NOVEMBER 12-16….AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK!!!!

NOVEMBER 12…..NO SCHOOL

NOVEMBER 19….FIELD TRIP (BRING IN PERMISSION SLIP AND $6.50 IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY)

NOVEMBER 20….MRS. SECRIST’S LAST DAY

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Secrist

Enriched math
Sequences….finish chapter 7 and review
Chapter 7 test FRIDAY

Math
Writing decimals as fractions and writing fractions as decimals
Review Thursday and test is Friday on chapter 5

Enriched Language Arts

NO STORY OR VOCAB THIS WEEK

Continue to work on The Sentence…..simple subjects/predicates, simple and compound sentences, and types of sentences
Types of sentence cartoon
Test on the sentence at the end of the week….probably Friday.

Parts of Speech booklet….due Tuesday, Nov. 13
Book report….due Friday, Nov. 16

****Once again, there are several tests/projects on Friday.  Do not wait until the last minute to study.  I apologize for this, but I am trying to finish up some things before my maternity leave.

Science

We will be continuing chapter 5 on the Rock and Fossil Record. We will have a Mystery Spill Lab in the 7th grade Science Lab on Tuesday.  We will learn about absolute dating and the many different ways that fossils are formed.

Current Events are due on November 15th or 16th.   I have extended it one day until Friday, but students can turn it in on Thursday. Details are on my web page.

Please visit my edublog to keep updated on our classes.  The address is: http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org <http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org/>

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders.  You need them for a science portfolio that is due in early December.

Homework:
Monday – Veterans’ Day Holiday – No School
Tuesday – Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle.
Wednesday – Complete workbook p. 36-37, #1-15.
Thursday – Current Event is due tomorrow.
Friday – Complete workbook p. 38-39, 1-14.

Language Arts

We will be finishing a cartoon vocabulary unit with the vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.  We will be working in Writing and Grammar book pages 318-327 about Verbs. Each student should be reading a biography for a book report due on November 16.  Details are posted on my web site today.

Homework:
Monday – Veterans’ Day Holiday – No School
Tuesday – Work on Spinner Biography Book Report.
Wednesday – Complete worksheet on verbs.
Thursday – Finish Spinner Biography Book Report – It is due tomorrow!!!!
Friday – Read!!!

Mrs. Bishop is out and will return Tuesday.  She will send her agenda at that time.

Announcements
(No math tutoring November 5 due to the home basketball game)
*please turn in field trip permission slip and money ($6.50) ASAP!!!

Nov. 5…Home basketball game vs. Collierville Middle
Nov. 5…PTSA meeting @ 6:30
Nov. 6…SFMS Spelling Bee (Good luck to Ali, Don, and Jonathan)
Nov. 12-16 American Education Week
Nov. 19..Field Trip to Germantown High School (Poplar Pike Playhouse)
Nov. 20….Mrs. Secrist’s last day before the baby comes

Secrist

Enriched math

Continue with Chapter 7 in the red book
Multiplying Fractions and mixed numbers
Dividing Fractions and mixed numbers
We will have a test on Chapter 7 on Friday…possibly Monday (whenever we finish)

Math

Continue with Chapter 5
Mixed numbers and improper fractions
Least Common Denominator
Comparing and Ordering Fractions
We will have a test the week of Nov. 12…depending on when we finish the chapter

Enriched Language Arts
Parts of Speech project due November 12 (information given Nov. 2…see examples in the classroom)
Book report due Nov. 16
Wordly Wise Lesson 4…quiz Friday
Grammar…The Sentence….simple subject/ simple predicate, fragments, simple and compound sentences, and types of sentences

Hatcher

Science

We will be reading in chapter 5 on the Rock and Fossil Record. We will complete drawings in class of disturbed rock layers, and try to put rock layers in order.

Current Events are due on November 15th. Details are on my web page.

Please visit my edublog to keep updated on our classes. The address is: http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders. You need them for a science portfolio that is due in early December.

Homework:
Monday – Complete workbook pages 31 & 32, #3-11.
Tuesday – Complete workbook pages 33 & 34, #1-7.
Wednesday – No homework.
Thursday – Complete workbook pages 34 & 35, #8-21.
Friday – Work on Current Event which is due November 15th.

Language Arts

We will edit and rewrite our suspense stories on Monday. Then we will be working with verbs this week on pages 314-325 in our Writing and Grammar book. We will do cartoon vocabulary words this week with a vocabulary test on Friday. Each student should be reading a biography for a book report due on November 16. Details are posted on my web site today.

Homework:
Monday – No homework.
Tuesday – Complete workbook page 14.
Wednesday – Complete workbook page 16.
Thursday – No homework.
Friday – Read!!!

Bishop

Social Studies
Mon - Explain how China uses legends to explain the distant past
Tues -Examine the role of Oracle bones
Wed - Make Ancient seals / Vocabulary Quiz
Thur - True /False Quiz on Ch 4 Spanish
Fri - Spanish

English
We will work on Conjunctions and interjections this week and continue to
write suspenseful stories, We will also start on a new vocabulary cartoons
lesson and complete some Think Link probes.

Home basketball games this week:
Oct. 29   vs. Germantown
Nov. 1    vs. Riverdale

In order to stay your child must have a permission slip on file (for the entire season) or a bring a permission slip to school the day of the game along with $3 admission.  The begin immediately following school and end at 5:45.

November 5…PTSA meeting
November 12…No school (Veteran’s Day)
November 21…Mrs. Secrist’s baby arrives!!
November 21,22,23…no school (Thanksgiving)

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Secrist

Math
Monday- quiz on perimeter and circumference
Tuesday- Begin Chapter 5 (Fractions and Decimals)
Greatest Common Factor, Simplifying Fractions,  Changing improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa

Enriched math
Finish Chapter 6 (red book) lessons 5 & 6
Adding and subtracting mixed numbers and Renaming when subtracting mixed numbers
Test on Chapter 6 (lessons 3,4,5,6) Friday, November 2

Enriched Language Arts
Information regarding book report (due Nov. 16) will be given
1st AR TEST due October 31
“The All American Slurp” p. 227-234
Finish with prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections
Test Friday….along with the test for “All American Slurp”

***Enriched math and LA…that makes 3 tests from me on Friday, in addition to science…study ahead!!!!

Hatcher

Science

We will complete the reading of chapter 4 and create posters that deal with pollution, deforestation, and other environmental issues.  Lab be a Biodiversity Lab that we should complete on Tuesday.

Our project for this nine weeks, Create a Creature, is due this Wednesday, October 31st.  Details are on my web page.

We will have a test on Chapter 3 and 4 on Friday, November 2nd.

Please visit my edublog to keep updated on our classes.  The address is: http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org <http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org/>

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders.  You need them for a science portfolio that is due in early December.

Homework:
Monday – No homework.
Tuesday –  Complete Chapter Review on page 104, #1-11
Wednesday – Complete Interpreting Graphics on page 105, #17-20.
Thursday – Study for TEST on Chapter 3 and 4.
Friday – Work on Current Event which is due November 15th.

Language Arts

This week, we will finish a comparison/contrast of “The Fog” and “The Hitchhiker”.  We will complete our study of nouns/pronouns and have a TEST on Thursday.  We will also write a suspense story using the guidelines we have learned.  Each student should be reading a biography for a book report due on November 16.  Details will be posted on my web site today.

Homework:
Monday – Complete review sheet on nouns/pronouns.
Tuesday – No homework.
Wednesday – Study for TEST on nouns/pronouns.
Thursday – No homework.
Friday – Read!!!

Bishop

This week, we will finish a comparison/contrast of “The Fog” and “The Hitchhiker”.  We will .  We will also write a suspense story using the guidelines we have learned.  Each student should be reading a biography for a book report due on November 16.
The guidelines for the project went home on last Monday.
Homework:
Monday – Complete review sheet on Prepositions
Tuesday – No homework.
Wednesday – Study for TEST over Prepositions
Thursday – No homework.
Friday – Read!!!

Social Studies  We will be working on our Egyptian Newspapers in class and at home this week.  The Egyptian Newspaper is worth a  test grade and is due on  Nov 7.  The rubric and directions were passed out in class today. We will also begin Ch. 4 next week

**ANNOUNCEMENTS**

Baby Secrist will be arriving in less than 5 weeks!!  Mrs. Secrist last day will be Tuesday, Nov. 20!!

Rock a thon has been postponed until Nov. 10.  Try to gather donations to pay for an air-conditioner in the gym.

October 25–Green and White game after school….a permission slips will be needed to stay for this event

Red Ribbon Week is October 22-26
Monday- Students sign “Drug Free” pledge
Tuesday- wear red (this includes red t-shirts and red pants)
Wednesday- “Team up Against Drugs” - wear your favorite team jersey over a collared shirt…must be tucked in
Thursday- “Don’t Let Drugs Sneak Up on You”- wear sneakers
Friday- “SFMS Say No to Drugs”- wear your SFMS t-shirt and jeans

November 5…next PTA meeting

Secrist

Enriched math-
Monday- finish lessons 6 and 7
Tuesday- review Chapter 5
Wednesday- chapter 5 test
Thursday and Friday- begin Chapter 6 in the red book

Math-
Monday- review Chapter 4 (lessons 1-4)
Tuesday- Chapter 4 (lessons 1-4) test
Wednesday and Thursday-perimeter (lesson 5)
Friday- perimeter quiz…we will move to Chapter 5 next!!

Enriched LA-
Monday- Lesson 3 vocabulary…quiz Friday (will be given list of prepositions to study for a two part quiz
Adverbs–test Tuesday
Wednesday- Friday… Prepositions, Conjunctions, and interjections
Thursday- part one of preposition quiz
Friday- part two of preposition quiz

Due dates for this grading  period

1st AR - due by October 31
Book report- due on November 16
2nd AR- Due by December 7

There will be a parts of speech booklet project due this grading period…it
will not be assigned until we are at the end of the parts of speech. The
due date will be given at that time. It will be due most likely at the end
of October or beginning of November.

Hatcher

Science

We will complete activities about adaptations and begin reading chapter 4 about environmental problems and solutions.  Lab day will be Tuesday.

Our project for this nine weeks, Create a Creature, is due October 31st.  Details are on my web page.

Please visit my edublog to keep updated on our classes.  The address is: http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org <http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org/>

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders

Homework:
Monday – Complete workbook pages 22-23, 4-18.
Tuesday –  No homework.
Wednesday – Complete workbook pages 26-27, 1-11.
Thursday – No homework.
Friday – Work on Create a Creature project.

Language Arts

This week, we will be reading and writing about another play called “The Hitchhiker”.  We will also be working on using pronouns.  Make sure you are reading an AR book so you can easily get a good test grade by the end of the nine weeks.  Each student should be reading a biography for a book report due in November.

Homework:
Monday – No homework.
Tuesday – Study for vocabulary QUIZ tomorrow.
Wednesday – No homework.
Thursday – Study for test on “ The Hitchhiker”.
Friday – Read!!!

Bishop

She is out today.  She will email you her agenda next week!

Make a change in a child’s life..Make a Wish!!!
Monday- bring pennies
Tuesday- bring nickels
Wednesday- bring dimes
Thursday- bring quarters
Friday- bring dollar bills

Rock a Thon donations are due Monday, October 15

PTSA meeting Thursday October 18…there will be a FREE health fair with several screenings available!!!
You can get a flu shot for $20 between 4:30 and 6:00, as well as B12 shots, tetanus and pneumonia vaccinations.

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Hatcher

Science

We will complete chapter 3 this week.  The quiz over chapter 3 will be Thursday.  Lab day will be Tuesday, and all students need to remember to use lab safety procedures while in the science lab.  Our project for this nine weeks was assigned last Friday.  Detail are on my web page.

PLEASE REMEMBER:  Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders

Homework:
Monday – Complete workbook pages 17-18
Tuesday –  No homework
Wednesday – Complete study guide for quiz tomorrow.
Thursday – QUIZ TODAY!!!
Friday – Work on Create a Creature project.

Language Arts

We will be reading a play, “In the Fog”, on page 75.  We will use context clues, compare and contrast, and start our next vocabulary lesson.  We will have a test on the play on Friday.
Make sure you are reading an AR book so you can easily get a good test grade by the end of the nine weeks.

Homework:
Monday – No homework
Tuesday – Complete Context Clues worksheet.
Wednesday – No homework.
Thursday – Study for test on “In the Fog”.
Friday – TEST TODAY!!!

Secrist

Math- Chapter 4…dividing decimals, perimeter and circumference
Expect a test on Chapter 4 (all lessons) at the beginning of next week (Oct. 23, most likely)

Enriched math- Chapter 5 (red book)
Mixed and improper fractions, least common multiple, comparing fractions and conversion of fractions to decimals and vice versa….
Expect a test on Chapter 5 mid to late next week

Enriched LA- “The Bracelet” (test Friday)
Adverbs…test on Adverbs Thursday or Friday

Due dates for this grading period

1st AR - due by October 31
Book report- due on November 16
2nd AR- Due by December 7

There will be a parts of speech booklet project due this grading period…it will not be assigned until we are at the end of the parts of speech.  The due date will be given at that time.  It will be due most likely at the end of October or beginning of November.

Bishop

Mon – Examine how the pharaoh  contributed to continuity of the Egyptian life style.
Tues – Spanish Video and worksheet/ Ch 3 Lesson 1 and 2 Quiz
Evaluate innovations in the Old Kingdom with new ideas emerging in the Egyptian religion.
Wed –Analyze the changes in Egyptian society during the Middle Kingdom.
Thur- Hypothesize about why the change in religion introduced by Amenhotep IV did not take hold. VOCABULARY QUIZ
Fri-  Create Graphic Organizer

Mon –Distinguish Action and Linking Verbs
Tues – Test over Eleven
Wed -Develop a Paragraph using Action and Linking Verbs discussing Thanksgiving from the Turkeys point of view
Thur – Writing effective sentences
Fri –  Verb Test /Continue writing effective sentences

School pictures are coming home today!!! Please return any purchase money and/ or unwanted pictures to school by next Wednesday, October 17.

Tuesday envelopes/ papers are coming home today!!  Please sign and return by Friday, please!

Bishop
Social Studies
Wed- Cradles of Civilization Video ; Define Ch 3 Lesson 1 Voc
Thru -Introduction to the Ancient Egypt
Fri- Evaluate the role of the Nile River on the ancient Egyptians.

English
Wed- Start Verb Unit
Thur Explore the stages of Writing
Fri- Continue to Study Verbs

Hatcher
Welcome back!  This week, we will begin Chapter 3.  We will complete labs on
Thursday.  You should receive information about the next project on
Adaptations.

Secrist
Enriched math- Chapter 5 in the red book
Math- Chapter 4 (multiply and dividing decimals)
Enriched LA- NO story or vocabulary this week!
We will finish with verbs….test Friday (action, linking, helping verbs)

Fall Break is Monday and Tuesday, October 8-9.  Enjoy the 2 day break!!  Check back Wednesday for the week’s agenda!!!

It is hard to believe October is around the corner!!

FALL BREAK- October 8 & 9!!!

I know it seems like there have been a lot of projects lately.  This should slow down considerably.  Please know that we do give ample time to complete projects; please do not wait until the last minute to start these projects…then it really will seem like a lot!!!

The grading period will be coming to an end soon!!  If you have not checked powergrade to see your child’s progress, I would strongly suggest it.  Many students have missing work that has not been completed and you will know if this applies to your child by going on powergrade and looking.  It will tell you your child’s average, as well as the grades that make up that average.
**Remember, most subjects weight the grades, so it is not a matter of adding up the grades and dividing by the number of grades given.

Conference night is October 4.  We are limited to a few time slots that we can meet with parents.  These conferences are set up by the teachers.  You would have already received a letter if you are to come on October 4.  Please know that you are welcome to request a conference any day at 11:30, which is our daily conference time, barring any other conflict.

SECRIST  http://rsescrist.edublogs.org/

Enriched math- Finish stem and leaf plots/ back-to-back stem and leaf plots
Tuesday–Chapter 3 review (lessons 1,3,4,5)
Wednesday- Chapter 3 test (lessons 1,3,4,5)
Thursday and Friday….something…not sure what…will NOT start a new chapter until after fall break….

After fall break, we will go back to the red (6th grade) math book.

Math- Adding and Subtracting Decimals graded assignment
Tuesday- Chapter 3 review (lessons 1,2,3,5)
Wednesday- Chapter 3 test (lessons 1,2,3,5)
Thursday and Friday- multiplying decimals

Enriched language arts-verbs and adverbs…we will have a Verbs test sometime this week…Wednesday or Thursday
We will present Character in a Can book reports this week!
Wordly Wise Lesson 2….vocabulary quiz on Friday
2nd AR test is due Friday, October 5!!!

HATCHER  http://lhatcher.edublogs.org/

Science

We will be doing several hands-on activities in conjunction with Chapter 2.  We will also be watching a video about animal and plant adaptations. Begin to review for the Chapter 2 test, which will be on Friday, October 5th.
PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders

Homework:
Monday – Complete the critical thinking worksheet.
Tuesday – No homework  (But remember we have a test on Friday!)
Wednesday – Finish the chapter review worksheet.
Thursday – Study for Chapter 2 test tomorrow.
Friday – No homework.  ENJOY  FALL  BREAK!!!

Language Arts

We will be reading the story called “All Summer In A Day” on page 42.  We will be making inferences based on story clues.  We will take a cartoon vocabulary quiz on Wednesday and the test on the story on Friday.
Please visit my edublog for further information.

Homework:
Monday – No homework
Tuesday – Study vocabulary words (QUIZ TOMORROW).
Wednesday – No homework.
Thursday – Reread the story on page 42 for a test tomorrow.
Friday – Last day to take an AR test. SEE  YOU  ON  OCTOBER  10TH.

BISHOP  http://mbishop.edublogs.org/

Social Studies
Mon – Compare the Ancient Code of Hummurabi with Ancient Hebrew Laws
Tues - Quiz on Lesson 1&2/  Start Ch. 2 Lesson 3
Wed – Explore the life ways, religion and developments of the Israelites, Phoenicians and the Lydian’s.
Thur – Chapter 2 Graphic Organizer
Fri – Ch 2 Test

Mon – Vocabulary Cartoons
Tues- Start the story LaBamba
Wed -   Work on creating and recognizing similes and chronological order
Thur – Vocabulary Cartoons Quiz
Fri-  Story Test

Our edublogs…please check them out!!

http://rsescrist.edublogs.org/ (yes, my name is spelled wrong…it is supposed to be that way…don’t ask!!!)

http://lhatcher.edublogs.org/

http://mbishop.edublogs.org/

It was good to see those of you that came to Open House!!!  I hope you enjoyed yourselves.  Thank you so much to those of you that purchased gift certificates for us to use at the book fair!!  We enjoyed spending them!!

The sixth grade is having an after school mixer (dance) on September 28.  It is until 5:00 p.m. at SFMS.

Fundraiser turn in deadline is Tuesday, September 25!!

Please remember to turn in your homeroom donation for treats and snacks throughout the year.  You should have received a letter about this from the homeroom parent!

Bishop

This week we will begin Ch 2 and focus on the people of the Fertile Cresent
and southwestern Asia. It also the lifeways they developed in ancient
Mesopatamia.

Mon  Finish B.C. And A.D. Time Lines / Ch 2 Lesson 1
Tues- Time Line Quiz / CH.2 Lesson 2
Wed- Explore Hummurabi Code of Law
Thurs - Create Your Own Code of Laws
Fri -   Vocabulary Quiz/ Spanish

English

We will finish the discussing the story the Stone and test on the story on
Tuesday. We will also finish our study on Pronouns.
Mon - The Stone Reading/Study Guide
Tues -  Test over the Stone
Wed - Turn in Book Report
Thur-   Pronoun Quiz
Fri- Take Your AR test this week!!!!

Hatcher

Science

This week we will finish reading chapter 2. We will do a lab activity called “Oh Deer” to learn about competition among organisms.  We will make food webs and food chains and complete a vocabulary crossword puzzle.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Don’t throw away science papers that come home in Tuesday folders!!  Students will need 5 papers for their Science Portfolio.  It is due on September 26th.

Please visit my edublog to keep updated on our classes.  The address is: http://www.lhatcher.edublogs.org

Homework:
Monday – Work on Science Portfolio.
Tuesday – Finish Science Portfolio – Due tomorrow.
Wednesday – Complete workbook pages 13-14 for Section 3.
Thursday – Study vocabulary words for vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Friday – No homework.

Language Arts

We will be finish discussing the story, “The Stone” on pages 31-37.  We will have a test on the story on Tuesday.  We will begin our third cartoon vocabulary lesson.  We will also work with pronouns this week.

Our first book report is now due on September 26th.  The book report is called Character in a Can and directions came home last week. Please visit my edublog for further information.

Homework:
Monday – Work on Book Report.  Study for test on “The Stone”.
Tuesday – Finish Book Report – Due tomorrow.
Wednesday – No homework.
Thursday – Complete workbook page 7 on pronouns.
Friday – AR test must be taken by next Tuesday.

Secrist

Enriched Math—Chapter 3 Lessons 3, 4, 5 (line plots, mean, median, mode, range, and stem and leaf plots).  We will have a frequency table project due September 26
We will have a test on Chapter 3 early next week (around Oct. 2 or 3).  This will be the last math test of the grading period most likely.

Math- Chapter 3  adding and Subtracting Decimals (lessons 1-5)
Representing Decimals, comparing and Ordering decimals, and rounding decimals
We will have a test October 4 or October 5…prior to fall break.  This will be the last test for the 1st grading period.

Enriched LA- Book report (Character in a Can) due September 28; 2nd AR test is due October 5
“Ta-Na-E-Ka” will be our reading story this week.
Grammar- verbs (action, linking, helping) and adverbs
Plan to have a test on Verbs and Adverbs prior to fall break if possible.

Please use this link to access the current SFMS webpage. There is a link for the textbooks.
(We are experiencing difficulty with the other link.)

http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/middle/SchillingFarms_Mid/index.html