It's Been Too Long

Families, it has been too long since the last blog post! There has been a lot going on in sixth grade. Please read on to here about what work we have accomplished in the last few weeks, and what is coming up soon.

Recap & Where We Are At

In the last two weeks, we have taken an assessment in nearly every subject area! In social studies, the students took a quiz on land features and latitude and longitude. In math, most classes finished chapter one (ratios & rates) and in science we finished genetics. We presented our Adobe Spark multimedia projects last Friday, and have been taking the unit one assessment this week. To say the least, it has been busy!

If you are using Synergy to follow your student's performance, most grades have been updated. By early next week, I will have the last of the big assessments entered. We are approaching the end of the first quarter (November 4th/Grade Day/No School Grade Day), so it is important your student has completed and turned in their work. If you have concerns about your child's performance on an assignment or test, please let me know. I will be offering some make-up opportunities next week when we are back to our old routines.

This week also marks the end of our time with Miss B., our amazing student teacher. Both the students and I are so sad to see her go. Not only is she a huge help in the classroom, but her positive energy and patience will be missed. We will be holding a small celebration tomorrow afternoon to see her off. 

Halloween

Mr. Jeremiah has a parent this year who would like to plan and organize our holiday parties. I have shared contact information with her for parents who offered to help at parties. If you do not receive an email, and are hoping to be here on Monday, October 31, from 2:00-3:00 pm for our celebration, please let me know.

Students are invited to wear costume on Halloween, but please make sure there are no masks, weapons, or overly gory or distracting elements to your child's outfit. I am excited to celebrate with the students, but want to be sure we can still keep a calm learning environment for the majority of the day.

I also wanted to remind families that your students can participate in the Healthy Smiles of Scappoose Candy Round Up. Have your child bring in any extra candy on Wednesday, November 2nd, and the class with the heaviest donation will win a prize. The candy is sent to troops stationed overseas as a sweet treat to help improve morale. It is a great program.