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The above pictures are from our Team Time math class. Students were working on an enrichment activity where they needed to divide objects into an area using pick-up sticks.

On Tuesday in Social Studies students have a PowerPoint or newspaper ad due describing either the Sand Creek Massacre, the Battle of Little Bighorn, or the Battle of Wounded Knee. We will be reviewing for the chapter 7 test after sharing projects. That test will be on Tuesday December 1st.

On Wednesday our class will pair up Mrs. Lee’s 3rd graders for the Gillette blanket project.

Thank you to everyone who replied to my email about rescheduling conferences. I will be contacting you in the next few days with more information. Have a wonderful weekend!

There are many exciting things beginning the week of the 16th. The first is the Woodland Food Drive which will run until December 16th. Students who bring in a nonperishable  item, will get a coupon for Taco Bell. Next week is also the start of Project Copernicus. I have several permission slips for students to bring in their own netbooks or laptops starting this week. Since this is such a new program, we may start integrating this technology in a few areas at first and add more as we go along. As far as the curriculum in the classes I teach, the schedule for the week includes:

Reading – reading Trapped by the Ice in their purple reading books and testing on Friday

Leveled Reading – spelling pretest Monday and test Friday (the words from Trapped by the Ice)

Math – finishing chapter 4 and testing on Friday

Social Studies – beginning Chapter 7, Life on the Plains

Good Afternoon,

We have started most of our classes this week and the kids are working very hard. In Reading, students will have a test on the story read in class the last day of the week. On Friday, students will take a test on the story, The Best School Year Ever.  The test will include questions regarding the new vocabulary learned this week and details from the story.

Also beginning this week, students will have a weekly spelling test. The words this week all have a short vowel sound if students are testing from the main spelling list. This list can be found on the Woodland homepage under 6th Grade Spelling Lists, The Best School Year Ever. All students took a pretest on Monday and some may be testing on challenge words instead of the regular list if they showed mastery.

Remember to turn in conference sheets if you haven’t already as well as other school forms. Long Lake paperwork is due Friday September 25th and the money is due September 30th. A yellow sheet went home today with student balances.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Good Afternoon!

Please turn in conference sheets by tomorrow, Friday September 11th. My goal is to send out a letter with specific dates and times with the kids on Monday.

For AR this trimester we have the following goals:

Wagenman’s Leveled Reading class – 10

Miller’s Leveled Reading class – 10

Lander’s Leveled Reading class – 15

Tollefson’s Leveled Reading class – 20

The sixth grade math curriculum is amazing! You can access games, quizzes, teaching PowerPoints, and much more either on the WD homepage (Kids Sites to Browse and Learn – math) or through www.classzone.com. The kids in my math class were given the activation code so they can sign up to use the online textbook in case they should leave theirs at school.

Good Morning Everyone!

On Thursday students will have a bus safety quiz. A green study guide sheet was given to students and they should have notes in their science notebook. If you are selling candy bars, the money is due in cash by Friday. Have a great week!