Classroom Newsletter January 30, 2015

Hopefully all of you received this in your student's Friday folder with their report card!  

Mrs. Knoedler’s 6^th Grade Class Newsletter

January 30, 2015

Dear Families,

Please be sure to look for your child’s report card in the Friday Folder today.  If you are a family with two households, both copies of the report card were sent home with the Friday Folder. 

Please remember to return your student’s U32 information regarding 7^th grade course selection.  This folder is due February 18^th. 

We completed a full week of school this week.  Congratulations to all the students who performed in the band and chorus concert on Thursday evening. 

Literacy: We are continuing our work on information writing.  This week we discussed the importance of editing as you go, punctuation, and spelling.  We also took a look at similes and metaphors and the importance and the role of figurative language plays in all writing.  It is imperative that your child is reading each night at home. We finished our read aloud, Firegirl, written by Tony Abbott.  We have started a new book,  Shadow and Bone.

Math:  We are studying area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles.  and perimeter in rectangles and triangles.  Students are doing well in remembering the formulas for determining area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. 

Social Studies:  The graphic novel final Rome assessment is due Monday, February 9^th.  Students have a little over a week to complete the assessment.  We are finishing our study on Rome and will next move onto science and the human body. 

Next Thursday, February 5^th, is week 3 of Winter Fitness.  Friday February 6^th is a Teacher Inservice Day and there is no school for students.   

On Friday, February 13th EMES will be hosting an "I LOVE EAST MONTPELIER" kick-off event. This event will include a community lunch and a heart/video project.  I hope you will be able to join us for lunch in the cafeteria.  More details on the lunch and how to sign up for lunch will be coming soon.  

Our class will be having a Friendship Celebration on Friday February 13^th.  If you would like to send something to share, I would ask that you remember that we are a nut free classroom.  All baked goods or store bought foods should be made in a nut free processing plant.  Thank you so much. 

There is now light in the sky until 5:30PM. Have a great weekend.   Ellen