Sixth Grade News

Welcome to the sixth grade! Mrs. Swanson and Ms. Wallwork are excited about the new school year and we have a lot of fun, exciting, and new projects underway.

This year we will continue to publish our news letter on line. Feel free to post general comments or questions and we will try to respond as quickly as possible. Also, if you have any suggestion for our newsletter feel free to give those and we will continue to develop it over time.


Your schedule for the year will look like the following:

Day 1

Homeroom 8:25-8:45

Social/Science 8:45-9:25

Science/Social 9:45-10:10

Language/Writing 10:10-11:05

Recess/Lunch 11:05-11:55

Math 11:55-1:10

Reading 1:10-2:25

Study Hall 2:25-2:45


If you have Ms. Wallwork you will start your morning with Social Studies, if you have Mrs. Swanson you will start your morning with Science. The only difference on day 2's is that you will be in homeroom until 8:55 and from there you will go to music and gym or gym and music if you are in Mrs. Swanson's class.


You will be receiving a lot of forms in your Thursday folder and on August 6th at open house. Be sure to read through and fill out all necessary forms. It is important to get those forms turned into the appropriate teacher.

Social
We'll start out this year with a unit about the deserts of the world and be watching a BBC video Planet Earth and learning about a variety of areas of the world.

Science
This year we will start off with studying Astronomy. Specifically, the life of stars and the structure of the sun. Students first assignment of the quarter is to make a 2-D model of the sun.


Reading
Ms. Pueringers class you will be starting out on lesson 76 in the SRA Reading L6. If you are in Ms. Wallwork's reading class we will be starting the year with Jacob Have I Loved. If you are in Mr. Thole's class you will be starting on L5 L1. Mrs. Kolstad will be starting with L6 L1.

Math
Ms. Wallwork's class will be starting out on L51 Course 1. Mrs. Swanson will start out the year on L41 Course 2, or L1 Course 1. Mr. Thole and Ms. Pueringer will both be in Level 5 starting on L1 and L51.

Be sure to be practicing math facts at home and turning in all homework.

L/A
Both Mrs. Kolstad and Ms. Wallwork will be teaching LA, High Performance Writing, and Core Knowledge this year. We will start out the year with practical writing. Don't forget to study your spelling words weekly.

Also, the first PATHS (Parents and Teachers Helping Students) meeting is Monday, August 17th at 6:30pm at STRIDE Academy. The next school board meeting is Tuesday, August 18th at 6:30pm at STRIDE Academy.