Sixth Grade News
June 6, 2008
This will be the final newsletter of the year. Thank you for all the support you
have given the school-home partnership this year. It will be sad to say good-bye
to this truly great group of children, but we know they are looking forward to summer
vacation and Seventh Grade!
Next week on Thursday and Friday, Mrs. Balch and
Mrs. Desaulniers will introduce the Bridge Project which will begin on Monday, June
16th. All guidelines and expectations will be outlined in math and science classes.
The project will continue through the end of the school year. If your son or daughter
will not be in school through June 20th please let us know as soon as possible. Thank
you.
In Social Studies next week students will take a look at how our government
is set up in branches and will take a quick look at the Bill of Rights. There will
be a quiz on Thursday based on readings in the paperback textbook.
In Math students will have a test on Surface Area and Volume on Friday. Review
work for the test will take place in class and for homework. Review Sheet 18 is due
on Tuesday and Logic Puzzles are due on Wednesday. The red math books that were issued
to students in September need to come back to class. Please be on the look out for
white covered math books that say (or said) class copy. Those need to come back too!
Thanks.
Next week in English, the 6th graders will be finishing up the post-production
work they are doing on their Audio Dramas. Ms. Sylvester will make a compilation
CD for each homeroom of their audio dramas. Every student will get a copy during
the last week of school. In addition, students will be writing a reflective piece
about their work this year, using their writing folders and reading contracts as
the foundation for the piece. Reading Contracts will close on Friday, June 13th.
In Science, students will complete their study of electricity with a test
on Tuesday. Pink study guides were given to students during class on Thursday, June
5th.
In French next week students will complete lesson 9. The
lesson 9 quiz, the last quiz of the year, will be Thursday.
Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing everyone in August.