Important Dates 3/1-5 - Exceptional Children's Week (See spirit schedule below) Exceptional Children's Week Monday, March 1st- Read Across Fulton Day We will celebrate our reading successes across Fulton County. On this day, students are invited to wear the colors red, white, or blue to celebrate reading across Fulton County. Chef Reggie will be serving breakfast for lunch. Students will participate in reading activities, have virtual guest readers, as well as diversity reader who will focus on one area of diversity through age-appropriate literature. Tuesday, March 2nd- Crazy Apparel Day Express yourself by wearing a crazy hat and or crazy socks! Wednesday, March 3rd- Healthy Choices Day We will focus on making healthy life choices. Healthy options will be available for both breakfast and lunch! Thursday, March 4th-Follow your Dream What career do you dream of having when you grow up? Dress for your future career! Friday, March 5th- Superhero Day Dress like your favorite superhero! What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Unit 4 Review. Unit 4 Assessment Wednesday. Introduction to Geometry following the Unit 4 Assessment. Advanced Math: Finding the Percent of a Number. Reading: Reading Fantasy Books. Students will continue to read their fantasy book, focusing on real life lessons that can be learned from the main character. Writing: Writing a Personal Narrative. Social Studies: Continue learning about the Cold War. Cold War Assessment Friday. Our Student of the Week is... Layne Owens! Congratulations to Hannah Sohmer for being our Caring person of the month!
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Thank you Alliance Theater for our Virtual Sit-in Field Trip! The kids had a great time!
Important Dates 2/22 - Science Interim Assessment 2/23 - Ridgeview Middle School Meet and Greet (see 5th Grade Team Page for details) What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Dividing Unit Fractions by whole Numbers and Dividing Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions. Dividing Fractions Quiz Thursday. Advanced Math: Continue with Ratios and Rate. Ratio and Rate Assessment Friday. Reading: Reading Fantasy Books. Students will focus on researching the setting of fantasy stories. Writing: Writing a Personal Narrative. Social Studies: Introduction to the Cold War. Cells & Classification Assessment Monday. Our Student of the Week is Aurora Wills! The kids loved making Plant & Animal cells in Science Lab!
Important Dates 2/15 - Presidents Day - No School 2/18- RCMS Class Scheduling Meeting 2/19- Virtual Field Trip 2/23 - Ridgeview Middle School Meet and Greet (see 5th Grade Team Page for details) What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Multiplying fractions & Mixed Number *Multiply Fractions & Mixed Number Quiz Wednesday* Advanced Math: Ratios and introduction to rates. Reading: Reading Argumentative Texts. Students will be focus on one argument and research to support their claim. Writing: Writing a Researched Based Argument Essay - Students will continue drafting and publish their argument essay on their chosen topic. *Final Draft due Friday* Science: Plant Classification and review on Cells & Classification Important Dates
2/8-22 - Kindness week. See spirit days listed below. 2/12 - Teacher Work Day - No School for Students 2/15 - Presidents Day - No School 2/23 - Ridgeview Middle School Meet and Greet (see 5th Grade Team Page for details) Kindness Week Schedule Monday February 8 Ride the Kindness Wave - Wear your Beach/ Surf attire Tuesday February 9 Round up to Kindness - Wear western Attire Wednesday, February 10 Powered by Kindness - Dress as favorite super hero Thursday February 11 Shine Bright with Kindness - Wear Neon and Sunglasses What will we be working on this week? On Level Math: Introduction to multiplying fractions. Advanced Math: Introduction to ratios. *6th Grade Unit 1 Assessment Monday* Reading: Reading Argumentative Texts. Students will be reading multiple articles on their argument topic and taking notes. Writing: Writing a Researched Based Argument Essay - Students will start drafting their argument essay on their chosen topic. Science: Animal Classification. Our Student of the week this week is... Rory Cooper! Special Shoutout to Emma C., Alex, Seeta, Marcela, Aurora, Davis, Layne, Hannah, Clayborne, Trystan, & Conner for completing 45 minutes of I-Ready and having a passing score in either Reading, Math, or both! Keep up the good work! I want to give a warm welcome to London Karam, as she joined our class this week! What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Continue with adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Introduction to Multiplying fractions by whole numbers and fractions. Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Assessment Wednesday. Advanced Math: Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers and Fractions. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions with Mixed Numbers Quiz Thursday. *6th Grade Unit 1 Assessment Friday* Reading: Reading Argumentative Texts. Students will be learning how to read several texts on different sides of an argument to help form their own opinions. Writing: Writing a Researched Based Argument Essay - Should Chocolate Milk be Banned in Schools? Final Draft due Wednesday. Science: Continue learning about plant and animal cells. Our Student of the week this week is... Marika Mathers! Our "Principled" Cookies for Character is... Clayborne Byan! Important Dates
1/18 - MLK Day - No School 1/19 - Students return to school building What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators. Add unlike Fractions Quiz on Monday & Add and Subtract Unlike Denominators Assessment Friday. Advanced Math: Dividing Decimals by Whole Numbers and Decimals. Decimal Operations Quiz Friday. Reading: Reviewing informational texts. Informational Text Reading Assessment Wednesday. Writing: Writing a Researched Based Argument Essay. Science: Inherited and acquired traits and characteristics. Assessment Friday. Our Student of the Week is Trystan Marzan! Important Dates
1/11 - 1/15 - Remote Learning Extended 1/13 - iReady Mid-Year Reading Diagnostic 1/14 - iReady Mid-Year Math Diagnostic 1/15 - Report Cards available to parents on Infinite Campus What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. Introduction to adding fractions with unlike denominators. iReady Mid-Year Diagnostic on Thursday. Add Unlike Denominators Quiz Friday. Advanced Math: Multiplying decimals by whole numbers and decimals. Introduction to division of whole numbers using larger numbers. iReady Mid-Year Diagnostic on Thursday. Reading: Understanding supporting evidence in informational texts and summarizing informational texts. iReady Mid-Year Diagnostic on Wednesday. Writing: Developing support in your writing using a variety of details. Science: Inherited and acquired traits and characteristics Our student of the Week is Hannah Sohmer! Important Dates
12/18 - Holiday Party 12/18 - End of Semester 1 (grades closed) 12/21-1/4 - Winter Break 1/5 - Semester 2 begins 1/15 - Report Cards available to parents on Infinite Campus Holiday Spirit Wear Schedule! On the fifth day before Winter Break (December 14th) - Merry Monday ! Wear your favorite holiday sweater. On the fourth day before Winter Break (December 15th) – Who’s got spirit? We sure do. It’s College Pride Day. On the third day before Winter Break (December 16th) – Don’t be a grinch!! Wear green or dress as your favorite character from Whoville. On the second day before Winter Break (December 17th) – Baby it’s cold outside. Wear your warm ear muffs, scarves and hats. On the first day before Winter Break (December 18th) – Wear your holiday pajamas and comfy boots to give 2020 the boot!! What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Introduction to fractions - Greatest Common Factor and Simplest Form Advanced Math: Graphing and locating points using ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. Coordinate Plane Assessment on Thursday. Reading: Author's purpose and Point of View in Non-fiction/informational texts. Students will explain the relationships between multiple texts. Writing: Non-fiction research reports. Students will research and write a report on a topic of choice. Science: Constructive and Destructive Processes Our student of the week this week is... Trystan Marzan Congratulations to Hannah Sohmer, Davis Mendelson, and Ayva Times for competing in the Schoolwide Spelling Bee! They all did a great job!
Please make sure your child is charging their device every night and bringing headphones to school everyday. What will we be working on: On Level Math: Intro to fractions and review of decimal multiplication/division Advanced Math: Unit 6 Volume assessment Monday. Graphing and locating points using ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. Reading: Point of View in Non-fiction/informational texts. Students will take a summative on Friday to assess their knowledge of reading informational texts. Writing: Non-fiction research reports. Students will be completing and turning in their second research report due on Tuesday. Their topics were related to WWII. Social Studies: We are finishing up our current unit and students will take a summative on Wednesday that covers the following topics:
Science: We will begin our next science unit on Thursday. In this unit we will be discussing Earth's landforms and how they can be created and/or destroyed through constructive and destructive forces. Interim Assessments: Students will be taking interim assessments throughout the year to assess their knowledge over previously taught standards. This week, students will be taking the following assessment. Tuesday: Science Interim Assessment Our Student of the Week is Marika Mathers! Important Dates
November 23-27 - Thanksgiving Break! No School Monday, November 30 - Virtual school day Tuesday, December 1 - Virtual school day Friday, December 4 - School Spelling Bee @ 8:30 What will we be working on next week? On Level Math: Unit 3 Review - Unit 3 Assessment Thursday Advanced Math: Volume of Composite Figures Reading: Non-Fiction - Quoting accurately from a text Writing: Informational Writing - Writing a Research Report. Students will start researching and outlining their WWII research paper. Social Studies: Post WWI - The Great Depression and The New Deal Congratulations to Davis Mendelson for being our Reflector of the Month! Our Student of the Week this week is Seeta Kaila! |
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