News from the Science department (By Deion): In science we are working with chemicals. In groups we are also testing the chemicals to see what the mystery mixture is.
(Lucy) We have had to mix different substances and put water in them to see their different reactions. We had to keep a journal on all of the days. After everything we waited for them to dry and observed them then also.
News from the Social Studies Department (By Frankie): In social studies we are working on our decades project, and some of us are working with partners. We can make a slideshow, and we were all assigned a decade from the 1900’s.
(Sam) We are presenting our presentations ether with a partner or on our own.
News from the Math Department (By Chris): In math we divide fractions and mixed numbers.
(Brady) Math has been very important this week as we have just done our big test for the unit and we did a quiz before the test. We did our review, and we have to do a pretest.
News from the English/Language Arts Department (By Sophia): In ELA we are typing a 3 paragraph essay on Animal Intelligence. Then we will take the vocab quiz for lesson 11 Wordly Wise.
(Brianna) We are learning about the cause and effect about disasters. We are also reading a story called “Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves”.
News from the Music Department (By Avery ): We are doing guitar in music where we play songs on guitar, and next Monday we are taking a test on “Ode to Joy”. In the next class period we will be finishing up all the testing.
(Gianna) For music we are learning how to play the guitar and we had a test on Monday for “Ode to Joy”.
News from the Physical Education Department (By Bryce): In gym we are doing Olympics events. The sixth graders get to set up all the events for the little kids. We got to come up with ideas for all the events. Gym this week is very fun.
(Violet) In gym we are doing the basketball section. During basketball unit we played this “pig” tournament that if you win you go forward if you lose you go way behind. When you are behind you have to catch up to win the whole thing.
News from the Art Department (By Phaye ): In art we are drawing out a monster. It can be any type of monster- silly, scary, mad, happy, sad- and we will be painting them and adding shades and values on a canvas.
(Kayla) In art we are still doing monsters. We were not allowed a reference picture to base of our monsters on. So we started them with white pencil to sketch them out and then we started painting them.
Free Choice Area (By Allie): Twister Tutors is a group where we help the preschool- 4th grade on this website called Ilearn. Ilearn is where the kids work on math help on the computer, and they get points and coins when they pass the level.
(Emma): Today we did a Valentine's Day party we also just worked on things at study hall which is at the end of the day to get our work in on time.
Teacher's Corner (By Mr. Singer and Mrs. Topp): We all enjoyed the snow day last Friday, and it’s hard to believe that the Trimester ends in just 6 school days! Just a reminder that we will not have scheduled conferences on February 23rd. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us for a pre-arranged conference.
Please make sure you are taking some time to read these newsletter to hear what is coming up so you are prepared. Also, take a little time each week to be checking Skyward too so you know if your child is up-to-date on his/her work or if he/she has missing work. Make sure to check your child’s grades occasionally, and also please continue checking your child’s assignment notebook and signing it at least once a week. Please also ask your child if he/she is coming to class with proper materials. Some students do not bringing their headphones to school or pencils and/or red pens.
This past week was the third week using the Dojo points system (3 points a day and working to keep them) for the students to work to earn an incentive after two weeks. If students are able to keep 80% or more of their provided points they will be able to participate in a choice time (extra recess, tech time, etc.). We also started sending home late work forms last week. If students collect any late work for the day, they will have to take a blue form home that needs to be signed and returned as a contract stating they have late work and need to get it done. This should be a heads up to the students that they are being held accountable for not getting their work done on time as this is still an issue in 6th grade. We do not want this to continue next year in middle school.
Coming up on March 9th will be our first STEAM day. Please be on the lookout for an email from Mr. Dembosky on what help we will need on that day. We will be looking for parent volunteers, and donations of STEAM items (cardboard, glue, wire, etc.). There is another email for you and your child to go over together to sign up for activities they want to participate in.
For information on upcoming events you can see our calendar page from our website too.
Please make an effort to join our Remind account and/or Class Dojo to keep up with information, behavior concerns, and other photos and stories from our classes. For remind to go www.remind.com/join/bradsinger and for class dojo go to www.classdojo.com/CT7L92M. Mrs. Topp and Mr. Singer will update through these two resources all year. Currently we are at 92% of the families connected with us on DoJo.
Throughout the year Mr. Singer will post pictures on our pictures page of the website too. Check out what is going on in the classroom. He also post what is going on on twitter through the Twitter handle @MrSingerClass.
BONUS: Each week we will put a challenge on here for any parent or student to try. All you have to do is give a response by Monday in the assignment notebook for us to see. If the answer is correct the student will receive $50 towards their checking account. Good Luck!
How many Olympians are Wisconsinites?
(Lucy) We have had to mix different substances and put water in them to see their different reactions. We had to keep a journal on all of the days. After everything we waited for them to dry and observed them then also.
News from the Social Studies Department (By Frankie): In social studies we are working on our decades project, and some of us are working with partners. We can make a slideshow, and we were all assigned a decade from the 1900’s.
(Sam) We are presenting our presentations ether with a partner or on our own.
News from the Math Department (By Chris): In math we divide fractions and mixed numbers.
(Brady) Math has been very important this week as we have just done our big test for the unit and we did a quiz before the test. We did our review, and we have to do a pretest.
News from the English/Language Arts Department (By Sophia): In ELA we are typing a 3 paragraph essay on Animal Intelligence. Then we will take the vocab quiz for lesson 11 Wordly Wise.
(Brianna) We are learning about the cause and effect about disasters. We are also reading a story called “Mammoth Shakes and Monster Waves”.
News from the Music Department (By Avery ): We are doing guitar in music where we play songs on guitar, and next Monday we are taking a test on “Ode to Joy”. In the next class period we will be finishing up all the testing.
(Gianna) For music we are learning how to play the guitar and we had a test on Monday for “Ode to Joy”.
News from the Physical Education Department (By Bryce): In gym we are doing Olympics events. The sixth graders get to set up all the events for the little kids. We got to come up with ideas for all the events. Gym this week is very fun.
(Violet) In gym we are doing the basketball section. During basketball unit we played this “pig” tournament that if you win you go forward if you lose you go way behind. When you are behind you have to catch up to win the whole thing.
News from the Art Department (By Phaye ): In art we are drawing out a monster. It can be any type of monster- silly, scary, mad, happy, sad- and we will be painting them and adding shades and values on a canvas.
(Kayla) In art we are still doing monsters. We were not allowed a reference picture to base of our monsters on. So we started them with white pencil to sketch them out and then we started painting them.
Free Choice Area (By Allie): Twister Tutors is a group where we help the preschool- 4th grade on this website called Ilearn. Ilearn is where the kids work on math help on the computer, and they get points and coins when they pass the level.
(Emma): Today we did a Valentine's Day party we also just worked on things at study hall which is at the end of the day to get our work in on time.
Teacher's Corner (By Mr. Singer and Mrs. Topp): We all enjoyed the snow day last Friday, and it’s hard to believe that the Trimester ends in just 6 school days! Just a reminder that we will not have scheduled conferences on February 23rd. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us for a pre-arranged conference.
Please make sure you are taking some time to read these newsletter to hear what is coming up so you are prepared. Also, take a little time each week to be checking Skyward too so you know if your child is up-to-date on his/her work or if he/she has missing work. Make sure to check your child’s grades occasionally, and also please continue checking your child’s assignment notebook and signing it at least once a week. Please also ask your child if he/she is coming to class with proper materials. Some students do not bringing their headphones to school or pencils and/or red pens.
This past week was the third week using the Dojo points system (3 points a day and working to keep them) for the students to work to earn an incentive after two weeks. If students are able to keep 80% or more of their provided points they will be able to participate in a choice time (extra recess, tech time, etc.). We also started sending home late work forms last week. If students collect any late work for the day, they will have to take a blue form home that needs to be signed and returned as a contract stating they have late work and need to get it done. This should be a heads up to the students that they are being held accountable for not getting their work done on time as this is still an issue in 6th grade. We do not want this to continue next year in middle school.
Coming up on March 9th will be our first STEAM day. Please be on the lookout for an email from Mr. Dembosky on what help we will need on that day. We will be looking for parent volunteers, and donations of STEAM items (cardboard, glue, wire, etc.). There is another email for you and your child to go over together to sign up for activities they want to participate in.
For information on upcoming events you can see our calendar page from our website too.
Please make an effort to join our Remind account and/or Class Dojo to keep up with information, behavior concerns, and other photos and stories from our classes. For remind to go www.remind.com/join/bradsinger and for class dojo go to www.classdojo.com/CT7L92M. Mrs. Topp and Mr. Singer will update through these two resources all year. Currently we are at 92% of the families connected with us on DoJo.
Throughout the year Mr. Singer will post pictures on our pictures page of the website too. Check out what is going on in the classroom. He also post what is going on on twitter through the Twitter handle @MrSingerClass.
BONUS: Each week we will put a challenge on here for any parent or student to try. All you have to do is give a response by Monday in the assignment notebook for us to see. If the answer is correct the student will receive $50 towards their checking account. Good Luck!
How many Olympians are Wisconsinites?
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