Sixth grade IS ON THE MOVE

Tuesday, January 19- Friday, January 22

Wearewhatwerepeatedlydo.Excellenceis,then,notanact,butahabit.Aristotle

School Calendar
1/18 - Martin Luther king day (no school)
1/21 Report Cards Go Home
DUE BACK 1/25
1/22 Recognition Program @ 9:00 in MMS Gym
1/27 Club Day
1/29 Friends and Class Group Pictures &
COUPON BOOKS DUE
2/12- Spring Celebration
2/15 - presidents day (weather day - no school)
2/19 UAB Theater Alice in Wonderland 9:00
2/24 Club Day
2/26 Nacho Sale & Assembly Debbie Bond Bluegrass Music 1:00
2/29 3/4 Book Fair
3 /3 AMSTI NIGHT (CHANGED FROM )
Announcements
Please try to sell your coupon book to help your classroom teacher.
Many students need their school supplies replenished.
2/5/15 is the LAST DAY to sign up and turn in paperwork for cheerleading. Students must
have a note from parents giving them permission to get a packet. You may get the
paperwork from PE coaches. There will be a mandatory parent meeting on 2/11/15 at 5:00PM
in the MJHS gym for everyone trying out. You may email
kristan.cromer@scccboe.org
if
you need additional information.
Please ask your students if he/she has a library fine that needs to be paid.
Language Arts - Mrs. Wendt (
sara.wendt@sccboe.org
)
Skill focus: main idea and supporting details. grammar: prepositions
Math - Mrs. Byars (
emily.byars@sccboe.org
)
We will continue Chapter 7 - Ratios, Proportions, and Percents. We will have a quiz on
Wednesday, January 20.
math exploratory - mr. mcnutt (
terry.mcnutt@sccboe.org
)
mcnutt/wendt/smith Hr will be introduced to each new concept. Byars/Holt/Allen Hr will be
reviewing each new concept for the week. Homework will be checked for the week on
friday
.
Please make sure your child does their homework each night.
Reading - Ms. Holt (
gail.holt@sccboe.org
)
We will do Reading Skills this week.
Science - Ms. ALLEN (
ginger.ALLEN@sccboe.org
)
We are studying Plate Tectonics/Volcanoes. Students should have 6 pages in their journal..
we
will have a quiz on types of volcanoes 1/20/16. it will only cover shield, composite and
cinder cone volcanoes (page 3 in journal) students do not have to know examples of
volcanoes just the characteristics of each.
Social Studies - Mrs. Smith
(

april.smith@sccboe.org
)
We will continue learning about World War I by participating in a live action role play activity.
This is the World War I Introduction Lesson under Learning Modules on our classroom learning
platform at
www.aprilsmith.org
.
QUIZ:

Remember there is a vocabulary quiz on

tuesday,
January 19
. The students received a paper copy of the terms. They may also use the online
flashcards and arcade study games under the Study Guide tab of the class website.