CHMS Weekly Update

January 22th - January 26th

Hallway Expectations

We are focusing on improving our behavior in the hallways during the school day. One area we are particularly focused on is our volume. Students should be moving quickly to their next destination and should be using their indoor voices. Sometimes, when one grade level is moving to lunch or homeroom, others are still in class. If the volume in the hallway gets too high, it becomes disruptive to those classes. Please review the expectations below and plan to be a WARRIOR in the hallways!

Halfway Through Trimester 2

We are halfway through Tri 2! Now is a good time to check your student's grades using Skyward. If you don't know your login information, you can contact Mrs. Recker or Mrs. Patterson in the main office by sending them an email or by calling (989) 967-2200.

Mrs. Recker - crecker@chsd.us

Mrs. Patterson - rpatterson@chsd.us

Teachers at the Middle School are also available by email. You can send them a message by finding their names on the staff page of our website.

Second Step

What are we learning this week?

5th Grade

Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness

Lesson 13: A Different Point of View - In this lesson, your child will practice building empathy for different groups affected by a community problem. Learning more about each group’s point of view will help them find solutions that can work better for everyone.

Try this at home - With your child, think about a problem in your community and make a list together of what you could do to learn more about someone else’s point of view. If possible, try out one of your strategies.

6th Grade

Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment

Lesson 13: Raising Awareness About Bullying - In this week’s lesson, your child and their peers will create bullying awareness posters. The posters will be displayed around the school to educate others about bullying and how they can help stop it.

Try this at home - Ask to see your child’s poster. If they don’t have a picture, have them describe it. Ask your child to tell you about how their attitude toward bullying has changed as a result of what they've learned in the unit.

7th Grade

Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment

Lesson 13: Preventing Harassment -In this week’s lesson, your child will create a public service announcement to inform their peers about their rights and responsibilities regarding sexual harassment and gender-based harassment.

Try this at home -Ask your child to tell you three important things everyone should know about sexual or gender-based harassment. Brainstorm a list of things everyone can do to help create a harassment-free community.

8th Grade

Unit 2: Recognizing Bullying & Harassment

Lesson 13: Stand Up for Change! - In this week’s lesson, your child will develop a plan for challenging the factors they see around them that can enable bullying and harassment.

Try this at home - Ask your child to tell you their plan and discuss how you can support them in enacting it.

Testing

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Our Winter Testing session wraps up this week!

Monday - 7th Grade Acadience
Tuesday - Science NWEA - Bell Schedule

The Acadience Reading Test is a series of short assessments given to determine a student's mastery of foundational reading skills.

The NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Growth assessment is a computerized adaptive assessment that measures your child's knowledge of reading, math, and science. All students are asked the same number of questions, but the difficulty of each question is based on how well a student answers all the previous questions.

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Family Guide to NWEA MAP Growth.pdf

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