In Social Studies, we just completed our study of the Rise of Rome—we will now turn our focus on the civilization/culture of Rome along with its collapse. Students got/will get their scores from the Chapter 8 Test (today and tomorrow). I had them write the following information in the bottom right rectangle of their assignment book:
Chapter 8 Folder Score ___/100
Chapter 8 Folder Grade ___
Chapter 8 Test Score ____/100
Chapter 8 Test Grade ____
Teacher’s Initials ____
I checked the information in their assignment books and then initialed them. If they did not have their assignment book they had to write the above information on a separate sheet of paper. This way you can see their test and folder score/grade.
Students were handed information today/tomorrow about their Wonders of the Ancient World Mini-Project that will be presented on Monday (5-10-10) for blue classes and on Tuesday (5-11-10) for gold classes. The information sheet is attached. Students need to begin completing the written and visual parts of the project as they prepare for their presentations. I can’t wait to see what creative and interesting projects come out of the assignment!
In Communication Arts, Mrs. McFarland was so pleased to represent Carver at the Language Arts Fair at Willard High School this past Saturday. All of our students' pieces of writing were award winning projects. Carver has some very exceptional writers and she foresees some budding authors coming from Carver. In fact in the new Voices From The Middle Book that Mrs. Kraft, one of eighth grade teachers compiles and publishes, we have two sixth grade entries and they are by Sammy Gardner and Autumn Nelson. Wonderful job girls! This week's spelling words are themed around human behavior. They include: aimless, charity, coy, decency, fret, gesture, impolite, insistent, jostle, miser, mournful, nag, quirk, resourceful, routine, sheepish, tidy, unruly, vivacious, and wince. The gold classes will test on Thursday 4/29 and the blue classes will test Friday 4/30. All students should have completed their exercises 1 and 2 on the back of the worksheet. We will check them Monday and Tuesday. Every class in Communication Arts is being started with bell work now. The bell work includes a writing or grammar related activity. The bell work is to be done in class and it should only take the students about 20 minutes to complete. Some of our students are not completing these as required, and it will affect their quarter grade if they are slacking off with the bell work. Please encourage your child to keep working until the last day of school. There are so many learning activities that they can benefit from these last few weeks. Mrs. McFarland wishes to thank all of you for your kind comments and e-mails regarding her being a teacher of the year finalist. It has been a pleasure for her to be able to teach all those sixth graders for the last thirty years! She plans on thirty more wonderful years!
In Math, we are studying circles and percentages this week. Students should have homework each time they have class. Remember, no credit will be given if students do not show their work on the homework assignment. Students worked really hard on fractions and integers; we will probably be testing next week. We will also be doing our final round of online testing in the next couple of weeks.
In Science, the students have begun their investigation of the planets in our solar system. At this time, the students have been investigating the planets by comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the planets. The majority of their grade in this unit will be derived from their completed “Planet Packet”. The students will be given several worksheets and lab sheets to be completed in class and organized in a specific order to be turned in for a grade towards the end of the unit. I will help the students organize the papers before they are turned in for grading. The papers they have received so far are posted on the white board in my room so if they’ve been absent, they will know what papers to add to their packet. Their will not be many grades recorded in the STI system until the planet packet is completed and graded.
In Reading Exploratory, please make sure that your student is reading 100 minutes per week, writing three complete summaries, and having you sign the Reading Log (attached). Please have students proofread and edit their summaries if it is not their best work. There will be a reading log due every Friday.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Paws Team Update
Reminder, there will be no school for students on Friday (4-23-10)
In Social Studies, we are completing our study of Ancient Rome. The test/folder over Chapter 8 will be taken/due on Wednesday (4-21-10) for blue classes and on Thursday (4-22-10) for gold classes.
Chapter 8 Folder-100 points
Ch. 8 Sec 1- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 2- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 3- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 4- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Study Guide- 10 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Jeopardy- 10 points
Please look on the back of your student’s worksheets to see the activities that we have completed in class. Students may use the 10 terms on the bottom of the study guide on the test. They need to write the terms and definitions/descriptions on a separate sheet of paper.
If you would like the answers to the review to help your student prepare for the test—just e-mail me back and I will send them to you.
In Communication Arts, we say congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2010 Language Arts Department Fair. Their pieces of writing have been considered outstanding and were worthy of entering in this year’s LAD Fair. We are so proud of their efforts. The LAD Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 24, 2010 and will be held at Willard High School. The time of the fair is set for 7:30am to 11:30am and you are invited to attend and see all the entries for the Southwest Mo. Area. It is not mandatory to attend, but it is a very impressive event and we think your child will appreciate their accomplishments at a greater depth if they see all of the other entries submitted. Mrs. McFarland will be attending and officiating over the Spelling Bee this year. She hopes very much to see you there. Feel free to browse through the entire event and make sure to find your child’s category and entry. She will be taking the entries home after the event to give back to the students.
These students had pieces of writing entered in the 2010 LAD Fair:
Book Reports – Ginny Davison, Aki Fong, Arylle Kathcart, Kevin Lewis
Description of Mood – Merrick Altis, Sammy Gardner, Sabrina Steffins, Paige Wilcox
Description of a Person – Payton McDaniel, Haylie Kiser, Autumn Nelson
Description of a Place – Sammy Gardner
Description of an Object or Thing – Cassidy Evans, Madisson Terry, Austin Tyler
Essay With Original Photos – Cassie Curtis
Journal/Diary Fictional – Sammy Gardner, Haylie Kiser, Noah Tews, Izzy Yandell
Original Literature Related Newspaper – Aki Fong, Sammy Gardner, Kevin Jean, Aqila Johnson
Narration – Aki Fong, Brayden Jones
Personal Experience Narrative – Courtney Cummins, Ashton Hawkins, Alexis Lambeth, Hailee Pederson
Persuasion – Kyle Brown, Sammy Gardner, Jimmy Gove, Kylie Meeker
Short Story – Kyle Brown, Molly Eagan, Aki Fong, Brayden Jones
These students’ pieces of writing received awards:
Merrick Altis – 1st Place Description of Mood
Cassie Curtis – 1st Place Essay With Original Photos
Aki Fong – 3rd Place Original Literature Related Newspaper
Sammy Gardner – 1st Place Description of Mood, 3rd Place Journal/Diary Fictional, 3rd Place Persuasion, Honorable Mention Description of Mood
Sabrina Steffins – 3rd Place Description of Mood
Paige Wilcox – 2nd Place Description of Mood
Congratulations to everyone who participated!
In Mathematics, we have a student teacher, Ms. Eutsler, for math class during the month of April, and she is doing a wonderful job. We are studying multiplication and division of fractions, and operations of integers this week. On-line testing is coming up soon, so we will also be reviewing basic skills.
In Science, we are continuing our study of the planets and the solar system. Students are working in class on assignments and notes.
In Reading Exploratory, please make sure that your student is reading 100 minutes per week, writing three complete summaries, and having you sign the Reading Log (attached). Please have students proofread and edit their summaries if it is not their best work. This week’s reading log will be due on Thursday because there is no school on Friday.
In Social Studies, we are completing our study of Ancient Rome. The test/folder over Chapter 8 will be taken/due on Wednesday (4-21-10) for blue classes and on Thursday (4-22-10) for gold classes.
Chapter 8 Folder-100 points
Ch. 8 Sec 1- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 2- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 3- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Sec 4- 20 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Study Guide- 10 points (attached)
Ch. 8 Jeopardy- 10 points
Please look on the back of your student’s worksheets to see the activities that we have completed in class. Students may use the 10 terms on the bottom of the study guide on the test. They need to write the terms and definitions/descriptions on a separate sheet of paper.
If you would like the answers to the review to help your student prepare for the test—just e-mail me back and I will send them to you.
In Communication Arts, we say congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2010 Language Arts Department Fair. Their pieces of writing have been considered outstanding and were worthy of entering in this year’s LAD Fair. We are so proud of their efforts. The LAD Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 24, 2010 and will be held at Willard High School. The time of the fair is set for 7:30am to 11:30am and you are invited to attend and see all the entries for the Southwest Mo. Area. It is not mandatory to attend, but it is a very impressive event and we think your child will appreciate their accomplishments at a greater depth if they see all of the other entries submitted. Mrs. McFarland will be attending and officiating over the Spelling Bee this year. She hopes very much to see you there. Feel free to browse through the entire event and make sure to find your child’s category and entry. She will be taking the entries home after the event to give back to the students.
These students had pieces of writing entered in the 2010 LAD Fair:
Book Reports – Ginny Davison, Aki Fong, Arylle Kathcart, Kevin Lewis
Description of Mood – Merrick Altis, Sammy Gardner, Sabrina Steffins, Paige Wilcox
Description of a Person – Payton McDaniel, Haylie Kiser, Autumn Nelson
Description of a Place – Sammy Gardner
Description of an Object or Thing – Cassidy Evans, Madisson Terry, Austin Tyler
Essay With Original Photos – Cassie Curtis
Journal/Diary Fictional – Sammy Gardner, Haylie Kiser, Noah Tews, Izzy Yandell
Original Literature Related Newspaper – Aki Fong, Sammy Gardner, Kevin Jean, Aqila Johnson
Narration – Aki Fong, Brayden Jones
Personal Experience Narrative – Courtney Cummins, Ashton Hawkins, Alexis Lambeth, Hailee Pederson
Persuasion – Kyle Brown, Sammy Gardner, Jimmy Gove, Kylie Meeker
Short Story – Kyle Brown, Molly Eagan, Aki Fong, Brayden Jones
These students’ pieces of writing received awards:
Merrick Altis – 1st Place Description of Mood
Cassie Curtis – 1st Place Essay With Original Photos
Aki Fong – 3rd Place Original Literature Related Newspaper
Sammy Gardner – 1st Place Description of Mood, 3rd Place Journal/Diary Fictional, 3rd Place Persuasion, Honorable Mention Description of Mood
Sabrina Steffins – 3rd Place Description of Mood
Paige Wilcox – 2nd Place Description of Mood
Congratulations to everyone who participated!
In Mathematics, we have a student teacher, Ms. Eutsler, for math class during the month of April, and she is doing a wonderful job. We are studying multiplication and division of fractions, and operations of integers this week. On-line testing is coming up soon, so we will also be reviewing basic skills.
In Science, we are continuing our study of the planets and the solar system. Students are working in class on assignments and notes.
In Reading Exploratory, please make sure that your student is reading 100 minutes per week, writing three complete summaries, and having you sign the Reading Log (attached). Please have students proofread and edit their summaries if it is not their best work. This week’s reading log will be due on Thursday because there is no school on Friday.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Paws Team Update
In Social Studies, we are continuing our study of Ancient Rome. The test/folder over Chapter 8 will be taken/due on Wednesday (4-21-10) for blue classes and on Thursday (4-22-10) for gold classes. The students will again have homework each time they have class. It should only take them about 10 minutes to complete the work. There are several students coming to class without the textbook. If your student comes to class without the textbook I am going to have them call a parent/guardian to serve as a reminder to bring the textbook to class. Please replenish supplies as we get ready to complete the fourth quarter—paper and pencils.
Tuesday/Wednesday-Chapter 8 Section 4 (homework)
Thursday/Friday-Chapter 8 Study Guide (homework)
Monday/Tuesday-Chapter 8 Jeopardy (In class/no homework)
Wednesday/Thursday-Chapter 8 folder/test
In Communication Arts, the students are working on writing poetry and have a poem on sports due this week. They are also reading a science fiction story from the Literature book called, "All Summer In A Day" and have some activities to finish that go with the story. Several students have told Mrs. McFarland that they have lost their $75 Literature book. Please check with your child and make sure they have their book. These are very expensive textbooks and we do not want to have to students pay $75 for a lost book.
The book fair is this week (Tuesday-Friday). Students will get a chance to visit the book fair during Communication Arts class. The pricing will be buy one and get one half-price.
In Mathematics, we will be going back to chapter 5 and studying multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers. Students will need to get back in the routine of having homework after each class. They did an excellent job on the MAP and I was very proud of them!
In Science, we are beginning our study of the planets and the solar system. Students are working in class on assignments and notes.
In Reading Exploratory, please make sure that your student is reading 100 minutes per week, writing three complete summaries, and having you sign the Reading Log (attached). Please have students proofread and edit their summaries if it is not their best work. There will be a reading log due every Friday.
Tuesday/Wednesday-Chapter 8 Section 4 (homework)
Thursday/Friday-Chapter 8 Study Guide (homework)
Monday/Tuesday-Chapter 8 Jeopardy (In class/no homework)
Wednesday/Thursday-Chapter 8 folder/test
In Communication Arts, the students are working on writing poetry and have a poem on sports due this week. They are also reading a science fiction story from the Literature book called, "All Summer In A Day" and have some activities to finish that go with the story. Several students have told Mrs. McFarland that they have lost their $75 Literature book. Please check with your child and make sure they have their book. These are very expensive textbooks and we do not want to have to students pay $75 for a lost book.
The book fair is this week (Tuesday-Friday). Students will get a chance to visit the book fair during Communication Arts class. The pricing will be buy one and get one half-price.
In Mathematics, we will be going back to chapter 5 and studying multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers. Students will need to get back in the routine of having homework after each class. They did an excellent job on the MAP and I was very proud of them!
In Science, we are beginning our study of the planets and the solar system. Students are working in class on assignments and notes.
In Reading Exploratory, please make sure that your student is reading 100 minutes per week, writing three complete summaries, and having you sign the Reading Log (attached). Please have students proofread and edit their summaries if it is not their best work. There will be a reading log due every Friday.
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