The Week of 5-13-13

I am terribly sorry to have cancelled the canoe trip, but being on the river during a thunderstorm is dangerous, and since they were calling for scattered storms and a 90% chance of rain for Friday, I felt it was best to call it off the day before so people had a chance to make arrangements if they took a day off work to chaperone.  We have rescheduled our trip for May 28th with two other classes.  On Monday, May 13th, the students will be going to Stevenson Middle School for a tour.  We sent home bright green permission slips for this trip that must be signed if your child is to go with the other 6th graders to Stevenson.  Please get these into me first thing Monday morning if you have not turned them into me yet.  Library books that are late need to be turned in by May 29th if your child is going to participate in Field Day.  Late notices have been sent home on Friday, May 10th.  Progress reports will come out again on Monday, May 13th.  We are at the half way mark for this quarter, so please be sure to keep up on your child's scores weekly.  Late work this quarter will receive half credit and no missing/ late work will be recopied unless your child is absent.

Reading News
This week we took the district reading assessment which needed to be done by Friday, May 10th.  Next week we will look at poetry and poetry techniques.

Math News
This week we calculated percents of a whole number.  Next week we will take the district math test, calculate discounted prices, and sales tax.  Students have also started their Home Improvement Project where they will have to develop a budget and plans for remodelling a basement.

Writing News
This week we completed the district writing exam and took a break from writing our persuasive essays.  Next week we will start back into the persuasive essays complete our first draft.  We postponed this week's spelling/ vocabulary test to Monday, May 13th due to the testing the previous week.

Science News
This week we took our unit exam on energy, force, and motion.  Many students scored low on this test, so please be sure to have your child make corrections on the items he/ she got wrong to get a higher score and raise his/ her overall grade.  The next unit is ecosystems and ecological relationships.

S. Studies News
Due to the testing this week, we have postoponed our Chapter 8 test to Monday, May 13th.  The next chapter will cover South America and more specifically Brazil.