MCAS is Over!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You have completed all of the sessions of the 6th grade MCAS exams. You should feel very proud of yourself. Your teachers are all very proud of how hard you worked and how prepared you were. We want to take a few minutes to reflect on MCAS and all of your preparation.

Please answer the following questions. As always, make sure your answers represent your best 6th grade work.

1) What was the most helpful thing (or things) you did to successfully prepare for this year's MCAS exams?

2) What will you do differently to prepare for the MCAS?


3) What was the hardest part of the exams? (think of both ELA and Math)


4) What were the easiest parts of the exams? (again, both ELA and Math)


5) What else should your teachers know before we prepare a new group of students to take the MCAS again next year? (What should stay the same, what should be different, what you liked, what you didn't like, etc.)

Science and the Environment

Make sure to answer all questions with AT LEAST one complete 6th grade paragraph.


1) What would you suggest that the scientist do to prevent oil spills from happening in the future?


2) What do we use oil for? What can people do to prevent us from needing so much oil in the future?


3) Why do we need to prevent oil spills from happening in the future? What is the problem with oil spills on the environment?

Science Topics

What 2 or 3 topics in science are most interesting to you? Why? Why do you think these topics should be interesting to others? What information do you think would be most important for people to know about these topics? Use details from the videos you have watched and anything we have discussed this year in any of your classes.