Week 29: 4th quarter begins

March 13, 2020

Logan & Noah C.

This week we learned more about disabilities and watched a movie about Helen Keller,

 who since the age of two has been blind and deaf. We also have been playing badminton in 

gym. In art we are starting to make a 3-D room with decorations and furniture. In English we 

are starting our first steps on our research paper by doing our bibliography cards and fact cards.

 That’s it for this week, bye.

Report cards and AR Reports came home Friday.  I am so proud of your children and their hard work this year.  Tremendous growth is taking place!  Please contact me or Ms. Preusser (Science, English, Spelling) if you have any questions about your child's progress as we move into the final quarter of 6th grade.   

A word about AR. This year's Literature is a heavy genre study.  I know some parents have questions when they see the AOTS book level of their child's AR choices below a 6th grade level.  Literature class provides our instructional and challenging reading this year, which is why we maintain a 16 point AR goal and don't increase that.  AR is now intended for fun, enjoyable reads, and it's acceptable to read lower than a 6.0 AOTS level.  This is a shift from 4th and 5th grades, as novels were the bulk of the reading curriculum at those levels.  Remember, too, that the book level is only one gauge of the complexity of a read.  I conference again with each student about their book selections at the beginning of 4th quarter and encourage those who may need to stretch themselves to explore other genres or topic areas.

Looking forward to partnering with you in this final stretch! 

Here's what's new:

Religion: The walk to the cross - Jesus teaching and Passion Week

G Math: Testing on Ch. 6 (integers, rational numbers, and disabilities) FRIDAY. Jumping to Ch. 9 statistics

T Math: Testing on Ch. 4 and all Fraction operations TUESDAY. Moving into Ch. 5 Ratios

(In spring T-math combines ch. 6-7 integers and the coordinate plane to hit key concepts 

dealing with positive and negative numbers before moving into geometry and statistics.)

S.S.: Japan and study of population density

Art: 1 Point perspective - drawing rooms

Lit.: Poetry!!

Faith Families
In Faith Families we celebrated Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month by looking at 
Psalm 139:13-14.  You knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am
 fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  We also 
watched a video showing us that people who have disabilities asking to be included.  We need
 to be aware that God has created us all and we are different.  All people want to feel included
 and important.  We then put together Birthday Boxes for Bethesda.  These boxes include 
everything for a birthday party.  The` boxes will be taken to various Bethesda group homes in 
the St. Louis area that care for our brothers and sisters with different abilities.   We thanked God for all birthdays by celebrating Baptismal Birthdays for March and April.

Enjoy a few pictures from Faith Families and our classes Disability Simulations that went along with watching The Miracle Worker. Helen Keller's story.