Team 6A Weekly Update

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year! Our sixth-grade students had a great first few days of school. We have been enjoying getting to know them and look forward to fostering a love for learning with them this school year. Each week you will receive a S'More newsletter from Team 6A. This is an important school-to-home connection and communication tool. Please take a moment to review the information shared each Friday about the upcoming week. Reach out to your student's teachers with any questions or concerns.

Core: Welcome Back! We are excited to start a new year with many awesome memories to create😊 Please be sure to have a one subject notebook or a composition book with some post-it notes!!

Honors: Welcome Back! We are excited to start a new school year with many awesome memories to create😊 Please be sure to have a one subject notebook or a composition book with some post-it notes!

Block 1 (Periods 1 and 2) and Block 3 (Periods 6 and 7) - Co-Taught with Mrs. Clousing

Core: Welcome Back! We are excited to start a new year with many awesome memories to create😊 Please be sure to have a one subject notebook or a composition book with some post-it notes!!

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Core: Please have your binder and five tabs if you have not set up your binder yet. You will also need a 5-function calculator by this week. Our first unit is Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor.

Honors: Please have your binder and five tabs if you have not set up your binder yet. You will also need a 5-function calculator by this week. Our first unit is Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor.

Block 3 (Periods 6 and 7) - Co-Taught with Mrs. Osberg

Welcome to 6th Grade Math!

Class Materials: Binder, 5 Divider Tabs, notebook, HEADPHONES/EARBUDS DAILY!, pencils, and a basic calculator (NO FRACTION KEYS!) 😊

Students will be working collaboratively with their peers during math this year. We will continue to get to know one another, learn classroom expectations, and establish norms for collaboration throughout next week. We will also start to dive into Unit 1: Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple.

Students would benefit from continuing to practice their multiplication facts as well as using their IXL and Khan Academy accounts to practice the skills being studied in class. 😊 See your student’s One Note for suggested IXL skill boosters as well as each day’s “Checklist of Completion” to ensure that your student has completed the in-class/homework assignments for the day. One Note is the best tool to stay connected to what is happening in our math class.

Assessment: Tentative Unit 1 Assessment - Thursday, September 11th

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Periods 2, 4, and 7 - Co-Taught with Ms. Murphy

Welcome Back and to Team 6A!

The only supplies that are needed for science would be your student’s laptop and a stylus.

Our first unit is all about Light and Matter – we do a lot of hands-on activities and collaboration. This is a great unit to help students establish routines and understand the classroom expectations.

Period 1, 3, and 6 - Co-Taught with Ms. Murphy

Welcome to Team 6A! 😊

Please have the following supplies for class- folder/paper or spiral/EARBUDS (cheap pair)/writing instrument

We will start the year with learning basic map skills and other fun geography topics. Looking forward to a fantastic year with all of you!

6th Grade physicals are due by October 15th! Please be sure to bring a completed physical form to Hickory Creek's main office as soon as possible.

Students should be charging their computers every night at home. An At-Home Check List is provided below to help your student be responsible for his/her computer and homework each night.

• August 29th - School Improvement Day - Early Dismissal at 10:45 a.m.
• September 1st - No School - Labor Day!
• September 3rd - Hickory Creek Curriculum Night 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• September 9th - School Picture Day
• September 9th - FastBridge Fall Screening for Reading
• September 10th - FastBridge Fall Screening for Math
• October 10th - No School - Teacher Institute Day
• October 13th - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day!
• October 24th - End of Quarter 1
• October 27th - October 31st - Red Ribbon Week
• October 31st - School Improvement Day - Early Dismissal at 10:45 a.m.

Get additional information from watching Tiger TV's broadcasts. This year's episodes are coming soon. Stay tuned...

Students are still working to successfully open their lockers. This will continue to be something that we work on throughout the next few weeks. Support from home is also helpful. Below is a video tutorial that students watched on the first day of school. Continuing to review the process to open a combination lock would be beneficial for any student still working to understand this process.

Mary Kay Bohms (ELA) - mbohms@fsd157c.org

Cari Clousing (ELA) - cclousing@fsd157c.org

Elizabeth Drwiega (ELA) - edrwiega@fsd157c.org

Diane Jeglisnki (Math) - djeglinski@fsd157c.org

Olivia Murphy (Science, Social Studies) - omurphy@fsd157c.org

Erin Nemeth (Science) - enemeth@fsd157c.org

Tiffany Osberg (Math) - tosberg@fsd157c.org

Suzanne Sandowski (Social Studies) - ssandowski@fsd157c.org

Maggie Sayles (Math) - msayles@fsd157c.org