August 30, 2010

Mrs. Ward’s 6^th grade class

Welcome Nick! Our new student

We made it through the first week of the new schedule. Yea!  I will try to email out a newsletter weekly. Most of the time I’ll have it out on Friday for the following week but sometimes (like this week) it will be later.

Important details for this week:

No school Friday, September 3^rd and no school Monday, September 6^th – Labor Day

Therefore we WILL have school on Friday, September 10th

Lunchroom – Breakfast is free - middle school breakfast is from 7:45 – 8:05. 

Middle school students have the option of eating breakfast OR having a free meal at break time, 1:40 – 1:48.  Students may also purchase ala carte items at break time. All items are priced under $1.00 each. Students may charge this on his/her lunch account.

If you have questions about breakfast, lunch or snack, please feel free to contact me or Debbie Updike (dupdike@gvsd.net)

We are going to try to get into a good routine/schedule this week.

6^th grade schedule is as follows:

1^st period: 8:05 – 9:05 Girls: Health – Mr. Arnold

  Boys: Art – Mrs. Edgerton or Choir – Mr. Defoe

2^nd period: 9:07 – 10:05 - SS – Mr. Arnold

3^rd period: 10:09 – 11:08 Language Arts – Mrs. Ward

Lunch – 11:08 – 11:39

4^th period: 11:39 – 12:38 – Reading – Mrs. Ward

5^th period: 12:41 – 1:40 – Math – Mrs. Ward

Break time – 1:40 – 1:48

6^th period: 1:48 – 2:47 – Science – Mr. Powell

7^th period: 2:50 – 3:49 - Football

  Volleyball

    Spanish

  Band

Language arts – Each day we do:

Either Daily Language practice or Easy Grammar – this is graded weekly

Words their Way - a vocabulary study based on student’s level

Reading – there are three groups reading different books

Onion John – will read up to page 101 this week

The Whipping Boy – read up to page 37 this week

Junie B. Jones – read up to page 29 this week

Once each group has finished reading their book, they will do a presentation to the class.

Reading-

This week we will watch a clip from The Lion King and do a narrative story based on the clip.

Student will also start their All about me report.  The requirements for this are below: Students will work on this during class on Wednesday.  Presentations will be due Tuesday, September 7^th.

Oral Report – August 2010

All about Me

Using your me survey you are to write a short speech about yourself.  You will not read directly from your written speech when giving it orally.

During your speech you should tell about yourself:

Name

Birthdate

Where you were born

And answer at least 10 of the questions from the me survey.

You will create a collage to use with your speech. I will provide magazines to use and also paper to put your collage on. You may also want to get photos or pictures from home.

Math:

I have divided the students into 4 math groups.  On most days, each group will have a different assignment.  Students will have some time to work on assignments during class but may need to take it home to finish.  I generally do not give more than 20 problems for each assignment.  If your child is having difficulty, please do not hesitate to call or email.

Have a great week! If you see a firefighter, thank him/her for keeping our valley safe.

Jan Ward

Phone 462-3756 est 1057

jward@gvsd.net

home phone – 462-3544