January 21, 2014

Marvelous Monday is coming up on January 27th.  All missing work is due by THURSDAY JANUARY 23TH.  The 23rd is a short day, and we do NOT have school on Friday the 24th.

PTA Reading Contest  Keep track of your minutes in your planners between January 17th and February 18th for a chance to win some terrific prizes!  See the flyer that went home today.  There are individual prizes as well as class prizes.  Our school could win a visit from a Utah JAZZ basketball player!!!

Elk Meadows Elementary Choir is starting next month.  Please turn in your permission slip no later than January 28th.  The note went home on Wednesday, but you can get one in the front office if you are interested.  Practices will be Tuesday/Thursday from 7:45-8:15am.  We are so excited to be having a choir this year and look forward to a lot of 6th grade participation!

Keyboarding test will be later this month.  Practice at Free-Typing-Test.com.

Planner: Remember to have it signed every day.

 
Independent Reading: Read 20 minutes per night. 100 minutes required.  Record minutes in planner.

Homework:

EARPHONES/HEADPHONES: EACH STUDENT NEEDS HIS/HER OWN SET. THEY DO NOT NEED AN EXPENSIVE PAIR. A FEW STUDENTS HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY BOUGHT THEIRS AT THE DOLLAR STORE.

Math: Worksheet 5-10 due 1/22.  
For extra practice, visit ThinkCentral and try out some of those activities. The User Name and Password are both your lunch number.  
Students are struggling with their math facts.  Have them practice at MathMayhem, especially multiply and divide.
 

Science: Get in any late work. Be ready for further adventures in the lives of stars tomorrow. 

Language Arts: Memorize Poem: "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." Due: January 21, 2014. Remember to practice saying it LOUD, SLOW, and CLEAR. Worth 100 points. Essay: "Space Shuttle Mission." Due: Monday, January 27. Essay requires five paragraphs and 1000-1200 words.

Reading: We are enjoying the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt.  Your student should have read through chapter 16 and completed the workbook assignments.  It has been fun to have discussions about what it would be like to live forever as a 6th grader.