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Friday October 10, 2014

Middle School Conferences November 3, 6
Art Show!!
The conference art show will feature artwork of the entire 6
th
grade class. A special
Impressionist exhibit will be displayed down the south wing towards the art room.
Students will be able to teach visitors about this style of art and its uniue
characteristics. Students will also help visitors learn how to discuss and critiue
artwork by recogni!ing certain elements in the piece and forming an opinion"
without #ust saying the artwork is $pretty% or $I don&t like it%. All will be impressed
by the exceptional work and creativity of these 'ne artists(
Social Studies-Mrs. Larsen
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)e are winding down the 'rst uarter*)+) time ,ies( )e are
continuing our study of thematic maps and physical features for the
next week. )e will have our -
st
.uarter Summative Assessment over
/eography Skills on Thursday0 +ctober -6 1+2230 and 4riday0 +ctober
-5 1676N3. Students should be bringing home their /eo"8ournal and a
study guide to help them prepare for this assessment.
Math-Mrs. $etter
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This week in math we began9continued :nit ;"+perations
with )hole Numbers and 2ecimals. )e worked on whole
number and decimal place value0 and some began reviewing
adding and subtracting decimals. I told the students that
decimals have $last names% ask them to explain to you what
that means.
Next week we will continue reviewing place value0 and
adding and subtracting decimals. )e will also move into multiplying by powers of
-<.

%lease contact me with an& 'uestions or concerns.
%hone( )6"-)*3+ e,t. 3"-.
/ave a fabulous wee!end!
Language Arts with Mr. Kotz
Hello all! We have been working on our narratives over the past week. Your
student was asked to write a story about an accomplishment that they have earned.
I am downright impressed with their progress and attitude about the project.
We have just recently read our main selection, Airborn, and will continue to
discuss the structure of the story and develop your students inferring !predicting" abilities.
We will be discussing the pre#fi$es en- and ad- shortly and will review vocabulary and
the story on %uesday.
Lesson 12:
Main Selection: Airborn
ig !"ea: &ometimes you need to give it all youve got.
#ssential $uestions: How does a sky setting shape a storys events'
%arget Skill: &tory &tructure %arget Strategy: Infer()redict
&luency: *$pression
'ocabulary Strategies: )refi$es+ en#, ad#
%arget vocabulary: jostled, careening, relishing, falter, supple, taut, frail, engulf, frayed, undulating
%his lesson will take appro$imately three weeks to complete. %he pacing of each activity and
assessment may vary, depending on our daily progress.
Known (ue (ates:
)e"nes"ay 1*+1, - ,omprehension and -ocabulary %ests for Airborn
Mon"ay 1*+2* . &inal "ay for comprehension and vocabulary retakes
&urther .otes:
)lease feel free to use this link of our te$t book to have your students our main selection outside of class+
http+((www#k/.thinkcentral.com(content(hsp(reading(journeys(na(gr/(ese012345627/47440(launch.html8
9s always, please feel free to contact me if you have :uestions or concerns.
;onathan.kot<=indianola.k>?.ia.us
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Librar& News-Mrs.0anama!er
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The next =hat >n =hew will be next Thursday0 +ctober -6 during 6
th
grade
lunch. /rab your lunch and meet us at the tables right outside the library.
?ichelle @atrick0 from the public library0 will be here as well. It&s a great
opportunity to discuss books and what&s new in the library.
Box Tops
Send to school an&time! Collection tubs are located in Lan2ua2e Arts rooms
an" main o//ice.
Art-Mrs. Smith
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S34A56 " A57 85965:N; CA7AL8;S A56 :N! Some students got them back
today0 and the rest will bring them home ?onday and Tuesday. The back of the
catalog has ordering instructions. It is simple and preferred if ordering is done
online0 but check or cash payments are also accepted.

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@roducts will be in by November -5th. I hope you can take advantage of this great
opportunity to order custom gifts with your childAs artwork on it. Thank you for
your support and participation(

7his wee! Students accom?lished these 2oals(
?ade the color wheel by #ust using the B primary colors
2id a series of color experiments which we will talk about next week
Cearned how to take care of brushes and paint supplies
Ne,t wee! we will discuss the im?ortance of color wheel terms and be2in
an im?ressionist ?aintin2.

Con2ratulations to the followin2 %eace %oster Contest
0inners(
"st %lace( Caroline /u2hes @6th 2raderA
#nd %lace( Ba,son Mahlstadt @Cth 2raderA
3rd %lace( Audri /ilton @6th 2raderA

All peace posters will be displayed at the conference art show and for the 7eteranAs
2ay assembly
Science D Mrs. Sim?son
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)e started this week oD with a graphing exercise. Students created a bar graph and
a line graph of the )ater =ycle @ost Test data. Students then completed a 2ata
Analysis worksheet based on their graphs. Their score from their worksheet is in
In'nite =ampus as $2A)S% under the non"graded section.
Also in the grade book0 but under the graded section0 you will 'nd scores for the
)ater =ycle @ost Test 1$)= @T%3 as well as the )ater =ycle 7ocabulary Assessment
1$)=voc%3. Any student that scored below 5 on their post test is re'uired to
reta!e the assessment. Cikewise0 any student that scored below a -< on the
vocabulary is re'uired to reta!e the assessment. All students that are reuired to
retake one 1or both3 of these assessments have been given a $=oncept Eecovery
@reparation @lan% worksheet that they need to complete0 have a parent9guardian
sign0 and return to me at least 24 hour before the time they would like to retake
the assessment. 7he last scheduled reta!e time is 7uesda& 8ctober "-
th
at
3(3+ %M.
This week we have started to work on reading graduated cylinders. Student scores
from their 'rst section of graduated cylinder homework 1for 2ay - kids only3 can be
found in the non"graded section of In'nite =ampus. 2ay ; kids& scores will be
posted after we check their work next week. 7here will be a 'uiE over readin2
2raduated c&linders on 7uesda& and 0ednesda& @8ct. "- F "*A.
Ms. Loneman D Lan2ua2e Arts
A large portion of this week was spent on drafting, editing, revising, and finalizing
the students personal narratives. This assignment was due on Friday, the 10
th
. I
will do my est to have the narratives graded and returned as soon as possile.
The first !uarter ends on Friday, the 1"
th
, and grades are due on Tuesday, the #1
st
.
Therefore, if your $hild is re!uired to or $hooses to fi% his&her personal narrative, the revised
$opy will need to e turned in no later than 'onday, the #0
th
in order for the improved grade
to e refle$ted on the first !uarter report $ard.
This week we did take a rief reak from writing and listened to our main sele$tion,
(Airorn.) *e will dis$uss the story more in depth ne%t week prior to our assessments on
*ednesday. +e%t week will also involve an introdu$tion to the lesson 1# prefi%es (en,( and
(ad,.) Again, tinyurl.$om&lesson1#vo$a is a great tool for students to pra$ti$e the lessons
vo$aulary and prefi%es.
Important Dates:
-$toer 1.
th
/0esson 1# Assessments 12o$aulary and 3omprehension.4
-$toer 1"
th
/5nd of the 1
st
6uarter
-$toer 1"
th
and #0
th
/0esson 1# 7etakes 1efore s$hool and after s$hool are
options on oth days4
-$toer #0
th
/0ast day to turn in revised narratives for an improved grade
As always, please $onta$t me at any time with $omments, !uestions, or $on$erns.
Email: melissa.loneman@indianola.k12.ia.us
Phone: 961-9530 et. 313!
"#itter: @msloneman $t#itter.%om&msloneman'
(e)site: msloneman.#ee)l*.%om
+a,e a -reat #eekend.