8/29-8/31/18 Great Start!

We have had a fantastic start of the school year with our new grade 6 students!

6/18/18 Summer Reading Notice

Happy Summer!

Each student should be bringing home a copy of their summer reading book,

Flying Lessons and Other Stories. All middle school students are reading this book,

and will be expected to complete activities in September based on their favorite

of the 10 short stories.

If your student was not able to get the book, copies are available in the

grades 6-8 office.

It has been a pleasure teaching our grade 6 team this school year, and we thank

you for your support throughout!

We wish our students an adventurous and fun filled summer!

Team Independence

Final Team Independence News Letter

Hello, Families!

Now that we have entered the home stretch, the excitement is palpable!

This Friday, June 15, we are hoping to have an activity day consisting of movies,

outdoor games such as the egg toss, and wiffle ball.  We will purchase snacks using the

money won by students in the Box Top competition.  To participate in the activities, we

are asking students to do their best not earn ODR’s or multiple TAB outs this week.  

In Social Studies, students are engaged an a skills recall competition, with multiple

ways to win and in Language Arts they will continue reading The Schwa Was Here,

as well as demonstrate skills by playing Quizlet and other review games.  In Literacy,

students will finish the movie,

A Wrinkle in Time.

We would like to thank families for supporting our Industrial Revolution Project Night.

We are so very proud of our students! Presentations as you know, are not easy,

however 99% of our students stood to present their Industrial Revolution Projects

and/ or written pieces in class, and after school during our project presentation night.

What a great way to end the academic year!

As you may recall, this 2017-2018 school year was our first attempt at an

independent 6th grade team. Although we struggled with our schedule configuration

and needed to work out a few other kinks, students and parent were patient and flexible.  

We believe we have had a great finish with your amazing children! We thank you for

your support throughout this 6th grade year!

Sincerely,

Team Independence

Weekly News 6/4/18

6/4/18

Happy Monday to our Families!

Wednesday Event True Confessions: Stacey failed to inform our principals of a

time change for our Wednesday event which is now scheduled for 5:00- 6:30.

This being said, I plan on being here to from 5:00- 7:30 to accommodate any

previously made plans since the first memo was sent.  My hope is to see as many

students arrive with their parents as we can.

Language Arts Requirement:

Students will present their Social studies projects for their last Language Arts

public speaking grade, either in front of their peers (whole class) or at the open

house to an adult.  We are looking forward to seeing students demonstrate their

knowledge and hard work.

Math students will be completing their slideshows in class and in Science

students are looking at potential and kinetic energy through an in-class activity.  

Announcements 5/15/18

Hello, families! 5/15/18

Announcements

MATH-  STAR test for Math on Wednesday, May 23.  There are also many resources

on the Team Independence blog: https://grade6teamindependence.blogspot.com/

Literacy- STAR reading test this Thursday, May 17.  STAR will be on Friday for chorus kids.

In Language Arts, Literacy and Social Studies students are studying the industrial

revolution of the 1800’s.  As part of the unit, there will be a grade 6 learner celebration/

Open House on Wednesday, June 6 from 6:00 to 7:30.  Parents can come anytime and

enjoy a stroll through the many projects based on inventions, inventors and reformers of

the time.  

In social studies students have a Quiz tomorrow (Wednesday 5/16).  

In Language Arts, students are writing argument essays this week based on topics

of their choice brainstormed in class.  This is the first of two opportunities to write an argument

to be reflected on the trimester 3 report card.

Math Classwork Division - Videos to Watch

5/14/18

1. Divisibility Rules Refresher
fun video!

2. Long division with whole number and decimals. We have 3 different videos by
music preference!

Whole Number division single digit divisor

Indy style song sung to the Lumineers - about 2mins

     Country style  

Colorful and fun - 2 mins 49 sec

Rap

      Cool beat - 2 mins 48 sec

3. Long division with decimals

Dividing with Decimals

8 mins 14 sec - engaging

2 examples: decimal divisor and decimal divisor and dividend

Dividing with Decimals Rap - adding zero

3 mins 19 sec

Use this video as a resource for your classwork today!

4/30 Weekly update

Hello, Families!

We hope our students had a restful break!

• On Wednesday, May 2, Students will be attending Machine de Cirque at the

Flynn Theater, please make sure permission forms and money has been
handed in prior to the show.

• Students/ parents need to turn in input forms for next year’s student placement

F108F - Student Parent Input Form.pdf

• Conferences are being held this Thursday, May 3.  Slots are filling up quickly!

If you have not been able to schedule and would like to please let us know.

Language Arts- This week students students will start with making corrections

to their westward expansion narratives.  This can be done in class and, if need be,

worked on at home. We will then begin an in-class reading of the novel,

The Schwa Was Here, which we will modify into a child’s picture book or an adult

informational handbook. We will alternate days between the book and Industrial

Revolution topics.

Social Studies:  This week will will begin our final unit of the year!  The unit is on the

Industrial Revolution. We will start with an introduction and then move into the early

inventions that influenced the way we live today.  A reminder to any student who

was not around for the Westward Expansion test on the Friday before break.  

These students will need to be prepared to take the test on Tuesday.

Literacy: Students need to make sure all discussion questions for

A Wrinkle in Time are completed and turned in.  This week they will also be

starting their book project.

Math: Students will spend the week working on LCM- Least common multiple.

Science: Students will be finishing chemical reactions. We will soon begin our unit

on energy.