Welcome to Ms. Thomas' 6th Grade Science Class
Sharon Thomas
Voicemail 609-654-4056 extension 8527
SIXTH GRADE AREAS OF STUDY in order
*Space Systems Explorations
*Structure & Function ( microscopes, classification, cells, biology)
*Electricity, Waves and Information Transfer
please notify me if your child is spending more than 20 minutes on any one homework assignment. Some of our kids try so hard to do the right thing and please the teacher, but 1 night of HW should never take an hour (if we assign something over 3-5 days, then each nt may require time = an hour). I encourage reinforcement of ideas and practice on short homeworks, I don't usually assign daily HW.
Our curriculum reflects the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. The curriculum was created by the Smithsonian Science Education Center and is called My Generation: Science and Technology Concepts for Middle School (STCMS). STCMS is a hands on, inquiry based program that integrates engineering and design throughout each unit.
