Sorry for the delay in getting last Friday's blog post up. We were experiencing technical difficulties! :(
THING 1 AND THING 2 ARE MIGHTY GRATEFUL!
Thank you so much for the wonderful week of flowers, kind notes, food, surprises, coffee and gift cards! You are an amazing community and we feel so lucky to be a part of CSMH!
RElay for Life Update . . . IMPORTANT INFO!
Mrs. Stevenson has stepped up to help Mr. Patterson staff our tents and tables at Relay for Life! This means that students will be able to sleep over! TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP OVER AND WALK THROUGH THE NIGHT, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS NEED TO FUND RAISE A MINIMUM OF $100.00! Ways to raise money include:
Our popcorn sales were successful! Thank you to Ms. Daprile for donating popcorn and bags for our first day of sales! Stay tuned to find out how much money we made!
Mrs. Daprile and Ms. Williams will organize one more school wide fund raising event. Beginning the week of May 11 we will run a contest asking for donations for RELAY FOR LIFE. The class bringing in the most money, will be rewarded with a pizza party!
T-shirt orders are due tomorrow, Tuesday. We want to submit the order promptly so that we will have them for the event! Thank you Jordyn for designing them and thank you for Sofia L for helping to make the flyer.
- Write a note to family and friends asking them to support your walking!
- Visit Safeway, Starbucks, etc with a group of friends and ask customers for donations as they are leaving or entering the store!
- Do jobs for family members or in your neighborhood and ask for donations
- Collect recycling and turn in the products for cash
Our popcorn sales were successful! Thank you to Ms. Daprile for donating popcorn and bags for our first day of sales! Stay tuned to find out how much money we made!
Mrs. Daprile and Ms. Williams will organize one more school wide fund raising event. Beginning the week of May 11 we will run a contest asking for donations for RELAY FOR LIFE. The class bringing in the most money, will be rewarded with a pizza party!
T-shirt orders are due tomorrow, Tuesday. We want to submit the order promptly so that we will have them for the event! Thank you Jordyn for designing them and thank you for Sofia L for helping to make the flyer.
Classroom Updates
SPANISH
We have been working on friendly letters in Spanish Class. Students wrote a friendly letter to 5th grade to wish them luck in their upcoming Salsa Contest. The 6th graders will be the testers this year. They are super excited!
We will be working on IR ending verbs for present tense, past tense, and future test. This will be our concentration for the next couple of weeks. I will give students a list of verbs to know and ways to conjugate them. They are doing super great in Spanish and are getting more comfortable using the language.
MATH
Students should be working on new playlists that were assigned based on their last assessment scores and needs. This week homework will be to spend 20 minutes every night, Monday through Thursday working on these PlayLists. Students are expected to record the concept they worked on each night and have their parent sign that they worked on TenMarks.
** Homework Quiz (Questions will be pulled from homework assignments these past two weeks from worksheets and CPM Book) - Friday, May 1st
Stock Market Games are due on Friday, May 1st, as well. Students worked on these games with their stock market group last week. They will have time to finish these up this week!
We have been working on friendly letters in Spanish Class. Students wrote a friendly letter to 5th grade to wish them luck in their upcoming Salsa Contest. The 6th graders will be the testers this year. They are super excited!
We will be working on IR ending verbs for present tense, past tense, and future test. This will be our concentration for the next couple of weeks. I will give students a list of verbs to know and ways to conjugate them. They are doing super great in Spanish and are getting more comfortable using the language.
MATH
Students should be working on new playlists that were assigned based on their last assessment scores and needs. This week homework will be to spend 20 minutes every night, Monday through Thursday working on these PlayLists. Students are expected to record the concept they worked on each night and have their parent sign that they worked on TenMarks.
** Homework Quiz (Questions will be pulled from homework assignments these past two weeks from worksheets and CPM Book) - Friday, May 1st
Stock Market Games are due on Friday, May 1st, as well. Students worked on these games with their stock market group last week. They will have time to finish these up this week!
SOCIAL STUDIES
The students completed their test on Chapter 26, The Rise of Democracy. As I am still waiting for a few make-up tests to be taken, test corrections will be due next Monday, May 4.
We are starting to work on our large project, Where Do We See Ancient Greece In Our World Today? This will culinate with presentations and a celebration spread over three days: May 18, 19, and 20. This will be organized by the students, however they will be seeking adult help with specific events on Wednesday, May 20th. Please stayed tuned.
The students completed their test on Chapter 26, The Rise of Democracy. As I am still waiting for a few make-up tests to be taken, test corrections will be due next Monday, May 4.
We are starting to work on our large project, Where Do We See Ancient Greece In Our World Today? This will culinate with presentations and a celebration spread over three days: May 18, 19, and 20. This will be organized by the students, however they will be seeking adult help with specific events on Wednesday, May 20th. Please stayed tuned.
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are continuing with our novel study, Tuck Everlasting. The students are getting to know Winnie Foster and the Tuck family. This is a beautifully written story and this give us lots of opportunities to read deep and thoughtful passages and discuss their meaning.
We are continuing with our novel study, Tuck Everlasting. The students are getting to know Winnie Foster and the Tuck family. This is a beautifully written story and this give us lots of opportunities to read deep and thoughtful passages and discuss their meaning.
SMARTER BALANCED TESTING BEGINS NEXT WEEK . . .
Please make sure your child is at school on time next week! Students should come to school well rested with a good, nutritious breakfast in their stomachs. Homework will be kept to a minimum next week. There will not be HOMEWORK CLUB next week. We will resume Homework Club the week of May 11th!
two awesome 6th grade tech team shine!
This weekend two teams competed in the annual Tech Challenge held downtown San Jose. Over 300 teams competed in the 6th grade age bracket. Both our teams did us proud! The Flying Pigs took away a Judge's Award for best innovation and The Endless Potatoes placed second in the competition! Congratulations, Edison, Finney, Kate, Karlee, Tommy and Aidan J. They constructed earthquake safe buildings!
Progress reports will be mailed home this week
Any student receiving a C or lower in a class will receive a progress report. Students and parents should be very aware of grades due to Jupiter grades.