The Week of 5-6-13

We have a busy week this week!  On Thursday, May 9th, from 5-6:00 p.m., there will be a parent visitation night at Stevenson Middle School.  Also at Stevenson at the same time as the parent tour and meeting is taking place, there will be a dance for the 6th graders who will attending Stevenson next year.  Please bring your child and yourselves to this fun and worthwhile night.  Our canoe trip will be happening on Friday, May 10th.  We will leave school at 9:00 a.m. sharp and will return by 1:30 p.m.  If the day is going to be called because of weather, I will personally call any chaperones the night before the event.  On Friday, May 3rd and Monday, May 6th, I will be out for surgery and recovery.  It is nothing major, and hopefully the last one I need to have, so please do not panic, but prayers are accepted!  Please remind your child of the behavior expectations before school each of these days.  A spelling list and new reading log will go home on Friday, May 3rd.  Also, there will be no progress reports next week, the next report will come out on Monday, May 13th.  On May13th, the students will be touring Stevenson Middle School during the school day.  Look for permission slips to be sent home for you to sign and return by Friday, May 10th.

Math News
This week we converted fractions into percents, and percents into fractions.  We also worked on solving proportions and calculating area.  The students have designed their floor plans for the home improvement project they are working on, and will buy flooring for a bathroom and their recreation rooms next week. 

Reading News
We worked on test skills this week.  Next week, we will work on comparing and contrasting stories, and taking notes from a text book.

Writing News
This week we completed our outlines for our persuasive papers.  Next week we will do some peer reviewing of these outlines, and write our rough drafts.

Science News
Congrats to our teams that won the three competitions for the balloon car race.  Angry Man won the race for fastest car, Spongestache won the race for distance, and All Mixed Up won for most creative looking car design.  We will be taking a test on May 3rd and beginning our ecosystem unit next week.

S. Studies News
We completed our look at Guatemala this week which is the last section of chapter 8.  Next week on Tuesday, we will take our test and begin our next unit on South America.