 20 lines. After we got done with that we checked out our books. Our next class was Math.

We watched several movies on graphs, mode, mean and median. Then we had to do 1-14 on pages 89 and 90. The last class of the day was spelling.

In spelling we handed in Lesson 28 and our handwriting worksheet. Then we wrote sentences and did Lesson 29. Study Hall finally came.
During study hall I worked on social studies but didn’t get done. So I got ready to take it home.

Students of all ages rushed out of the school doors. People rushed out like a flooding waterfall. Laughter was all around me as I prepared to walk home.

November 12, 2010 by Paul

Beep beep beep! The sound of my alarm clock woke me up Friday morning like usual. I dragged down stairs and ate a bowl of cereal before I knew it it time was for school.

At school we walked the track while Jack Frost nipped at our nose in the crisp morning. After the bell rang, we went to our rooms for the lunch count and flag salute. It was time for reading class.

In reading class, we took AR tests. We did this because every week we have a leveled reader we need to read and take an AR test on for a grade. Geeze it was already time for reasoning and writing.

In reasoning and writing, we talked about roving reporter. I was the next person to do it, so I got the trusty camera.


After a while we had spelling. In spelling we took an L to J quiz. Some of the words we had were props, greatest common factor, and Newton’s Law of Motion.

In science we also did an L to J quiz. After the quiz was over, we got in a discussion about exoskeletons and Mrs. Hudson showed us a tarantula’s exoskeleton. Then it was time for lunch.

We had homemade beef pizza for lunch. At recess I just moved around to stay warm.
Next it was time for library. We watched a video for Veteran’s Day. We had art after that and just watched Pinocchio.

After that we had math. In math we did a work sheet on bar graphs. I got done early, so I had some time to read my book.


The next class was social studies. In social studies we played a game. The game was about getting to the end so you could eat your m&m’s.

In study hall we watched Pinocchio for fun Friday. That is when you get all your work done and had no think times all week.


At the end of the day, instead of the waves of students like usual, there wasn’t as much due to the snowfall.

November 11, 2010 by Anthony

Today I heard my dad yell, “It’s time to get up.” I got my clothes and hopped in the shower, and then I went to school. First I got to breakfast and ate some pancakes. Next I socialized with my friends on the track. Then we went inside so Mrs. Mac could take lunch count and so we could say the pledge to the flag. Off to reading we went.


In reading we watched a video on life, studied hyperboles, and read a myth. We had an assignment: Is money the root of all evil? In this assignment we had to draw a graphic organizer on a piece of paper and explain why money is good in life. Next subject was language arts.

In language arts we went over yesterday’s worksheet about similes and discussed each other’s answers. We were assigned to color a picture and describe Clyde’s nasty bedroom. And then we went to social studies.

In social studies we studied about a very important day which is known as Veteran’s Day. Also we watched a video about Veteran’s Day. Then Mrs. Dux gave us a booklet on Veteran’s Day with attached worksheets. Then we went to science.

In science we watched a video on liquids, solids, and gases which are the three states of matter. With Bill Nye the Science Guy, we got a lot of information and stuff to do outside of school. Finally it was lunch and recess time.

For lunch I had macho nachos with mandarin oranges, wheat bread, and a bag of chips. At recess I played dodge ball with my friends Tanner, Blake, and Jared. After recess we had spelling.

In spelling, just like every Thursday, we had L to J. L to J is when we are tested on vocabulary words we learned in various classes. In L to J today I got 5 of the 10 words correct. After spelling, we had math. In math we played a head on head game testing your multiplication and division facts.

Next we would normally have music and PE but instead we went to the high school to watch a program. The program was a fairy tale about Robin Hood. My opinion on the program was that the acting was great and there was humor in the play. The bad part was that I had to sit on the ground and my back hurt.

After the program, we had just enough time for study hall. In study hall I worked on the graphic organizer that Mrs. Dux assigned to me and also the description of the bedroom paragraph.

I really enjoy doing Roving Reporter and I will see you in nineteen days.

November 10, 2010 by Tanner

To start out the day, we walked out on the tennis courts. It was a little nippy. After that we did the same thing we do every morning before regular classes, The Pledge of Allegiance and lunch count. I ordered chicken and noodles.

Next it was time to go to reading. We read Rumplestilkin’s daughter which was a pretty good book. After we read the book, we had to fill out a problem, attempt, and solution worksheet.

Wow, time flies! It was already time for Reasoning and Writing. For Reasoning and Writing we did a play using similes; it was fun. We had to do a similes worksheet for tomorrow.


Holy cow! It was already time for spelling. Today for spelling we took a spelling test to see who would be in the spelling bee.

After that it was time for science. We went over a worksheet and read out of our book. We had to do a weight worksheet. I finished mine.


It was like every minute we were changing subjects. It was time for lunch. We had chicken and noodles, yum! At recess I played an exciting game of dodge ball.

Next it was time for Mrs. Hudson to read Peppermints in the Parlor. It was a good book.

Then it was time for P.E. We played spider web; it was really fun.


After that we did writing. We had to do a story on what you would do if you had a million dollars. I put that I would donate 100,000 dollars to the local hospital and then give each of my family members 2,000 dollars. The last thing is to use the rest for college.

After a while we did math. We did a few things with line plots and frequency charts. Then we had to do a worksheet on them. It was time to transition into social studies.

For social studies, everybody who got their assignment done got to play a game. I was one of them.

Finally, it was time for study hall. I didn’t have very much, so I got it all done.

Yay, now it was time to go home.

November 9, 2010 by Mary

I woke up with the sound of my dad’s voice saying “Mary, get out of bed”! When I looked in the mirror I scared myself. After I ate my breakfast, I loaded into the van and headed off to school. I went to walk on the tennis courts, and when I stepped out, the warm smooth air came across me. At that moment, I knew nothing could ruin my day. After we walked for about fifteen minutes, we all cascaded down the stairs to head into school.

In reading we discussed vocabulary words and checked our papers. Once again Mrs.Dux talks about random things in her past and has trouble pronouncing Spanish words. Then we read Rumplestiltskin’s Daughter, which is a fairy tale which we also talked about. Then two people left and two people came.

What fruit am I? Well we guessed what fruit or vegetable we were. That sure made me hungry. We also handed in lesson thirty-seven in are books. We had fun in reasoning and writing, but then we had to go see what dendrite building activity Mrs. Hudson could give us today.


In science we discovered what we would weigh on different planets. We discovered that we don’t want to go Jupiter. After that she decided to gives more work, ugh. We also reviewed how to get density (mass over volume). Then we headed off to learn in social studies.

Egypt is one of the most interesting things to learn about in social studies. We reviewed again. We also talked about the tombs and everything that’s in the tombs and stuff like that. Then Mrs. Dux gave us three blank pieces of paper. We all stared at them. We finally discovered we have to fold them and cut them like a pyramid. Everyone kept glancing at the clock BRRRRRRRRRRIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGG went the bell to head off to lunch.


We had a sumptuous pork patty for lunch. We all scarfed down our lunch and ran to recess. During recess we had dodge ball, kickball, basketball, and shark. Shark is when one person is when one person is it and tries to tag somebody, but you (the shark) can only be on metal or rocks. When you tag someone you go up they go down. Then we went inside to go to music and P.E.

In music we jazzed up Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with accents on our keyboards. Then we lined up to go to P.E. Miss. Seibolt was back! Everyone was so surprised she was back! In P.E we played Leapfrog Tag and then played with stations.

And we were off to get the computers. The wonderful computers of all! On the computers we took a Moodle quiz and had to find everyone’s eye color. There was a lot of staring. Then we put the computers away and headed off to spelling.

In spelling we did lesson 27, but before that we had to get a talking to about neatness. It was not that interesting, but I knew it was important so I listened anyways. Then we headed to study hall.


There were many people who went to band that day, so it was a quiet study hall. Mrs. Dux had many people around her desk. She was so overwhelmed. Then finally the bell that many people love, rang.


We walked to the doors. Once every class was there, teachers opened the doors and tried not to get stomped on. Once the kids were out, we got to smell the fresh fall air and feel that soothing breeze. Everyone was so calm. Then we started heading to our cozy homes.

November 4, 2010 by Kianna

When I woke up this morning, I did my everyday routine and then headed to school. When I got to school, the 6th graders walked on the track for about 15 minutes. Then after the bell rang, we all went inside to take lunch count. After that we said the Pledge of Allegiance and headed off to reading class.
When I got to reading class, we graded a worksheet. After that we got another assignment for Friday, but it was simple, It was just a maze about saving elephants and rhinos. I got it done in class so I got to read for a little bit. Wow!! Time went by fast now it's already time for reasoning and writing.

In Reasoning and Writing Mrs. Dux, my teacher, just showed the class other roving reporters, so now I have decent ideas for my roving reporter. We also got one of our lessons back and looked at our grades. Now it is time to go to social studies.
In social studies we graded our Chapter 2 test over Mesopotamia. I thought the test was pretty simple. Mesopotamia is the land in between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. And we also learned about Egypt and the Egyptians. Then it was time to head off to spelling.
In spelling we did LtoJ which is when the sixth grade teachers pick 10 words out of the vocabulary packet and Mrs. McAllister gives LtoJ to all of the 6th grade. I got 7of 10 words correct. We also had a writing worksheet on the cursive letter Bb. Finally the best part of the day was Lunch Time!!!!!
Jefferson's school lunch was Italian Toasted Cheese and tomato soup, and it was good. After lunch we went to recess and I played on the tire swing. After the 2nd bell rang everyone ran to the lines to go back inside.

Afterwards we got a nice cool drink. After that Mrs. McAllister, my homeroom teacher, read to us for about 10 minutes. Afterwards it was time for math.
In math we did a bar graph with the # of skittles in a box and the colors of skittles. And it took the whole class period to do the assignment. Then we had to go to music.
In music all we did was practiced how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the keyboards. We had about five minutes left so we got exploration time which is when you get to do anything on the keyboards. Time flew by and it is already time for P.E. which stands for Physical Education.
In P.E. we played Bean Bag Dodge Ball. That is when you get bean bags and slide them on the floor and hit the other team below their knees. Then we went back to class and headed to science.

In science we had a scientist for Distance Learning. We did an experiment with the water cycle. First, we cut a water bottle in half. Then, we made polluted water, next, we took the top half and placed it upside down on the bottom half and taped it together, afterwards, we put paper towels and cotton balls in the top part to clog the hole. Finally, we dumped the polluted water in the top half and hopefully the junk gets stuck and the water makes it to the bottom half. Finally, it is time for study hall.
In study hall I worked on my Roving Reporter and my classmates worked on the other assignments through the day.
So that is our sixth grade day at Jefferson Intermediate School.

November 3, 2010 by Lilibeth

It all started early in the morning at 7:00 am. I didn't even want to get up. My back and my throat hurt, so before leaving, my mom gave me a cough drop and sooner or later my back would be okay. Off I went to school; my dad was driving me to school, so he dropped me off at the track to walk while the bell rang to finally start school.

After the bell rang, we went inside to get prepared for reading, language arts, and spelling. To start out with our day, we proudly said the Pledge of Allegiance. Then we split to reading. Today in reading we talked about helping others and feeling proud of it without getting paid. Our assignment was to read pages 180 through 185 in our reading text book.

Then when we went to spelling, we went over our homework from yesterday with Mrs. Mac. Then she picked up our papers. After that she told us that we were going to play Sparkle before we have our spelling test. This was like a review for us, so we got in a circle to play. The really lucky thing is that we had no homework but to study for our spelling test. Then it was time to go to language arts.

In language arts we handed in our sheet from yesterday. Then I found out that I was Roving Reporter today. I got surprised and happy at the same time. Then Mrs. Dux handed us a worksheet front and back. One of the pages said to describe a fruit or vegetable. We had to be a vegetable or a fruit and describe how we looked or tasted. The other side was knowing about descriptive paragraphs. We had to write down a descriptive paragraph that made more sense.


In science, Mrs. Hudson was talking to us about density. We also read about density in our science text book. Afterward, she handed out our assignment. It was a blank map Chapter 5 Lesson 3 Density. There wasn't really much homework to do but that worksheet. It was finally time for lunch.

During lunch we ate chili and cheese Yummm!!!. Then teachers started dismissing tables to go to recess. At recess I played kickball like always. Sometimes there are really good kickers on my team. And sometimes there are okay people, I’m one of the okay people that kick. I’m not that good. Afterward the bell rang and all the classes had to line up to go back inside. Next our class had P.E.

When we got to P.E, for warm up we first played Chinese freeze tag. After that we got back to bases and we stretched out. Then the P.E teacher put us in teams to play Dog Catcher. My team was Bailey, Paxton, Carson, and me. We chose the Rottweilers. After P.E was over we headed back to our class and started math.

Today in math we worked on mean, median, and mode. We talked about it and then Mrs. Hudson handed us a worksheet. Practice 2-2 median and mode. When I got done with math I packed up for social studies.

During social studies we got back our test. When we got our test back we had to get up and get our clickers. Then we had to click in our test answers. After we were done clicking them in, Mrs. Dux gave us a worksheet, Lesson Summary Chapter 3 Lesson 1, The Nile. Then we finally went back to our rooms.

Finally we had band or study hall. I didn't have band, so I got to stay in and do my homework. I only have social studies, reading, and language arts. Not too much.

Well my good fellows, that was it for me today. I really enjoyed being Roving Reporter. I had a great time, and hopefully I get to do it again some other day.