Please check below for some important updates:
Picture day: Spring Picture day is next Wednesday the 18th. Forms came home to purchase these pictures last week. Let me know if you need another form. Milestone Madness: We started our milestone review 2 weeks ago. This will be incorporated in their weekly homework and will be available on google classroom as well as either TenMarks or Coach Digital. This is due each Friday from now until spring break. If you have any questions about this homework assignment, please let me know! Boosterthon!! : Boosterthon will last until Thursday. I ask that everyone sign up at funrun.com. You are not required to get pledges. However, I do hope that you are able to get some pledges in order to raise money for our school! Students get prizes based on the money they are able to raise. This program has amazing benefits to Dolvin and I hope everyone has fun!! The fun run is Thursday, March 1st and parents are invited to come and watch! Curriculum Updates: Blue Math: We have been working on Unit 6. In this unit, we will cover Volume and Measurement. We have already started learning about Volume and measurement and will continue to practice these skills this week. We will test over this unit on March 7th. (This has been moved back again! Sorry about that!!!!! ) Yellow Math: We are continuing 6th grade Unit 2. In this unit, we will cover ratios, rates, unit rates, proportions, and percents. We have already started learning about ratios, rates and unit rates last week. We will learn about changing decimals to percents and identifying percents this week. We will test over this unit on March 7th. (This has been moved back again! Sorry about that!!!) Green Math: We have started working on 6th grade unit 6. This is our statistics and probability unit. So far, we have learned about measures of center. We will continue to learn about the different graphs we can create with this data as well. We will test over this unit on March 20th. Social Studies: We have just started learning about WWII. We will discuss the causes of this war as well as the main events and people involved in the war. While this is a great unit full of historical rich content, it is also a very sad unit with some events that have effected some students and their cultures. Please have a discussion with your child about respect for history and how it had negative impacts on several cultures. Students are to be respectful throughout the unit. Our test date for this unit will be March 8th.
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I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! Please check below for some important updates:
Picture day: Spring Picture day is next Wednesday the 18th. Forms came home to purchase these pictures last week. Let me know if you need another form. Student Growth Report: Student growth reports will be coming home on Thursday. Please see attached website HERE for more information about this report. Milestone Madness: We started our milestone review last week. This will be incorporated in their weekly homework and will be available on google classroom as well as either TenMarks or Coach Digital. This is due each Friday from now until spring break. If you have any questions about this homework assignment, please let me know! Boosterthon!! : Boosterthon will last from today until next Thursday. I ask that everyone sign up at funrun.com. You are not required to get pledges but our class gets a reward if we all register tonight :)! However, I do hope that you are able to get some pledges in order to raise money for our school! Students get prizes based on the money they are able to raise. This program has amazing benefits to Dolvin and I hope everyone has fun!! The fun run is next Thursday, March 1st and parents are invited to come and watch! Curriculum Updates: Flipped classroom homework update: I have decided to continue to utilize this model in the classroom. Students seemed to enjoy it and I am seeing improvements in my ability to help students with an misconceptions quickly and in real time. If you have any feedback as well, please feel free to let me know! Blue Math: We have been working on Unit 6. In this unit, we will cover Volume and Measurement. We have already started learning about Volume and we will start converting measurements later this week. We will test over this unit on March 2nd. (This has been moved up!) Yellow Math: We are continuing 6th grade Unit 2. In this unit, we will cover ratios, rates, unit rates, proportions, and percents. We have already started learning about ratios and we will start learning about rates and unit rates later this week. We will test over this unit on March 2nd. (This has been moved up!) Green Math: We have started working on 6th grade unit 6. This is our statistics and probability unit. So far, we have learned about measures of center. We will continue to learn about the different graphs we can create with this data as well. We will test over this unit on March 20th. Social Studies: We have just started learning about WWII. We will discuss the causes of this war as well as the main events and people involved in the war. While this is a great unit full of historical rich content, it is also a very sad unit with some events that have effected some students and their cultures. Please have a discussion with your child about respect for history and how it had negative impacts on several cultures. Students are to be respectful throughout the unit. Our test date for this unit will be announced later. Middle School Meeting- THIS TUESDAY
Tomorrow the middle school will be hosting a meeting for rising 6th grade parents from 6-7. We will be sending home YELLOW course recommendation forms and PURPLE course verification forms. If you see any errors, please indicate them on these sheets before they are turned in. It is asked that you bring these to the parent meeting tomorrow so you can understand what curriculum your child will be doing next year. Valentines Day: We have 27 students in the class if your child would like to bring in valentines this week on Valentines Day. The class list of names was sent home today to address their valentines. We do ask that they bring 1 for everyone in the class IF they are going to give our valentines. I also ask that they bring a bag or box to collect all of their valentines. Wear red for relay! Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Please help support Dolvin’s Relay for Life Team and the American Cancer Society, by bringing in a $1 donation and wearing red! The class with the most participation & donations wins a treat! Curriculum Updates: Flipped classroom homework update: I have decided to continue to utilize this model in the classroom. Students seemed to enjoy it and I am seeing improvements in my ability to help students with an misconceptions quickly and in real time. If you have any feedback as well, please feel free to let me know! Blue Math: We have been working on Unit 6. In this unit, we will cover Volume and Measurement. We have already started learning about Volume and we will start converting measurements later this week. We will test over this unit on March 8th. Yellow Math: We are continuing 6th grade Unit 2. In this unit, we will cover ratios, rates, unit rates, proportions, and percents. We have already started learning about ratios and we will start learning about rates and unit rates later this week. We will test over this unit on Match 8th. Green Math: We are continuing Unit 5 this week. In this unit, we will learn about area of quadrilaterals, triangles, and composite figures. We will also learn about the volume of rectangular prisms and how to represent 3D figures in a net. Lastly we will learn about how to find the surface area in different types of prisms and pyramids. We will test over this unit on February 9th. Science: We have started learning about Physical and Chemical changes. We will continue to learn about these changes in matter and will experiment to see them in action. We will test over this unit on Feb. 16th. Please read the information below regarding some important updates for this week.
Field Trip Feb. 21st. ** I still need 2 volunteers for this field trip We will be going on a field trip on Feb 21st from 8:15-12. We are in need of 2 parent chaperones. We will be visiting the teaching museum to learn about some WWII events. If you would be able to chaperone, please sign up below. It is first come first serve. SIGN UP Valentines Day: We have 27 students in the class if your child would like to bring in valentines next week on Valentines Day. The class list of names will be sent home later this week for students to address their valentines. We do ask that they bring 1 for everyone in the class IF they are going to give our valentines. Curriculum Updates: Flipped classroom homework update: I have decided to continue to utilize this model in the classroom. Students seemed to enjoy it and I am seeing improvements in my ability to help students with an misconceptions quickly and in real time. If you have any feedback as well, please feel free to let me know! Blue Math: We have been working on Unit 6. In this unit, we will cover Volume and Measurement. We have already started learning about Volume and we will start converting measurements later this week. We will test over this unit on March 8th. Yellow Math: We are continuing 6th grade Unit 2. In this unit, we will cover ratios, rates, unit rates, proportions, and percents. We have already started learning about ratios and we will start learning about rates and unit rates later this week. We will test over this unit on Match 8th. Green Math: We are continuing Unit 5 this week. In this unit, we will learn about area of quadrilaterals, triangles, and composite figures. We will also learn about the volume of rectangular prisms and how to represent 3D figures in a net. Lastly we will learn about how to find the surface area in different types of prisms and pyramids. We will test over this unit on February 9th. Science: We have started learning about Physical and Chemical changes. We will continue to learn about these changes in matter and will experiment to see them in action. We will test over this unit on Feb. 16th. |
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