Team 6 Red Newsletter 9/10-9/14/18
"If you can dream it you can achieve it" -Zig Ziglar
Upcoming Events
September 10: Wear Purple and Teal for Suicide prevention!
September 11: Freedom Walk
September 21: End of 1st 6 week grading period
September 25 and 26: KONZA Field Trip (More information to come)
October 5: Fall picture re-take day
October 5: Walk a Mile
October 18: Conferences 3:20-7:20PM (Information will be sent home)
October 22: Conferences 3:20-7:50PM
October 24: Conferences 3:20-7:20PM
Agendas for next week:
Math: Mr. Voth and Ms. Ptacek
Monday: Lesson 13
Tuesday: Lesson 14
Wednesday: Lesson 15
Thursday: QUIZ over ratios and equivalent ratios using tape diagrams, value of ratios (simplest form), ratio tables, double number lines, and coordinate planes.
Friday: Lesson 16
Attached is information for Engage New York grade 6 overview and Module 1 helpful hints.
Science: Mr. James
This week in science we will have two short quizzes over plants. On Monday we will take a quiz over lesson 1, What is a Plant? On Friday we will take another quiz over lesson 2, Classifying Plants. Everyone has been doing well on tests and quizzes so far this year, I anticipate similar results this week.
Monday: What is a Plant quiz; begin lesson 2 Classifying Plants
Tuesday: Characteristics of non vascular plants
Wednesday: Characteristics of vascular plants
Thursday: Characteristics of seed plants
Friday: Classifying plants review and quiz
Email: lemueljames@usd475.org
Social Studies: Mr. Mullins
Monday we continue talking about Agriculture, which leads us directly into the Rise of Civilization Tuesday before we have a quiz on Wednesday. After that, we'll begin our first big unit, learning about Mesopotamia, which will carry us through the rest of the first 6 weeks.
Email: RyanMullins@usd475.org
Language Arts: Mrs. Mehl & Mrs. James
Mrs. Mehl
MONDAY: Vocabulary Collecting
TUESDAY: Growth Mindset
WEDNESDAY: Growth Mindset
THURSDAY: Argumentative Essay intro
FRIDAY:Argumentative Essay intro
All assignments are posted on Schoology.
Due dates and content may change based on the needs of learners.
Email: LeahMehl@usd475.org
Ms. James
MONDAY: Growth Mindset
TUESDAY: Growth Mindset
WEDNESDAY: Growth Mindset
THURSDAY: Argumentative Essay
FRIDAY: Vocab/Spell Quiz, Journals Due, Argumentative Essay
Homework: Assignments not completed during class will be homework and should 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.
Email: donicejames@usd475.org
Special Education: Mr. Walsh and Ms. Irvine
Foundation ELA C (Ms. Irvine):
Interactive Notebook focus: Verbs
Essential Question for Unit 1:
Monday: Unit 1
Tuesday: Unit 1
Wednesday: Unit 1
Thursday: Unit 1
Friday: Library and Finding Evidence
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