Team 6 Red Newsletter 3/26-3/30/18
"If you can dream it you can achieve it" -Zig Ziglar
Upcoming Events
March 30: NO SCHOOL!
April 2: NO SCHOOL!
April 4-7: Social Studies State Testing
April 10-12: ELA State Testing
April 17-18: Math State Testing
Agendas for next week:
Ms. Waugh and Mr. Voth Math
Students will begin Module 5. They will learn about area of two-dimensional figures, and surface area and volume of three-dimensional figures.
See below for information regarding Module 5.
Email: kerrywaugh@usd475.org and petervoth@usd475.org
Mr. James Science
Mr. Little Social Studies
Mrs. Meeks & Mrs. James Language Arts
Mrs. Meeks
Students will continue reading ROTHMC and work on their first finding evidence over Miss Crocker and Mama's reaction to the books in Chapter 1.
Essential Question:
- How do circumstantial factors impact an individual's chance for success?
Please be sure your students have sticky notes!!
Signposts:
Aha Moment: Sudden realization
Again and Again: Repeated words or phrases
Contrast and Contradiction: Acting out of character (not as expected)
Words of the Wiser: Getting advice from someone older and wiser.
Memory Moment: Bringing up a memory from the past.
Tough Questions: Asking questions that do not have an easy answer.
Email: mindypage@usd475.org
Ms. James
MONDAY: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Ch.1 with notes
TUESDAY: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry,Ch.1 Quiz, Ch.2 with notes
WEDNESDAY: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Ch. 2 Quiz, Ch. 3 with notes
THURSDAY: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Ch. 3 with notes
FRIDAY: No School
Daily: Journal, Vocab/Spelling Words, Language Arts Handouts
Homework: Assignments not completed during class will be homework and must be completed by the start of the next class unless otherwise stated.
Information:
Students are expected to come to class prepared by bringing sharpened pencils, paper, assigned reading, journals, binders, and charged computer.
Students are responsible for taking any quiz/test or turn in assignments when they are absent. They are to talk to their teachers and set up a date and time.
Students may come in on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays before school to get help. The library is also available in the mornings for students wanting to work before school.
Email: donicejames@usd475.org
School-Wide Information
Lysol/Clorox Wipes
Box Tops for Education
Previous Parent Newsletters
Additional Information
What your student will learn this year in 6th Grade:
Math:
In Grade 6, instructional time will focus on four critical areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking. Students will be using EngageNY, which should be familiar to returning USD 475 students.
Science:
Students will be utilizing Pearson online materials for their “textbook” as well as using the Schoology learning management system in their class. The curriculum begins with biology, focusing on studying the diversity of life. Unit two focuses on water and the atmosphere. Unit three includes study of the Earth’s surface, followed by a study of Chemistry. All grade levels end the year with a focus on Health and Human Sexuality. Throughout the year we will develop needed skills that are building blocks to the study of science.
Language Arts: Students will be focusing on a number of texts - determining meaning and finding evidence to support claims. Most of the year will be spent on the novels Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, and Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor. Students will demonstrate their skills and understanding in argumentative essays at the end of each unit.
Social Studies: Social Studies will focus on Ancient World History. Students will study ancient civilizations from around the world beginning with the first hunter-gatherers and ending with life during the Middle Ages (Egypt, China, Rome, Greece, etc.). Students will demonstrate their skills and understanding through writing, projects, and collaborative discussions.
Additional Courses
Academic Strategies: Academic Strategies is a regular 54 minute class students will have everyday. On Fridays, students will have time to check their grades online and email you, their parents, with an update on grades and any missing work. On Fridays, students will also learn skills such as organization and spend time learning about and practicing our Trooper PRIDE values.
Beginning a few weeks into the school year, students will be placed into a Monday - Thursday Academic Strategies class based on their academic needs. Students will receive extra practice in math, reading or writing, or be challenged through extension classes. These placements are based on testing done at the beginning of the year, as well as studnet performance from the previous year. You will receive more information about these placements during October conferences.
Trooper Traditions
Responsibility
Integrity
Determination
Excellence
Here at FRMS we promote our PRIDE values in all classes and events. Students will learn about these words and how they can be applied to school and life in their first few weeks of Academic Strategies classes. It is our belief as a staff that these core values will make all of us at FRMS successful, productive, and caring people. We strive to promote these values in all we do!
Common Websites and Log-ins
Username: firstlast@frms (ex. johndoe@frms)
Password: FrmsID# (ex. Frms12345)
Science: Pearson
Username: firstlast@frms (ex. johndoe@frms)
Password: FrmsID# (ex. Frms12345)
Social Studies: Discovery Education
Username: firstlast@frms (ex. johndoe@frms)
Password: FrmsID# (ex. Frms12345)
Gradebook: Skyward
Username: firstlast
Password: birthday: mmddyyyy (ex. 12262004)
Online Classwork: Schoology
Username and Password are the same as computer log-in
Email: Office365
Username: email address (ex. johndoe@usd475.org)
Password: same as computer password
Fort Riley Middle School
Website: https://www.usd475.org/school/frms/SitePages/Home.aspx
Location: 4022 1st Division Road, Fort Riley, KS, United States
Phone: 785-717-4500
Facebook: facebook.com/frmsusd475/
Twitter: @FRMSTroopers