Important Dates and Reminders

Oct. 27-   Student Pictures went home today! 

Nov. 2- Field Trip!  We're off to the University of Utah to see the show Blast! at Kingsbury Hall.  Following the show we'll take a tour of the campus.  The bus leaves Butler at 9:00am- don't be late!!  We should return to school by 1:45pm. 

Nov. 3-  Spelling Assignments Due.  Links to Spelling Words are posted on the right side of the blog.  Each student was given a Reading Practice Book this week.  The spelling words and assignments are located in the book.  This week we are working on "Climb or Die" words on pg.44, 45, 46, 47.   Additionally, the students were given a worksheet with 3 spelling assignments (practice test, choose 5 words to write in a complete sentence, and write your words 3 times each).

Nov. 3 & 4  -  Parent/Teacher Conferences.  A letter went home this week with a reminder of conference   time and date.  If you can't make it, contact Mrs. Bauman.   See you there!

Nov. 7-  Science Fair Project Proposal Assignment Due.  See Science Fair Info Below. 

Nov. 16th -  Field Trip!  6th Grade will be visiting the Miller Campus of Salt Lake Community College on Wednesday, November 16^th  for GIS Day. They’ll be learning about Geographic Information System technology, and about careers related to geo-spatial technology. We will be having lunch on campus if the weather is nice, or we will have lunch back in our classrooms if the weather is poor. Either way we’ll miss our scheduled lunch period so students will need a cold lunch. ON the note that went home, please indicate if you will supply one from home or purchase one from school.

Nov. 18-  Book Report Due    Fantasy or Science Fiction.  Please be reading from that genre. More info coming soon on the report format. 

Science Fair! 
Science Fair participation is required of all 6th grade students.  It will take place Feb. 1, 2012.  Parents will be given details of the timeline and project requirements at conferences. Students received a Science Fair Notebook that will serve as a revised copy of each step. In addition, students will need another folder or notebook to keep an excellent record of brainstorming, thought process, and revisions of each step. All students should be exploring science interests and topics now.  Project Proposal Sheet will be due Nov. 7. 

A few resources that may prove helpful:

Books from the library about science fair projects.

Science Buddies

http://www.slvsef.com/  (Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair)

We are also in the process of creating a blog dedicated to information for the Butler 5th and 6th Grade Science Fair. Here is the link to that.
School Science Fair Website


As a heads up,  here is a list of each portion and its respective due date.

Project Proposal due November 7th
Research due November 28th
Hypothesis & Materials due November 30th
Experimental Design due December 5th
Observations &Data Collection due January 14th
Graphing due January 16th
Analysis & Conclusions due January 18th
Display Board due January 27th
School Science Fair on February 1st-3rd