Intersession is around the corner! Due to many students being absent be sure to stay caught up in all classes by making good use of your time. Also, if you weren't able to make it for conferences be sure to contact your child's homeroom teacher to set up a time that is convenient for you.
Social: We will start out this week studying about the Spartans, and Athenians. Your son or daughter should be able to tell you what a city-state is and how we got our words politics and police. We will also watch the movie Hercules.
Science: Students are exploring gas as a state of matter with a neat experiment. They will be learning the difference between a physical and chemical change, and finally covering the forms of heat energy; conduction, convection, and radiation. The at-home lab for this quarter will be given to your child Wednesday in science class and another copy will be sent in your child's Thursday folder.
Language Arts: Spelling Lesson 10 (Wallwork) Lesson 8 (Kolstad) this week along with a grammar rule that teaches about antecedents or possessive pronouns! Don't forget to study for the spelling test. Reminder to keep your eyes out for a Coffee House date. We are well underway with our poetry and each student should have written at least 12 poems by now, covering Haiku's, Cinquain's, Diamante's, and Five Senses poems.
Math:
Ms. Wallwork's class will start out the week on lesson 86 with a test to follow on Friday, October 30th. Some of the concepts being covered include; area of a circle (3.14 x radius squared), finding unknown factors, and using proportions to solve ratio word problems.
Mrs. Swanson's class is is working on subtracting fraction and mixed numbers from whole numbers, adding, subtracting, and multiplying decimals numbers and whole numbers, squares and square roots, using zero as a placeholder and circle graphs.
Reading:
Ms. Wallwork's class has started A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. If you would like to read along with your son or daughter we will be starting on chapter 5 on Monday, October 26th.
Reminders:
Intersession starts on Monday, November 16th. Students will not have school again until Monday, November 30th. Question of the week what is an "article" when it comes to parts of speech?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
October 19th, 2009
A new quarter is here and a fresh start for your child.
Social: This week we will do a large overview of the first five chapters on Tuesday. On Wednesday we will take detailed notes about chapter one. Be sure to look over your notes daily, you never know when there might be a pop quiz.
Science: Our second unit on energy begins on Tuesday. Students will discover the three types of matter and how the molecules move in each type. This unit involves a lot of labs so if your child misses class be prepared to have them either make-up the lab or directions will be sent home to complete the lab.
Language Arts: We are starting out the week on lesson 9 for spelling and learning about different types of pronouns. We will also be learning how to prewrite, compose, and edit. Our poetry unit is in full swing.
Reading: On Monday, we will be going through our new Scholastic magazine working with comprehension and vocabulary. This week is the start to our new novel, A Wrinkle in Time. It will be a change of pace from Hiroshima. Hiroshima was very well received.
Math:
Ms. Wallwork's class will be doing proportions, order of operations, and use cross product to determine if two ratios are equal. There will be a test on Wednesday. Secret question: Do you know what the acronym PEMDAS stands for?
Mrs. Swanson's class will work on writing percents as fractions, decimal place value, and reading and writing decimal numbers. There will be the next test on Thursday and an enrichment day on Friday.
Notes and Reminders:
Please keep your child at home if they are running a fever, have a cough, or sore throat. This will prevent the spread of the germs present in their systems. Call ahead for homework if needed.
If you have any questions feel free to send Ms. Wallwork or Mrs. Swanson an email or leave a message on this blog.
Reminder also if you have any scrapbook type material you would like to donate, Mrs. Kolstad and Ms. Wallwork are working on a poetry project with their students where these items are needed.Friday, October 9, 2009
October 12, 2009
The end of Quarter 1 is here and if you have any questions feel free to send Ms. Wallwork or Mrs. Swanson an email or leave a message on this blog. Don't forget conferences are on October 15th, if you have not received a time please contact the homeroom teacher.
Social: We will be starting our Ancient Greece and Rome unit by watching a DVD about Ancient Rome. This is a very long unit so your son or daughter should make sure to keep up on the reading and vocabulary.
Science: Our final exam for our Science Rocket Unit is on Monday and we will watch October Sky on Wednesday to celebrate the end of the first quarter. Students who do not have a signed permission slip will not watch the movie.
Language Arts: Because of the short week, we will not be having a spelling test. We will continue to work on our poetry project. We have learned how to write a Haiku, Cinquain, and Diamante. Reminder if you have any scrapbooking items you would like to donate please send them to school with your child.
Reading: Ms. Wallwork's reading class will be finishing up Hiroshima this week. We have done a lot of discusion about this book, hopefully your son or daughter has shared this with you. After returning to school on October 19th, we will begin A Wrinkle in Time.
Math: Ms. Wallwork's class will be doing arithmetic with units of measure, volume of a rectangular prism, and proportions. Mrs. Swanson's class will work on measuring angles using a protractor, area of a rectangle, elapsed time, and exapnded notation.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th.
Don't forget your conference time on October 15th, if you are not sure please call your childs homeroom teacher.
Please keep your child at home if they are running a fever, have a cough, or sore throat. This will prevent the spread of the germs present in their systems. Call ahead for homework if needed.
Social: We will be starting our Ancient Greece and Rome unit by watching a DVD about Ancient Rome. This is a very long unit so your son or daughter should make sure to keep up on the reading and vocabulary.
Science: Our final exam for our Science Rocket Unit is on Monday and we will watch October Sky on Wednesday to celebrate the end of the first quarter. Students who do not have a signed permission slip will not watch the movie.
Language Arts: Because of the short week, we will not be having a spelling test. We will continue to work on our poetry project. We have learned how to write a Haiku, Cinquain, and Diamante. Reminder if you have any scrapbooking items you would like to donate please send them to school with your child.
Reading: Ms. Wallwork's reading class will be finishing up Hiroshima this week. We have done a lot of discusion about this book, hopefully your son or daughter has shared this with you. After returning to school on October 19th, we will begin A Wrinkle in Time.
Math: Ms. Wallwork's class will be doing arithmetic with units of measure, volume of a rectangular prism, and proportions. Mrs. Swanson's class will work on measuring angles using a protractor, area of a rectangle, elapsed time, and exapnded notation.
THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th.
Don't forget your conference time on October 15th, if you are not sure please call your childs homeroom teacher.
Please keep your child at home if they are running a fever, have a cough, or sore throat. This will prevent the spread of the germs present in their systems. Call ahead for homework if needed.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
October 5th, 2009
The point in this blog is to inform parents and guardians what is happening in their child's academic day. It is important to thoroughly read the blog and ask any questions. If you have any questions or comments about the blog feel free to leave a message here or email either Ms. Wallwork or Mrs. Swanson.
Social: Due to rocket launching this week, Tuesday, we will have our social unit test on Thursday, October 8th. Be sure to study from your study guide and to reread any chapters you may have found difficult. Reminder, if it rains on Tuesday we will have the social test that day and postpone the rocket launch until Thursday.
Science: Our BIG launch is on Tuesday, unless it rains, 9:00am at Whitney Fields. Be sure to send your child with a hat, gloves, and warm coat that day because we will be outside for about two hours. Everyone is welcome to attend the launch. Thursday will be a review day for the science test. The science unit test will be on Monday, October 12th. Permission slips went home in last weeks Thursday folder about the end of the quarter movie. They need to be signed and returned in order for your child to watch the movie.
Language Arts: Spelling this week is lesson 8, pronouns and words with more then one meaning. A reminder about nouns, adjectives, verbs, and other grammar rules would be a good thing to go over at home. The poetry unit is underway. A part of this unit includes making a display for each students' poems. We do this using any kind of scrapbook supplies we can come up with. I have a good start for the students but if you have stickers, card stock, , double sided tape, or any embellishments that you would like to donate, please send them with your son or daughter. Don't forget the unit will end with a wonderful coffee house for friends and relatives. Also, Mrs. Kolstad and I are in contact with a teacher from the Ukraine. We will be matching up your son or daughter with a pen pal in the near future.
Math:
Ms. Wallwork's class will identify US Customary units and convert to the metric system, draw and use ratio boxes, with a unit test on Thursday. Be sure to keep your vocabulary journals up to date.
Mrs. Swanson's class will learn about measures of a circle, naming the types of angles, multiplying and reducing fractions by dividing, and finally least common multiples and reciprocals. On Friday they will take another test to check on their progress.
Reading:
Ms. Wallwork's Class is covering a lot of new vocabulary daily, working on comprehension, while also learning a bit about WWII. Students, challenge your parents to the vocabulary. Do not forget to go to http://www.dictionary.com/ to listen to the pronunciation of the words. We will also cover protagonist and antagonist. Our next novel will be A Wrinkle in Time.
Mrs. Kolstad's We are starting on the story Mrs. Dunn's Lovely, Lovely Farm. We are focusing on settings and narrative events.
Ms. Pueringer's group will be finishing out the Level 6 book with Tom Sawyer. After that, they will begin with some great novel units.
Notes: END OF THE QUARTER is October 14th . Be sure your child is caught up on all homework!
Reminder about the silent auction that will take place on October 24th. If you haven't bought your tickets please send a check for $15 dollars per ticket and I will be sure to get your name on the list of attending. You can purchase them up until Friday, October 9th. We have a large goal to meet and you can be a part of it. Students have made a great sixth grade pottery piece that will be going up for sale. Also, you will be able to bid on teacher donations, for example, maybe a day of snow shoveling, cookie making, or babysitting. There are a lot of wonderful items to bid on.
Conferences are Thursday, October 15h. If you did not sign-up for conferences at open house please contact your child's homeroom teacher.If you have not received it please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
Remember if you want to volunteer in the school, contact Lynn Imholte the volunteer coordinator. LImholte@strideacademy.org Secret question: What is the Edict of Milan?
PATHS meetings are the second Tuesday and the School Board meetings are the third Tuesday of every month at STRIDE Academy at 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome to the meetings. Meetings are usually held in room 154. Please refer to the schedules posted on the school website or bulletin board by the gym.
Extra credit spelling words this week are:
conscious
cooperate
Level 6 Spelling
refuse
glue
student
nuisance
coupon
renew
human
canoe
improvement
smooth
beautiful
rude
juice
through
threw
clue
humor
ruin
pollute
cruel
Level 7 Spelling
persuasion
discrimination
expansion
opposition
constitution
narration
supervision
segregation
proclamation
dedication
confirm
unnecessary
reaffirm
involuntary
indirect
preliminary
computation
unpredictable
preposition
predetermine
Social: Due to rocket launching this week, Tuesday, we will have our social unit test on Thursday, October 8th. Be sure to study from your study guide and to reread any chapters you may have found difficult. Reminder, if it rains on Tuesday we will have the social test that day and postpone the rocket launch until Thursday.
Science: Our BIG launch is on Tuesday, unless it rains, 9:00am at Whitney Fields. Be sure to send your child with a hat, gloves, and warm coat that day because we will be outside for about two hours. Everyone is welcome to attend the launch. Thursday will be a review day for the science test. The science unit test will be on Monday, October 12th. Permission slips went home in last weeks Thursday folder about the end of the quarter movie. They need to be signed and returned in order for your child to watch the movie.
Language Arts: Spelling this week is lesson 8, pronouns and words with more then one meaning. A reminder about nouns, adjectives, verbs, and other grammar rules would be a good thing to go over at home. The poetry unit is underway. A part of this unit includes making a display for each students' poems. We do this using any kind of scrapbook supplies we can come up with. I have a good start for the students but if you have stickers, card stock, , double sided tape, or any embellishments that you would like to donate, please send them with your son or daughter. Don't forget the unit will end with a wonderful coffee house for friends and relatives. Also, Mrs. Kolstad and I are in contact with a teacher from the Ukraine. We will be matching up your son or daughter with a pen pal in the near future.
Math:
Ms. Wallwork's class will identify US Customary units and convert to the metric system, draw and use ratio boxes, with a unit test on Thursday. Be sure to keep your vocabulary journals up to date.
Mrs. Swanson's class will learn about measures of a circle, naming the types of angles, multiplying and reducing fractions by dividing, and finally least common multiples and reciprocals. On Friday they will take another test to check on their progress.
Reading:
Ms. Wallwork's Class is covering a lot of new vocabulary daily, working on comprehension, while also learning a bit about WWII. Students, challenge your parents to the vocabulary. Do not forget to go to http://www.dictionary.com/ to listen to the pronunciation of the words. We will also cover protagonist and antagonist. Our next novel will be A Wrinkle in Time.
Mrs. Kolstad's We are starting on the story Mrs. Dunn's Lovely, Lovely Farm. We are focusing on settings and narrative events.
Ms. Pueringer's group will be finishing out the Level 6 book with Tom Sawyer. After that, they will begin with some great novel units.
Notes: END OF THE QUARTER is October 14th . Be sure your child is caught up on all homework!
Reminder about the silent auction that will take place on October 24th. If you haven't bought your tickets please send a check for $15 dollars per ticket and I will be sure to get your name on the list of attending. You can purchase them up until Friday, October 9th. We have a large goal to meet and you can be a part of it. Students have made a great sixth grade pottery piece that will be going up for sale. Also, you will be able to bid on teacher donations, for example, maybe a day of snow shoveling, cookie making, or babysitting. There are a lot of wonderful items to bid on.
Conferences are Thursday, October 15h. If you did not sign-up for conferences at open house please contact your child's homeroom teacher.If you have not received it please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
Remember if you want to volunteer in the school, contact Lynn Imholte the volunteer coordinator. LImholte@strideacademy.org Secret question: What is the Edict of Milan?
PATHS meetings are the second Tuesday and the School Board meetings are the third Tuesday of every month at STRIDE Academy at 6:30pm. Everyone is welcome to the meetings. Meetings are usually held in room 154. Please refer to the schedules posted on the school website or bulletin board by the gym.
Extra credit spelling words this week are:
conscious
cooperate
Level 6 Spelling
refuse
glue
student
nuisance
coupon
renew
human
canoe
improvement
smooth
beautiful
rude
juice
through
threw
clue
humor
ruin
pollute
cruel
Level 7 Spelling
persuasion
discrimination
expansion
opposition
constitution
narration
supervision
segregation
proclamation
dedication
confirm
unnecessary
reaffirm
involuntary
indirect
preliminary
computation
unpredictable
preposition
predetermine
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)