Tuesday, October 26, 2010
AR and AM
Just a reminder. The end of the trimester is quickly approaching. November 17th will be here before you know it. Your student has goals for both Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Math (Mrs. Liberty's Math classes). They need to be working toward mastering these goals. We are concerned to see some students still have 0 points at this point in the trimester. They should have closer to 75%. Your child should know how to get online to check their reading goal progress. Have them show you how to log on. You can check AM progress in Skyward. It is listed as a grade in Math Work Habits and was updated on Monday with their current number of objectives mastered.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
School Supplies
School Supplies
We are still collecting boxes of Kleenex and Clorox Wipes. We appreciate all the donations that have already been given to us. We love to have clean, healthy classrooms.
Students need to have a spiral notebook for Science. We had three notebooks on the supply list and quickly realized that we really needed the students to have four. Right now, many of the students are using one notebook for math and science. This is a great solution to our dilemma, but we know that this notebook will probably fill up quickly and may need to be replenished.
Flair Pens - as the students already realize, we do a lot of projects in the 6th grade that require nice, neat, handwriting in pen. The students really like the cleanliness and ease a flair pen provides them. If you are able to purchase a flair pen for your child it would be much appreciated. We do have a small supply to loan to students, but many would like to have their own:)
Students need to have a spiral notebook for Science. We had three notebooks on the supply list and quickly realized that we really needed the students to have four. Right now, many of the students are using one notebook for math and science. This is a great solution to our dilemma, but we know that this notebook will probably fill up quickly and may need to be replenished.
Flair Pens - as the students already realize, we do a lot of projects in the 6th grade that require nice, neat, handwriting in pen. The students really like the cleanliness and ease a flair pen provides them. If you are able to purchase a flair pen for your child it would be much appreciated. We do have a small supply to loan to students, but many would like to have their own:)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Quiz/Test Retakes
Typically we offer students the opportunity to retake quizzes and tests that the students have earned a D/F. In order to take a retake students must correct their wrong answers, on the original test, then have a parent sign that they have studied for the retake. These retakes happen during lunch time or before/after school with prior arrangement with the teacher. We have noticed that many of our students are not taking these opportunities to increase their content knowledge. Please encourage your child to share their quizzes and tests with you and study for these retakes if necessary.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Our parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday from 4:00 - 7:00. Unfortunately, with the educations cutbacks this year we had to cut out a full day of conferences. We are aware that there are many of you that we would like to/need to visit with about your child's progress. We had to select those families that we felt were most in need of immediate communication form the majority of teachers. Emails and notes were sent home last Friday to those we need to see. If you need to speak to one of us and we were not able to include you please do not hesitate to call or email and we will do our best to serve you that way. We value all of our parents and wish we had the time available to see everyone, so please do not hesitate to contact us about concerns you may have.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Student Spotlight: Michaela Sonnen
Michaela agreed to share her imaginitive narrative written in language arts class, we hope to share more student work in the near future!
Narrative By: Michaela Sonnen
Karen woke; her alarm was beeping. She quickly pressed the round button. It stopped, “Finally”, thought Karen. She slowly got out of bed. She could feel the cold air wrap around her. She put her feet on the soft carpet, which surprised her. Then she remembered. This is my new house. She felt the flood of emotion coming to her: the sadness of leaving her friends, the excitement of being some where she had never been. She looked around her room. Her white dresser was near the light switch. There was a two door closet with a full length mirror connecting to the door of the closet, and a book case in the wall that was full of pictures and a few of her favorite books. Then there was her favorite part of her room, the window seat with light blue cushions. When she looked out the window she saw the sun was rising in the distant mountain ranges covered with trees.
She opened her door then and walked down to the bathroom. She brushed her long curly hair out and then tied it in a pink hair band. She quickly put her blue flower clip in her hair.
Karen ran to her room and could hear her father waking up. She got dressed in her favorite outfit. The light blue jeans, the green shirt, and the black shoes that looked great together. After getting breakfast she went out the door.
She met up with her best and only friend on the block, Ash. Ash was pretty with her black hair, storm grey eyes, and her perfect skin. They went to the bus stop, which wasn’t much, merely a sign that read ‘Bus Stop’ and a few benches. She saw the yellow bus coming. It was a boring first day of school; ringing bells, getting lost, and meeting people. Then she got on the bus and went home. Even though the day was boring she had a lot of fun. She met two people whose names really stuck in her mind because each was unique. Cody had caramel skin, big brown eyes, dark brown hair and he was friendly. The other boy was shorter than Cody, had blonde hair that swept his face, icy blue eyes, fair skin and he looked as if he knew something that nobody knew.
Ash said she knew both of them. They were coming over to her house and were part of the Believers Club. Karen didn’t know what that meant but wanted to be part of it. Later, at five, Karen told her dad over the phone that she would spend the night at Ash’s.
The Believers Club was real. Cody, Blake, Ash and Karen met in Ash’s greenhouse. The greenhouse was beautiful. It had the darkest purples to the brightest yellows. Ash said they were in a pattern to attract pixies. Karen asked her to repeat it six or seven times. That’s when she showed her the pixie.
Karen passed out. After they splashed water on her head, they went out of the greenhouse and walked along the dirt road for a long time. They turned into the forest. The giant oaks turned into willows that were way too big. Little lights floated all around.
Then Karen thought, “Those are fairies.” That’s when they entered the shrine. There was a giant lake in the center of it, flowers were all over. Then Karen saw it, something so beautiful, so pure, and so kind no one could hurt it, a baby unicorn. If she didn’t believe before, she did now. That’s when Karen remembered she could see the shrine from her room.
Narrative By: Michaela Sonnen
Karen woke; her alarm was beeping. She quickly pressed the round button. It stopped, “Finally”, thought Karen. She slowly got out of bed. She could feel the cold air wrap around her. She put her feet on the soft carpet, which surprised her. Then she remembered. This is my new house. She felt the flood of emotion coming to her: the sadness of leaving her friends, the excitement of being some where she had never been. She looked around her room. Her white dresser was near the light switch. There was a two door closet with a full length mirror connecting to the door of the closet, and a book case in the wall that was full of pictures and a few of her favorite books. Then there was her favorite part of her room, the window seat with light blue cushions. When she looked out the window she saw the sun was rising in the distant mountain ranges covered with trees.
She opened her door then and walked down to the bathroom. She brushed her long curly hair out and then tied it in a pink hair band. She quickly put her blue flower clip in her hair.
Karen ran to her room and could hear her father waking up. She got dressed in her favorite outfit. The light blue jeans, the green shirt, and the black shoes that looked great together. After getting breakfast she went out the door.
She met up with her best and only friend on the block, Ash. Ash was pretty with her black hair, storm grey eyes, and her perfect skin. They went to the bus stop, which wasn’t much, merely a sign that read ‘Bus Stop’ and a few benches. She saw the yellow bus coming. It was a boring first day of school; ringing bells, getting lost, and meeting people. Then she got on the bus and went home. Even though the day was boring she had a lot of fun. She met two people whose names really stuck in her mind because each was unique. Cody had caramel skin, big brown eyes, dark brown hair and he was friendly. The other boy was shorter than Cody, had blonde hair that swept his face, icy blue eyes, fair skin and he looked as if he knew something that nobody knew.
Ash said she knew both of them. They were coming over to her house and were part of the Believers Club. Karen didn’t know what that meant but wanted to be part of it. Later, at five, Karen told her dad over the phone that she would spend the night at Ash’s.
The Believers Club was real. Cody, Blake, Ash and Karen met in Ash’s greenhouse. The greenhouse was beautiful. It had the darkest purples to the brightest yellows. Ash said they were in a pattern to attract pixies. Karen asked her to repeat it six or seven times. That’s when she showed her the pixie.
Karen passed out. After they splashed water on her head, they went out of the greenhouse and walked along the dirt road for a long time. They turned into the forest. The giant oaks turned into willows that were way too big. Little lights floated all around.
Then Karen thought, “Those are fairies.” That’s when they entered the shrine. There was a giant lake in the center of it, flowers were all over. Then Karen saw it, something so beautiful, so pure, and so kind no one could hurt it, a baby unicorn. If she didn’t believe before, she did now. That’s when Karen remembered she could see the shrine from her room.
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