Sixth Grade News

Mrs. Morrissey will host study hall this week! Students should expect a quiet space in Room 11 to do work from 7:45 am to 8:15 am, as well as during snack time at 10:05 am.

Monday - Progress Reports

Tuesday - Monthly School Mass (prepared by 7th grade)

Wednesday - Case for Smiles $1 Dress Down Day

Thursday - N/A

Friday - First Grade Saints Presentation

Last Wednesday’s field trip was a success! Your children were attentive, engaged, and thoughtful. We are so proud of them! During the service project, they were tasked with cleaning up an area that is used as a bird habitat. They received so many compliments on how hard working and cooperative they were!

Virtual High School Information Night: Monday, October 21, 7:00 p.m.

** Rescheduled from the original date of October 14**

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In order to lessen the end of day chaos in our classrooms, please let your child know how they are getting home each day before they leave the house. If there are any unexpected dismissal changes, please email us before 2 pm.

On Thursday, 10/17, students were given the second test folder of the year. Inside the folder, you will find a sheet listing the contents of the folder, as well as a line for your signature.

Please sign the enclosed paper saying that you’ve seen the contents and return the entire folder by Monday, October 21st.

If the test folder is not returned by Monday, October 21st, a demerit will be issued. If returning the folder by Monday, 10/21 will be an issue, please communicate that to your student's homeroom teacher. We appreciate your partnership!

All students must have a pair of headphones that can be stored in their pencil case or cubby. Several students do not have their own set of headphones. Please check in with your student! Here’s a link to a pair that would be easy to buy. Bluetooth, wireless headphones are not the best to have for everyday use in the classroom.

The seventh grade is working on our annual service project. In two weeks, we will work with Case for Smiles and sew soft, colorful pillowcases for the kids and assemble gift boxes for their siblings. This project aligns with a summer reading novel, and it also helps us prepare for Confirmation by being involved first-hand in service.

We have BIG things going on to help fund this service project:

• Raffle Baskets - It is that time of year for our AMAZING raffle baskets. Information and order forms go home this Monday, October 21. Learn more by watching this week’s Wildcat. Ticket orders are due Friday, October 25. We draw the winners Monday, October 28.

• Wednesday, October 23 - Dress Down Day, $1 donation please

• Popsicle Sale - Wednesday, 10/23 and Thursday, 10/24 we will sell popsicles at morning recess, $1 each.

We would be so grateful for your support in all of these endeavors. Thank you so much!

Each week, we will share a few photos of what is going on in our classrooms. Just click the button below to see the Google Photo albums.

Last week, we explored Freak the Mighty’s narrative point of view and reviewed characterization. In Writing, students started a two week review of the use of commas and using the RACE strategy to answer reading response questions.

This week, we will continue reading and analyzing characters and conflict in Freak the Mighty. On Tuesday, we will start Lesson 2 of Wordly Wise vocabulary. In Writing, students will continue to focus on comma rules, using RACE, and rewriting a portion of Freak the Mighty from a different point of view.

Upcoming Assessments

• Comma Rules Quiz

• October 25th (Morrissey homeroom)

• October 28th (Jones homeroom)

Homework

Monday Night

1. Complete FtM Ch. 5 to 8 RACE chart

2. Read FtM Chapters 13-17 & Complete reading questions (due Tuesday, 10/22)

Tuesday Night

1. Finish Lesson 2 vocabulary notecards

2. Read FtM Chapters 18-21 & Complete reading questions (due Thursday, 10/24)

Wednesday Night

1. Read FtM Chapters 18-21 & Complete reading questions (due Thursday, 10/24)

2. Wordly Wise p. 16, 17, and top of 18

Thursday Night

1. Finish FtM Ch. 9-13 conflict chart

2. Read FtM Chapters 22-25 & Complete reading questions (due Tuesday, 10/29)

Last week, students started the Unit One Choice Board project. To brainstorm for the project, I created a custom chatbot on Magic School, which is a generative AI platform for education. Students clicked the custom link, and they brainstormed with the chatbot. I created the knowledge base that the chatbot used to respond to the students’ questions. There are some pictures in the weekly photo album, but they will not convey the excitement that I felt in the classroom. All students absolutely LOVED the activity!! Ask them to show you!!

Next week, we will study a few saints whose feast days are celebrated in October. Then, we will move into Unit One Chapter 3 of Christ Our Life, which centers around the Creation story. We will reflect upon last week’s field trip to Newlin Grist Mill during our class discussions about our responsibility to God’s creation.

Upcoming Assessments

• Unit One Choice Board Project: due Wednesday, November 6th

• Checkpoint #1: Wednesday, October 23rd

• Checkpoint #2: Wednesday, October 30th

Honors Math - We explored several different methods for finding the GCF and LCM and practiced these skills using Math Playground. We also compared and ordered fractions, again using different methods. Next week, we will convert fractions to decimals and look at repeating and terminating decimals.

At Level Math - We practiced more indirect measurement problems. It was challenging for some students to take a word problem and create the diagram that would lead to the proportion. The class has no trouble solving proportions now. Next we are going to use scale drawings (and similar polygons) to enlarge copies of candy wrappers. They will have a test on Friday, 10/25 on similar polygons, missing measures, indirect measurement and scale models.

This week, we discussed Mesopotamia on where the civilization was formed and even their writing system. We also started discussing Ancient Egypt. Students will make their own gods and goddesses. Next week, we will finish up Ancient Egypt and go into Ancient Greece.

This week, the 6th grade worked on a creative assignment that will be turned in on Monday for a major grade. After reading the chapter and answering questions about the new concepts, they had to illustrate the new ideas they learned. Their one-pager is split up into 6 sections. Each section shows a different concept from the chapter. These ideas include what causes day and night, what causes the seasons, the Earth’s tilted axis, and the Earth’s revolution around the sun. They worked diligently in class and even those that don’t love to draw did a nice job with their diagrams.

• Students must charge their devices at home every night.
• Students must follow the dress code every day (SKS quarter zips only).
• Dress down passes cannot be used on Mass days.
• Gym is on Wednesdays. SKS sweatshirts only.
• Phones and smart watches must remain in students' backpacks during the day.
• Only water is permitted in the classrooms.

• October 31st - Halloweenathon
• November 1st - All Saints' Day (No School)
• November 14th - Noon Dismissal for Conferences
• November 15th - No School (for Conferences)
• November 18th - Dress Down Day
• November 20th - Monthly School Mass (prepared by 7th grade)
• November 22nd - Elective Day #3
• November 27th to 29th - Thanksgiving (No School)
• December 6th - Monthly School Mass (prepared by 6th grade)
• December 6th - End of First Trimester
• December 9th - Second Trimester Begins
• December 11th - K to 4 Christmas Concert
• December 13th - Elective Day #4 & Report Cards
• December 18th - Grades 5 to 8 Christmas Tableau
• December 20th - Last Day of School before Christmas Break
• December 21st to January 5th - Christmas Break
• April 2, 2025 - Science Fair