Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Tuesday, January 22, 2019


Mr. Sassman's 6th Grade Class Blog

Woodriver Elementary School



A couple of notes:
I mailed second quarter report cards last Friday. Some students were not bringing them home, so that is that...Please review the report cards with your child. The number one reason students have low grades is due to missing or incomplete assignments. 

Every student is strongly encouraged to participate in the optional school Science Fair. Packets are available at the office. All participants will receive a full letter grade bonus (+10%) in both Writing and Science grades for the third quarter. Please visit Woodriver’s Science Fair website for details at https://www.wolfpups.org/science-fair.html

Please turn in your Box Tops for Education. Each Box Top is worth ten cents for our school and you would be amazed at how quickly it adds up. Thank you. 

The Sixth Grade Team is planning multiple field trips for the third and fourth quarters. To participate, every student must have exhibited excellent behavior, maintain passing grades in every class, consistently follow instructions, and strictly adhere to all safety requirements. A student who earns two or more formal detentions or discipline referrals may be excluded from participating.

For Social Studies this quarter, Mr. Kinder will be teaching the students about the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. He will finish the Greeks in the second half of the quarter. I will be teaching the students about the Romans. Due to the two Social Studies classes, there will not be a STEAM class this quarter. For Science, Mrs. Clark will be teaching the students about Classification and Ecosystems.

Tuesday looks like:
9:00 - 9:20
10-Minute writing prompt: What did you do over the 3-day break?
Class Meeting
New Jobs
New Seats
9:20 - 10:30
Walk to Math
10:30 - 10:40
Break - Snack and Read Aloud
10:40 - 12:00
"S" Groups - Rome
12:00 - 12:30
Eat
12:30 - 1:00
Play
1:00 - 1:40
Class Novel - My Side of the Mountain
1:40 - 2:15
Gym
2:15 - 3:30
Literacy Circles Session 2
Writer's Workshop

THIRD QUARTER AGENDA AND TDL (some of these have not been introduced yet)
Literacy Circle
Spelling
Superhero Narratives
Expository Book
DOL
Word Work
Paragraph Development
Read Aloud
Class Novel - My Side of the Mountain
Winter Haikus
Zentangles
Owl Pellets

MATH HOMEWORK 
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
--Practice 8-1
Thursday, January 24, 2019
--Practice 8-2
Friday, January 25, 2019
--Practice 8-3

Please regularly check your child’s grades in PowerSchool and update the Web and Technology Use forms. I would appreciate it if you gave permission for your child’s picture to be published on the class blog. The forms are located under the Registration section. Please refer to this link for details: https://www.k12northstar.org/Page/3162  

DATES TO REMEMBER (more field trips to be posted soon)

Thursday, January 31, 2019
Early Dismissal - Staff Training Day

Friday, February 1, 2019
No School - Staff Training Day

Monday and Tuesday, February 18-19, 2019
Student-led Parent-Teacher Conferences

"It's a good life."
--Mr. Sassman