Cell Phones: Just a reminder that your child is allowed to bring his/her cell phone to school. Please remind your child that it must be put in their backpack while they are lining up in the morning and that their cell phone should not be out in the hallways after school. Once they leave the building they can take out their cell phone. Occasionally students will be allowed to use their cell phones for activities in class or to listen to music while working. There is no wireless connection for students in the building so if you do not want your child using your data please talk with your child and let me know. | Pillowcase Your child has been asked to bring in a pillowcase. It can be old or new but it will need to remain at school for the rest of the year. We will be putting them on the back of our chairs to hold our materials. Please send this in with your child ASAP. Thank you!! |
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We hope everyone had a nice weekend! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s homeroom teacher!
Reading This week in reading we will continue to work on establishing our daily reading routine. We will be practicing our daily rituals in reading and focusing on how to have appropriate conversations about our reading. We will also be discussing themes in texts and determining which themes are present in our mentor texts. Our mentor texts this week include:
Writing This week we will be learning how to write effective leads. Students will be choosing one of their previously written pieces to write three different leads for. This week we will also be learning how to elaborate on a specific scene in our writing. Towards the end of the week we will be revising the piece we’ve been working on throughout the week. Math Our goal this week in math is to learn how to calculate the distance between two points on a coordinate plane. We will also begin comparing and interpreting rational numbers Every night, your child should be working on IXL at home to practice these skills. Doing this daily will ensure your child completes his/her stations on time each week. This week’s IXL skills are all from 6th grade and include:
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Welcome back! Our school year is off to a great start in 6th grade! We hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday weekend! The newsletter blog will be updated weekly on Mondays and an email reminder will be sent so you know when to check it. The newsletter will contain information for the upcoming week, as well as special notes and important dates to remember. You can view your child’s nightly homework assignments on the homepage of the blog on the right-hand side of the page.
This year we will be setting a daily goal as a class. This goal will always be written in your child’s assignment notebook and is generated at the end of each day by a student-led discussion. Talk with your child about what he/she is doing at school to help the class achieve this goal! Reading This week in reading we will be establishing our daily reading routine. We will be practicing our daily rituals in reading and learning more about ourselves as readers. Each week we will have mentor texts that we read aloud together to learn more about our focus for the week. Our mentor texts this week include:
Writing Our first writing unit this year is personal narrative writing. Last week we spent many days creating lists of different things in our lives that are important to us. This week we will be looking at our pre-assessments and setting a goal for ourselves. Students will chose to either work on focusing on one topic and adding details, OR using dialogue to convey meaning and emotion. A newsletter for Unit 1 can be found by clicking here and a copy of it has gone home with your child (if you were unable to attend curriculum night). Math Our first unit in math has started this week and we are learning about rational numbers. This week, our primary focus is on understanding how positive and negative integers (numbers) are used in the real world. We will also begin to learn about absolute value. There will a quiz over this material next week on Tuesday! A newsletter for Unit 1 can be found by clicking here and a copy of it has gone home with your child (if you were unable to attend curriculum night). This is a great resource with vocabulary, videos, and examples for you and your child. Homework Policy Students should dedicate one hour of their afternoon/evening for learning. On average, students should expect about 30 minutes of homework plus the 30 minutes of reading time. Of course, there are exceptions where there are some children who may seem to have less or more than this average time. All homework is due at the beginning of the school day on the due date. Any homework that is turned in late or incomplete will result in a Homework Alert. This assignment must be completed and turned in by the next day with the Homework Alert. If the assignment and/or the Homework Alert is not turned in on the following day, a second Homework Alert will be given. After two Homework Alerts, an academic detention will need to be served. Because we all make mistakes, all students receive one “Eraser Pass” each quarter. This pass allows each student to make up a missing assignment without any consequences or alerts. Important Dates
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