Final Exam Schedule & 6th Grade Gradution

5/24-Thursday

Students will have their 1^st period elective exam from 9:20-10:55am.  

5/25-Friday

Students will be in their homeroom and remain there all day.  

Students will take their 2^nd period elective exam from 9:20-10:55am, then after lunch they will take their Science final exam.

5/29-Tuesday 

Students will be in their homeroom and remain there all day.  

Math Exam from 8:15-10:00, then 11:45-12:30.  

Students will only go to their 2^nd period elective from 10:05-10:55am.  

Social Studies exam from 12:30-3:00pm. 

5/30-Wednesday 

Students will be in their homeroom all day.  

ELA exam from 8:15-10:45am.  

Early dismissal at 10:55am.

5/31-Thursday

Students will attend their awards ceremony in the cafeteria from 8:30-10:00am and then make their way back down to the 6^th grade hallway.  Parents wishing to take their children after 10:00am may do so.

Major Social Studies Project - Create a Zap (Website on Asia)

Last Friday, students were given an assignment to create their own website on Asia including elements such as Geography, Climate, Culture, etc. Students are using a free website on www.zapd.com. Click on the assignment for further instructions on how to create it. Students will be given one computer lab period to work as well as some additional class time, using our student computers to complete this assignment. This will be the last major grade in Social Studies. Students should reply to this assignment and include their blog url in the replay box To receive credit for the Zap students must:

 1. Copy and paste the link for their Zap to their Gaggle Social Studies Class Wall for comments and questions by other class mates.

 2. Make comments and questions on other students Zaps using the Gaggle Social Studies class wall.

 3. Email the link to your blog using Gaggle email AND reply to assignment in the Gaggle Homework Dropbox section, including the link to your Zap Blog in the body of the message.

A list of complete instructions can be found in the Gaggle Homework Dropbox that includes screenshots and step by step instructions for navigating the website. This assignment is due Friday, May 25.  Students went to the computer lab on Tuesday to work and will continue to work on the student computers in the classroom as time allows.  

6th Grade Dance

Just a reminder that the 6th grade dance tomorrow from 3:30-6:00. We are asking that parents arrive at 5:50 to pick up students.

All students should have turned in their permission slips and $6 donations.

1st Annual 6th Grade vs. Faculty Softball Game

As part of our incentive for students with good behavior we are hosting a sixth-grade against faculty softball game this Friday, May 11, from 2-3 pm. We would like to invite parents to join forces with our faculty team. If you are interested in playing softball against your child please respond by e-mail or just come to our good behavior activity on Friday. We are looking forward to having a good turnout. We have also invited students from grades 3-5 to come and watch us play. It will be a fun event.


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STAAR Testing

Please remember that STAAR testing is next week. The campus will be closed to outside visitors. Parents may not visit classrooms, drop off things, or eat lunch with students. Good luck to our STAAR testers! You will do fabulous.

More Gaggling

We are continuing to use Gaggle in our class. Recently students were given an assignment to create a travel guide on the three tribal groups of Africa that we have studied. "Imagine that you are a travel guide speaking to a group of tourists to Nigeria. The three tribes are Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo." I emailed students in their Gaggle accounts with specific instructions on how to submit this assignment to their Homework Dropbox in Gaggle. Again, I will be taking a grade for this assignment. Please make sure that your student has finished this assignment so that they receive a grade for it.

More Test Review for Upcoming Science Test

Parents & Students,

I am posting the answer key to a couple of the workbook pages that I have assigned over Relating Force and Motion for students to be able to check their work and study what they need to don't understand for the test.

Remember: The best browser to view the blog with all of the documents that I have embedded in Google Chrome. You may also click on the Document Title and you will be directed to the website that is hosting the documents. I posted a link above the document as well that you can click on, so that you should not have any problems accessing it.

The test will be this Friday!
If the document does not come up properly, click on the link below to open it in a new window:

http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/81784801?access_key=key-1kbc296n6vv58mk4gncm

Relating Force & Motion Workbook Pages