Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

We're going to have such a fun week!

Math: We will be taking a test ON Halloween. It's a crazy day, but I am confident that your students will be ready for it and can do very well.

Social Studies: We are talking about ROME. The kids are so interested in it! We'll be getting into some projects with it next week.

Science: Miss Cook is teaching seasons and will be moving into Moon Phases soon.

Writing: We are finishing up hooks before Halloween and next week we will start reading articles that will help make claims for an argumentative essay.

Halloween: If you are interested in helping or donating to the Halloween Party, let me know. Our room mom, Jennifer Ball, has been contacting people, but if for some reason you're not on that list and would like to help, I'm sure we can find something for you to do!

The parade is in the morning from 9:30-10:30. Parents, please go to the gym. The kids will be parading through so you can see their costumes.

Our class party will be after lunch at 12:30. We will be combined with the rest of sixth grade in rotations until 1:45, and then we will finish up in our own room for the rest of the day.

Front Row Ed: If your student can not get on FrontRow Ed at home, let me know. I will be assigning FrontRow Ed homework here and there, and it's good for me to know if your students doesn't have access to it at home.
An App can be downloaded on iPads for, but unfortunately not iPhones. It's just called "Front Row".

Extra Help: If your student it struggling in anything and would like any extra help, I am available! They can always come in before or after school.

Week of October 21

Welcome back from Fall Break!

I hope you had a great long weekend.

We are diving right back into everything!

Math: We will continue our work with Ratios and take a Mid-Chapter Check-In in Friday.

Social Studies: Your students gave fabulous presentations on Mummies last week to wrap up our unit on Egypt. It was fun to see them research, work together, and present.

We are starting our unit on Rome this week! Lots of talk about government and what a republic is.

Science: The sixth grade just started their rotation in science. My students are now going to Miss Cook's class Tuesday - Friday for about 35 minutes. She is teaching them about The Seasons and The Moon Phases. Very exciting!

Writing: This week we will be exploring the use of really good "hooks" at the beginning of an essay. This is a big part of writing that we will be working on all year.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Week of October 6

Last full week of school before Fall Break!

Happy Monday!

This week we will be finishing up our Heat unit and taking a test at the end of the week of what we've learned so far in science. We will be reviewing together as a class and I will also give the students a study guide that they can study at home.

Because we always seem to run out of time on Fridays to take the Spelling test, I have decided that Spelling pre-tests will now be on Tuesdays with the test the next Monday. We took a test today and we will take a pre-test tomorrow.

We will be taking a math test either Thursday or Friday this week. The next two days (after confusing everyone) and seeing how much review we need before the test will determine when we test.

If you will be out of town before and/or after Fall Break, please have your students come to me BEFORE they you leave. I can give them some things to do while they're gone, so we don't have as much to catch up with when they leave.

Thanks for all your support! It was great to meet with you last week. :)

-Miss Richards