Newsletter: Mrs. Fischer-Language Arts

Newsletter
Friday September 18, 2015
Mrs. FischerLanguage Arts

We will be starting our next unit on Monday, September 21. We
will be working on Lesson 11 from our Journeys textbook. This
unit focuses around our main selection for the unit, Star in the
Storm. We will be addressing the topics listed below. This unit will
take approximately 3 weeks to complete. Just a reminder that
book orders (if you are interested) are due by Friday, Sept. 25. Your student
should have brought home the book orders last week. You may order the
traditional way by sending money to school with the order form, or you can
order online using the class code that is written on the book orders.
Lesson 11:
Main selection: Star in the Storm
Big Idea: Sometimes you need to give it all youve got.
Essential Question: Why does a character take risks for a friend?
Target Skill: Understanding Characters
Target Strategy: Summarize
Fluency: Phrasing: Pauses
Vocabulary Strategies: Suffixes -ion, -ation
Target Vocabulary: eerie, frothing, mounting, stabilize, dismay, looming,
receded, desperation, collided, jutted
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3146
Box Tops
Send to school anytime! Collection tubs are located in

Language Arts rooms
and main office.
Ms. Loneman Language Arts
This week students

reviewed for, took, and reflected upon the lesson 4 tests
practiced having a substantive conversation with a small group
learned more about the 40 Book Challenge and wrote their first reading response
entry
took an ungraded quiz about genres
learned the parts of and practiced writing simple sentences
Next week students will
be introduced to and practice lesson 11 vocabulary words
continue to learn about and practice story structure
edit and revise a paragraph they wrote in science class
take a writing pre-assessment
Important Dates:
September 21stWriting Pre-Assessment (write a paragraph to respond to a prompt)
October 6thLesson 11 Assessments (tentative)
Reminder: Students are expected to write their assignments in their planners at the
beginning of each class. You can also access the daily assignments and other classroom
updates on Twitter (you can access this without setting up a Twitter account by simply going
to www.twitter.com/msloneman).
The textbook can be accessed at home by following these steps:
1.
Go to: www-k6.thinkcentral.com.
2.
Enter the state, district, and school.
3.
Username: langarts
4.
Password: indianola (not capitalized)
5.
Click Log In.
6.
Click on My Library
7.
Click on Journeys Student eBook
Lesson 11:
Main selection: Star in the Storm
Big Idea: Sometimes you need to give it all youve got.
Essential Question: Why does a character take risks for a friend?
Target Skill: Understanding Character Target Strategy: Summarize
Fluency: Phrasing: Pauses
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes ion -ation
Target vocabulary: eerie, frothing, mounting, stabilize, dismay, looming, receded, desperation,
collided, jutted
Please feel free to contact me at any time with comments, questions, or concerns.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3134
Twitter: @msloneman (twitter.com/msloneman)
Website: msloneman.weebly.com
Enjoy your weekend!
Library News-Mrs.Wanamaker
[email protected]
Mrs. Sathoff has joined the library staff as the new associate. Please
welcome her to the building. 6th grade students are working hard on their
40 book challenge for language arts class. Mrs. Wanamaker is happy to
help students locate books and to suggest books to help them complete
this challenge.
Second Step
Next week, 6th graders will continue with the Second Step curriculum by participating in lessons
5 and 6. Lesson 5 focuses on understanding passive, aggressive and assertive ways to
communicate. Students will practice using assertiveness skills in class. Assertive communication
has been shown to decrease aggression, and has been shown to be an effective way to stand up
for oneself. In lesson 6, students will learn how to recognize bullying, empathize with students
who have been bullied, and will understand what to do if they or someone they know are being
bullied. One of the goals of this lesson is to help students recognize the full range of bullying
behaviors so that they can label specific behaviors as wrong, empowering them to stand up for
oneself and others. To learn more about these lessons, join www.secondstep.org with the
activation key SSP6 FAMI LY12 to watch videos about the Second Step program and get
additional information about what your student is learning.
Backpacks 4 Hunger
No Child Goes Hungry Over the Weekend
Sign up for Backpacks 4 Hunger- Food for over the weekend
Backpacks are filled Friday and sent home with meals and snacks for over the
weekend.
Backpacks and contents provided by donations and volunteers in the community of
Indianola.
ALL students are eligible.
TO SIGN UP: Contact 961-5755 or your School Counselor, Lacey Cherniss,
at 961-9530 X3106
Computers Ms. Petersen

[email protected]
In Computers, students will be recognizing the parts of a letter and proper spacing.
Students will be converting their Google Docs paragraph previously keyed into a
letter. Students will also continue to learn new key reaches and practice good
technique.
Social Studies-Mrs. Larsen

[email protected]
I am pleased with the results of our World Map Assessment. Most

students did a wonderful job!!!! Check with your student or look on
Infinite Campus for their results. There are some students who will
need to retake their test, so watch for them to bring home a yellow
Request to Retake paper for you to sign This next week we will be
working with latitude and longitude coordinates to help us locate places around the
world. We will have our first DOG Test on Tuesday, Sept 22(ODD) and Wednesday,
Sept.23 (EVEN) Students do not need to study for this test as this is an assessment
of their ability to locate information in their atlases, rather than memorization of
facts.
Math-Mrs. Vetter
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Math 6
This week we continue our work with Unit 1 in the Everyday
Math book; Collection, Display, and Interpretation of
Data. Students continued working with line plots and stem and
leaf plots and finding data landmarks (mean, median, mode and
range) using the line plots and stem and leaf plots. We also did
work with line graphs, and bar graphs as well as step graphs and circle graphs. Next
week we will try to wrap up Unit 1.
Math 6/7
This week we wrapped up our work on Unit 1 in the Big Ideas book-Numerical
Expressions and Factors. Students took a quiz over Lessons 1.4-1.6 on Thursday
and reviewed for the Chapter 1 test. Studnets will take the Chapter 1 Test on
Monday 9/21. Concepts on the test are as followed:
Whole Number Operations
Powers and Exponents
Order of Operations
Prime Factorization
Greatest Common Factor (GCF)
Least Common Multiple (LCM).
Math 7/8
From Mr. WesterlyStudents quizzed over 1-step equations this week. They are
allowed to retake problems they missed on the first quiz and receive full credit
getting them correct on the retake. We will be doing a couple other short
assessments next week involving a take-home quiz they got today in class and then
an assessment on 2-step equations.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Phone: 961-9530 ext. 3147
Have an awesome weekend!
Science Mrs.Simpson
[email protected]
This week in Science, students have taken the Science Focus Vocabulary Pretest and scored it.
Students have also worked on furthering their knowledge of different careers in Science as well
as what each area does and tools they use. In addition, students used their career research and
sentence starters provided by the teacher to aid in conducting substantive conversations
regarding their opinion of what area of science (that was researched) would be the most difficult
to live without. Students were expected to make a claim, support it with evidence, and defend
their thinking. Next week we will be starting our LTPs (Learning Target Packets) which help
students focus on the standard being taught and reflect on their learning.
Art-Mrs. Smith
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Art Class website: www.artinspiredbylife.com

This week 6th graders took a survey on the art class website that had to do with
their art interests and what teamwork skills they are best at. The results will be
used to place students into groups with a variety of backgrounds and skill levels.
Students also worked on completing their Square 1 Art designs. These are due on
Friday Sept 16th. All extra square 1 art papers can be turned in next week by
Tuesday. Target Goals for this project are below:
1. I am able to recognize and describe the elements of art I used in my
artwork
2. I can apply contrast so my artwork stands out from a distance
3. I can create a unique and original artwork that reflects the interests
of the person it was designed for
4. I can refine my work to create good craftsmanship (neatness in the
coloring and edges, making correct media choices)
Upcoming week: We will reflect on our Square 1 art designs by critiquing each
others work using the 4 steps of art criticism. Next we will begin the Still Life
drawing unit, which they will learn all the tricks in drawing objects realistically.
Extracurricular projects in the Art Room (during students guided study periods):
Dot Day: Some students in each school participated in making dots for Sept 15 th
International Dot Day. These are displayed at the following businesses around town:
Indianola Public Library, Funaros Deli, Pageturners Bookstore, Studio Fusco, Heartland AEA
and JRene Clothing. Jane at the Indianola Public Library had the vision for this project
because of the book The Dot written by Peter Reynolds. Thank you to students who
helped to decorate the town with their creativity!
Zombies: Students are creating life-sized zombies to be used as targets at an October
Saturday Night Live at the YMCA
Murals: Students signed up to help design and paint murals on canvas that will
hang around the school later this year.
Birthday Banners: Students created Birthday Banners for faculty and students
with Birthdays in Sept/Oct. to hang up in the school.
Sixth Grade Redo/Retake Policy

As a sixth grade, students will be expected to retake an assessment or redo a project/paper if they are
not proficient.
Students who are proficient may choose to retake the assessment or redo a project/paper to improve
their score.
Students are required to make arrangements for retaking/redoing with the content teacher.
Secure = 80%-100%
Nearly Secure = 70%-79.99%
Developing = 40%-69.99%
Beginning = 0%-39.99%
Secure and Nearly Secure are proficient

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Friday September 18, 2015

Mrs. FischerLanguage Arts

Send to school anytime! Collection tubs are located in

Ms. Loneman Language Arts

This week students

Computers Ms. Petersen

Social Studies-Mrs. Larsen

I am pleased with the results of our World Map Assessment. Most

Please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Art Class website: www.artinspiredbylife.com

Sixth Grade Redo/Retake Policy

Secure and Nearly Secure are proficient

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