HCMS Team 6B
Week of August 26th-29th, 2025
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CORE Math
Next Week:
8/21 Looking forward to a fun and successful year! We will set up binders to prepare for the first unit on Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple. All work can be found in One Note, and we will learn how to find this in class.
Honors Math:
Next Week:
8/21 Looking forward to a fun and successful year! We will set up binders to prepare for the first unit on Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple. All work can be found in One Note, and we will learn how to find this in class.
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This Week: August 21-22nd
- · Looking forward to a great 6th grade year.
- · Introductions and classroom rules/set up.
- · Please return the “Getting to Know You” as soon as possible.
- · Friday 8/22 - Binder set up (Students need a binder, dividers, spiral notebook, pencils, highlighers, a calculator & assignment notebook for class.
- Miss setting up the binder with us? Dividers were labeled: Reference, Notes, Textbook, IXL/Khan HW, and Assessments. See me during class PLC time to help get you set up. :)
Next Week: August 25-29
- · Students will begin lessons for Unit 1: Greatest Common Factor & Least Common Multiples
- · All lessons, homework, and support videos will be available in Microsoft One Note. (We will learn how to access this in class)
- · IXL homework can be accessed through classlink (be sure your student’s name is in the top right corner to ensure that he/she is logged in to IXL) and in the student binder in the textbook pages. (Textbook also may be found in One Note if your student forgot his/her binder at school!)
- · LeGrand Daily Homework Checklists, Topics, & Learning Videos can be accessed through my webpage: This week in Math class... – Carolyn LeGrand – Frankfort School District 157-C (fsd157c.org)
This Week in Class :(August 21-22)
· Classroom Introductions
· Classroom Expectations
· Quarter 1 Essential Question: How do we form and shape our identities?
Next Week in Class (August 25-29TH)
· Review Classroom Expectations
· Quarter 1 Essential Question
· Journaling
· IXL Diagnostic Assessment
· Model Close Reading Strategies
· Model Notice & Note Strategy
This Week in Class :(August 21-22)
· Classroom Introductions
· Classroom Expectations
· Quarter 1 Essential Question: How do we form and shape our identities?
Next Week in Class (August 25-29TH)
· Review Classroom Expectations
· Quarter 1 Essential Question
· Journaling
· IXL Diagnostic Assessment
· Model Close Reading Strategies
· Model Notice & Note Strategy
This Week: August 21-22nd
Introductions & puzzle activity
Learning classroom expectations & how to problem solve when materials are forgotten. "Borrow box", "paper drawer" & "no bad seats" rule.
We went over the materials list needed by Monday, so binders can be set up for success.
IMPORTANT PLEASE MAKE SURE BINDERS ARE SETUP & READY FOR CLASS ON MONDAY
1 " binder (no trapper keepers, please)
7 dividers (label dividers in the following order: vocabulary, notes, WK sheets, maps, writing, resources, tests)
loose leaf paper placed in the very back of the binder
1 Yellow highlighter (We will use the yellow highlighter regularly. Extras stored in locker suggested)
highlighters: 3 other colors (the newer pastel highlighter allow text to be easily seen)
colored pencils
ultra-fine Sharpie
earbuds (no wireless) or headphones
Sharpened pencils
Blue or black pens
At least 1 red pen
Next Week in Class (August 25-29)
We will begin the Block A & B schedule. Mrs. Schumacher and I will guide the students through this and provide the schedule for the week.
Binders should be ready to go (see above). It is important students have the necessary materials, as students will begin to receive chapter resources.
Students will receive our first assignment direction sheet (we will place these at the front of binders) (I will detail further in next Friday’s Team 6B newsletter.)
Q1 essential question: "How do geographers look at the world?"
How does the geography of a region impact the development of its people? ...and eventually the emergence of a civilization.
Microsoft Teams: A short daily narrative of what we did in class is posted in the student’s ELA Microsoft Teams. As we progress through the year, digital copies of materials will be added to the “files” section of Teams in “Class Materials.”
This Week August 21st – 22nd
· I am looking forward to meeting all my new science students!!!
Next Week: August 25th – 29th
· We will begin our blocking schedule, which will be explained in detail to the students on Monday. Thet will love it!
Housekeeping:
· If your student is absent, they can chat with me through Teams and check in on our class OneNote notebook to see what is new.
· All activities should be completed by the end of each week.
· I ask the students to write down our class objectives every day to help keep themselves organized, as we usually do not have homework.
· I always keep a good copy of class notes in my OneNote notebook. The students can access them to double-check their work or to use it to help them complete the missing work.
For some fun, you can follow me on Instagram: schumacher science 2
Jaclyn Brendlinger- jbrendlinger@fsd157c.org
Amy Cumbee- acumbee@fsd157c.org
Erica Frederick- efrederick@fsd157c.org
Renee Grady- rgrady@fsd157c.org
Carolyn LeGrand- clegrand@fsd157c.org
Rebecca Schumacher - rschumacher@fsd157c.org
Sarah Bakke - Reading Intervention- sbakke@fsd157c.org
Michelle Matz- Math Intervention- mmatz@fsd157c.org
Christine Frieberg- EL - cfrieberg@fsd157c.org
Kelly DiFiore-6th grade Social Worker - kdifiore@fsd157c.org