Sea Horses

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

May 6, 2013

                                                                                                                                           Reminders:

EOG TESTS ARE NEXT WEEK!!  Monday the 13^th, Tuesday the 14^th , Monday the 20^th and Tuesday the 21^st.  Please read below:

• Be sure your child eats breakfast…testing is a long time and we will have lunch much later than normal. 
• Each student can bring water and a snack for after testing to hold them until lunch if needed.

We need Parent Volunteers to Proctor the EOG Tests.  Please visit the website for the form to fill in. 

Monday  May 13th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

Tuesday May 14th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

You can click the link to sign up to proctor:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c0wkdh8xwf5otwWw-W_jgqpYBNkDfN5VtrbzUkBobkU/viewform

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

• Each student getting an award will be allowed to have 2 guests attend the program
• Students have been notified in regards to Honors and High Honors Awards and will receive an invitation in the mail, along with tickets for guests
• You will be contacted if your child is receiving a surprise award. 
• Students must dress nice, see the previous email with info regarding dress code

The Dolphin Athletic Booster Club will be holding its spring meeting on May 23^rd at 6pm in the Durant Auditorium.  The purpose of this meeting is to elect new officers for the Board for the 2013-2014 school year and to update everyone on the progress that the club has made this year.  If you are interested in a Board position, or want to help in other ways, please attend this meeting.  We want to thank all of the Dolphin families and staff members for the incredible support this year.  We are completing our first full year in existence and because of your support we have been able to support Durant Middle in the following ways.  We have purchased uniforms for our girls soccer team, girls basketball team, boys basketball team, girls track team, and football and cheerleading uniforms which will be used next season.  We have also been able to have the activity bus cleaned.  We were able to help our cheerleaders attend a competition, and we have made donations to some of the academic departments at Durant.  We want to build on the success of this year for the years to come so we need your continued support.  Please contact us at dolphinathleticboosters@gmail.com with any questions.

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

5/6/13  - 5/10/13

Monday:

Core: Ratio and Proportion Review HW: Finish Packet from class if needed

Core +: Continue working on Released EOG Active HW: Questions 29-42

Tuesday:

Core: Expressions and Equations Review HW: Finish Packet from class if needed

Core +: Finish Released Active EOG HW: Students will determine the areas of need and receive packets for review

Wednesday:

Core: Geometry Review HW: Finish Packet from class if needed

Core +: Work on standards review packets HW: Finish Packets

Thursday:

Core: Data Statistics Review HW: Finish Packet if needed/Review for EOG

Core +: Finish Review Packets HW: Review all packets for EOG

Friday: 

Core: Early Release/Truck Fair HW: Review for EOG (use packets from last week)

Core+: Early Release/Truck Fair  HW: Review for EOG (use packets from last week)

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

Monday we will be having a test on Photosynthesis.  Please visit the website for some helpful links.

On Friday, May 17 students will need to turn in their essential questions responses.  This should be typed.  There are 7 essential question that they should answer. 

MSL for Science will be May 21!

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Birthday Bash!  We had a lovely time and did the wobble!  LOL!!!

Social Studies

Focus: MSL Review- MSL in Social Studies will be given May 20th

Students received a MSL review booklet on Friday, May 3^rd.  Students will be reading and completing chapter quizzes for each chapter.  Students should review material online –Study Central on my webpage.

China Test- Will be Tuesday, May 7^th

Article of the Week- Silk Road- Due May 6th

Homework:

Monday-Friday- Go to webpage and click on Study Central- complete read summaries and complete quizzes, click on study central and review vocabulary.  Also review vocabulary with online flash cards.

Language Arts: 

This week students will go to the media center for the LAST time this year.  Prior to track out, ALL media center books must be either returned to the media center or paid for, and all fines must be cleared.  On EOG testing days, the media center becomes part of the testing environment, and the media center staff inventories all books and equipment.     

During this time of high stakes testing and high anxiety, students will have no other homework than to keep up with their novel, Freak the Mighty and to complete any other work we have begun in class.

Homework:

Read to calendar (Freak the Mighty)

Tuesday, May 7^th – bring media center books tomorrow

 Wednesday, May 8^th – circulation in the media center

Friday, May 10^th  – reading logs due before the truck fair. 

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

April 29, 2013

                                                                                                                        Reminders:

Birthday Bash Parent Volunteers for this Friday, May 3^rd.

• Email Mrs. Hall for Birthday Bash

We need Parent Volunteers to Proctor the EOG Tests.  Please visit the website for the form to fill in. 

Monday  May 13th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

Tuesday May 14th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

You can click the link to sign up to proctor:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c0wkdh8xwf5otwWw-W_jgqpYBNkDfN5VtrbzUkBobkU/viewform

EOG Testing Dates: May 13^th and 14^th and 20^th and 21^st (Please try to avoid scheduling appointments etc.  Attendance during testing is very important to student success, rather than doing them on make-up days)

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

The Dolphin Athletic Booster Club will be holding its spring meeting on May 23^rd at 6pm in the Durant Auditorium.  The purpose of this meeting is to elect new officers for the Board for the 2013-2014 school year and to update everyone on the progress that the club has made this year.  If you are interested in a Board position, or want to help in other ways, please attend this meeting.  We want to thank all of the Dolphin families and staff members for the incredible support this year.  We are completing our first full year in existence and because of your support we have been able to support Durant Middle in the following ways.  We have purchased uniforms for our girls soccer team, girls basketball team, boys basketball team, girls track team, and football and cheerleading uniforms which will be used next season.  We have also been able to have the activity bus cleaned.  We were able to help our cheerleaders attend a competition, and we have made donations to some of the academic departments at Durant.  We want to build on the success of this year for the years to come so we need your continued support.  Please contact us at dolphinathleticboosters@gmail.com with any questions.

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

4/29/13  - 5/3/13

Monday:

Core: Released EOG Practice, Calc. Inactive HW: Finish Inactive packet (if not done in class)

Core +: Link Up Activity, Summary Statistics HW: Finish Link Up WS (if not done in class)

Tuesday:

Core: Released EOG Practice, Calc. Active HW: Students should work on some of these questions 4-5 each night, as well as during class

Core +: Review all of Unit 10 HW: Study for test, finish studyguide

Wednesday:

Core: Continue Released EOG Practice, Calc. Active HW: Students should work on some of these questions 4-5 each night, as well as during class

Core +: Unit 10 TEST HW: None

Thursday:

Core: Finish Active Released EOG and grade in class….we will identify which standards need reviewed the most today HW: None

Core +: Released EOG, Calc. Inactive HW: Finish Inactive Released EOG packet (if not done in class)

Friday: 

Core: Number Sense Review, Re-teach HW: Finish Packet (if needed)

Core+: Released EOG Calc. Active HW: Students should work on some of these questions 4-5 each night, as well as during class

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

We worked on our electronic glossaries and essential questions for our photosynthesis unit this week.  Students should have turned in their sentence, picture and work cited columns of their glossary completed in excel.  They spent 4 days this week on that which was plenty of time to write 25 sentences and copy and paste 25 pictures in an excel document.  There are several students who did not turn this assignment in.  I will access late fees for work turned in late as many students are misusing their class time and thinking they can it done at lunch which doesn’t allow them a lot of time due to having to get lunch from the café then come back to class (in some cases) and eat.

In class today students watched 2 videos they can watch them again over the weekend if they need to take additional notes or did not view them because they were playing catchup.  The links are www.tv411.org/science (scroll down to the photosynthesis video) and www.discoveryeducation.com.  For discovery, they will need to click on the assignment 4-26 folder then the Biology video.  These videos are great resources for them to use when answering their essential questions given to them last Friday and will be due in a couple weeks or so.

Next week we will continue out study of photosynthesis and at some point we will plant flowers to watch them grow.  Happy Planting for Us!  Do you wanna help?  Let me know!

Social Studies

Focus: China

Students will be investigating China –Where it is located and how the civilization developed.  China test will be Monday, May 6^th.

Please review my weebly website:

http://socialstudies61china.weebly.com/

 All information for the test is on this website- notes, powerpoints and videos.

Homework:

Monday- Article of the Week- The Silk Road- Due May 3^rd- Friday

Tuesday: Article of the Week

Wednesday: Article of the Week

Thursday: Article of the Week

Friday:  China Test- Monday- May 6^th and Article of the Week is due.

Language Arts: 

Students have several opportunities to improve grades this week.  For five days, we have worked with Track 2 students on EOG practice skills.  Students have a sheet of terms to define (e.g., simile, hyperbole) that, if completed correctly, will add 5 points to the figurative language quiz reported on their interims.  Additionally, I will give them bonus homework stamps, which could make the calendar worth up to 140 points.  Finally, students who did their homework last Monday (making a study tool for the morphemes quiz) were able to use the tools they made for the quiz.  (This might encourage those who chose not to do this assignment to complete this Monday’s homework).  Last, but not least, we will review the released EOG (students were given this website approximately 2 weeks ago) using IPads in the classroom and in the computer lab on Thursday and Friday. Packets of review materials will be given to students this week for practice.

Students have told me that they are getting “burned out”.  We will begin the novel, Freak the Mighty, officially May 1^st, but the novel will be distributed on April 29^th.

Homework:

Monday:              Make a study tool for the last morphemes quiz and complete definitions page

Tuesday:              anticipation guide – novel unit

Wednesday:        movie permission form – read to contract

Thursday:             Study for morphemes quiz

Friday:                no HW      

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

April 22, 2013

                                                                                                                        Reminders:

We still need 4-5 more parent volunteers for Truck Fair, May 10 from 9:15 – 11:15am.

• Email Mrs. Thomas for truck fair, please include the homeroom of your student as well if you can attend

Birthday Bash Parent Volunteers for May 3^rd.

• Email Mrs. Hall for Birthday Bash

We need Parent Volunteers to Proctor the EOG Tests.  Please visit the website for the form to fill in. 

Monday  May 13th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

Tuesday May 14th      8:30-12:15  TK 1

You can click the link to sign up to proctor:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1c0wkdh8xwf5otwWw-W_jgqpYBNkDfN5VtrbzUkBobkU/viewform

EOG Testing Dates: May 13^th and 14^th and 20^th and 21^st (Please try to avoid scheduling appointments etc.  Attendance during testing is very important to student success, rather than doing them on make-up days)

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

4/22/13  - 4/26/13

Monday:

Core: 3^rd Quarter Benchmark Review HW: Students will go over and correct mistakes in class

Core +: Intro to Box and Whisker Plots HW: Box Plot WS

Tuesday:

Core: Continue Benchmark Review HW: Finish all Corrections today in class

Core +: Battery Challenge Box Plots HW: None, Activity must be completed in class today

Wednesday:

Core: Review Quarter 3 HW: Study for Benchmark 3 Redo Test (will count as test grade)

Core +: Quiz – (Box Plots) Mean Absolute Deviation HW: MAD WS and can watch video online for assistance if needed

Thursday:

Core: Benchmark 3 Redo Test  HW: None

Core +: Independent and Dependent events/Graphs HW: Independent/Dependent Variables WS

Friday: 

Core: Task Card Day HW: None

Core+: Variability, Independent/Dependent variables Activity in class HW: Pg. 38 in class book should be finished before leaving class today.  No homework.

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

The Space Vocabulary was uploaded to the website on March 10 for students to get a head start.  I will be uploading the Photosynthesis Unit Vocabulary soon.  They will complete an Electronic Glossary for those words using excel.

Space Vocabulary Booklets are due on Friday, April 12^th  and there will be a test on Earth’s Tilt that day.  Planet Travel Brochures are due on Monday April 15^th .    The Solar System Coloring Book was due today Friday, April 5^th. 

Next week, we will continue working on the Brochures, complete some reading selections and continue talking about Space and Photosynthesis.

Birthday Bash is May 3^rd on my birthday!!!!

Social Studies

Focus: India

Students will be finishing their study of  India – culture and religion and how they played a role in the development of the  civilization.  Please review my weebly website:

http://socialstudies61.weebly.com/  All information for the test is on this website- notes, powerpoints and videos.

No Article of the Week this week

Homework:

Monday- No HW

Tuesday: No HW

Wednesday: Finish Paideia Seminar questions

Thursday: Paideia Seminar

Friday: No HW

Language Arts: 

This week we will continue to target specific skills that the most recent benchmark scores indicated we needed to boost.  We only have two more morphemes quizzes this year, and we will take the next to the last one this Friday.

Homework:

Monday:                  morphemes practice – create your own study material

Tuesday:                    EOG practice passage

Wednesday:              EOG practice – biography and questions

Thursday:                   Study for next to last morphemes quiz

Friday:                       No Homework

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

April 15, 2013

                                                                                                                        Reminders:

Parent Survey: This year Durant Road Middle School would like to get feedback from our parents.  Your feedback will serve as an informative tool for our staff. We will be using it to guide school-based decisions for the 2013-2014 school year.

Go to the school the school homepage to access the survey or the email link provided in a previous email.  The survey will only be available for the next week and a half.

We Need Parent Volunteers for the Spring Truck Fair: May 10^th and Birthday Bash May 3^rd !

• Email Mrs. Thomas for truck fair, please include the homeroom of your student as well if you can attend
• Email Mrs. Hall for Birthday Bash

EOG Testing Dates: May 13^th and 14^th and 20^th and 21^st (Please try to avoid scheduling appointments etc.  Attendance during testing is very important to student success, rather than doing them on make-up days)

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

4/15/13  - 4/19/13

Monday:

Core: Summary Statistics HW: Finding Mean WS

Core +: Continue Histograms HW: Finish Migraine Packet

Tuesday:

Core: Start Review of Unit 10 HW: Begin Studyguide questions 1-12

Core +: Line Plots and Mean HW: Application WS questions 1-4

Wednesday:

Core: Finish Review of Unit 10 HW: Study

Core +: Continue with Measures of Center HW: Application WS questions 5-9

Thursday:

Core: Unit 10 Test HW: None

Core +: Quiz-(mean, median, mode, range) Continue Measures of Center HW: Application WS questions 10-15

Friday: 

Core: Task Card Day HW: 10 Task Cards due at the end of the period

Core+: Task Card Day HW: 10 Task Cards due at the end of the period

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

The Space Vocabulary was uploaded to the website on March 10 for students to get a head start.  I will be uploading the Photosynthesis Unit Vocabulary soon.  They will complete an Electronic Glossary for those words using excel.

Space Vocabulary Booklets are due on Friday, April 12^th  and there will be a test on Earth’s Tilt that day.  Planet Travel Brochures are due on Monday April 15^th .    The Solar System Coloring Book was due today Friday, April 5^th. 

Next week, we will continue working on the Brochures, complete some reading selections and continue talking about Space and Photosynthesis.

Birthday Bash is May 3^rd on my birthday!!!!

Social Studies

Focus: India

Students will be examining India – culture and religion and how they played a role in the development of the  civilization.  Please review my weebly website:

http://socialstudies61.weebly.com/  All information for the test is on this website- notes, powerpoints and videos.

Due Dates: Benchmark –April 15^th

Article of the Week- Africa- April 16^th

Article of the Week-Caste System –April 22nd

Homework:

Monday-  Article of the Week- Africa  Due April 16th

Tuesday: Article of the Week- Caste System- Due April 22nd

Wednesday: Article of the Week- Caste System- Due April 22nd

Thursday: Article of the Week- Caste System- Due April 22nd

Friday: Article of the Week- Caste System- Due April 22nd

Language Arts: 

Last week’s morphemes test was postponed to Tuesday, April 16^th for several reasons:  our media center date was changed to Friday from Monday, April 15^th and I thought we would have a less stressful time in the media center (this is our last circulation of this year!), and the social studies benchmark is April 15^th  (I don’t like the competition!).  This week we will be teaming with track 2 students for EOG practice.  Last week students were given a website for released common core assessments to practice.  On May 8^th we will be visiting that website with I-Pads to practice with the released tests.  I have had a number of inquiries as to when we will begin reading, Freak the Mighty.  I will be distributing reading calendars and novels on May 1^st and we have scheduled the movie to be shown after testing in late May.  This helps students have a novel during testing and a way to let loose after testing (watching the movie).  The film is rated PG-13, and permission slips will be coming home on May 1^st for you to sign.

Homework:

Monday:         Study for morphemes quiz

Tuesday:         Social studies passage practice

Wednesday:   Economics passage

Thursday:        Figurative language quiz tomorrow

Friday:            No homework 

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

April 8, 2013

                                                                                                                        Reminders:

We Need Parent Volunteers for the Spring Truck Fair: May 10^th and Birthday Bash May 3^rd !

• Email Mrs. Thomas for truck fair, please include the homeroom of your student as well if you can attend
• Email Mrs. Hall for Birthday Bash

EOG Testing Dates: May 13^th and 14^th and 20^th and 21^st (Please try to avoid scheduling appointments etc.  Attendance during testing is very important to student success, rather than doing them on make-up days)

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

• More information will be coming in a separate email soon

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

4/8/13  - 4/12/13

Monday:

Core: Introduction to Box and Whisker Plots HW: Investigation 5 WS

Core +: Go over study-guide and study questions HW: Study for Test tomorrow!

Tuesday:

Core: Continue Box and Whisker Plots HW: Box Plot WS

Core +: Unit 9 TEST HW: None

Wednesday:

Core: Quiz (Box Plots) Mean Absolute Deviation HW: Students can watch online video to review from today

Core +: Mean, Median, Mode and Range HW: Workbook pg. 45

Thursday:

Core: Review Box Plots and Mean Abs. Deviation HW: (In Class) Complete Skill pg. 50 questions 1-10

Core +: Continue working with mean  HW: Workbook pg. 46

Friday: 

Core: Independent and Dependent Variables HW: Finish Note Packet if not done in class

Core+: Introduction to Histograms HW: Analyze Histogram WS

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

The Space Vocabulary was uploaded to the website on March 10 for students to get a head start.  I will be uploading the Photosynthesis Unit Vocabulary soon.  They will complete an Electronic Glossary for those words using excel.

Space Vocabulary Booklets are due on Friday, April 12^th  and there will be a test on Earth’s Tilt that day.  Planet Travel Brochures are due on Monday April 15^th .    The Solar System Coloring Book was due today Friday, April 5^th. 

Next week, we will continue working on the Brochures, complete some reading selections and continue talking about Space and Photosynthesis.

Birthday Bash is May 3^rd on my birthday!!!!

Social Studies

Focus: Renaissance and Reformation

Students will be examining the impacts of the Renaissance and Reformation on their impact on society.   Students will have a test on the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation on Thursday, April 4^th.  Please review my weebly website:

http://socialstudies61.weebly.com/  All information for the test is on this website- notes, powerpoints and videos.

Due Dates: Black Death Article of the Week –April 1

                  Brochure- Medieval Life- April 3

                  Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation test- April 8^th

                  Renaissance/Reformation- Article of the Week- April 8^th

                  Benchmark –April 11th

Homework:

Monday- Test,  Article of the Week Due

Tuesday: (Please check website for up to date information, next week)

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Language Arts: 

This week’s morphemes are “cred” and “jud”, “jur”.  Students will have a practice quiz for homework and their “real” quiz on Friday.  I will also be giving the students a fiction test on Wednesday.  Tuesday we will read and discuss the story; Wednesday they will use the story to answer questions.  This will count as a test grade.  There will be no article of the week this week.  Circulation in media center on Friday.  Many students have outstanding books and/or fines from last August and September.  Ms. Ziller has spoken to these students several times about these outstanding items.  The fines must be paid and the books returned to the media center or purchased before we track out in May.  Students should be studying their notes on figurative language as there will be a both a figurative language quiz on April 16^th and a test on April 19^{th   .} 

Homework:

Monday:             Practice morphemes quiz – “cred” and “jud”, “jur”

Tuesday:             end-of-grade practice  (social studies); review fiction notes

Wednesday:      end-of-grade practice (social studies)

Thursday:           study morphemes; bring books – we go to the media center for circulation

Friday:               morphemes quiz

Durant Road Middle School
“School As It Should Be”

Sensational Sea Horses

6^th Track 1

Weekly Newsletter

March 25, 2013

                                                                                                                        Reminders:

No School: Friday March 29^th

3^rd Quarter Awards Assembly: Friday April 5^th at 9:30 in the cafeteria

Tentative EOG Testing Dates: May 13^th and 14^th and 20^th and 21^st (Please try to avoid scheduling appointments etc.  Attendance during testing is very important to student success, rather than doing them on make-up days)

End of Year Track 1 Awards Program: Thursday May 23^rd 9:30 – 11:30

• More information will be coming in a separate email soon

Core Class Information:

Math Core 6 and Core 6+

3/25/13  - 3/29/13

Monday:

Core: Quiz (percents, decimals and fractions)Mean, Median, Mode and Range, Unit Glossary overview HW: Workbook pg. 45

Core +: Percent, Fractions, Decimals HW: Finish Math Masterpiece

Tuesday:

Core: Histograms and continue to add to our Glossary HW: Worksheet 1-3

Core +: Continue Percents HW: Workbook pg. 73

Wednesday:

Core: Quiz (Mean, Median, Mode, Range) Continue Histograms HW: None

Core +:Quiz (Constant of Proportionality) Percents in the Real World HW: Workbook pg. 74

Thursday:

Core: Migraine Histogram HW: Finish Migraine Worksheet if not done in class

Core +: Percent Change and Error, Exit Slip Today HW: Percent Error Practice Worksheet

Friday: 

No School

SCIENCE

Please visit my website for informational posts and homework.  We will cover 2 units this quarter, Space and Photosynthesis.

The Space Vocabulary was uploaded to the website on March 10 for students to get a head start.  They will be allowed 2 class periods to work on it at school and then will need to finish it on their own time.  It is due on or before April 12.  I will not accept any after that date and I will not allowed them to print the list from school to cut and glue because that is not a requirement for the project.

Next week we will study the moon and its phases as well as complete some reading selections regarding space. 

Monday

Warmup:  *Moon Dance Cloze activity

Classwork

*Moon Phases Circle Lab

Homework:

Ed helper selections due Thursday 3-28

Tuesday

3^rd Quarter Benchmark

Work on selections if you finish early

Wednesday

*Moon Dance video in media center complete Post Test and short response (page 7&9)

*(time permittin)Use computers to help with Solar System Coloring book (finish for homework)

Thursday

*What is NASA?

Solar System Coloring Book due

Turn In: Ed Helper selections from Monday

Social Studies

Focus: Middle Ages- Read Textbook- Pages 328-337

Students will be examining the society of the Middle Ages: How it was organized and governed and how and why the society was self –sufficient.  We will also investigate the role of the church.  Students have been completing research for their Medieval Life Brochure.  We worked 3 days in the computer lab researching and completing the brochure.   It will be due April 3^rd.

Due Monday April 1st  Article of the Week- Black Death-  Remember to annotate- highlight and use correct symbols.

Homework:

Monday- Article of the Week and Brochure

Tuesday: Article of the Week and Brochure

Wednesday: Article of the Week and Brochure

Thursday: Article of the Week due Monday, April 1^st.  Brochure due  Wednesday April 3^rd

Friday: Holiday

Language Arts: 

Students visited the media center on March 22^nd to renew and return books and to check out new books.  Reading contracts this quarter are due on May 10^th.  We will also be engaged in another novel unit this quarter.  This novel is Freak the Mighty,

Please encourage your child to be reviewing and studying figurative language terms (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, symbolism, internal and end rhyme, imagery).  We worked on those terms 2^nd and 3^rd quarter, and only a few new terms were added in 6^th grade.  It is important the students know the definitions and can recognize these terms in literature for 7^th grade.  On the weekly essentials (grade on span for no credit), this was an area of weakness, and on a recent assignment for Mrs. Hall, the question about figurative language was the one most frequently missed.  

Please also encourage your child to review grammar, specifically parts of speech.  On the same essentials practice, students also failed to consistently distinguish between proper and common and abstract and concrete nouns.  Study guides may and should be used when completing these practice materials.

Homework:

Monday:                    Article of the week (due Thursday)

Tuesday:                   Nonfiction article (article and opinion essay – roller coaster safety)

Wednesday               Study for morphemes quiz; Article of week due tomorrow

Thursday:                  Morphemes quiz, article of the week due today