Team Chefchaouen

Ms. Stacey Gathers, 6th Grade Assistant Principal: Stacey.Gathers@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Marcus Brown, Math 6 and 7: marcus.brown@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Katlyn Clark, Multi Language Learning Specialist: katlyn.clark@k12.dc.gov

Mrs. Alease Medlock, Special Education: alease.medlock@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Ellie Sagan, Science: Ellie.Sagan@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Trenkle, World Geography and Cultures: Amy.Trenkle@k12.dc.gov

Please send notes to the attendance office when a child is absent. Emails should be sent to dealattendance@k12.dc.gov . Thank you for your support!!

Hello all, and welcome to 6th grade and Team Chefchaouen! We’re thrilled to have your child on our team, and we look forward to spending a fantastic year of learning together. This newsletter will be your guide to upcoming activities, important dates and assignments, special announcements, and more.

All Deal students are expected to be in class and ready to learn promptly at 8:45 AM daily. To help build strong, healthy habits and ensure that students do not miss instructional time, the 6th grade team is assigning tardy hall to students who arrive to school after 9 AM without an excuse or who have established a pattern of late arrivals that are resulting in lost learning time. Students who are assigned tardy hall will stay after school with Ms. Watson, 6th grade dean, until 4:15 PM.

Parents and guardians, please check with your student to review the contents of the red folder and their agenda. We use both in 6th grade to keep track of assignments, study materials, and due dates. Please set aside dedicated time once or twice a week, with your student, to review this folder and clean it out as necessary. It is a great way to hear what your student is learning about and to plan for daily and upcoming activities and assignments. We are actively working to build strong routines now that will help your student be set for success in middle school and in life.

• Friday, May 17th: Dealapalooza Dance Party
• Wednesday, May 22nd: SAAM Reception (info under the geography section)
• Friday, May 24th: International Museum Day at Deal
• Monday, May 27th: Memorial Day, No School
  
• Friday, May 31st: Embassy Adoption Program Mini UN
• Tuesday, June 4th: No School
• Friday, June 7th: German Embassy VEP (info under geography section)
• Monday, June 17th: Last Day of School

Did you relish the grade-level BBQs earlier this year? What about International Night? If those were your scene, then get ready to be blown away by our latest Dealapalooza extravaganza!

On Friday, May 17, step into a time machine and travel "Back to the 2000s" at Alice Deal Middle School!

Dust off your denim skirts, grab your flip phones, and get ready to relive the funnest era of all! Join us for a blast from the past as we throw it back to the early 2000s with all your favorite jams and fashion trends. Don't worry, we'll have some of your favorite 80s and 90s hits, too!

✅ DJ spinning hits from Britney Spears to Outkast

✅ Photo booth

✅ Yummy bites

✅Fun times for the whole family

📅 DATE: Friday, May 17, 2024

⏰ TIME: 6:00 - 8:30 PM

📍 LOCATION: Alice Deal Middle School

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It's not just a dance, it's a trip down memory lane! So mark your calendars and come party like it's 2003. Let's make memories that'll last longer than your Motorola Razr battery life! See you there!

Don’t miss out on these other upcoming Dealapalooza events! Tickets are available now!

May 9: Tote Bag Decorating with Ms. Hargreaves

May 16: The Real Deal Tour

May 17: Back to the 2000s Dance Party!

May 18: Who Done It? Dessert & Cocktail Party

June 8: Chicago Night

Coming Soon! Online Auction

Keep an eye on the Tuesday Roundup for weekly updates on the latest happenings!

Shout out to all students for their hard work with testing this week! Parents—thank you for all of your support! We did it and your students did a great job!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there and those who mother and support our students! You are appreciated and we hope you have a wonderful celebration not only on Sunday but all year long!

This week in Geography students finished their Unit 6 test and worked on their NPG Letter and Portrait. Periods 4 and 5 were introduced to our International Museum—the other classes will be introduced to it on Monday! All students will be working on their International Museum project the week of May 13. The project and all research (packet) is due on Wednesday, May 22. It is a double summative, criteria B (research) and C (Communication). The full packet and research links are on Canvas. Each student will have received one packet. If the packet is lost they may use Canvas to print another.

Next week, students will see the return of CEAs! CEA #25 will be assigned on Monday, May 13 and due on Friday, May 17.

All Team Chefchaouen students, parents, guardians, family, and community are invited to celebrate the creativity and partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Students will have a reading of selected pieces and then enjoy an after hours reception in the Courtyard at SAAM with their peers. An e-book of all students’ writing will be shared (revealed!) at the reception! I am thrilled to share that all of the students who volunteered to read will be able to! Our student readers are: Violet A., Sathvik DG, Orla V, Sebastian GL, Luke R., Iris C., Lenox S., Tristan E., Tucker G., Luke T., and Zippy S. Students readers will need to arrive to the museum by 5:00 pm on 5/22 .

As part of the Embassy Adoption Program, we will participate in a United Nations mini sim about natural disasters at the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday, May 31. This will be a field trip that will take place during the school day. The delegates representing Germany are:

• Eden I.

• Luke T.

• Rebecca H.

• Hannah F.

• Iris C.

• Ben CR

Students will join Ms. Trenkle and someone from the German Embassy for lunch othe week of May 13 to learn more about Germany’s natural disaster preparations. Students should bring their lunch to Ms. Trenkle and they will receive information to prepare, including a letter home and a permission slip!

Save the date! Parents and community are invited! Students will be introduced to the project by Friday, May 10. Come see what students will have researched and illustrated about German geography and culture!

Thirty students will visit the German Embassy on Friday, June 7, from 9 am to noon, to celebrate our Virtual Exchange Program with our Berlin School partners. Students will have a final virtual exchange in the Embassy and then enjoy a tour of the Embassy! Interested students will have an application and share their interest in attending!

I’ve created an Amazon wishlist of supplies for our classroom. Any donations support all students on Team Chefchaouen in our daily activities. Thank you in advance for your continued support! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/FKRNR7Q6JU6?ref_=wl_share Thank you for kind and generous gifts that have been sent—they are already being put to use!!!

Math 6

This week Math 6 students finalized presenting their completed Statistic Project that will count as a Summative Assessment in the 4th quarter. This week students will begin to solve problems involving percent increase.

Math 7

This week Math 7 students finalized presenting their completed Statistic Project that will count as a Summative Assessment in the 4th quarter. This week students will begin to solve two step equations with variables on both sides and begin working on the concept of probability

To ensure that all students are on the same page, students are asked to have completed 31 iReady Lessons by Monday, May 13, and have passed one iReady Lesson every week thereafter. Students should complete iReady Assigned Lessons unless Teacher has assigned specific topics. Any issues should be reported immediately.

In an attempt to provide extended help outside of the classroom I am making the Virtual Classroom available after school from Monday – Wednesday 6pm to 8pm for students to take additional notes and get extra help from the teacher with the following scheduled days: Mondays –Math 6, Tuesdays –Math 7, Wednesdays –Both. Students will be supervised while in the Virtual Classroom during these sessions and the Virtual Spaces will remain closed during all other hours unless announced otherwise, as students are not permitted to be in the virtual spaces during school hours nor unsupervised.

iRecess is an opportunity for students to have a designated safe space to work on Math HW, Classwork, and Makeup Work, as well as work from other content areas. Due to the fact that students have been disruptive in the hallways in transitioning from recess, students will have to get a “iRecess pass” prior to lunch in order to attend. There will also be a 15 person limit to attendees where “iRecess Passes” will be returned. If not returned, then the attendee limit with be adjusted according to the available number of “iRecess Passes”

REMINDER - When Mr. Brown is not present, i-Recess is cancelled.

Hi Super Scientists!

Congratulations to all students on successfully completing the DC Cape Testing! As we move forward, our journey of learning continues with a focus on exploring climate and its human impacts. A reminder that students will face their final weekly roots quiz on Friday, May 17th, so please ensure they dedicate time to studying their roots words throughout this week. Additionally, it's prudent for students to begin reviewing all term 4 vocabulary to adequately prepare for the upcoming summative assessment later this term.

Next week is our famous Space Trash Cleanup project! Students will be planning, designing, and creating a prototype of a machine that will clean up our orbital space to make space travel safer. They will be presenting their projects to the class on Friday, May 17th.

We need your trash! Students will be creating their machine out of cardboard, tin foil, plastic cups, pipe cleaners, and more, so we need your clean trash. Please give it to your students to bring for the whole class to use by Wednesday, May 15th

Next week's roots are:

phono = sound, voice (think telephone, phonograph, phonics)

homo = same (think homophobia, homonym, homogenous)

-onym = word, name (think antonym, synonym, anonymous)

endo = within (think endoskeleton, endoscopy)

neuro = nerve (think neurological, neuron, neural)

Keepers: mono, dia, fract, anthropo, auto, biblio, psych, derm, cardio, gastro, audi, hetero, ortho, dont, and -osis

Blooket is a fantastic tool that helps students learn the materials in a series of flashcards mini games. I highly recommend that students make an account - they are free and are a fantastic study resource. Once students make an account, they can click on the links in Canvas . Once they click on the assignment, a gray box will pop up, since Canvas cannot host Blooket games. Please tell your children to click the name of the Blooket (above the gray box) to be redirected to the website. Happy Studying!

My wishlist link should hopefully be working again! Thank you to everyone who has donated - I truly appreciate your thoughtfulness ❤️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/0R5ZjVv?ref_=wl_share

Please ensure that your students are working on their systems of organization!

As a reminder, CAPE testing has been going on for some students for two weeks. For some of our MLL students, testing began early. This may have caused them to miss some classes at the beginning of the day. Please feel free to reach out to teachers on our team if your student feels behind if they happened to miss a class, or encourage them to discuss it with their teachers at school. Students who test individually will continue testing next week.

Want to support my classroom? My amazon wishlist is below!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/6RAHMLS3MUIO?ref_=wl_share

Don't miss out on information and resources from the Deal MS Library! Read the library newsletter! The latest edition features reading recommendations for the holidays, Mr. Reichlen's Must Reads list for December, Information about the Washington Wizards' Winter Reading Challenge, and more! Click the link to read the newsletter:

https://www.smore.com/vzaqf2

Each month our school community celebrates one of our IB Learner Traits. The team teachers discuss who to nominate and chooses two students from our Team Chefchaouen students who have demonstrated this characteristic in all of our classes. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate all year!

Each month our school community celebrates one of our IB Learner Traits. The team teachers discuss who to nominate and chooses two students from our Team Chefchaouen students who have demonstrated this characteristic in all of our classes. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate all year, and make sure to shout out our past learners!

April students of the month, Shar Bradley and Carl Seidelin, are open minded!! The IB Learner Profile states that open-minded students “critically appreciate (their) own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. (They) seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and are willing to grow from the experience.” Congratulations, Chaouens!

Congratulations to Team Chefchaouen’s IB Learner Profile Students of the month: Antonio Harrison and Eldana Getahun. This month we are featuring Balanced learners. Balanced learners understand the importance of intellectual, physical, and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others. They are able to assess and understand their strengths and limitations in order to support their learning and personal development.

Congratulations to Orla Ventresca and Pedro Braga who are recognized as Team Chefchaouen's Thinkers for the month of February IB Learner Profiles. Thinkers are people who exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively. They recognize and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.

For the month of January, we celebrate the IB Learning trait of Reflective and recognize Jack Maciocha and Sarem Dawit. Students who are REFLECTIVE know what they are good at and what they’re not. They try to think about these things, and they make changes where they can. They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and consider their personal strengths and weaknesses in a constructive manner.

For the month of December, we celebrate the IB Learning trait of Knowledgeable and recognize Sathvik Dutta-Gupta and Violet Anello. Knowledgeable learners explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In doing so, they acquire in-depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines.

Congratulations to Kayla Perez-Sandoval and Jesse Poehlman for being selected as Team Chefchaouen's Caring students for the month of November! Students who are CARING want people around them to be happy and are sensitive to their needs. They think about the world and work to take care of their community and the environment. They remember to treat others how they themselves would like to be treated.

Congratulations to Tristan Evans and Iris Campbell for being selected as Team Chefchaouen's Inquirer students for the Month of October! Inquirers nurture curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. They know how to learn independently and with others. They learn with enthusiasm and sustain their love of learning throughout life.

Congratulations to Wyatt Hartig and Samayah Stephens for being selected as Team Chefchaouen's Risk Taker students for the Month of September! This means students exhibit the IB learner profile of a student who approaches uncertainty with forethoughts and determination; Risk-takers work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. Risk-Takers are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

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