April 17-21

The students worked really hard on their Language Arts MAP test this week.  I am very proud of their improvement from the beginning of the year.  I have updated their Language Arts grades to reflect their Final test score based on the MAP test.

There are no major changes to next week's schedule.  The only test the students have next week will be their Science Final.  Students will be going over the study guide in class at the beginning of the week.

April 10-14

As we near the end of the year, students are going to be having large tests regularly.  This week students have their first big test.

This week students will take their Language Arts MAP test.  This test was given last fall and students will be measured by their growth from fall until now.

Because there are so many mandatory tests these students need to take, I will be using this MAP test as their Language Arts Final.  We still have more to learn for the next few months and students will be completing a writing assignment and a project that will be a large part of their Language Arts grades, but this will be the only large Language Arts test they will take.  Students' scores and growth will be taken into account when determining their Final grade.

In order to accommodate for students who may take longer than the time during our scheduled class period, we are adjusting the last class of the day for them.  The schedule is below.

Monday, April 10th - 11:45: 6A (Mrs. Bingham's homeroom) MAP test
 6A will stay in the room for Science as soon as the test is complete.

Tuesday, April 11th - 11:45: 6B (Mrs. George's homeroom) MAP test
 6B will stay in the room for Science as soon as the test is complete.

Wednesday and Thursday (April 12-13) are normal schedules.

Friday (14th) is a 1/2 day.  Students will be dismissed at 1:45.
The schedule is a normal Friday schedule.  The last class will be dismissed 10 minutes earlier than normal to clean up.

Spring Break

Spring Break has begun.  Students worked extremely hard this past week.  Many are beginning to see how their effort pays off in personal satisfaction, learning and and good grades.  I am pleased to send all the 6th graders home with a smile and a "Job well done!"  I hope you all enjoy your break and get rested for the final push of the school year.

If it is wanted or needed.  I have posted Language Arts and Science extra credit on Google Classroom.  Both of these are the only extra credit assignments I will post for the year.

Science Night is coming in May. Students will be working on projects in class for science night. The only reason students should be working on science projects at home will be because they want to do the extra credit.

Again, have a wonderful break.  I will see everyone on March 29th.

Week of March 6th News and Assignments

This week in Tutorial, we are still working on all the skills we have learned this year.  We are also finding the opposite of a number.  Students had Week 21B paper to complete and IXL Z.4.

In Language Arts we are practicing using conjunctions correctly with commas.  Students have a No Red Ink assignment, 2.4, where they can practice correct use of commas with conjunctions.  Our next and last paper will be a persuasive paper.  This week we are beginning to learn the parts of that paper.  We won't start on it until after spring break.

In Science, students are working on a weather forecast.  Next week they will be completing another Data Puzzle on predicting weather.  At the end of next week, students will have a quiz over weather in Science.

I've seen a huge improvement in student agendas.  They are learning how important they are and are filling them out regularly.