Homework change.

No math homework tonight! I decided to review some tricky stuff from the past.
Scholastic news and reading log due tomorrow.
Have a great night.
Ms M

Testing! Yikes!

Lots of news and updates:

We are doing our Language Arts Testing this week (hopefully Tues and Wed). I say hopefully because we had A LOT of kids out sick today so I may postpone if a lot are out tomorrow. I wanted to give a couple tips for testing. Make sure your students get enough rest the night before, a protein filled breakfast and are hydrated. No sugary foods or drinks right before. We will be taking it easy right after the tests and homework is very light this week. We are going to take a week off of testing next week and then do the Math on Monday the 11th and Tues the 12th.

We have couple important dates coming up:
*Wednesday May 6 at 12:30 (next wednesday) we are having a Planning meeting for the end of the year beach day and the promotion ceremony. We are encouraging all parents to help out with these.
*Thursday May 7 at 7pm is the Junior High parent information night.
*Wednesday May 13th is the Volunteer tea. Gives us a chance to honour all the wonderful parents that help out in our rooms.
*Wednesday May 20 6:30 is Open House.
*Thurs May 21 is the field trip to the Junior High
*Friday May 22 is International Games Field trip. Please let me know if you can drive for it and have your paperwork in the office for driving.
*Tuesday June 2 is the end of year Beach day celebration.
*Wednesday June 3 is the Promotion Ceremony. Not sure on the time.
*June 6 is last day of school.

Homework this week is very light:
Math: Monday 7.2.1, Thurs 7.2.2
No Vocabulary
Reading Logs: read every night, Reading logs on Friday
Scholastic News due Friday.

Wow. That was a lot. Hope the next month isn't too overwhelming. Happy May Day.
Fir

The case of the missing parent volunteers!

Has anyone seen my volunteers?

Wow. Having no one show up to volunteer really makes me appreciate how much help they are. I love you guys! Please come back. I apologize if I don't express my gratitude enough. Let me take this opportunity! Thank you so much for volunteering in my classroom. Please come back! I know we are all having the springitis disease but I neeeeed you. Love to you all and hope you had a great spring break.

Ms M

Welcome back!

I hope you all had lovely adventures on your break, even if that meant just relaxing at home.

*Lots of updates:

No Friday folders went home before spring break. Thought I would lessen the chance they would get forgotten or lost over break.

The Recognition Ceremony went very well on the last day of school. It felt very good to recognize more than just academic achievement. The winners in our room were:
Principals List: Maria, Breanna, Rachel, Hayley, Tana, Sarah R., Scott, Liza, Jacob W and Jasmine
Honour Roll: Giselle, Michaela, Jack, Adam, Ian, Jade Y, and Jake
Perfect Attendance: Ian
Citizenship: Mitchel, Zenia
Honorary Achievement: Jacob P
AR points: Liza and Breanna (Breanna wasn't recognized at the ceremony because of a mix up. Sorry, Breanna)

Testing starts next week. Make sure the kids get lots of rest this weekend and come on Monday well fed and watered.

There will be a letter this Friday regarding the end of the year field trip.

Homework:
Math: 6.3.3 and 6.4.2 Monday, 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 Tuesday, 7.1.3 Wednesday, Ch 6 review Thursday, Ch 6 test Friday
Social Studies Study Guide Ch 10 (India) due Thurs, Test Friday.
Reading Log due Friday
Scholastic News due Friday
Vocab:
Fallacy
Revolution
Circumference
Diameter
Radius
Expository
Combine
Independent
Acute
Obtuse

Have a great week!

Yay Spring Break next week!

We made it! Last week before spring break. What a marathon the last 2 months have been. I really appreciate the hard work of my students. Their work ethic and behavior have improved greatly since the end of the trimester. We don't have school this Friday and all next week.

We are having an appreciation ceremony this Thurs to honor the academic and effort of 4th, 5th and 6th grade. See last blog for details.

There have been a lot of questions regarding the final week of school and how the 6th grade plans to celebrate and say goodbye. There will be a letter drafted this week so look for it in the Friday folders.

I have found a lot of mistakes being made in my homework check in system. The system seems to be having SringBreakitis as well. I have changed the system so that every piece of homework is seen by my eyes. Hopefully, this will remedy the situation.

Speaking of Homework... This week:

Math: Mon 6.2.4, Tues 6.2.6, Wed 6.3.1
Writing: CREATIVE WRITING FINAL DRAFT due Wednesday
Social Studies: Mon read Pg 388/389 review questions 1-4, Tues read Pg 394/395 review question 2
Reading Log: due Friday
Scholastic News: due Friday
Vocab every night:
Disparity
Boycott
Assassination
Divergent
Convergent
Probability
Outcome
Obstacle
Civil
Boundary

Have a great week!

Hey Everyone

I just wanted to communicate about this week's friday folders. There is an invitation in there for the golf tournament/tennis/dance/dinner fundraiser, Boots and Buckles. Also, I was going to send home a progress report but had the students give it back to me because I found some mistakes on them (unfortunately, after I had handed them out). I will remedy the situation and have another report to you either next week or right after spring break. Unfortunately, the mistakes are on homework that was handed in and then sent home so I am not sure how to fix it. I will figure it out, though.

Also, we are going to have a ceremony honoring the honor roll and principal's list on Thurs right before Spring Break. We will also be handing out awards for perfect attendance, honorary achievement, citizenship and AR points.

Thanks, Ms McKusick