FANTASTIC FALCON REQUIREMENTS – SIXTH GRADE
Students must successfully earn 15 points from these requirements.
Give evidence of meeting the requirement to the home base teacher by May 18 unless otherwise indicated.
_____ 1. Follow ALL Elk Meadows, Sixth Grade, and individual classroom rules.
_____ 2. Receive no ‘NI’s on the Work and Social Skills area of the Report Card.
Term one _____ Term two _____ Term three _____
_____ 3. Receive all ‘E’s on the Work and Social Skills area of the Report Card.
Term one _____ Term two _____ Term three _____
_____ 4. Attend Fall AND Spring Parent Teacher Conferences with your parents.
Fall _____ Spring _____
_____ 5. Receive all ‘A’s in the Letter Grade area of the Report Card.
Term one _____ Term two _____ Term three _____
_____ 6. Earn being on the Sixth Grade Honor Roll on the academic portion of the Report Card.
Term one _____ Term two _____ Term three _____
_____ 7. Perform 10 service hours for Elk Meadows Elementary, a sixth grade teacher, or another teacher at
school. SERVICE ACTIVITIES MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY YOUR TEACHER! You must document your hours and have it signed by the teacher or school person you helped.
_____ 8. Participate in an organized physical activity (dance, gymnastics, soccer, basketball, football, etc.).
See your teacher in advance for a record sheet. You must document 10 hours and have it signed by
your coach or instructor.
_____ 9. Participate in an organized cultural activity (art, voice, theater, musical instrument, etc.). See your teacher in advance for a record sheet. You must document 10 hours and have it signed by your coach or instructor.
_____ 10. Pass a multiplication timed drill (100 facts in less than 3 minutes with 95% accuracy).
_____ 11. Pass a division timed drill (100 facts in less than 3 minutes with 95% accuracy).
_____ 12. Enter the PTA sponsored Reflections contest. Show your project to your teacher before entering.
_____ 13. Complete ALL Keyboarding for Kids (KBK) lessons with 3 scores per line of 28 wpm or higher.
_____ 14. (3) Earn the World Passport Award. See Ms. King for requirements.
_____ 15. (2) Complete one book report from six of the following eight genres: biography, realistic fiction,
adventure, mystery, historical or historical fiction, fantasy or folk tale, animals or
sports, science fiction, or reference. See Mrs. Vigil for book report form.
_____ 16. (3) Complete the Math Vocabulary packet due to Mrs. Bailey by April 27.
____ 17. (2) Complete the handwriting booklet by January 6. It must meet the standards listed on the
first page of the booklet. Turn in to Mrs. Packard.
_____ 18. Memorize and recite before your class a 200-word poem. Poem MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY
YOUR TEACHER.
_____ 19. Represent your class in the Sixth Grade Spelling Bee.
_____ 20. Represent your class in the Sixth Grade Geography Bee.
_____ 21. (2) Participate in the Sixth Grade Science Fair. TOPIC MUST BE PRE-APPROVED BY Mrs.
Boehme/Coombs in December. No late projects. Curriculum topics include Phases of the Moon, Earth’s Axis and Seasons, Solar System, Universe, Microorganisms, Heat, Light, or Sound. Requirements will be presented and demonstrated in class. Projects due on February 16.
_____ 22. Earn the Sixth Grade Responsibility Award. To earn this award, you must receive 30 or fewer marks
on your RC during the entire year, and you cannot lose more than 2 cards. A note from a parent does not replace a lost RC for this award.
_____ 23. Have fewer than 6 absences during the year. This DOES include vacations and educational leave.
_____ 25. Set and fulfill your own challenging and measurable goal for sixth grade. GOAL MUST BE PRE-
APPROVED BY YOUR TEACHER. Goal must be set and approved by the teacher before Christmas and evidence of completion turned in before the end of May.
_____ 26. Submit at least 5 essays on the Character Trait of the month to Mrs. Packard. Each essay
needs to be handwritten and at least one page long. If you skip lines, the essay needs to be at least two pages long.
_____ 27. Pass a 1-minute keyboarding timed test at 35 wpm with no more than 3 errors.
_____ 28. Write four additional essays in the following writing forms: personal narrative, description,
how-to, and persuasive. You must have an edited rough draft and published copy to turn in.
Published copy must be at least one page typed, double-spaced, in 12 point font. All essays due
by March 23.
_____ 29. Create a PowerPoint Presentation on one of the following artists: Maynard Dixon, Auguste
Renoir, El Greco, Henri Matisse, Francisco de Goya, or Andrew Wyeth. Presentation must be
a minimum of 10 slides containing information about the artist’s life and works. No nude art.
_____ 30. Actively participate in Safety Patrol. Attendance at all required meetings or assignments
verified by the adult in charge.
_____ 31. Fully participate in the Extensions Class taught by Ms. King.
_____ 32. Actively participate in Student Council. Attendance at all required meetings or assignments
verified by the adult in charge.
